Jonathan Robinson

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• University of California-Santa Cruz (UCSC) / Economics Department
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• Coping with Political Instability: Micro Evidence from Kenya's 2007 Election Crisis
  American Economic Review, American Economic Association (2010)
  by Pascaline Dupas & Jonathan Robinson
  (ReDIF-article, aea:aecrev:v:100:y:2010:i:2:p:120-24)
• Nudging Farmers to Use Fertilizer: Theory and Experimental Evidence from Kenya
  American Economic Review, American Economic Association (2011)
  by Esther Duflo & Michael Kremer & Jonathan Robinson
  (ReDIF-article, aea:aecrev:v:101:y:2011:i:6:p:2350-90)
• Behavioral Biases and Firm Behavior: Evidence from Kenyan Retail Shops
  American Economic Review, American Economic Association (2013)
  by Michael Kremer & Jean Lee & Jonathan Robinson & Olga Rostapshova
  (ReDIF-article, aea:aecrev:v:103:y:2013:i:3:p:362-68)
• Why Don't the Poor Save More? Evidence from Health Savings Experiments
  American Economic Review, American Economic Association (2013)
  by Pascaline Dupas & Jonathan Robinson
  (ReDIF-article, aea:aecrev:v:103:y:2013:i:4:p:1138-71)
• How High Are Rates of Return to Fertilizer? Evidence from Field Experiments in Kenya
  American Economic Review, American Economic Association (2008)
  by Esther Duflo & Michael Kremer & Jonathan Robinson
  (ReDIF-article, aea:aecrev:v:98:y:2008:i:2:p:482-88)
• Banking the Unbanked? Evidence from Three Countries
  American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, American Economic Association (2018)
  by Pascaline Dupas & Dean Karlan & Jonathan Robinson & Diego Ubfal
  (ReDIF-article, aea:aejapp:v:10:y:2018:i:2:p:257-97)
• Transactional Sex as a Response to Risk in Western Kenya
  American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, American Economic Association (2011)
  by Jonathan Robinson & Ethan Yeh
  (ReDIF-article, aea:aejapp:v:3:y:2011:i:1:p:35-64)
• Limited Insurance within the Household: Evidence from a Field Experiment in Kenya
  American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, American Economic Association (2012)
  by Jonathan Robinson
  (ReDIF-article, aea:aejapp:v:4:y:2012:i:4:p:140-64)
• Savings Constraints and Microenterprise Development: Evidence from a Field Experiment in Kenya
  American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, American Economic Association (2013)
  by Pascaline Dupas & Jonathan Robinson
  (ReDIF-article, aea:aejapp:v:5:y:2013:i:1:p:163-92)
• Experimental Evidence on the Effects of Home Computers on Academic Achievement among Schoolchildren
  American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, American Economic Association (2013)
  by Robert W. Fairlie & Jonathan Robinson
  (ReDIF-article, aea:aejapp:v:5:y:2013:i:3:p:211-40)
• Cashing In (and Out): Experimental Evidence on the Effects of Mobile Money in Malawi
  AEA Papers and Proceedings, American Economic Association (2020)
  by Shilpa Aggarwal & Valentina Brailovskaya & Jonathan Robinson
  (ReDIF-article, aea:apandp:v:110:y:2020:p:599-604)
• Banking the Unbanked? Evidence from Three Countries
  Center Discussion Papers, Yale University, Economic Growth Center (2016)
  by Karlan, Dean & Dupas, Pascaline & Robinson, Jonathan & Ubfal, Diego
  (ReDIF-paper, ags:yaleeg:242442)
• Savings Constraints and Microenterprise Development: Evidence from a Field Experiment in Kenya
  Santa Cruz Department of Economics, Working Paper Series, Department of Economics, UC Santa Cruz (2008)
  by Dupas, Pascaline & Robinson, Jonathan
  (ReDIF-paper, cdl:ucscec:qt01x12117)
• Savings Constraints and Microenterprise Development: Evidence from a Field Experiment in Kenya
  Santa Cruz Department of Economics, Working Paper Series, Department of Economics, UC Santa Cruz (2012)
