Forthcoming Publications
Reason to Be Happy: Why logical thinking is the key to a better life
Basu, Kaushik. Reason to Be Happy: Why logical thinking is the key to a better life, Penguin Random House UK, 2024
Changing Dietary Habits Early in Life: A Field Experiment with Low-Income Families
Journal of Political Economy: Microeconomics, forthcoming.
Organizing for Collective Action: Olson Revisited
Journal of Political Economy, forthcoming.
Parents, Neighbors and Youth Crime
Review of Economics of the Household, forthcoming.
Conventions, Morals and Strategy: Greta's Dilemma and the Incarceration Game
"Conventions, Morals and Strategy: Greta's Dilemma and the Incarceration Game," Synthese, forthcoming.
Markets and Regulation in the Age of Big Tech
"Markets and Regulation in the Age of Big Tech," Capitalism and Society, forthcoming.
The Bangladesh Economy: Navigating the Turning Point
"The Bangladesh Economy: Navigating the Turning Point," Innovations: Technology, Governance, Globalization, forthcoming.
Choosing Your Pond: Location Choices and Relative Income
"Choosing Your Pond: Location Choices and Relative Income," The Review of Economics and Statistics, forthcoming.
The Future of Money: How the Digital Revolution is Transforming Currencies and Finance
The Future of Money: How the Digital Revolution is Transforming Currencies and Finance. Harvard University Press, forthcoming.
Sustainability standards in global agrifood supply chain
"Sustainability standards in global agrifood supply chain," Nature Food, forthcoming.
COVID-19 pandemic lessons for agri-food systems innovation
"COVID-19 pandemic lessons for agri-food systems innovation," Environmental Research Letters, forthcoming.
Econet: An R Package for Parameter-dependent Network Centrality Measures
"Econet: An R Package for Parameter-dependent Network Centrality Measures," Journal of Statistical Software, forthcoming.
Information Theoretic Approach to High Dimensional Multiplicative Models: Stochastic Discount Factor and Treatment Effect
"Information Theoretic Approach to High Dimensional Multiplicative Models: Stochastic Discount Factor and Treatment Effect," Quantitative Economics, forthcoming.
Community Development with Externalities and Corrective Taxation
"Community Development with Externalities and Corrective Taxation," Journal of Economic Geography, forthcoming.
Four Decades of Disability Benefit Policies and the Rise and Fall of Disability Recipiency Rates in Five OECD Countries
"Four Decades of Disability Benefit Policies and the Rise and Fall of Disability Recipiency Rates in Five OECD Countries," in Labor Activation in a Time of High Unemployment: Encouraging Work while Preserving the Social Safety Net, edited by Douglas Besharov and Douglas Call. Oxford University Press, first edition, Chapter 7, forthcoming.
Cream-Skimming by Health Care Providers and Inequality in Health Care Access: Evidence from a Randomized Field Experiment
"Cream-Skimming by Health Care Providers and Inequality in Health Care Access: Evidence from a Randomized Field Experiment," Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, forthcoming.
The Long-Run Effects of Sports Club Vouchers for Primary School Children
"The Long-Run Effects of Sports Club Vouchers for Primary School Children," American Economic Journal: Economic Policy, forthcoming.
Maternal Stress during Pregnancy and Children's Diet: Evidence from a low SES Population
"Maternal Stress during Pregnancy and Children's Diet: Evidence from a low SES Population," Nutrition, forthcoming.
The Ground Beneath Our Feet
"The Ground Beneath Our Feet," Oxford Review of Economic Policy, forthcoming.
Why have Leaders at All? Hume and Hobbes with a Dash of Nash
"Why have Leaders at All? Hume and Hobbes with a Dash of Nash," Homo Oeconomicus: Journal of Behavioral and Institutional Economics, forthcoming.
Constraint Qualifications in Partial Identification
"Constraint Qualifications in Partial Identification," Econometric Theory, forthcoming.
Precise or Imprecise Probabilities? Evidence from Survey Response Related to Late-onset Dementia
"Precise or Imprecise Probabilities? Evidence from Survey Response Related to Late-onset Dementia," Journal of the European Economic Association, forthcoming.
Does Information Disclosure Improve Consumer Knowledge? Evidence from a Randomized Experiment of Restaurant Menu Calorie Labels
"Does Information Disclosure Improve Consumer Knowledge? Evidence from a Randomized Experiment of Restaurant Menu Calorie Labels," American Journal of Health Economics, forthcoming.
Metajelo: A Metadata Package for Journals to Support External Linked Objects
"Metajelo: A Metadata Package for Journals to Support External Linked Objects," International Journal of Digital Curation 16, no. 1 (forthcoming).
Endogenous Social Connections with Unobserved Networks
"Endogenous Social Connections with Unobserved Networks," The Review of Economic Studies, forthcoming.
