Publications

Books

• "Market Institutions and Sub-Saharan Africa: Theory and Evidence", MIT Press, 464 pp., January 2004, ISBN I 0-262-06236-4
• "Rural Poverty, Risk, and Development", Elgar Publishing, 288pp., December 2003, ISBN I 84376-436-9

Articles and book chapters

• "Development, Social Norms, and Assignment to Task", Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 2011 (forthcoming)
• "Self-Help Groups and Mutual Assistance: Evidence from Kenyan Slums", in collaboration with Eliana La Ferrara Economic Development and Cultural Change, 2011 (forthcoming)
• "Matching and Network Effects", in collaboration with Sanjeev Goyal and Marco van der Leij Journal of the European Economic Association, 2010 (forthcoming)
• "Who Shares Risk with Whom under Different Enforcement Mechanisms?", in collaboration with Abigail Barr and Marleen Dekker Economic Development and Cultural Change
• "Taboos, Agriculture and Poverty", in collaboration with David Stifel and Bart Minten Journal of Development Studies, 2010 (forthcoming)
• "Using PDA consistency checks to increase the precision of profits and sales measurement in panels?", in collaboration with David McKenzie, Simon Quinn, and Christopher Woodruff Journal of Development Economics, 2010 (forthcoming)
• "Social Identity and the Formation of Health Insurance Networks", in collaboration with Joachim De Weerdt Journal of Development Studies, 2010 (forthcoming)
• "Vulnerability, Risk Management, and Agricultural Development", African Journal of Agricultural Economics, 2010 (forthcoming)
• "Intrahousehold Welfare in Rural Ethiopia", in collaboration with Bereket Kebede and Agnes Quisumbing, Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics, 2009 (forthcoming)
• "Risk Sharing Between Households", Chapter prepared for the Handbook of Social Economics
• "Job Sorting in African Labor Markets", in collaboration with Mans Soderbom and Najy Benhassine, Journal of African Economies, 2009 (forthcoming)
• "The Determinants of Funding to Ugandan NOGs", in collaboration with Trudy Owens World Bank Economic Review, 2009 (forthcoming)
• "Isolation and Subjective Welfare", in collaboration with Forhad Shilpi Economic Development and Cultural Change, October 2009 (forthcoming)
• "Insecurity and Welfare", in collaboration with Bart Minten Journal of Development Studies, 2009 (forthcoming)
• "Subjective well-being, disability and adaptation: A case study from rural Ethiopia", in collaboration with Bereket Kebede, in Adaptation and Well-Being, David Clark (ed.), Cambridge University Press
• "Human Capital, Exports and Wages", Economic Development and Cultural Change, 2009 (forthcoming)
• "Subjective Welfare, Isolation, and Relative Consumption", in collaboration with Forhad Shilpi Journal of Development Economics, 2008 (forthcoming)
• "Quality Control in Non-Staple Food Markets: Evidence from India", in collaboration with Ruth Vargas Hill and Bart Minten Agricultural Economics, 2008 (forthcoming)
• "Price Transmission and Trader Entry in Domestic Commodity Markets", in collaboration with Ruth Hill Economic Development and Cultural Change, 2008 (forthcoming)
• "Learning to Export: Evidence from Moroccan Manufacturing", in collaboration with Albert Zeufack and Said El Hamine, Journal of African Economies, 17(2):305-55, 2008
• "Contingent Loan Repayment in the Philippines", in collaboration with Flore Gubert, Economic Development and Cultural Change, 2007 (forthcoming)
• "Spontaneous Markets, Networks and Social Capital: Lessons from Africa" in The Microeconomics of Institutions, Tim Besley and Raji Jayaraman (eds.), MIT Press (forthcoming)
• "Risk Sharing and Network Formation" in collaboration with Flore Gubert, American Economic Review Papers and Proceedings, 2007 (forthcoming)
• "Agricultural markets in Benin and Malawi", in collaboration with Eleni Gabre-Madhin, African Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics, 2007 (forthcoming)
• "Quality Control and the Marketing of Non-Staple Crops in India", in collaboration with Ruth Vargas-Hill and Bart Minten, in Global Supply Chains, Standards, and the Poor, Johan Swinnen (ed.), Cabi Publications, 2007 (forthcoming)
• "Public Service Provision, User Fees, and Political Turmoil", in collaboration with Bart Minten, Journal of African Economies, 2007 (forthcoming)
• "Extended Family and Kinship Networks: Economic Insights and Evolutionary Directions (DRAFT)", in collaboration with Donald Cox, Handbook of Development Economics, Volume 4, 2007 (forthcoming)
• "The Formation of Risk-Sharing Networks", in collaboration with Flore Gubert, Journal of Development Economics, 2006 (forthcoming)
• "Household Formation and Marriage Markets in Rural Areas", in collaboration with Agnes Quisumbing, Handbook of Development Economics, Volume 4, 2007 (forthcoming)
• "Wages and Labor Management in African Manufacturing", in collaboration with Mans Soderbom, Journal of Human Resources, Spring 2006 (forthcoming)