  by Dupas, Pascaline & Robinson, Jonathan
  (ReDIF-paper, cdl:ucscec:qt1rg2d9mm)
• Keeping the Doctor Away: Experimental Evidence on Investment in Preventative Health Products
  Santa Cruz Department of Economics, Working Paper Series, Department of Economics, UC Santa Cruz (2012)
  by Meredith, Jennifer & Robinson, Jonathan & Walker, Sarah & Wydick, Bruce
  (ReDIF-paper, cdl:ucscec:qt24715228)
• Limited Insurance Within the Household: Evidence from a Field Experiment in Kenya
  Santa Cruz Department of Economics, Working Paper Series, Department of Economics, UC Santa Cruz (2008)
  by Robinson, Jonathan
  (ReDIF-paper, cdl:ucscec:qt2px0t7pt)
• Savings Constraints and Microenterprise Development: Evidence from a Field Experiment in Kenya
  Santa Cruz Department of Economics, Working Paper Series, Department of Economics, UC Santa Cruz (2009)
  by Robinson, Jonathan & Dupas, Pascaline
  (ReDIF-paper, cdl:ucscec:qt34w0w53t)
• The Effect of Savings Accounts on Interpersonal Financial Relationships: Evidence from a Field Experiment in Rural Kenya
  Santa Cruz Department of Economics, Working Paper Series, Department of Economics, UC Santa Cruz (2016)
  by Dupas, Pascaline & Keats, Anthony & Robinson, Jonathan
  (ReDIF-paper, cdl:ucscec:qt3524t5vb)
• Did COVID-19 Market Disruptions Disrupt Food Security? Evidence from Households in Rural Liberia and Malawi
  Santa Cruz Department of Economics, Working Paper Series, Department of Economics, UC Santa Cruz (2020)
  by Aggarwal, Shilpa & Jeong, Dahyeon & Kumar, Naresh & Park, David S. & Robinson, Jonathan & Spearot, Alan
  (ReDIF-paper, cdl:ucscec:qt40r546sv)
• Experimental Evidence on the Effects of Home Computers on Academic Achievement among Schoolchildren
  Santa Cruz Department of Economics, Working Paper Series, Department of Economics, UC Santa Cruz (2013)
  by Fairlie, Robert W. & Robinson, Jonathan
  (ReDIF-paper, cdl:ucscec:qt5759k24s)
• Governance and the effectiveness of public health subsidies: Evidence from Ghana, Kenya and Uganda
  Santa Cruz Department of Economics, Working Paper Series, Department of Economics, UC Santa Cruz (2017)
  by Dizon-Ross, Rebecca & Dupas, Pascaline & Robinson, Jonathan
  (ReDIF-paper, cdl:ucscec:qt8352m5xv)
• Why Don't the Poor Save More? Evidence from Health Savings Experiments
  Santa Cruz Department of Economics, Working Paper Series, Department of Economics, UC Santa Cruz (2012)
  by Dupas, Pascaline & Robinson, Jonathan
  (ReDIF-paper, cdl:ucscec:qt94w3m4r9)
• Experimental Evidence on the Effects of Home Computers on Academic Achievement among Schoolchildren
  CESifo Working Paper Series, CESifo (2013)
  by Robert W. Fairlie & Jonathan Robinson
  (ReDIF-paper, ces:ceswps:_4128)
• Banking the Unbanked: Evidence from Three Countries - Working Paper 440
  Working Papers, Center for Global Development (2016)
  by Pascaline Dupas, Dean Karlan, Jonathan Robinson and Diego Ubfal
  (ReDIF-paper, cgd:wpaper:440)
• The Effect of Savings Accounts on Interpersonal Financial Relationships: Evidence from a Field Experiment in Rural Kenya
  CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers (2015)
  by Dupas, Pascaline & Robinson, Jonathan & Keats, Anthony
  (ReDIF-paper, cpr:ceprdp:10689)
• Governance and the Effectiveness of Public Health Subsidies
  CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers (2015)
  by Dupas, Pascaline & Robinson, Jonathan & Dizon-Ross, Rebecca
  (ReDIF-paper, cpr:ceprdp:10690)
• Banking the Unbanked? Evidence from three countries
  CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers (2016)
  by Karlan, Dean & Dupas, Pascaline & Robinson, Jonathan & Ubfal, Diego
  (ReDIF-paper, cpr:ceprdp:11420)
• Decentralization and Efficiency of Subsidy Targeting: Evidence from Chiefs in Rural Malawi
  CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers (2017)
