Research

Academic work

Research Papers

  • Some people feel the rain; others just get wet: Early-life rainfall and personality trait formation in Peru [Draft]

  • Additional returns of extending the school day: Estimating sibling spillovers using a regression discontinuity design - with Catherine Porter & Alan Sanchez

  • Think of the children: Inter-generational effects of drought exposure on offspring outcomes

  • A sound methodology: Measuring experiences of violent conflict through audio self-interviews - with Sophie von Russdorf, Laura Ahlborn, Alessandra Hidalgo & Marta Favara

Technical Notes

  • Identifying climate shocks in Young Lives communities: Estimating weather conditions using a global gridded time series | Young Lives | with Marta Favara [link]

  • Selection and validation of socio-emotional skill measures in round 5 of the Young Lives survey | Young Lives | with Catherine Porter, Marta Favara & Mark Mitchell

Other contributions

Statistical bulletins

  • Deaths related to drug poisoning in England and Wales: 2018 registrations – ONS - with Emyr John & Asim Butt [link]

Software

Conference Presentations

2023

  • 14th Bolivian Conference on Development Economics; Conferencia Internacional de Desarrollo Económico PUCP; 2nd International Conference on Development Economics; 36th European Society of Population Economics conference; 1st Welfare and Policy conference; Inaugural Essex PhD Conference in Applied Economics; NWSSDTP PhD Conference in Economics; Lancaster Applied Micro Workshop; 12th Summer School in Development Economics Workshop (invited)

2019 - 2022

  • Lancaster University PGR conference; NWSSDTP Conference; CLOSER – Preparing for the Future III; SGPE Conference; LUMS PhD Seminar Series; Scottish Economics Conference (student speaker)