Research
Job Market Paper:
“Cognitive Enrichment and Human Capital: Experimental Evidence from Developing Countries” with Jonathan Old
Abstract
Working Papers:
1. "Building Minds: Evidence from a School-Based Cognitive Enrichment Intervention in Kenya"
(with Jonathan Old)
Available on request
2. "Beyond Education and Occupation: Unpacking the Large Gender Wage Gap in Kenya
(with Edward Miguel, Michael Walker and Samuel Zicheng Wang)" Revise and Resubmit, Journal of Development Economics. 2026
3. “Transmission of Cognitive Skills across Generations in Kenya” (with William H. Dow, Alden L. Gross, Jean N. IkangaMatthew C. H. Jukes, Edward A. Miguel, Eric Ochieng, Alexandra V. Schubert)
Work in Progress:
“Impact of Chess Program on Criminal Behaviour” with Omar Gill (UC Berkeley)”
Extended Abstract“Script, Skills, and Identity: The Economic and Political-Economy Effects of Mongolia’s 1990s Traditional-Script Education Reform” with Avralt-Od Purevjav
Old publications:
How Does Supervision Affect Bank
Performance during Downturns?
Liberty Street Economics 20200408, Federal
Reserve Bank of New York
Pasadena’s Minimum Wage Policy: Effects on Workers, Businesses and the Local Economy.
City of Pasadena
Press