Papers

1 — Customer Discrimination in the Workplace: Evidence from Online Sales- with Gregory Lane, Matthew Pecenco and Edward Rubin (Journal of Labor Economics, July 2026)

2 — The Impact of Monitoring Technologies on Contracts and Employee Behavior: Experimental Evidence from Kenya's Matatu Industry - with Gregory Lane and David Schönholzer (American Economic Review, October 2024)

3 — How do Online Job Portals affect Employment and Search outcomes? Evidence from India - with Jeremy Magruder and Christopher Ksoll (Journal of Development Economics, January 2024)

4 — The Psychosocial Value of Employment - with Reshmaan Hussam, Gregory Lane and Fatima Zahra (American Economic Review, November 2022) — PAP accepted via pre-results review at the JDE available here; Econimate video available here

Working Papers

5 — The value of forecasts: Experimental evidence from developing-country agriculture - with Fiona Burlig, Amir Jina, Gregory Lane and Harshil Sahai (PAP accepted via pre-results review at the Journal of Development Economics available here) (Submitted)

6 — Competitive Job Seekers: When Sharing Less Leaves Firms at a Loss - with Gaurav Chiplunkar, and Gregory Lane (Submitted)

7 — Casting a Wider Net: Sharing Information Beyond Social Networks - with Manzoor Dar, Kyle Emerick, Alain de Janvry and Elisabeth Sadoulet (Revision Requested)

8 — Information and Strategy in Lemon Markets: Improving Safety in Informal Transit - with Gregory Lane and David Schönholzer (Submitted)

9 — The household at work - with Reshmaan Hussam, Gregory Lane and Yue Hya Hsu (PAP available here)

Research In Progress

Seeds of (climate) change: Private adaptation and subsidized insurance in West Bengal with Fiona Burlig, Manzoor Dar, Xavier Gine, and Gregory Lane (PAP available here)

Policy writing

Which jobs are lost during a lockdown? Evidence from vacancy postings in India - with Gaurav Chiplunkar and Gregory Lane