While in the last few decades, we have witnessed a significant reduction in extreme poverty in the developing world, the progress has been slow and uneven for women and girls. The disadvantages experienced by women manifest ...

This dissertation explores the economics of electricity consumption in three essays.

In this dissertation, I study three topics in gender and development economics. In the first chapter, "The Effect of Violent Crime on Intra-household Resource Allocation", I study the effects of violent crime on household ...

In this dissertation, I examine the impact of recent immigration to Germany on various outcomes. I explore the often-overlooked benefits migrants can bring to host countries, as well as policies which may facilitate ...

This dissertation consists of three chapters covering topics in poverty, inequality, and political economy. The first chapter Lifting the Floor? Economic Development, Social Protection, and the Developing World’s Poorest, ...

This dissertation consists of two chapters on the economics of voting. In the first chapter, Courting Legal Change: Dynamics of Voting on the U.S. Supreme Court, I formulate and structurally estimate a dynamic game-theoretic ...

Mortgage is a major part of debt for households and one of the core businesses for financial institutions. The disruption of mortgage market during 2007-2008 put both households and financial institutions in distress. ...

The first chapter focuses on the relationship between two important technological drivers that affect labor market outcomes. There has been polarization in employment shares across different types of occupations; at the ...

The purpose of this research is to examine the relationship between crime and unemployment in Italy. I set out to do so using data on crime, unemployment, and a variety of control variables retrieved from Italy’s Istituto ...

It is well established that a major contributing factor to the high incarceration rate of the United States is recidivism and that an important factor in its prevention is access to quality employment opportunities. However, ...