Working papers

Firm Responses to Aggregate Shocks and Implications for Workers: Lessons from the Pandemic
(with V. Bassi, I. Rasul and E. Spadini) [New draft!]
— Coverage of an earlier version: [HBS Working Knowledge]

Who You Know, Who You Recommend: Referrals and Occupational Gender Segregation
(with P. Ferreira) [New draft!]

Meet Your Future: Experimental Evidence on the Labor Market Effects of Mentors
(with M. Namubiru and S. Spaziani) Journal of Political Economy, revise and resubmit
— Coverage: [World Bank Blog] [VoxDev][J-Pal] [HBS Working Knowledge]
— Awarded the Etta Chiuri Prize by the Italian Society of Public Economics
— Conditionally accepted via pre-results review at the Journal of Development Economics

Hitting Rock Bottom: Economic Hardship and Cheating
(with M. Bauer, J. Chytilová and E. Miguel)
— Coverage: [HBS Working Knowledge]

Indirect Experience
(with G. Dossi and T. Monk)

Returns to the Duration of Vocational Training
(with V. Bassi, I. Rasul, and E. Spadini) [Coming soon!]

Publications

Human Capital Affects Religious Identity: Causal Evidence from Kenya 
(with M. Bauer, J. Chytilová and E. Miguel) Journal of Development Economics, (2024) 167: 103215
— Coverage: [IZA Opinions]

Gender Gaps: Back and Here to Stay? Evidence from Skilled Ugandan Workers during COVID-19
(with M. Namubiru and S. Spaziani) Review of Economics of the Household, (2024) [Final draft]
— Coverage: [IGC blog post] 

Tackling Youth Unemployment: Evidence from a Labor Market Experiment in Uganda
(with O. Bandiera, V. Bassi, R. Burgess, I. Rasul, M. Sulaiman and A. Vitali) Econometrica, (2020) [Final draft]
— Coverage: [J-PAL] [Microeconomic Insights column]

Selected work in progress

Empowering Women through Safety at Work: An Experiment with SMEs in Urban India
(with L. Beaman, A. Sharma and K. Sharma) - Endline rollout
— Conditionally accepted via pre-results review at the Journal of Development Economics

Perceived Value, Perceived Harm: Economic Incentives and Bystander Intervention in Workplace Harassment (with L. Beaman, M. Saxena, A. Sharma and K. Sharma)

Conversational Tone in an AI Job-Search Advisor: Effects on Engagement and Job-Search Actions
(with A. Goldenberg and Y. Liu)