Education...

    2013 (expected)     Ph.D.   Economics,  Paris School of Economics

    2010                     M.S.     Economics,  Paris School of Economics

    2006                     B.A.      Economics,  FU Berlin

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 Work In Progress...

[7] 'The spillover effects of humanitarian aid: How does income support to the ultra-poor affect village economies?' (with Chris Blattman, Eric Green, and Julian Jamison)

[6] 'Spatial Externalities of Social Programs: Why Do Cash Transfer Programs Affect Ineligibles’ Consumption' [abstract]

[5] 'When do Cash Transfer Programs Have Modest Effects on Reducing Rural Inequality?' [abstract]

[4] 'The Effect of Rainwater Harvesting on Poverty' (with R. Tsukada) [abstract]

[3] 'Campo or College? Cross-Generational Assimilation of Latino Immigrants into U.S. Higher Education' [abstract]

[2] 'The Effect of Solidarity Networks on Mitigating HIV/AIDS-Induced Idiosyncratic Shocks in Southern Africa' [abstract]

[1] 'When Do Policies That Encourage Female Entrepreneurship Increase Child Labour?' [abstract]

Shorter Articles...

[1]'Unintended Effects of Microfinance: An Increase in Child Labour in Some Contexts?'(with G.Hirata) UNDP International Policy Centre for Inclusive Growth, May 2010 [PDF]

[2] 'Benefiting Without Receiving Money? Externalities of Conditional Cash Transfer Programmes on Schooling, Health and the Village Economy' UNDP International Policy Centre for Inclusive Growth, March 2010 [PDF]

[3] 'Low-Cost Technologies Towards Achieving the Millennium Development Goals: The Case of Rainwater Harvesting'  UNDP International Policy Centre for Inclusive Growth, February 2010 (with R. Tsukada and A. Lourete) [PDF]

[4] 'Do CCT Programmes Have a Pro-Poor Spillover Effect?' UNDP International Policy Centre for Inclusive Growth, September 2009 [PDF]

[5]'Raindrops for Education: How to Improve Water Access in Schools?' UNDP International Policy Centre for Inclusive Growth (with R. Tsukada and A. Lourete), September 2009  [PDF]

[6] 'The EU and Mercosur - Can the EU Get its Foot in the Door of Mercosur, Latin Americas Most Dominant Market?' The Washington Report on the Hemisphere, No. 48 Vol 8., 2007, Council on Hemispheric A airs, Washington DC, USA