Regional Integration in West Africa: Is There a Role for a Single Currency?
Regional Integration in West Africa: Is There a Role for a Single Currency? Brookings Institution Press, forthcoming.
Heterogeneous Choice Sets and Preferences
"Heterogeneous Choice Sets and Preferences," Econometrica, forthcoming.
The Economic Consequences of Investor Relations: A Global Perspective
"The Economic Consequences of Investor Relations: A Global Perspective," Management Science, forthcoming.
Is Currency Risk Priced in Global Equity Markets?
"Is Currency Risk Priced in Global Equity Markets?" Review of Finance, forthcoming.
Is There a Home Field Advantage in Global Markets?
"Is There a Home Field Advantage in Global Markets?" Journal of Financial Economics, forthcoming.
Agri-food Value Chain Revolutions in Low- and Middle-Income Countries
"Agri-food Value Chain Revolutions in Low- and Middle-Income Countries," Journal of Economic Literature, forthcoming.
Total Error and Variability Measures for the Quarterly Workforce Indicators and Lehd Origin-Destination Employment Statistics in OnTheMap
"Total Error and Variability Measures for the Quarterly Workforce Indicators and Lehd Origin-Destination Employment Statistics in OnTheMap." Journal of Survey Statistics and Methodology, forthcoming.
Local Protectionism, Market Structure, and Social Welfare: China's Automobile Market
“Local Protectionism, Market Structure, and Social Welfare: China's Automobile Market.” American Economic Journal: Economic Policy, forthcoming.
Social Interaction Methods
“Social Interaction Methods.” In Handbook of Labor, Human Resources and Population Economics, K. Zimmerman (ed). Cham: Springer, forthcoming.
Identification and Estimation of Network models with Heterogeneous Interactions
"Identification and Estimation of Network models with Heterogeneous Interactions." Advances in Econometrics, forthcoming.
Tail and Center Rounding of Probabilistic Expectations in the Health and Retirement Study
"Tail and Center Rounding of Probabilistic Expectations in the Health and Retirement Study." Journal of Econometrics, forthcoming.
Who is the Key Player? A Network Analysis of Juvenile Delinquency
"Who is the Key Player? A Network Analysis of Juvenile Deliquency." Journal of Business & Economic Statistics, forthcoming.
The Increasing Stratification of Faculty Employment at Colleges and Universities in the United States
"The Increasing Stratification of Faculty Employment at Colleges and Universities in the United States." Advances in Industrial and Labor Relations, forthcoming.
The Determinants of China's International Portfolio Equity Allocations
"The Determinants of China's International Portfolio Equity Allocations." IMF Economic Review, forthcoming.
2022 Publications
Bounding infection prevalence by bounding selectivity and accuracy of tests: with application to early COVID-19
"Bounding infection prevalence by bounding selectivity and accuracy of tests: with application to early COVID-19," The Econometrics Journal 25, no. 1 (January 2022): 1-14. (Editor's Choice).
2021 Publications
Leaders in juvenile crime
"Leaders in juvenile crime," Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization 192 (December 2021): 638-667.
Sectoral Media Focus and Aggregate Fluctuations
"Sectoral Media Focus and Aggregate Fluctuations," American Economic Review 111, no. 12 (December 2021): 3872-3922.
The Economics of Women, Men, and Work
The Economics of Women, Men, and Work. 9th ed. New York, NY: Oxford University Press, 2021.
Coalition Formation in Legislative Bargaining
"Coalition Formation in Legislative Bargaining," Journal of Political Economy 129, no. 11 (November 2021).
Mind Training, Stress and Behaviour: A Randomized Experiment
"Mind Training, Stress and Behaviour: A Randomized Experiment," Plos One 16, no. 11 (November 2021): e0258172.
Teaching students to read journal articles critically
"Teaching students to read journal articles critically," The Journal of Economic Education 52, no. 4 (2021): 308-315.
A scoping review of the development resilience literature: Theory, methods and evidence
"A scoping review of the development resilience literature: Theory, methods and evidence," World Development 146 (October 2021): 105612.
How land tenure and labor relations mediate charcoal’s environmental footprint in Zambia: Implications for sustainable energy transitions
"How land tenure and labor relations mediate charcoal’s environmental footprint in Zambia: Implications for sustainable energy transitions," World Development 146 (October 2021): 105600.
Constructive decision theory
"Constructive decision theory," Journal of Economic Theory 196 (September 2021): 105306.
Multivariate random forest prediction of poverty and malnutrition prevalence
"Multivariate random forest prediction of poverty and malnutrition prevalence," Plos One 16, no. 9 (September 2021): e0255519.
