"Are Africans Practicing Safer Sex: Evidence from Demographic and Health Surveys for Eight Countries." Forthcoming, Economic Development and Cultural Change (with David E. Sahn).
"Estimating the Consequences of Unexpected Fertility on Child Quality in Romania: an Exercise Using Twins Data." Forthcoming, Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics (with David E. Sahn and Alessandra Marini).
"The Demand for Primary Schooling in Rural Madagascar: Price, Quality, and the Choice Between Public and Private Providers." Journal of Development Economics 79(1):118-145, 2006 (with David E. Sahn).
"Changes in HIV/AIDS Knowledge And Testing Behavior In Africa: How Much and for Whom?" Journal of Population Economics 20(2):382-422 (April), 2007 (with David E. Sahn).
"Export Processing Zone Expansion in Madagascar: What are the Labor Market and Gender Impacts?" Journal of African Economies 15(4):722-756, 2006. (Co-author: François Roubaud).
"Intertemporal Female Labor Force Behavior in a Developing Country: What Can We Learn from a Limited Panel?" Labour Economics 12(1):23-45, 2005 (with David E. Sahn).
"The Distribution of Public Expenditures in Madagascar over the 1990s: Increasing Progressivity without Economic Growth?" Journal of African Economies 15(3) 399-433. (Co-author: Mamisoa Razakamanantsoa). 2006.
"Scaling Up Voluntary HIV Counseling and Testing in Africa: What Can Evaluation Studies Tell Us About Potential Prevention Impacts?" Evaluation Review 29(4):331-357, 2005.
"Poverty, Education and Health: the Case of Madagascar," in Christian Morrisson, ed., Education and Health Spending and Poverty Reduction, 2003. Paris: OECD. (Co-authors: D. Cogneau, J.C. Dumont, M. Razafindakato, J. Razafindravonona, I. Randretsa, and F. Roubeaud).
"Parental Labor and Child Nutrition Beyond Infancy," in Jody Heymann, ed., Global Inequalities at Work, 2003. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
"Women's Employment and its Relation to Children's Health and Schooling in Developing countries: Conceptual Links, Empirical Evidence, and Policies." Cornell Food and Nutrition Policy Program Working Paper No. 131. 2002.
"Schooling of Girls and Boys in a West African Country: the Effects of Parental Education, Income, and Household Structure." Economics of Education Review 19(1):63-87, 2000 (Co-author: David E. Sahn).
"Simultaneous Determination of Home Work and Market Work of Women in Urban West Africa." Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics 61(1):57-84, February, 1999.
"Maternal Labor Supply and Child Nutrition in West Africa." Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics. 60(3):325-355, August 1998. (Co-author: David E. Sahn).
"Are Africans Practicing Safer Sex: Evidence from Demographic and Health Surveys for Eight Countries." Forthcoming, Economic Development and Cultural Change (with David E. Sahn).
"Estimating the Consequences of Unexpected Fertility on Child Quality in Romania: an Exercise Using Twins Data." Forthcoming, Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics (with David E. Sahn and Alessandra Marini).
"The Demand for Primary Schooling in Rural Madagascar: Price, Quality, and the Choice Between Public and Private Providers." Journal of Development Economics 79(1):118-145, 2006 (with David E. Sahn).
"Changes in HIV/AIDS Knowledge And Testing Behavior In Africa: How Much and for Whom?" Journal of Population Economics 20(2):382-422 (April), 2007 (with David E. Sahn).
"Export Processing Zone Expansion in Madagascar: What are the Labor Market and Gender Impacts?" Journal of African Economies 15(4):722-756, 2006. (Co-author: François Roubaud).
"Intertemporal Female Labor Force Behavior in a Developing Country: What Can We Learn from a Limited Panel?" Labour Economics 12(1):23-45, 2005 (with David E. Sahn).
"The Distribution of Public Expenditures in Madagascar over the 1990s: Increasing Progressivity without Economic Growth?" Journal of African Economies 15(3) 399-433. (Co-author: Mamisoa Razakamanantsoa). 2006.
"Scaling Up Voluntary HIV Counseling and Testing in Africa: What Can Evaluation Studies Tell Us About Potential Prevention Impacts?" Evaluation Review 29(4):331-357, 2005.
"Poverty, Education and Health: the Case of Madagascar," in Christian Morrisson, ed., Education and Health Spending and Poverty Reduction, 2003. Paris: OECD. (Co-authors: D. Cogneau, J.C. Dumont, M. Razafindakato, J. Razafindravonona, I. Randretsa, and F. Roubeaud).
"Parental Labor and Child Nutrition Beyond Infancy," in Jody Heymann, ed., Global Inequalities at Work, 2003. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
"Women's Employment and its Relation to Children's Health and Schooling in Developing countries: Conceptual Links, Empirical Evidence, and Policies." Cornell Food and Nutrition Policy Program Working Paper No. 131. 2002.
"Schooling of Girls and Boys in a West African Country: the Effects of Parental Education, Income, and Household Structure." Economics of Education Review 19(1):63-87, 2000 (Co-author: David E. Sahn).
"Simultaneous Determination of Home Work and Market Work of Women in Urban West Africa." Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics 61(1):57-84, February, 1999.
"Maternal Labor Supply and Child Nutrition in West Africa." Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics. 60(3):325-355, August 1998. (Co-author: David E. Sahn).
Background
educational background
Ph.D., (Economics), The American University, 1993
B.A., (Anthropology), State University of New York at Binghamton, 1979