• "Child Labor, Urban Proximity, and Household Composition", in collaboration with Jackline Wahba, Journal of Development Economics, 2006 (forthcoming)
• "Employment Concentration across US Counties", in collaboration with Klaus Desmet, Regional Science and Urban Economics, 2006 (forthcoming)
• "A Client-Community Assessment of the NGO Sector in Uganda", in collaboration with Abigail Barr, Journal of Development Studies, 2006 (forthcoming)
• "Les Institutions de Marche en Afrique Sub-Saharienne", L'Actualite Economique, 2006 (forthcoming)
• "Land Lease Markets and Agricultural Efficiency in Ethiopia", in collaboration with John Pender, Journal of African Economies, 2006 (forthcoming)
• "Intrahousehold Welfare", New Palgrave Dictionary of Economics, 2007 (forthcoming)
• "Crime, Transitory Poverty, and Isolation: Evidence from Madagascar", in collaboration with Bart Minten, Economic Development and Cultural Change, 2006 (forthcoming)
• "Development and Social Capital", Journal of Development Studies, 2006 (forthcoming)
• "Adjustment Costs and Irreversibility as Determinants of Investment: Evidence from African Manufacturing", in collaboration with Arne Bigsten, Paul Collier, Stefan Dercon, Bernard Gauthier, Jan Willem Gunning, Anders Isaksson, Abena Oduro, Remco Oostendorp, Cathy Patillo, Mans Soderbom, Francis Teal, and Albert Zeufack, Contributions to Economic Analysis & Policy, 4(1): article 12, 2005mic Analysis & Policy,
• "Increasing Returns and Market Efficiency in Agricultural Trade", in collaboration with Eleni Gabre-Madhin and Bart Minten, Journal of Development Economics, 78(2): 406-42, December 2005
• "Selling at the Farm-Gate or Travelling to Market", in collaboration with Ruth Hill, American Journal of Agricultural Economics, 87(3): 717-34, August 2005
• "Assets at Marriage in Rural Ethiopia", in collaboration with Agnes Quisumbing, Journal of Development Economics, 77(1): 1-25, June 2005
• "Changes in the Spatial Concentration of Employment Across US Counties: A Sectoral Analysis 1972-2000", in collaboration with Klaus Desmet, Journal of Economic Geography, 5: 261-84, June 2005
• "Cities and Specialization: Evidence from South Asia", in collaboration with Forhad Shilpi, Economic Journal, 115(503): 477-504, April 2005
• "The Governance of Non-Governmental Organizations in Uganda", in collaboration with Abigail Barr and Trudy Owens, World Development, 33(4): 657-79, April 2005
• "Marriage, Bequests, and Assortative Matching in Ethiopia", in collaboration with Agnes Quisumbing, Economic Development and Cultural Change, 53(2): 347-80, January 2005
• "Social Capital", in collaboration with Steven Durlauf, April 2004. Forthcoming in Handbook of Economic Growth, Steven Durlauf and Philippe Aghion (eds.)
• "Ethnicity and Networks in African Trade", Contributions to Economic Analysis & Policy, Berkeley Electronic Press at www.bepress.com, 2004
• "Risk Sharing in Labor Markets", in collaboration with Arne Bigsten, Paul Collier, Stefan Dercon, Bernard Gauthier, Jan Willem Gunning, Anders Isaksson, Abena Oduro, Remco Oostendorp, Cathy Patillo, Mans Soderbom, Francis Teal, and Albert Zeufack, World Bank Economic Review, 2004 (forthcoming)
• "Crime, Isolation, and Law Enforcement", in collaboration with Christine Moser, Journal of African Economies, 12(4), 2003 (forthcoming)
• "Risk Sharing Networks in Rural Philippines", in collaboration with Susan Lund, Journal of Development Economics, 71: 261-87, 2003
• "The Spatial Division of Labor in Nepal", in collaboration with Forhad Shilpi, Journal of Development Studies, 39(6): 23-66, 2003
• "Social Roles, Human Capital, and the Intrahousehold Division of Labor: Evidence From Pakistan", in collaboration with Agnes Quisumbing, Oxford Economic Papers, 55(1): 36-80, 2003
• "Spontaneous Market Emergence", Topics in Theoretical Economics, 2(1): article 2, 2002 (This supersedes an earlier paper entitled "Market Emergence, Trust, and Reputation")
• "Inequality and Risk", in Insurance against Poverty, Stefan Dercon (ed.), WIDER, 2002 (forthcoming)
• "Insurance Market Efficiency and Crop Choices in Pakistan", in collaboration with Takashi Kurosaki, Journal of Development Economics, 67(2): 419-53, April 2002
• "Control and Ownership of Assets Within Ethiopian Rural Households", in collaboration with Agnes Quisumbing, Journal of Development Studies, 38(6): 47-82, August 2002
• "Returns to Social Network Capital Among Traders", in collaboration with Bart Minten, Oxford Economic Papers, 54: 173-206, April 2002
• "Inventories and Risk in African Manufacturing", in collaboration with Jan Willem Gunning and Remco Oostendorp, Economic Journal, 110(466): 861-893, October 2000
• "Social Capital and Agricultural Trade", in collaboration with Bart Minten, American Journal of Agricultural Economics, 83(3): 680-685, August 2001
• "Engines of Growth and Africa's Economic Performance", August 2000 -- forthcoming in African Economic Development, edited by Emmanuel Nnadozie.