Competing Explanations for Parallel Conduct: Lessons from the Australian Detergent Case (ACCC v Colgate-Palmolive)
"Competing Explanations for Parallel Conduct: Lessons from the Australian Detergent Case (ACCC v Colgate-Palmolive)," Austrailan Journal of Competition and Consumer Law 28 (August 2021).
A Harm Reduction Approach to Treating Opioid Use Disorder in an Independent Primary Care Practice: a Qualitative Study
"A Harm Reduction Approach to Treating Opioid Use Disorder in an Independent Primary Care Practice: a Qualitative Study," Journal of General Internal Medicine 36 (July 2021): 1898-1905.
Awareness and use of (emergency) sick leave: US employees’ unaddressed sick leave needs in a global pandemic
"Awareness and use of (emergency) sick leave: US employees’ unaddressed sick leave needs in a global pandemic," Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 118, no. 29 (July 2021): e2107670118.
Daily stressors and food choices: A lab experiment with low-SES mothers
"Daily stressors and food choices: A lab experiment with low-SES mothers," European Economic Review 136 (July 2021): 103754.
Experimental Evidence on Adoption and Impact of the System of Rice Intensification
"Experimental Evidence on Adoption and Impact of the System of Rice Intensification," American Journal of Agricultural Economics, (July 2021).
On Design-Based Empirical Research and Its Interpretation and Ethics in Sustainability Science
"On Design-Based Empirical Research and Its Interpretation and Ethics in Sustainability Science," Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 118, no. 29 (July 2021): e2023343118.
Policymaker's Journal: From New Delhi to Washington, D.C.
Policymaker's Journal: From New Delhi to Washington, D.C. Simon and Schuster, 2021.
Positive Health Externalities of Mandating Paid Sick Leave
"Positive Health Externalities of Mandating Paid Sick Leave," Journal of Policy Analysis and Management 40, no. 3 (Summer 2021): 715-743.
Predicting poverty and malnutrition for targeting, mapping, monitoring, and early warning
"Predicting poverty and malnutrition for targeting, mapping, monitoring, and early warning," Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, (July 2021).
Who are the Essential and Frontline Workers?
"Who are the Essential and Frontline Workers?" Business Economics 56, no. 3 (July 2021): 168-178.
Discrete Choice under Risk with Limited Consideration
"Discrete Choice under Risk with Limited Consideration," American Economic Review 111, no. 6 (June 2021): 1972-2006.
Home prices, fertility, and early-life health outcomes
"Home prices, fertility, and early-life health outcomes," Journal of Public Economics 198 (June 2021): 104366.
Law, Economics, and Conflict
Law, Economics, and Conflict. Cornell University Press, 2021.
New Technology and Increasing Returns: The End of the Antitrust Century?
"New Technology and Increasing Returns: The End of the Antitrust Century?" in Law, Economics, and Conflict, edited by Kaushik Basu and Robert Hockett. Cornell University Press, 2021.
Post-farmgate food value chains make up most of consumer food expenditures globally
"Post-farmgate food value chains make up most of consumer food expenditures globally," Nature Food 2 (June 2021): 417-425.
Sharing the burden of subsidization: Evidence on pass-through from a subsidy revision in Medicare Part D
"Sharing the burden of subsidization: Evidence on pass-through from a subsidy revision in Medicare Part D," Journal of Public Economics 198 (June 2021): 104401.
The Samaritan's Curse: Moral Individuals and Immoral Groups
"The Samaritan's Curse: Moral Individuals and Immoral Groups," Economics and Philosophy (2021): 1-20.
Drug firms’ payments and physicians’ prescribing behavior in Medicare Part D
"Drug firms’ payments and physicians’ prescribing behavior in Medicare Part D," Journal of Public Economics 197 (May 2021): 104402.
Identifying Students-at-Risk Using a New Math Skills Assessment
"Identifying Students-at-Risk Using a New Math Skills Assessment," AEA Papers and Proceedings 111 (May 2021): 97-101.
Report by the AEA Data Editor
"Report by the AEA Data Editor," AEA Papers and Proceedings 111 (May 2021): 808-817.
Stepping up during a crisis: The unintended effects of a noncontributory pension program during the Covid-19 pandemic
"Stepping up during a crisis: The unintended effects of a noncontributory pension program during the Covid-19 pandemic," Journal of Development Economics 150 (May 2021): 102635.
The Pass-Through of a Tax on Sugar-Sweetened Beverages in Boulder, Colorado
"The Pass-Through of a Tax on Sugar-Sweetened Beverages in Boulder, Colorado," American Journal of Agricultural Economics 103, no. 3 (May 2021): 987-1005.
Balancing Privacy and Data Usability: An Overview of Disclosure Avoidance Methods
“Balancing Privacy and Data Usability: An Overview of Disclosure Avoidance Methods,” in Handbook on Using Administrative Data for Research and Evidence-Based Policy, edited by Shawn Cole, Iqbal Dhaliwal, Anja Sautmann, and Lars Vilhuber. Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab, 2021: 145-172.