  by Dupas, Pascaline & Basurto, Pia & Robinson, Jonathan
  (ReDIF-paper, cpr:ceprdp:12012)
• Is Digital Credit Filling a Hole or Digging a Hole? Evidence from Malawi
  CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers (2021)
  by Dupas, Pascaline & Brailovskaya, Valentina & Robinson, Jonathan
  (ReDIF-paper, cpr:ceprdp:16848)
• Nudging Farmers to Utilize Fertilizer: Theory and Experimental Evidence from Kenya
  CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers (2009)
  by Kremer, Michael & Duflo, Esther & Robinson, Jonathan
  (ReDIF-paper, cpr:ceprdp:7402)
• Keeping the doctor away: Experimental evidence on investment in preventative health products
  Journal of Development Economics, Elsevier (2013)
  by Meredith, Jennifer & Robinson, Jonathan & Walker, Sarah & Wydick, Bruce
  (ReDIF-article, eee:deveco:v:105:y:2013:i:c:p:196-210)
• Minding small change among small firms in Kenya
  Journal of Development Economics, Elsevier (2014)
  by Beaman, Lori & Magruder, Jeremy & Robinson, Jonathan
  (ReDIF-article, eee:deveco:v:108:y:2014:i:c:p:69-86)
• Grain today, gain tomorrow: Evidence from a storage experiment with savings clubs in Kenya
  Journal of Development Economics, Elsevier (2018)
  by Aggarwal, Shilpa & Francis, Eilin & Robinson, Jonathan
  (ReDIF-article, eee:deveco:v:134:y:2018:i:c:p:1-15)
• Exhaustive or exhausting? Evidence on respondent fatigue in long surveys
  Journal of Development Economics, Elsevier (2023)
  by Jeong, Dahyeon & Aggarwal, Shilpa & Robinson, Jonathan & Kumar, Naresh & Spearot, Alan & Park, David Sungho
  (ReDIF-article, eee:deveco:v:161:y:2023:i:c:s0304387822001341)
• The (hidden) costs of political instability: Evidence from Kenya's 2007 election crisis
  Journal of Development Economics, Elsevier (2012)
  by Dupas, Pascaline & Robinson, Jonathan
  (ReDIF-article, eee:deveco:v:99:y:2012:i:2:p:314-329)
• The daily grind: Cash needs and labor supply
  Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, Elsevier (2020)
  by Dupas, Pascaline & Robinson, Jonathan & Saavedra, Santiago
  (ReDIF-article, eee:jeborg:v:177:y:2020:i:c:p:399-414)
• Governance and the effectiveness of public health subsidies: Evidence from Ghana, Kenya and Uganda
  Journal of Public Economics, Elsevier (2017)
  by Dizon-Ross, Rebecca & Dupas, Pascaline & Robinson, Jonathan
  (ReDIF-article, eee:pubeco:v:156:y:2017:i:c:p:150-169)
• Decentralization and efficiency of subsidy targeting: Evidence from chiefs in rural Malawi
  Journal of Public Economics, Elsevier (2020)
  by Basurto, Maria Pia & Dupas, Pascaline & Robinson, Jonathan
  (ReDIF-article, eee:pubeco:v:185:y:2020:i:c:s0047272719300994)
• Banking the Unbanked? Evidence from Three Countries
  Working Papers, Economic Growth Center, Yale University (2016)
  by Dean Karlan & Pascaline Dupas & Jonathan Robinson & Diego Ubfal
  (ReDIF-paper, egc:wpaper:1055)
• Experimental Evidence on the Effects of Home Computers on Academic Achievement among Schoolchildren
  IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) (2013)
  by Fairlie, Robert W. & Robinson, Jonathan
  (ReDIF-paper, iza:izadps:dp7211)
• Challenges in Banking the Rural Poor: Evidence from Kenya's Western Province
  NBER Chapters, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2014)
  by Pascaline Dupas & Sarah Green & Anthony Keats & Jonathan Robinson
  (ReDIF-chapter, nbr:nberch:13363)
• Success in Entrepreneurship: Doing the Math
  NBER Chapters, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2014)
  by Michael Kremer & Jonathan Robinson & Olga Rostapshova
  (ReDIF-chapter, nbr:nberch:13449)
• Savings Constraints and Microenterprise Development: Evidence from a Field Experiment in Kenya
  NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2009)
  by Pascaline Dupas & Jonathan Robinson
  (ReDIF-paper, nbr:nberwo:14693)
