I am a development economist at the University of Michigan. My positions here are Professor in the Department of Economics, Professor at the Ford School of Public Policy, and Research Professor at the Population Studies Center (Institute for Social Research).

Listen to Eduardo Montero and me on the AEA Research Highlights Podcast on “Religious Festivals and Economic Development”, American Economic Review, October 2022. This NBER Digest article provides a nontechnical summary.

Listen to my interview on the AEA Research Highlights Podcast on “Subsidies and the African Green Revolution” (with Michael Carter and Rachid Laajaj), American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, April 2021. This VoxDev article provides a nontechnical summary.

Check out my research group, DevLab.

Learn more about Development Economics @ Michigan.