Research
Social Science Publications
Maggio, Dan, Jack Cavanagh “The Effect of Cash Transfers on Maternal Health Seeking: Evidence from Ecuador” Economics and Human Biology. 59 (December, 2025) [Open Access][Replication Package]
Sakketa, Tekalign Gutu, Dan Maggio, and John McPeak “The Protective Role of Index Insurance in the Experience of Violent Conflict: Evidence from Ethiopia” Journal of Development Economics. 175 (May 1, 2025) [Open Access][Blog]
Maggio, Dan, Mahesh Karra, and David Canning. “Family Planning and Children's Human Capital: Experimental Evidence from Urban Malawi.” Demography. 61(5), 1667–1698. (October 1, 2024) [Open Access][Blog][Replication Package][Policy Brief]
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]
Health Publications
Bliznashka, Lilia, Odiche Nwabuikwu, Marilyn Ahun, Natalie Roschnik, Brenda Phiri, Esnatt Gondwe-Matekesa, Monice Kachinjika, Peter Mvula, Alister Munthali, Daniel Maggio, Mangani Katundu, Kenneth Maleta, Melissa Gladstone, Aulo Gelli, MAZIKO trial team “Effect of combining lower-and higher-value monthly cash transfers with nutrition-sensitive agriculture, male engagement, and psychosocial intervention on maternal depressive symptoms in rural Malawi: a secondary analysis of a cluster-randomised controlled trial” BMJ: Global Health (January 7, 2026) [Open Access]
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]
Working Papers
Family Planning and the Female Labor Supply: Evidence from Urban Malawi (With Mahesh Karra, and David Canning) [Current Draft]
Lean Season Price Risk and Transfer Investments (With Lilia Bliznashka, Anissa Collishaw, Aulo Gelli, Monice Kachinjika, Peter Mvula, and Odiche Nwabuikwu) [Current Draft]
Family Planning and the Dynamics of Fertility Preferences: Experimental Evidence from Urban Malawi (With Stefanie Pechar and Mahesh Karra) [Current Draft]
Better Together? Socioeconomic Impacts of Cash Transfers and Facilitated Couples' Planning (With Jessica Leight, Simone Schaner, and Sarika Gupta) [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
“Social Protection and Local Labor Market Conditions” (With Tess Lallemant)
“Option Contracts as Price Insurance (With Dan Agness and Jed Silver) Pilot ongoing
“Asymmetric Information and Adverse Selection in Land Markets” (With Robbie Dulin)
“Programming Complementarities between School Meals and Teaching at the Right Level (With Noam Angrist, Dahyeon Jeong, Hannah Uckat, and Simone Lombardini) Funding Acquired
“A Global Database on Compulsory Schooling Laws” (With Noam Angrist, Harry Patrinos, and Anshuman Gupta)
