PUBLICATIONS

Publications in economics journals

Besley, Timothy, Jessica Leight, Rohini Pande and Vijayendra Rao.  2016.  “Long-Run Impacts of Land Regulation: Evidence from Tenancy Reform in India." Journal of Development Economics 118: 72-87.

Leight, Jessica.  2016.  "Reallocating Wealth?  Insecure Property Rights and Agricultural Investment in Rural China"  China Economic Review 40: 207-227.

Leight, Jessica.  2017.  "Sibling Rivalry: Ability and Intrahousehold Allocation in Gansu Province, China."  Economic Development and Cultural Change 65 (3): 457-493.

Leight, Jessica.  2018.  “The Impact of Positive Agricultural Income Shocks on Rural Chinese Households”  World Bank Economic Review 34(1): 210-231.  On-line appendix  

Leight, Jessica and Elaine Liu.   2018.  "Maternal Education, Parental Investment and Non-cognitive Characteristics in Rural China."  ​Forthcoming, Economic Development and Cultural Change.  On-line appendix 

Erten, Bilge, Jessica Leight and Fiona Tregenna.  2019.  "Trade Liberalization and Local Labor Market Adjustment in South Africa."  Journal of International Economics 118: 448–467.

Leight, Jessica and Elana Safran.  2019.  “Increasing Immunization Compliance Among Schools and Day Care Centers: Evidence from a Randomized Controlled Trial.”  Journal of Behavioral Public Administration 2(2): 1-15.
 
​Leight, Jessica and Bilge Erten.  2019.  "Exporting out of Agriculture: The Impact of WTO Accession on Structural Transformation in China."  Forthcoming, Review of Economics and Statistics.

Leight, Jessica and Nicholas Wilson.  2020.  Framing Flexible Spending Accounts: A Large-Scale Field Experiment on Communicating the Return on Medical Savings Accounts.  Health Economics 29: 195–208

Leight, Jessica, Dana Foarta, Rohini Pande and Laura Ralston.  2020.  “Value for Money: Vote-Buying and Politician Accountability.”  Journal of Public Economics 120: 104227.

Publications in health journals

Sharma, Vandana, Willa Brown, Muhammad Kainuwa, Jessica Leight, and Martina Bjorkman Nyquist.  2017.  “High Maternal Mortality in Jigawa State, Northern Nigeria Estimated Using the Sisterhood Method.”  BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth 17 (163). 

Sharma, Vandana, Jessica Leight, Fatima Abdulaziz, Nadege Giroux and Martina Bjorkman Nyqvist.  2017.  “Illness Recognition, Decision-making and Care-seeking for Maternal and Newborn Complications: A Qualitative Study in Jigawa State, Northern Nigeria.”  Journal of Health, Population and Nutrition 36 (Suppl 1) 46: 59-96.

Leight, Jessica, Vandana Sharma, Willa Brown, Laura Costica, Fatima Abdulaziz Sule, and Martina Björkman Nyqvist.  2018.  “Associations Between Birth Kit Use and Maternal and Neonatal Health Outcomes in Rural Jigawa State, Nigeria: A Secondary Analysis of Data from a Cluster Randomized Controlled Trial.”  PLOS One 13 (12): e0208885. ​

Sharma, Vandana, Jessica Leight, Nadège Giroux, Fatima Abdulaziz, and Martina Björkman Nyqvist. “That's a Woman's Problem”: A Qualitative Analysis to Understand Male Involvement in Maternal and Newborn Health in Jigawa State, Northern Nigeria.”  2019.  Reproductive Health 16 (143).

Sharma, Vandana, Jessica Leight, Fabio Verani, Samuel Tewolde, and Negussie Deyessa.  “Effectiveness of a Culturally Appropriate Intervention to Prevent Intimate Partner Violence and HIV Transmission Among Men, Women and Couples in Rural Ethiopia: Findings from a Cluster Randomised Controlled Trial.”  PLoS Medicine 17 (8): e1003274  Unite for a Better Life Overview ​

Leight, Jessica, Negussie Deyessa, Fabio Verani, Samuel Tewolde, and Vandana Sharma.  2020.  “An Intimate Partner Violence Prevention Intervention for Men, Women and Couples in Ethiopia: Additional Findings on Substance Use and Depressive Symptoms from a Cluster Randomized Controlled Trial.”  PLoS Medicine 17 (8): e1003131.
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RESEARCH PAPERS

Economy of China and agricultural economics

Misallocation, Selection and Productivity: A Quantitative Analysis with Panel Data from China​  ​​(Joint with Tasso Adamopoulos, Loren Brandt and Diego Restuccia)  Revision submitted, Econometrica

The Impact of an Integrated Value Chain Intervention on Household Poultry Production in Burkina Faso: Evidence from a Randomized Controlled Trial (Joint with Josué Awonon, Abdoulaye Pedehombga, Rasmané Ganaba, Elena Martinez, Jessica Heckert, and Aulo Gelli)​  Under review

Export Expansion, Human Capital Investment and the Urban-Rural Educational Gap: Evidence from China (Joint with Yao Pan)  Under review

Human capital

Advancing the Agency of Adolescent Girls (Joint with Eric Edmonds and Benjamin Feigenberg)  Revision requested, Review of Economics and Statistics  Project page 

Like Father, Like Son, Like Mother, Like Daughter: Intergenerational Transmission of Intrahousehold Gender Norms in Ethiopia  Revision submitted, World Development

Short-Term Effects of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Contraceptive Access and Utilization in Mozambique (Joint with Liza Ali, Marcos Chissano and Catherine Hensly)  Revision requested, PLoS One
 
Intimate Partner Violence and Maternal Health Services Utilization: Evidence from 36 National Household Surveys (Joint with Nicholas Wilson) Revision requested, BMC Public Health

Community Health Educators and Maternal Health: Experimental Evidence from Northern Nigeria  Under review

Can Grants for Community Service Foster Social and Economic Integration for Youth?  A Randomized Trial in Kazakhstan  (Joint with Syon Bhanot, Benjamin Crost, Eric Mvukiyehe and Bauyrzhan Yedgenov) Under review

Cost-Effectiveness Analysis of an Intimate Partner Violence Prevention Intervention Targeting Men, Women and Couples in Rural Ethiopia: Evidence from Unite for a Better Life  (Joint with Vandana Sharma and Negussie Deyessa)  Under review  Unite for a Better Life Overview 

Community-level Spillover Effects of an Intervention to Prevent Intimate Partner Violence and HIV transmission in Rural Ethiopia: Findings from Indirect Beneficiaries in a Cluster Randomized Controlled Trial  (Joint with Vandana Sharma, Negussie Deyessa, Samuel Tewolde, and Fabio Verani)  Under review
 
Perceived Challenges and Successes of Delivering a Community Health Worker Program in Jigawa state, Northern Nigeria: A Qualitative Study.  (Joint with Vandana Sharma, Nadège Giroux, Fatima Abdulaziz, and Martina Björkman Nyqvist)