Physically Protecting Sensitive Data
“Physically Protecting Sensitive Data,” in Handbook on Using Administrative Data for Research and Evidence-Based Policy, edited by Shawn Cole, Iqbal Dhaliwal, Anja Sautmann, and Lars Vilhuber. Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab, 2021: 37-84.
Using Administrative Data for Research and Evidence-Based Policy: An Introduction
"Using Administrative Data for Research and Evidence-Based Policy: An Introduction" in Handbook on Using Administrative Data for Research and Evidence-Based Policy, Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab, 2021: 1-36.
Handbook on Using Administrative Data for Research and Evidence-Based Policy
Handbook on Using Administrative Data for Research and Evidence-Based Policy, Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab, 2021.
Learning during the COVID-19 pandemic: It is not who you teach, but how you teach
"Learning during the COVID-19 pandemic: It is not who you teach, but how you teach." Economics Letters 202 (May 2021): 109812.
Fishers' response to temperature change reveals the importance of integrating human behavior in climate change analysis
"Fishers’ response to temperature change reveals the importance of integrating human behavior in climate change analysis." Science Advances 7, no. 18 (April 2021).
Biased Health Perceptions and Risky Health Behaviors - Theory and Evidence
"Biased Health Perceptions and Risky Health Behaviors - Theory and Evidence," Journal of Health Economics 76 (March 2021): 102425.
Directed Search and Competitive Search Equilibrium: A Guided Tour
“Directed Search and Competitive Search Equilibrium: A Guided Tour.” Journal of Economic Literature 59, no. 1 (March 2021): 90-148.
Disclosure Limitation and Confidentiality Protection in Linked Data
"Disclosure Limitation and Confidentiality Protection in Linked Data," in Administrative Records for Survey Methodology, edited by Asaph Young Chun, Michael D. Larsen, Gabriele Durrant, and Jerome P. Reiter. Wiley, 2021.
Measurement Error Mechanisms Matter: Agricultural Intensification with Farmer Misperceptions and Misreporting
"Measurement Error Mechanisms Matter: Agricultural Intensification with Farmer Misperceptions and Misreporting," American Journal of Agricultural Economics 103, no. 2 (March 2021): 498-522.
Overcoming Global Food Security Challenges Through Science and Solidarity
"Overcoming Global Food Security Challenges Through Science and Solidarity," American Journal of Agricultural Economics 103, no. 2 (March 2021): 422-447.
Provider Compliance With Kentucky’s Prescription Drug Monitoring Program’s Mandate To Query Patient Opioid History
"Provider Compliance With Kentucky’s Prescription Drug Monitoring Program’s Mandate To Query Patient Opioid History," Health Affairs 40, no. 3 (March 2021).
Using Invention Activities to Teach Econometrics
"Using Invention Activities to Teach Econometrics," Journal of Economics Teaching 5, no. 3 (March 2021): 64-82.
Inferring Risk Perceptions and Preferences Using Choice from Insurance Menus: Theory and Evidence
“Inferring Risk Perceptions and Preferences Using Choice from Insurance Menus: Theory and Evidence.” The Economic Journal 131, no. 634 (February 2021): 713-744.
Articulating the effect of food systems innovation on the Sustainable Development Goals
“Articulating the effect of food systems innovation on the Sustainable Development Goals”, The Lancet Planetary Health 5, no. 1 (January 2021): E50-E62.
Community Development by Public Wealth Accumulation
"Community Development by Public Wealth Accumulation," Journal of Urban Economics 121 (January 2021): 103297.
Estimating the COVID-19 infection rate: Anatomy of an inference problem
"Estimating the COVID-19 infection rate: Anatomy of an inference problem." Journal of Econometrics 220, no. 1 (January 2021): 181-192.
Foresight and trade-off analyses: Tools for science strategy development in agriculture and food systems research
"Foresight and trade-off analyses: Tools for science strategy development in agriculture and food systems research," Q Open 1, no. 1 (January 2021).
Local regression smoothers with set-valued outcome data
"Local regression smoothers with set-valued outcome data." International Journal of Approximate Reasoning 128 (January 2021): 129-150.
Recalculating - How Uncertainty in Local Labor Market Definitions Affects Empirical Findings
"Recalculating - How Uncertainty in Local Labor Market Definitions Affects Empirical Findings." Applied Economics 53, no. 14 (January 2021): 1598-1612.
Within-Season Producer Response to Warmer Temperatures: Defensive Investments by Kenyan Farmers
"Within-Season Producer Response to Warmer Temperatures: Defensive Investments by Kenyan Farmers." The Economic Journal 131, no. 633 (January 2021): 392-419.
