Research

Publications

Applying machine learning and geolocation techniques to social media data (Twitter) to develop a resource for urban planning

With Robert Marty, Guadalupe Bedoya, Elizabeth Resor, Sarah Williams and Arianna Legovini

PloS One (2021)

Managing the spread of disease with mobile phone data

Journal of Development Economics (2020)

Implementation of a multi-centre digital trauma registry: Experience in district and central hospitals in Malawi

With Kevin Croke, Linda Chokotho, Jonna Bertfelt, Saahil Karpe, Meyhar Mohammed, and Wakisa Mulwafu

The International Journal of Health Management and Planning (2020)

Predicting Dynamic Patterns of Short-Term Movement

World Bank Economic Review (2019).

Effects of Employer-Sponsored Health Insurance Costs on Social Security Taxable Wages

With Gary Burtless

Soc. Sec. Bull. 73 (2013): 83.

Report: Innovations in US Infrastructure Financing: An Evaluation

With Barry Bosworth

Washington, Brookings (2011)

Working Papers

Climate Anomalies and International Migration: A Disaggregated Analysis for West Africa (link to latest version)

With Fernanda Martinez Flores and Arndt R. Reichert

Understanding the Relationship Between Short Term Mobility and Long Term Migration Patterns

With Elisabeth zu Erbach-Schoenberg, Linus Bengtsson Erik Wetter, Andy Tatem

Household recombination, retrospective evaluation, and educational mobility over 40 years

With Andrew Foster

Long-Term Effects of the Matlab Maternal and Child Health and Family Planning Program on Cohort Survival and Health

With Jane Menken, Randall Kuhn, Patrick S. Turner, Tania Barham, Abdur Razzaque, Elisabeth Dowling Root, Andrew Foster, Warren Jochem, Gisella Kagy, Nobuko Mizoguchi

Conference Articles (Peer Reviewed)

Assessing Bias in Smartphone Mobility Estimates in Low Income Countries

with Daniel Björkegren and Leonardo Viotti

ACM Conference on Computing and Sustainable Societies (COMPASS) (2021)