• Nudging Farmers to Use Fertilizer: Theory and Experimental Evidence from Kenya
  NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2009)
  by Esther Duflo & Michael Kremer & Jonathan Robinson
  (ReDIF-paper, nbr:nberwo:15131)
• Why Don't the Poor Save More? Evidence from Health Savings Experiments
  NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2011)
  by Pascaline Dupas & Jonathan Robinson
  (ReDIF-paper, nbr:nberwo:17255)
• Challenges in Banking the Rural Poor: Evidence from Kenya's Western Province
  NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2012)
  by Pascaline Dupas & Sarah Green & Anthony Keats & Jonathan Robinson
  (ReDIF-paper, nbr:nberwo:17851)
• Experimental Evidence on the Effects of Home Computers on Academic Achievement among Schoolchildren
  NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2013)
  by Robert W. Fairlie & Jonathan Robinson
  (ReDIF-paper, nbr:nberwo:19060)
• Daily Needs, Income Targets and Labor Supply: Evidence from Kenya
  NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2013)
  by Pascaline Dupas & Jonathan Robinson
  (ReDIF-paper, nbr:nberwo:19264)
• Keeping the Doctor Away: Experimental Evidence on Investment in Preventative Health Products
  NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2013)
  by Jennifer M. Meredith & Jonathan Robinson & Sarah Walker & Bruce Wydick
  (ReDIF-paper, nbr:nberwo:19312)
• Governance and the Effectiveness of Public Health Subsidies
  NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2015)
  by Rebecca Dizon-Ross & Pascaline Dupas & Jonathan Robinson
  (ReDIF-paper, nbr:nberwo:21324)
• The Effect of Savings Accounts on Interpersonal Financial Relationships: Evidence from a Field Experiment in Rural Kenya
  NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2015)
  by Pascaline Dupas & Anthony Keats & Jonathan Robinson
  (ReDIF-paper, nbr:nberwo:21339)
• Banking the Unbanked? Evidence From Three Countries
  NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2016)
  by Pascaline Dupas & Dean Karlan & Jonathan Robinson & Diego Ubfal
  (ReDIF-paper, nbr:nberwo:22463)
• Decentralization and Efficiency of Subsidy Targeting: Evidence from Chiefs in Rural Malawi
  NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2017)
  by Pia M. Basurto & Pascaline Dupas & Jonathan Robinson
  (ReDIF-paper, nbr:nberwo:23383)
• Grain Today, Gain Tomorrow: Evidence from a Storage Experiment with Savings Clubs in Kenya
  NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2018)
  by Shilpa Aggarwal & Eilin Francis & Jonathan Robinson
  (ReDIF-paper, nbr:nberwo:24391)
• Market Access, Trade Costs, and Technology Adoption: Evidence from Northern Tanzania
  NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2018)
  by Shilpa Aggarwal & Brian Giera & Dahyeon Jeong & Jonathan Robinson & Alan Spearot
  (ReDIF-paper, nbr:nberwo:25253)
• Saving for Multiple Financial Needs: Evidence from Lockboxes and Mobile Money in Malawi
  NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2020)
  by Shilpa Aggarwal & Valentina Brailovskaya & Jonathan Robinson
  (ReDIF-paper, nbr:nberwo:27035)
• Did COVID-19 Market Disruptions Disrupt Food Security? Evidence from Households in Rural Liberia and Malawi
  NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2020)
  by Shilpa Aggarwal & Dahyeon Jeong & Naresh Kumar & David Sungho Park & Jonathan Robinson & Alan Spearot
  (ReDIF-paper, nbr:nberwo:27932)
• Is Digital Credit Filling a Hole or Digging a Hole? Evidence from Malawi
  NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2021)
  by Valentina Brailovskaya & Pascaline Dupas & Jonathan Robinson
  (ReDIF-paper, nbr:nberwo:29573)
• Private but Misunderstood? Evidence on Measuring Intimate Partner Violence via Self-Interviewing in Rural Liberia and Malawi
  NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2021)