2020 Publications
Bundling Innovations to Transform Agri-Food Systems
“Bundling Innovations to Transform Agri-Food Systems,” Nature Sustainability 3 (December 2020): 974-976.
New Evidence on Cyclical Variation in Average Labor Costs in the United States
New Evidence on Cyclical Variation in Average Labor Costs in the United States" The Review of Economics and Statistics 102, no. 5 (December 2020): 966-979.
Chapter 5 - Microeconometrics with Partial Identification
"Chapter 5 - Microeconometrics with Partial Identification." Handbook of Econometrics 7A (2020): 355-486.
Documenting the Antitrust Revolution over Seven Editions of Kwoka and White
"Documenting the Antitrust Revolution over Seven Editions of Kwoka and White," The Antitrust Bulletin 65, no. 4 (December 2020): 523-546.
The Impact of Information Disclosure on Consumer Behavior: Evidence from a Randomized Field Experiment of Calorie Labels on Restaurant Menus
“The Impact of Information Disclosure on Consumer Behavior: Evidence from a Randomized Field Experiment of Calorie Labels on Restaurant Menus.” Journal of Policy Analysis and Management 39, no. 4 (Fall 2020): 1020-1042.
Reproducibility and Replicability in Economics
"Reproducibility and Replicability in Economics," Harvard Data Science Review 2.4 (Fall 2020).
A stochastic dominance approach to program evaluation with an application to child nutritional status in Kenya
"A stochastic dominance approach to program evaluation with an application to child nutritional status in Kenya." Agricultural Economics 51, no. 6 (November 2020): 871-886.
The Union Threat
“The Union Threat.” The Review of Economic Studies 87, no. 6 (November 2020): 2859-2892.
Effectiveness of Connected Legislators
“Effectiveness of Connected Legislators.” American Journal of Political Science 64, no.4 (October 2020): 739-756.
Facilitating healthy dietary habits: An experiment with a low income population
“Facilitating Healthy Dietary Habits: An Experiment with a Low Income Population.” European Economic Review 129 (October 2020): 103550.
The Impact of Sugar-Sweetened Beverage Taxes on Purchases: Evidence from Four City-Level Taxes in the United States
"The impact of sugar‐sweetened beverage taxes on purchases: Evidence from four city‐level taxes in the United States." Health Economics 29, no. 10 (October 2020): 1289-1306.
The Political Economy of Public Debt: A Laboratory Study
"The Political Economy of Public Debt: A Laboratory Study." Journal of the European Economic Association 18, no. 4 (August 2020): 1969-2012.
Comment on "The Effects of Untying International Food Assistance: The Case of Canada
Comment on "The Effects of Untying International Food Assistance: The Case of Canada." American Journal of Agricultural Economics 102, no. 4 (August 2020): 1079-1080.
Is There Still Son Preference in the United States?
“Is There Still Son Preference in the United States?” Journal of Population Economics 33 (July 2020): 709-750.
Does smallholder maize intensification reduce deforestation? Evidence from Zambia
“Does Smallholder Maize Intensification Reduce Deforestation? Evidence from Zambia.” Global Environmental Change 63 (July 2020): 102127.
Microstructure in the Machine Age
“Microstructure in the Machine Age.” The Review of Financial Studies (July 2020).
The Intertemporal Evolution of Agriculture and Labor over a Rapid Structural Transformation: Lessons from Vietnam
“The Intertemporal Evolution of Agriculture and Labor over a Rapid Structural Transformation: Lessons from Vietnam.” Food Policy 94 (July 2020): 101913.
Unemployment Fluctuations, Match Quality, and the Wage Cyclicality of New Hires
“Unemployment Fluctuations, Match Quality, and the Wage Cyclicality of New Hires.” The Review of Economic Studies 87, no. 4 (July 2020): 1876-1914.
The Coming Wave: Where Do Emerging Market Investors Put Their Money?
"The Coming Wave: Where Do Emerging Market Investors Put Their Money?" Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis 55, no. 4 (June 2020): 1369-1414.
Can Mentoring Help Female Assistant Professors in Economics? An Evaluation by Randomized Trial
“Can Mentoring Help Female Assistant Professors in Economics? An Evaluation by Randomized Trial.” AEA Papers and Proceedings 110 (May 2020): 205-209.
Actions Now Can Curb Food Systems Fallout From COVID-19
“Actions Now Can Curb Food Systems Fallout from COVID-19.” Nature Food, (May 2020).
New Methods for the Cross-Section of Stock Returns
"New Methods for the Cross-Section of Stock Returns," The Review of Financial Studies 33, no. 5 (May 2020): 1879-1890.
The Medical Care Costs of Obesity and Severe Obesity in Youth: An Instrumental Variables Approach
“The Medical Care Costs of Obesity and Severe Obesity in Youth: An Instrumental Variables Approach.” Health Economics 29, no 5 (May 2020): 624-639.
