WORKING PAPERS
Revise and Resubmit
- Improving Health and Safety in the Informal Sector: Evidence from a Randomized Trial in Bangladesh, with Wang-Sheng Lee, Margaret Triyana, and Xing Xia, Journal of the European Economic Assocation | PAPER
- Improving Gender Norms in the Workplace, with Emily Beam, Joshua Merfeld and Naveen Wickremeratne, Journal of Development Economics | PAPER
- Unlocking Immunity: Strategies for Cost-Effective Promotion of COVID-19 Vaccination in Developing Countries, with Sonalini Khetrapal, Bryant Kim, Armand Sim, Deb Pakrashi, and Madhusudhan Yadav, Journal of Health Economics | PAPER
- Can public recognition reward backfire? Field experimental evidence on the retention and performance of volunteers with social-image concerns, with M A Malek, Sakiba Tasneem and Choon Wang, Journal of Public Economics | PAPER
- Determining the Extent of Taste-Based and Statistical Discrimination: Evidence from a Field Experiment in India, with Choon Wang, Deb Pakrashi and Yves Zenou, Journal of Political Economy: Micro | PAPER
- Improving Hygiene and Sanitation through Parental Skill Training, with Umair Khalil and Tabassum Rahman, Economic Development and Cultural Change | PAPER
- After-school tutoring: Evidence from a Randomized Controlled Trial, with Ummul Ruthbah, Reject and Resubmit Journal of Human Resources
- Financial Diaries and Women’s Money Management Behavior: Evidence from an RCT, with Vy nguyen, Russell Smyth and Zabid Iqbal, Reject and Resubmit Journal of Banking and Finance | PAPER
- Building Education Resilience Through Parenting Style and Out-of-School Learning: Field Experimental Evidence from Rural Bangladesh, with Choon Wang, Imrul Kayes and Hashibul Hasan, Economics of Education Review | PAPER
Paper Under Submission
- Early Childhood Education, Parent Social Networks, and Child Development, with Keyu Guo, John List, Michael Vlassopoulos, and Yves Zenou | PAPER
- Shaping Preferences for Redistribution: The Impact of Early-Age Education on Inequality Fostering Compassion: Early-Age Educational Programs and Children's Redistributive Preferences, with Hashibul Hasan, Choon Wang | PAPER
- The Role of Child Gender in the Formation of Parents’ Social Networks, with Aristide Houndetoungan, Michael Vlassopoulos, and Yves Zenou | PAPER
- Myopic Loss Aversion and Investment Decisions: From the Lab to the Field, with Kazi Iqbal, John List, Vy Nguyen and Sakif Rahman | PAPER
- Addressing Vaccine Hesitancy using Local Ambassadors: A Randomized Controlled Trial in Indonesia, with Gita Kusnadi, Jahen Rezki, Armand Sim, Giovanni van Empel, Michael Vlassopoulos, and Yves Zenou | PAPER
- Forced Displacement, Mental Health, and Child Development: Evidence from the Rohingya Refugees, with Abu Siddique, Tabassum Rahman, Tanvir Mojumder and Tanvir Shatil | PAPER | J-PAL blog
| Monash Impact Article | CDES blog
- Corruption in cyclone relief and reconstruction: Evidence from a public fund distribution in Bangladesh, with Sheikh Eskander and Mustafa Kamal
Working Papers
- Network Formation with Unobserved Homophily: Identification and Evidence from Bangladesh, with Jun Sung Kim, Suyong Song and Yves Zenou
- The Value of Information in Technology Adoption: Theory and Evidence from Bangladesh, with Philip Ushchev, Yves Zenou and Abby Zhang | PAPER
- Teams, Organization and Education Outcomes: Evidence from a field experiment in Bangladesh, with Youjin Hahn, Yves Zenou and Eleonora Patacchini, | PAPER
- A Structural Model of Multigraph Formation: Social Networks in Villages, with Jun Sung Kim and Yves Zenou
Work-in-Progress
- Playful Learning Program and its effects on cognitive and non-cognitive outcomes of pre-school children in Uganda and Tanzania (RCTs), in collaboration with BRAC-Africa and funding supports from Lego Foundation, with Marilyn Fleer
- The effect of receiving philanthropic benefits on the preference for redistribution, with Hashibul Hasan, Choon Wang
- Ethnic cleansing and intergenerational transmission of mental health: Evidence from the Rohingya genocide in Myanmar, with Marup Hossain and Abu Siddiqui
Ongoing-recently completed Field Experiments
- Promoting Gender friendly workplace: Evidence from SMEs in Bangladesh, Emily Beam, Joshua Merfeld (in collaboration with BIGD-BRAC)
- Addressing Learning Gap of Secondary School Children in Bangladesh, Pakistan and Nepal, with Paul Glewwe, Shwetlena Sabarwal, Uttam Sharma, and Wahed Rahman
- Interactive Voice Response (IVR) based health information for antenatal and postnatal care services in rural Bangladesh, with Daniel Suryadarma, Firoz Ahmed, Umair Khalil, and Tabassum Rahman
- Low-Cost, Scalable Innovations for mitigating Learning Loss during COVID-19: A Field Experiment in Bangladesh, with Rebecca Thornton, Jim Berry and Aniruddha Talukdar
- Early childhood education and development through tele-mentoring and tele-counselling for mothers and children, with Liang Choon Wang and Hai-Anh Dang
- Interactive Voice Response (IVR) based health information for antenatal and postnatal care services in rural Bangladesh, with Firoz Ahmed, Umair Khalil, and Tabassum Rahman
- Women’s financial inclusion: The role of information versus peer pressure, with Marcel Fafchamps, Deb Pakrashi and Denni Tommasi
- Exposure to violence/displacement on preference formation of children, with Abu Siddique, Michael Vlassopoulos and Yves Zenou
- Social Norm and Litter Reduction: Evidence from Bangladesh, with Maruf Ahmed