  by David Sungho Park & Shilpa Aggarwal & Dahyeon Jeong & Naresh Kumar & Jonathan Robinson & Alan Spearot
  (ReDIF-paper, nbr:nberwo:29584)
• Blue Spoons: Sparking Communication About Appropriate Technology Use
  NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2022)
  by Arun G. Chandrasekhar & Esther Duflo & Michael Kremer & João F. Pugliese & Jonathan Robinson & Frank Schilbach
  (ReDIF-paper, nbr:nberwo:30423)
• Exhaustive or Exhausting? Evidence on Respondent Fatigue in Long Surveys
  NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2022)
  by Dahyeon Jeong & Shilpa Aggarwal & Jonathan Robinson & Naresh Kumar & Alan Spearot & David Sungho Park
  (ReDIF-paper, nbr:nberwo:30439)
• Going the Extra Mile: Farm Subsidies and Spatial Convergence in Agricultural Input Adoption
  NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2023)
  by Naresh Kumar & Rolly Kapoor & Shilpa Aggarwal & Dahyeon Jeong & David Sungho Park & Jonathan Robinson & Alan Spearot
  (ReDIF-paper, nbr:nberwo:31704)
• Shortening the Path to Productive Investment: Evidence from Input Fairs and Cash Transfers in Malawi
  NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2024)
  by Shilpa Aggarwal & Dahyeon Jeong & Naresh Kumar & David Sungho Park & Jonathan Robinson & Alan Spearot
  (ReDIF-paper, nbr:nberwo:32263)
• The Effects of Home Computers on Educational Outcomes. Evidence from a Field Experiment with Schoolchildren
  Working Papers, NET Institute (2011)
  by Robert Fairlie & Jonathan Robinson
  (ReDIF-paper, net:wpaper:1114)
• The Effect of Savings Accounts on Interpersonal Financial Relationships: Evidence from a Field Experiment in Rural Kenya
  The Economic Journal, Royal Economic Society (2019)
  by Pascaline Dupas & Anthony Keats & Jonathan Robinson
  (ReDIF-article, oup:econjl:v:129:y:2019:i:617:p:273-310.)
• Limited insurance within the household: evidence from a field experiment in Kenya
  MPRA Paper, University Library of Munich, Germany (2011)
  by Robinson, Jonathan
  (ReDIF-paper, pra:mprapa:32667)
• Transactional Sex as a Response to Risk in Western Keny
  MPRA Paper, University Library of Munich, Germany (2008)
  by Robinson, Jonathan & Yeh, Ethan
  (ReDIF-paper, pra:mprapa:7350)
• Limited Insurance Within the Household: Evidence from a Field Experiment in Kenya
  MPRA Paper, University Library of Munich, Germany (2008)
  by Robinson, Jonathan
  (ReDIF-paper, pra:mprapa:8314)
• Sex Markets: A Denied Industry
  Feminist Economics, Taylor & Francis Journals (2009)
  by Jonathan Robinson
  (ReDIF-article, taf:femeco:v:15:y:2009:i:4:p:158-161)
• Saving for Multiple Financial Needs: Evidence from Lockboxes and Mobile Money in Malawi
  The Review of Economics and Statistics, MIT Press (2023)
  by Shilpa Aggarwal & Valentina Brailovskaya & Jonathan Robinson
  (ReDIF-article, tpr:restat:v:105:y:2023:i:4:p:833-851)
• Risk-Coping through Sexual Networks: Evidence from Client Transfers in Kenya
  Journal of Human Resources, University of Wisconsin Press (2012)
  by Jonathan Robinson & Ethan Yeh
  (ReDIF-article, uwp:jhriss:v:46:y:2012:i:1:p:107-145)
• Private but Misunderstood ? Evidence on Measuring Intimate Partner Violence viaSelf-Interviewing in Rural Liberia and Malawi : null
  Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank (2022)
  by Park,David Sungho & Aggarwal,Shilpa & Jeong,Dahyeon & Kumar,Naresh & Robinson,Jonathan M. & Spearot,Alan
  (ReDIF-paper, wbk:wbrwps:10124)
• Transactional sex as a response to risk in western Kenya
  Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank (2009)
  by Robinson, Jonathan & Yeh, Ethan
  (ReDIF-paper, wbk:wbrwps:4857)
• Risk-coping through sexual networks : evidence from client transfers in Kenya
  Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank (2011)
  by Robinson, Jonathan & Yeh, Ethan
  (ReDIF-paper, wbk:wbrwps:5582)