• "Property Rights in a Flea Market Economy", in collaboration with Bart Minten, Economic Development and Cultural Change, 49(2): 229-268, January 2001.
• "Ethnicity and Credit in African Manufacturing", Journal of Development Economics, 61:205-235, 2000
• "Rates of Return on Physical and Human Capital in Africa's Manufacturing Sector", with the ISA group, Economic Development and Cultural Change, 68(4): 801-828
• "Contract Flexibility and Dispute Resolution in African Manufacturing", with the ISA group, Journal of Development Studies, 36(4): 1-17, April 2000
• "Networks, Communities, and Markets in Sub-Saharan Africa: Implications for Firm Growth and Investment", Journal of African Economies, (forthcoming)
• "Social Capital and the Firm: Evidence from Agricultural Trade", in collaboration with Bart Minten, in Social Capital and Economic Development, Christian Grootaert and Thierry van Bastelear (eds.), (forthcoming)
• "Rural Poverty, Risk, and Development", FAO, Economic and Social Development Paper No. 144
• "Relationships and Traders in Madagascar", in collaboration with Bart Minten, Journal of Development Studies, August 1999
• "The Role of Business Networks in Market Development in Sub-Saharan Africa", in Community and Market in Economic Development, Masahiko Aoki and Yujiro Hayami, (forthcoming)
• "Intrahousehold Access to Land and Sources of Inefficiency", in Land Reform Revisited, Alain de Janvry, Elisabetch Sadoulet, and Jean-Philippe Platteau, (forthcoming)
• "The Tragedy of the Commons, Cycles, and Sustainability", Journal of African Economies, 7(3): 384-423, 1998
• "Risk Sharing and Quasi-Credit", Journal of International Trade and Economic Development, September 1999
• "Human Capital, Producticity, and Labor Allocation in Rural Pakistan", in collaboration with Agnes Quisumbing, Journal of Human Resources, 34(2), Spring 1999
• "Mobile Capital, Location Externalities and Industrialization", Journal of Comparative Economics, 25: 345-365, December 1997
• "The Determinants of Livestock Prices in Niger", in collaboration with Sarah Gavian, Journal of African Economies, Vo. 6(2), April 1997
• "Drought and Saving in West Africa: Are Livestock a Buffer Stock?", in collaboration with Katherine Czukas and Chris Udry, Journal of Development Economics, April 1998
• "Trade Credit in Zimbabwean Manufacturing", World Development, May 1997.
• "Social Heterogeneity and Wasteful Lobbying" in collaboration with Alain de Janvry and Elisabeth Sadoulet, Public Choice, 98: 5-27, 1999
• "Precautionary Savings, Credit Constraints, and Irreversible Investment: Evidence from Semi-Arid India", in collaboration with John Pender, Journal of Business and Economic Statistics, April 1997, Vo.15, No.2: 180-194.
• "Sovereign Debt, Structural Adjustment, and Conditionality", Journal of Development Economics, 50:313-335, November 1996.
• "The Spatial Integration of Livestock Markets in Niger", in collaboration with Sarah Gavian, Journal of African Economies, 5(3):366-405, October 1996.
• "Land Tenure and Allocative Efficiency in Niger", in collaboration with Sarah Gavian, American Journal of Agricultural Economics, 78: 460-471, May 1996
• "Local Demand, Investment Multipliers, and Industrialization", in collaboration with Brigit Helms, Journal of Development Economics, 49:61-92, April 1996
• "Enterprise Finance in Kenya", (179p.) in collaboration with Pradeep Srivastava, Tyler Biggs, and Jonathan Conning, The World Bank, June 1994
• "Enterprise Finance in Zimbabwe", (103p.) in collaboration with John Pender and Elizabeth Robinson, The World Bank, April 1995
• "Trade Credit in Zimbabwe", in African Entrepreneurship, edited by Anita Spring and Barbara McDade, Indiana University Press, 1998
• "The Enforcement of Commercial Contracts in Ghana", World Development, 24(3):427-448, March 1996
• In collaboration with Alain de Janvry and Elizabeth Sadoulet, "Transaction Costs, Public Choice, and Induced Technological Innovations", in Induced Innovation and International Agricultural Development: A Reassessment, Edited by Bruce Koppel, Baltimore, John Hopkins UP, 1995
• "Industrial Structure and Micro-Enterprises in Africa", Journal of Developing Areas, 29(1):1-30, October 1994
• "L'execution des contrats commerciaux au Ghana", in Croissance, Repartition, Environnement: Quelles Regulations pour un Developpement Durable?, Centre Interuniversitaire de Formation Permanente, Charleroi, 1994. 11eme Congres des Economistes Belges de Langue Francaise, Commission 2: Rapport Preparatoire.