Friendship and Female Education: Evidence from a Field Experiment in Bangladeshi Primary Schools
"Friendship and Female Education: Evidence from a Field Experiment in Bangladeshi Primary Schools," The Economic Journal 130, no. 627 (April 2020): 740-764.
Essential and Frontline Workers in the COVID-19 Crisis
"Essential and Frontline Workers in the COVID-19 Crisis," ECONOFACT (April 30, 2020).
Mentoring Matters for Women in Economics
"Mentoring Matters for Women in Economics," in Women in Economics, Shelly Lundberg ed., CEPR Press, 2020.
Climate Finance
"Climate Finance," The Review of Financial Studies 33, no. 3 (March 2020): 1011-1023.
Declining Son Preference in the US
"Declining Son Preference in the US," VOX CEPR Policy Portal (March 2020).
Close to the Edge: High Productivity at Plot Peripheries and the Inverse Size-Productivity Relationship
"Close to the Edge: High Productivity at Plot Peripheries and the Inverse Size-Productivity Relationship." Journal of Development Economics 143 (March 2020): 102377.
Finding Our Balance? Revisiting the Randomization Revolution in Development Economics Ten Years Further On
"Finding Our Balance? Revisiting the Randomization Revolution in Development Economics Ten Years Further On." World Development 127 (March 2020): 104789.
Overseas Research: A Practical Guide
Overseas Research: A Practical Guide. 3rd ed. Abingdon, Oxon: Routledge, 2020.
The Cost of Legal Restrictions on Experience Rating
"The Cost of Legal Restrictions on Experience Rating." Journal of Empirical Legal Studies 17, no. 1 (March 2020): 1-185.
Mothers, Peers and Gender-Role Identity
"Mothers, Peers and Gender-Role Identity." Journal of the European Economic Association 18, no. 1 (February 2020): 266-301.
Multidimensional Diffusion Processes in Dynamic Online Networks
"Multidimensional Diffusion Processes in Dynamic Online Networks." Plos One 15, no. 2 (February 2020).
On Research Strategy for the New One CGIAR: Editor's Introduction
“On Research Strategy for the New One CGIAR: Editor’s Introduction.” Food Policy 91 (February 2020): 101844.
The Political Economy of Weak Treaties
"The Political Economy of Weak Treaties." Journal of Political Economy 128, no. 2 (February 2020): 544-590.
Tightening Belts to Buy a Home: Consumption Responses to Rising Housing Prices in Urban China
"Tightening Belts to Buy a Home: Consumption Responses to Rising Housing Prices in Urban China." Journal of Urban Economics 115 (January 2020): 103190.
The Impact of Philadelphia Beverage Tax on Prices and Product Availability
“The Impact of the Philadelphia Beverage Tax on Prices and Product Availability.” Journal of Policy Analysis & Management 39, no. 3 (January 2020): 605-628.
Modeling Migration Barriers in a Two-Sector Framework: A Welfare Analysis of the Hukou Reform in China
“Modeling Migration Barriers in a Two-Sector Framework: A Welfare Analysis of the Hukou Reform in China.” Economic Modelling 84 (January 2020): 293–301.
Treatment Effects with Heterogeneous Externalities
"Treatment Effects with Heterogeneous Externalities." Journal of Business & Economic Statistics 38, no. 4 (2020): 826-838.
Introduction: The State of Economics, the State of the World
"Introduction: The State of Economics, the State of the World" in The State of Economics, the State of the World, Kaushik Basu, David Rosenblatt and Claudia Sepulveda, eds., Cambridge MA: MIT Press, 2020.
The State of Economics, The State of the World
The State of Economics, the State of the World. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, January 2020.
2019 Publications
Optimal Dynamic Contracting: The First-Order Approach and Beyond
"Optimal Dynamic Contracting: the First-Order Approach and Beyond." Theoretical Economics 14, no. 4 (November 2019): 1435–1482.
Peer Preferences, School Competition, and the Effects of Public School Choice
“Peer Preferences, School Competition, and the Effects of Public School Choice.” American Economic Journal: Economic Policy 11, no. 4 (November 2019): 124–158.
From Mining to Markets: The Evolution of Bitcoin Transaction Fees
"From Mining to Markets: The Evolution of Bitcoin Transaction Fees." Journal of Financial Economics 134, no. 1 (October 2019): 91-109.
The Impact of Philadelphia Beverage Tax on Prices and Product Availability
“The Impact of the Philadelphia Beverage Tax on Prices and Product Availability.” Journal of Policy Analysis & Management 39, no. 3 (January 2020): 605-628.
Are High-Quality PhD Programs at Universities Associated with More Undergraduate Students Pursuing PhD Study?
