Research
I predominantly work at the intersection of Development, Labor, Education, and Gender economics.
Publications
Preschool Availability and Female Labor Force Participation: Evidence from Indonesia
with Hillary C. Johnson and Elizaveta Perova (World Bank Policy Research Working Paper, Forthcoming at Economic Development and Cultural Change, ungated Accepted Manuscript)
Featured on EAPGIL policy brief, CGDev
Long-term and Intergenerational Effects of Education: Evidence from School Construction in Indonesia
with Richard Akresh and Marieke Kleemans (NBER working paper, World Bank PRWP, conditionally accepted at The Economic Journal)
Featured on VoxDev, VoxEU, GlobalDev (in Spanish and French), Development Impact
Gender Differences in Responses to Nudges: Evidence from a Randomized Trial of Prospective Economics Majors
with Elizabeth Powers, Rebecca Thornton (World Bank working paper, accepted at AEA Papers and Proceedings)
Treatment packages
Childcare and Mothers’ Labor Market Outcomes in Lower- and Middle-Income Countries: Policies & Impact (with Elizaveta Perova and Sarah Reynolds) (World Bank working paper, accepted at World Bank Research Observer).
Working Papers
Narrowing the Gender Gaps: The Initial Gendered Impacts of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Indonesia's Labor Market (with Sean Hambali and Ririn Purnamasari)
Why Do People Move? A Data-driven Approach to Identifying and Predicting Gender-specific Aspirations to Migrate (with Suneha Seetahul)
Minimum Wage and School Enrollment: Evidence from Indonesia (draft available upon request)
Work-in-progress
Supporting Safe Migration of Prospective Migrants in Indonesia
with Aneesh Mannava, Elizaveta Perova, Ririn Salwa Purnamasari, and Ganesh Seshan
Baseline data collected (see EAPGIL Policy Brief)