• "The Rural Community, Mutual Assistance, and Structural Adjustment", in State, Markets, and Civil Institutions: New Theories, New Practices, and Their Implications for Rural Development, Alain de Janvry, Samir Radwan and Erik Thorbecke (eds.), McMillan Press, (forthcoming)
• In collaboration with Pan A. Yotopoulos, "Structural Change in Taiwan: Emphasis on the Role of Agriculture", in Modeling Economy-Wide Reforms, Edited by I. Goldin, O. Knudsen, and A.S. Brandao, OECD Publications, Paris, 1994
• In collaboration with Alain de Janvry and Elizabeth Sadoulet, "Tariff Seeking in a General Equilibrium Framework", Journal of International Trade and Economic Development, Vol. 2(2): 167-189, November 1993
• "Sequential Labor Decisions Under Uncertainty: an Estimable Household Model of West African Farmers", Econometrica, 61(5): 1173-1197, September 1993
• In collaboration with Alain de Janvry, Mohamed Raki and Elizabeth Sadoulet, "Structural Adjustment and the Peasantry in Morocco: A Computable Household Model", European Review of Agricultural Economics, 19(4): 427-453, October-December 1992
• "Solidarity Networks in Preindustrial Societies: Rational Peasants With a Moral Economy", Economic Development and Cultural Change, 41(1): 147-176, October 1992
• "Cash Crop Production, Food Price Volatility and Rural Market Integration in the Third World", American Journal of Agricultural Economics, 74(1): 90-99, February 1992
• In collaboration with Alain de Janvry and Elizabeth Sadoulet, "Peasant Household Behavior with Missing Markets: Some Paradoxes Explained", Economic Journal, 101: 1400-1417, November 1991
• In collaboration with Radha Ranganathan and Tom Walker, "Evaluating Biological Productivity in Intercropping with Production Possibility Curves", Agricultural Systems, 36(2): 137-57, 1991
• In collaboration with Alain de Janvry and Elizabeth Sadoulet, "Agrarian Structure, Technological Innovations and the State", in The Economic Theory of Agrarian Institutions, Edited by Pranab Bardhan, Oxford University Press, 1989
• In collaboration with Peter Matlon, "Crop Budgets in Three Agro-Climatic Zones of Burkina Faso", ICRISAT Progress Report, Nber 85, August 1988

Works in progress

• "When is capital enough to get female microenterprises growing? Evidence from a randomized experiment in Ghana", in collaboration with David McKenzie, Simon Quinn, and Chris Woodruff
• "Network Proximity and Business Practices in African Manufacturing", in collaboration with Mans Soderbom
• "Social networks and research output", in collaboratio with Lorenzo Ductor, Sanjeev Goyal and Marco van der Leij
• "Impact of SMS-Based Agricultural Information on Indian Farmers", in collaboration with Bart Minten
• "Are Gifts and Loans between Households Voluntary?", in collaboration with Margherita Comola
• "Local Financial Development and Firm Performance: Evidence from Morocco", in collaboration with Matthias Schündeln
• "Bridging the gender divide: An experimental analysis of group formation in African villages", in collaboration with Abigail Barr and Marleen Dekker
• "The formation of community based organizations in sub-Saharan Africa: An analysis of a quasi-experiment", in collaboration with Abigail Barr and Marleen Dekker
• "Preferential Attachment and Individual Heterogeneity", in collaboration with Sanjeev Goyal and Marco van der Leij
• "Testing Unilateral and Bilateral Link Formation", in collaboration with Margherita Comola
• "Matching in Community-Based Organizations", in collaboration with Jean-Louis Arcand
• "Determinants of the Choice of Migration Destination", in collaboration with Forhad Shilpi
• "Political Violence and Social Networks: Experimental Evidence from a Nigerian Election", in collaboration with Pedro Vicente
• "Referral and Job Performance: Evidence from the Ghana Colonial Army", in collaboration with Alex Moradi
• "Development, Agglomeration, and the Organization of Work"
• "Household Separation and Child Well-Being", presented at the Young Lives Global Challenges Symposium, Oxford, 12-13 December 2008