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One size does not fit all: Plurality of social norms and saving behavior in Kenya (2021)
Journal Article
Fromell, H., Nosenzo, D., Owens, T., & Tufano, F. (2021). One size does not fit all: Plurality of social norms and saving behavior in Kenya. Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, 192, 73-91. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jebo.2021.09.028

Using the Krupka–Weber norm-elicitation technique in a lab-in-the-field experiment in rural Kenya, we measure the social norms that regulate the trade-off between wealth accumulation through saving and sharing income with kin and neighbors. We find a... Read More about One size does not fit all: Plurality of social norms and saving behavior in Kenya.

Disability in Uganda: a medical intervention to measure gendered impacts on functional independence and labour-market outcomes (2021)
Journal Article
Abubakar, A., Bridges, S., Gaggero, A., & Owens, T. (2021). Disability in Uganda: a medical intervention to measure gendered impacts on functional independence and labour-market outcomes. Oxford Development Studies, 49(4), 324-336. https://doi.org/10.1080/13600818.2021.1959539

Using data from an orthotic intervention in Kampala, Uganda, this paper estimates the health and economic impacts of providing orthotic equipment to adults with lower limb disabilities. We examine changes to: (i) functional mobility and (ii) labour m... Read More about Disability in Uganda: a medical intervention to measure gendered impacts on functional independence and labour-market outcomes.