My research focuses on housing, property rights, urban planning, and property tax in developing country cities.
Working Papers
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No shame in my name: Public disclosure and tax compliance in a low-capacity state
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The Role of Social Connections in the Racial Segregation of US Cities
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Economics of Greenfield Urban Planning
Work in Progress
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Slum eviction with in-situ rehousing: Evidence from Rwanda
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Construction Dynamics in Sites and Services Projects
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The economic consequences of statistical property valuation: Evidence from Kampala, Uganda
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The long run effects of Sites & Services: Evidence from World Bank shelter programs in 47 countries
Publications
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Illuminating the Global South
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Ask a local: Improving the public pricing of land titles in urban Tanzania
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Unbundling tenure security and demand for property rights: Evidence from urban Tanzania
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No Inventor Is an Island: Social Connectedness and the Geography of Knowledge Flows in the US
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Planning Ahead for Better Neighborhoods: Long Run Evidence from Tanzania
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Building the city: from slums to a modern metropolis
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Life in a Slum: understanding living conditions in Nairobi's slums across time and space
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Building functional cities