I study the role of financial incentives as signals of job characteristics when these are
unknown to potential applicants. To this end, I create experimental variation in expected …

We randomly assigned male migrant workers in Qatar invitations to a motivational workshop
aimed at improving financial habits and encouraging joint decision-making with spouses …

Purpose Entrepreneurship is promoted as a solution to high rates of youth unemployment
around the world and especially in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA). This paper …

Is the type of financial support provided to businesses more important than which
businesses receive it? Loans and grants can lead to differences in optimal investments and …

We show that data on subjective expectations, especially on outcomes from counterfactual
choices and choice probabilities, are a powerful tool in recovering ex ante treatment effects …

Under the backdrop of economic globalization and the digital economy, entrepreneurial
behavior has emerged not only as a focal point of management research but also as an …

Entrepreneurship is promoted by government policies and international agencies as a
solution to high rates of youth unemployment in the Middle East and North Africa. This paper …

This book sets out to examine the underlying educational implications of rapid economic
transformation, using illustrative analyses of teacher labour markets during the years of …

What drives young adults' occupational choices? Answering this question is especially
relevant in Africa, where one-fifth of the world's youth reside. Through a survey of 1,003 …

This dissertation consists of three separate essays on the economics of education. The first
chapter, co-authored with Esteban Aucejo, studies the relative effectiveness of reducing …