Working Papers:
Public and Private Transit: Evidence from Lagos (with Dan Björkegren, Alice Duhaut and Nick Tsivanidis)
Revise and Resubmit, American Economic Review
Funded by: IGC, STEG, J-PAL King Climate Action Initiative, World Bank
[Paper | Policy Brief]
Housing Women in Indian Cities: Safety, Norms and Housing Costs (with Alejandro Molnar and Forhad Shilpi)
[draft available on request]
Affordability Implications of Zoning Deregulation in India (with Sahil Gandhi)
Funded by: IGC, STEG
[new version coming soon]
Let the Water Flow: the Impact of Electrification on Agriculture (with Alessandro Sovera)
[Paper]
Book Chapters:
Transport Infrastructure in the US (with Matthew Turner and Gilles Duranton)
In E. Glaeser and J. Poterba (Eds.), Economic Analysis and Infrastructure Investment, 2021. University of Chicago Press.
Coverage: Marginal Revolution, Washington Post, Wall Street Journal, Cato Institute, Forbes, Brookings
Support for massive investments in transportation infrastructure, possibly with a change in the share of spending on transit, seems widespread. Such proposals are often motivated by the belief that our infrastructure is crumbling, that infrastructure causes economic growth, that current funding regimes disadvantage rural drivers at the expense of urban public transit, or that capacity expansions will reduce congestion. In fact, most US transportation infrastructure is not deteriorating and the existing scientific literature does not show that infrastructure creates growth or reduces congestion. However, current annual expenditure on public transit buses exceeds that on interstate construction and maintenance. A careful examination of how funding is allocated across modes is suggested by the evidence. Massive new expenditures are not.
Selected Work in Progress:
Efficiency of Informal Transit Networks (with Dan Björkegren, Alice Duhaut, Nicola Rosaia and Nick Tsivanidis)
Public Housing and Social Outcomes in Urban India (with Sahil Gandhi and Vaidehi Tandel)
Funded by: IGC