"Are High-Quality PhD Programs at Universities Associated with More Undergraduate Students Pursuing PhD Study?" Education Economics 27, no. 5 (September 2019): 451-471.
Speculation and the Bond Market: An Empirical No-Arbitrage Framework
"Speculation and the Bond Market: An Empirical No-Arbitrage Framework." Management Science 65, no. 9 (September 2019): 3949-4450.
Labor Income Share in Asia: Conceptual Issues and the Drivers
Labor Income Share in Asia: Conceptual Issues and the Drivers. Singapore: Springer Singapore and ADB Institute, 2019.
Confronting Africa's Employment Problem
Creating Decent Jobs: Strategies, Policies, and Instruments. Africa: African Development Bank (August 2019): 57-75.
The Long-run Effects of Teacher Collective Bargaining
"The Long-run Effects of Teacher Collective Bargaining." American Economic Journal: Economic Policy 11, no. 3 (August 2019): 292-324.
Social Networks in Policy Making
"Social Networks in Policy Making." Annual Review of Economics 11 (August 2019): 473–494.
The Economic and Fiscal Consequences of Immigration: Highlights from the National Academies Report
“The Economic and Fiscal Consequences of Immigration: Highlights from the National Academies Report.” Business Economics 54, no. 3 (July 2019): 173–176.
In Pursuit of Tenure Track Positions: Career Progression and the Satisfaction of Humanities and Social Sciences Doctorates
"In Pursuit of Tenure Track Positions: Career Progression and the Satisfaction of Humanities and Social Science Doctorates." Review of Higher Education 42, no. 4 (Summer 2019): 1309-1336.
The Quality of Growth in Africa
The Quality of Growth in Africa. New York, NY: Columbia University Press, 2019.
Climate Justice: Integrating Economics and Philosophy
Climate Justice: Integrating Economics and Philosophy. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2019.
Inequality Indices as Tests of Fairness
"Inequality Indices as Tests of Fairness." The Economic Journal 129, no. 621 (July 2019): 2216-2239.
Confidence Intervals for Projections of Partially Identified Parameters
"Confidence Intervals for Projections of Partially Identified Parameters." Econometrica 87, no. 4 (July 2019): 1397-1432.
Testing for Family Influences on Obesity: The Role of Genetic Nurture
"Testing for Family Influences on Obesity: The Role of Genetic Nurture." Health Economics 28, no. 7 (July 2019): 937-952.
The Brother Earnings Penalty
"The Brother Earnings Penalty." Labour Economics 58 (June 2019): 37-51.
Optimal Fiscal Limits with Overrides
"Optimal Fiscal Limits with Overrides." Journal of Public Economics 174 (2019): 76-92.
Emerging Human Infectious Diseases and the Links to Global Food Production
"Emerging Human Infectious Diseases and the Links to Global Food Production." Nature Sustainability 2 (June 2019): 445-456.
Correlated Non-Classical Measurement Errors, ‘Second Best’ Policy Inference and the Inverse Size-Productivity Relationship in Agriculture
"Correlated Non-Classical Measurement Errors, 'Second Best' Policy Inference and the Inverse Size-Productivity Relationship in Agriculture." Journal of Development Economics 139 (June 2019): 171-184.
Individual Preferences and Democratic Processes: Two Theorems with Implications for Electoral Politics
"Individual Preferences and Democratic Processes: Two Theorems with Implications for Electoral Politics." Social Choice and Welfare, (2019).
Why the Economics Profession Must Actively Participate in the Privacy Protection Debate
"Why the Economics Profession Must Actively Participate in the Privacy Protection Debate." AEA Papers and Proceedings 109 (2019): 397-402.
An Economist's Miscellany: From the Groves of Academe to the Slopes of Raisina Hill
An Economist's Miscellany: From the Groves of Academe to the Slopes of Raisina Hill. India: Oxford University Press, 2019
Weight, reference points, and the onset of eating disorders
"Weight, reference points, and the onset of eating disorders." Journal of Health Economics 65 (May 2019): 170-188.
News media and delegated information choice
"News Media and Delegated Information Choice." Journal of Economic Theory 181 (May 2019): 160-196.
Inequality, Growth, Poverty, and Lunar Eclipses: Policy and Arithmetic
"Inequality, Growth, Poverty and Lunar Eclipses: Policy and Arithmetic." Development and Change, (May 2019).
Insuring Well-Being? Buyer’s Remorse and Peace of Mind Effects From Insurance
"Insuring Well-Being? Buyer’s Remorse and Peace of Mind Effects From Insurance." American Journal of Agricultural Economics 101, no. 3 (April 2019): 627-650.
