Research

Publications

Maggio, Dan, Mahesh Karra, David Canning. “Family Planning and Children's Human Capital: Experimental Evidence from Urban Malawi.” Demography. Forthcoming. [Blog] [HCI Working Paper] [Policy Brief

Maziko Trial Team. “Impact evaluation of a maternal and child cash transfer intervention, integrated with nutrition, early childhood development, and agriculture messaging (MAZIKO-IE): a study protocol for a cluster-randomised controlled trial.” Trials 25, no. 46 (January 13, 2024) [PubMed]

Karra, Mahesh, Dan Maggio, Muqi Guo, Bagrey Ngwira, and David Canning. “The Causal Effect of a Family Planning Intervention on Women’s Contraceptive Use and Birth Spacing.” Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 119, no. 22 (May 31, 2022) [Open Access] [Blog] [Replication Package] [Policy Brief]


Working Papers

The Protective Role of Index Insurance in the Experience of Violent Conflict: Evidence from Ethiopia” (With Tekalign Gutu Sakketa and John McPeak) R&R at Journal of Development Economics [Blog] [HiCN Working Paper][Current Draft]

Family Planning and the Female Labor Supply: Evidence from Urban Malawi (With Mahesh Karra, and David Canning) Under Review [Current Draft]

The Effect of Cash Transfers on Maternal Health Seeking: Evidence from Ecuador (With Jack Cavanagh) [Current Draft]

An Exploration of Targeting Leakage and Under-coverage: Evidence from Mexico’s Progresa Cash Transfer Experiment (With Jack Cavanagh) [Current Draft]


Selected Works in Progress

Estimating Parental Preferences for Nutritious Foods using Randomly Assigned Cash Transfers  (With John Hoddinott, Aulo Gelli, and Anissa Collishaw) [DDRIG Abstract]

Better Together? Socioeconomic Impacts of Cash Transfers and Facilitated Couples' Planning (With Jessica Leight, Simone Schaner, and Sarika Gupta)

A Global Database on Compulsory Schooling Laws (With Noam Angrist, Harry Patrinos, and Anshuman Gupta)