Academic Publications
Peer-Reviewed Articles
“Matching Frictions and Distorted Beliefs: Evidence from a Job Fair Experiment” (with Caria,Stefano & Fafchamps,Marcel & Falco,Paolo & Franklin,Simon & Quinn,Simon & Shilpi,Forhad J), The Economic Journal, 135 (October 2025), 2089–2121
“The selection of talent: experimental and structural evidence from Ethiopia” (With Stefano Caria and Esteban Ortiz-Ospina). American Economic Review, (2021) vol. 111(6), pages 1757-1806, June.
"Urban Public Works in Spatial Equilibrium: Experimental Evidence from Ethiopia," (with Simon Franklin, Clément Imbert, & Carolina Mejia-Mantilla) American Economic Review, 114 (5): 1382–1414, 2024 .
"Foreign Direct Investment and Knowledge Diffusion in Poor Locations: Evidence from Ethiopia," (with Margaret S. McMillan & Michel Serafinelli) Journal of Development Economics, Volume 158, September 2022, 102926.
“Do Factory Jobs Improve Welfare? Experimental Evidence from Ethiopia,” (With Niklas Buehren, Markus Goldstein) The World Bank Economic Review, 2024 lhae015
“How Well do Worker Cooperatives Perform in Manufacturing? Evidence from a Large Low-Income Country” ( with Mulu Gebreeyesus), Economic Development and Cultural Change, 2024, 72(4),
“Anonymity or Distance? Job Search and Labour Market Exclusion in a Growing African City” (with Stefano Caria, Marcel Fafchamps, Paolo Falco, Simon Franklin and Simon Quinn). The Review of Economic Studies (2021) 88(3): 1279-1310.
“Changing saving and investment behaviour: the impact of financial literacy training and reminders on micro-businesses," Journal of African Economies (2018). vol. 27(5), pages 587-611 (With Biruk Tekle and Yukichi Mano).
“Earnings, Savings, and Job Satisfaction in a Labor-intensive Export Sector: Evidence from the Cut Flower Industry in Ethiopia”. World Development (2018). Volume 110, October 2018, Pages 176-191 (With Aya Suzuki and Yukichi Mano).
"Urban Food Retailing and Food Prices in Africa: The Case of Addis Ababa, Ethiopia" (with Thomas Woldu, Indra Lamoot, and Bart Minten), Journal of Agribusiness in Developing and Emerging Economies. (2016) 6.2: 90-109.
“Review of Industrial Policies in Ethiopia: A Perspective from the Leather and Cut flower Industries”. With Florian Schaefer. In Joseph Stiglitz and Akbar Noman (ed.), “Industrial Policy and Economic Transformation in Africa”. Chapter 5. New York, Columbia University Press, September 2015.
“Main Features of Micro and Small Enterprises in Ethiopia: Bassline Survey Report.” with Mulu Gebreeyesus, Abebe Ambachew, Tigabu Getahu, Berihu Assefa, Seid Hassen, Haile Selassie Medhin, Ethiopian Development Research Institute, 2018.
“Foreign Direct Investment in Ethiopia: Challenges, Opportunities and Policy Options for Effective Use to Stimulate Industrialization”, FDRE, Policy Study and Research Center Industrial Development Policy Study and Research Department, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, ISBN 978-99944-74-37-0. With Mulu Gebreeyesus and Birhanu Beshah.
“Transformation Ethiopian MSEs to SMEs-The case of capability building policies,” with Seungwon Yu, in “2014/15 Knowledge Sharing Program with Ethiopia: Developing Action Plans for the Priority Agendas of the second Stage of Growth and Transformation Plan”, Chapter 2, Korean Development Institute and the Ministry of Strategy and Finance, Republic of Korea (2015).
Research Work in Progress (Selected)
Assessing the adoption of Modern Agricultural Technologies in India
Bridging the Digital Divide: Evidence from a Device Financing Experiment
Investment Policy Reforms and Foreign Direct Investment Inflows: A Case Study of Ethiopia
Access to Capital and Women’s Entrepreneurship
Competition and Management Upgrading: Experimental Evidence from Ethiopia
The labour market and welfare implications of job displacement insurance