His research focuses on development economics. He explores the role of education, agriculture, health, risk and intra-household resource allocation in the microeconomic foundations of poverty. He is actively engaged in primary field work, including using large-scale randomized control trials to evaluate public policies. His research has been published in a number of academic journals including the American Economic Journal: Applied, the Journal of Development Economics, Economic Development and Cultural Change, World Development and the Journal of African Economies.