Does Index Insurance Crowd In or Crowd Out Informal Risk Sharing? Evidence from Rural Ethiopia
"Does Index Insurance Crowd In or Crowd Out Informal Risk Sharing? Evidence from Rural Ethiopia." American Journal of Agricultural Economics 101, no. 3 (April 2019): 672-691.
New Technology and Increasing Returns: The End of the Antitrust Century?
"New Technology and Increasing Returns: The End of the Antitrust Century?" in Law, Economics, and Conflict, edited by Kaushik Basu and Robert Hockett. Cornell University Press, 2021.
Inattention and belief polarization
"Inattention and belief polarization." Journal of Economic Theory 180 (March 2019): 203-228.
Employment and Development: How Work Can Lead From and Into Poverty
Employment and Development: How Work Can Lead From and Into Poverty. Edited by Janneke S. Pieters. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2019.
The Informational Theory of Legislative Committees: An Experimental Analysis
"The Informational Theory of Legislative Committees: An Experimental Analysis." American Political Science Review 113, no. 1 (February 2019): 55-76.
The Effect of Weight on Labor Market Outcomes: an Application of Genetic Instrumental Variables
"The Effect of Weight on Labor Market Outcomes: An Application of Genetic Instrumental Variables." Health Economics 28, no. 1 (January 2019): 65-77.
An Economic Analysis of Privacy Protection and Statistical Accuracy as Social Choices
"An Economic Analysis of Privacy Protection and Statistical Accuracy as Social Choices." American Economic Review 109, no. 1 (January 2019): 171-202.
2018 Publications
Doctoral Education and the Faculty of the Future (Chinese Edition)
Doctoral Education and the Faculty of the Future (Chinese Edition). Beijing: Beijing Institute of Technology Press, 2018.
Remembering Stephen Fienberg
"Remembering Stephen Fienberg." Journal of Privacy and Confidentiality 8, no. 1 (December 2018).
Effects Of A Government-Academic Partnership: Has The NSF-Census Bureau Research Network Helped Improve The U.S. Statistical System?
"Effects Of A Government-Academic Partnership: Has The Nsf-Census Bureau Research Network Helped Improve The Us Statistical System?" Journal of Survey Statistics and Methodology (December 2018).
Relaunching the Journal of Privacy and Confidentiality
"Relaunching the Journal of Privacy and Confidentiality." Journal of Privacy and Confidentiality 8, no. 1 (December 2018).
Synthetic Data via Quantile Regression for Heavy-Tailed and Heteroskedastic Data
"Synthetic Data via Quantile Regression for Heavy-Tailed and Heteroskedastic Data." Privacy in Statistical Databases (2018): 92-108.
The Economics of Women, Men, and Work
The Economics of Women, Men, and Work. 9th ed. New York, NY: Oxford University Press, 2021.
The Winding Road to the Welfare State: Economic Insecurity & Social Welfare Policy in Britain
The Winding Road to the Welfare State: Economic Insecurity and Social Welfare Policy in Britain. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 2018.
The Economics of Poverty Traps
The Economics of Poverty Traps. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2018.
Influencing Connected Legislators
"Influencing Connected Legislators." Journal of Political Economy 126, no. 6 (December 2018): 2277-2322.
Estimating Development Resilience: A Conditional Moments-based Approach
"Estimating Development Resilience: A Conditional Moments-based Approach." Journal of Development Economics 135 (November 2018): 272-284.
A case for incomplete markets
"A case for incomplete markets." Journal of Economic Theory 178 (November 2018): 191-221.
Nonparametric Analysis of Random Utility Models
"Nonparametric Analysis of Random Utility Models." Econometrica 86, no. 6 (November 2018): 1883-1909.
The Trials of Randomized Control: Probability, Intuition and the Dinosaur Risk. A Commentary on Deaton and Cartwright
“The Trials of Randomized Control: Probability, Intuition and the Dinosaur Risk. A Commentary on Deaton and Cartwright.” Social Science & Medicine 210 (August 2018): 26–28.
Short-run pain, long-run gain? Recessions and technological transformation
"Short-Run Pain, Long-Run Gain? Recessions and Technological Transformation." Journal of Monetary Economics 97 (August 2018): 29-44.
Women, Work, and Family
"Women, Work, and Family." The Oxford Handbook of Women and the Economy (July 2018).
Health Disparities Across Education: The Role of Differential Reporting Error
"Health Disparities Across Education: The Role of Differential Reporting Error." Health Economics 27, no. 3 (March 2018): E1-E29.
Random Sets in Econometrics
Random Sets in Econometrics. Cambridge, United Kingdom: Cambridge University Press, 2018.
2017 Publications
The Globe and the Circle: Geometry and Economic Geography as Tribute to Thales and Nash
“The Globe and the Circle: Geometry and Economic Geography as Tribute to Thales and Nash.” Indian Economic Review 52, no. 1-2 (December 2017): 93–101.