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K. Macours

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K. Macours — researcher profile on SciRah

h-index: 33
Works: 142
Citations: 4,037

Most-cited papers

Wealth gradients in early childhood cognitive development in five Latin American countries
Norbert R. Schady, J. Behrman, M. C. Araujo, R. Azuero +7 more
2014The Journal of human resources218 citations Open access
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Long-Term Impacts of Conditional Cash Transfers: Review of the Evidence
T. Millán, T. Barham, K. Macours, J. Maluccio +1 more
2019The World Bank Research Observer191 citations Open access
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Challenges to capture the big five personality traits in non-WEIRD populations
Rachid Laajaj, K. Macours, Daniel Alejandro Pinzon Hernandez, Omar Arias +4 more
2019Science Advances184 citations Open access
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Changing Households' Investment Behaviour through Social Interactions with Local Leaders: Evidence from a Randomised Transfer Programme
K. Macours, Renos Vakis
2014132 citations
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Transfers, diversification and household risk strategies : experimental evidence with lessons for climate change adaptation
K. Macours, Patrick Premand, Renos Vakis
2012130 citations Open access
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Seasonal Migration and Early Childhood Development
K. Macours, Renos Vakis
2010120 citations Open access
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Boys' Cognitive Skill Formation and Physical Growth: Long-Term Experimental Evidence on Critical Ages for Early Childhood Interventions.
T. Barham, K. Macours, J. Maluccio
2013The American Economic Review110 citations Open access
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Increasing Inequality and Civil Conflict in Nepal
K. Macours
2011101 citations
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Measuring Skills in Developing Countries
Rachid Laajaj, K. Macours
2017The Journal of human resources99 citations Open access
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Rural–Urban Poverty Differences in Transition Countries
K. Macours, J. Swinnen
200891 citations
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Experimental long-term effects of early-childhood and school-age exposure to a conditional cash transfer program
Teresa Molina Millán, K. Macours, J. Maluccio, Luis Tejerina
2020Journal of Development Economics90 citations Open access
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More Schooling and More Learning?: Effects of a Three-Year Conditional Cash Transfer Program in Nicaragua after 10 Years
T. Barham, K. Macours, J. Maluccio
201383 citations Open access
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Learning for Adopting: Technology Adoption in Developing Country Agriculture
A. de Janvry, K. Macours, E. Sadoulet
201757 citations
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Farmers’ Demand and the Traits and Diffusion of Agricultural Innovations in Developing Countries
K. Macours
2019Annual Review of Resource Economics56 citations Open access
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Urbanization without Structural Transformation: Evidence from Consumption Cities in Africa∗
R. Jedwab, Denis Cogneau, R. Burgess, Guy Michaels +53 more
201348 citations
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The Impact of Armed Conflict on Economic Performance: Evidence from Rwanda
Pieter Serneels, Marijke Verpoorten, Jean-Marie Balland, F. Bourguignon +11 more
201247 citations
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Long-term Impacts of Conditional Cash Transfers in Latin America: Review of the Evidence
Teresa Molina-Millán, T. Barham, K. Macours, J. Maluccio +1 more
201645 citations Open access
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Farmer adoption of plot- and farm-level natural resource management practices: Between rhetoric and reality
J. Stevenson, B. Vanlauwe, K. Macours, N. Johnson +5 more
2019Global Food Security44 citations
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Attrition in Randomized Control Trials: Using Tracking Information to Correct Bias
Teresa Molina Millán, K. Macours
2017Social Science Research Network42 citations Open access
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Ethnic Divisions, Contract Choice and Search Costs in the Guatemalan Land Rental Market
K. Macours
201442 citations Open access
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Transfers, Diversification and Household Risk Strategies: Can productive safety nets help households manage climatic variability?
K. Macours, Patrick Premand, Renos Vakis
2022Economic Journal41 citations
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Reconciling yield gains in agronomic trials with returns under African smallholder conditions
Rachid Laajaj, K. Macours, C. Masso, M. Thuita +1 more
2020Scientific Reports41 citations Open access
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Insecurity of Property Rights and Social Matching in the Tenancy Market
K. Macours, A. de Janvry, E. Sadoulet
201038 citations
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Leveling the Intra-Household Playing Field: Compensation and Specialization in Child Labor Allocation
Ximena V. Del Carpio, K. Macours
200934 citations Open access
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Are Conditional Cash Transfers Fulfilling Their Promise? Schooling, Learning, and Earnings After 10 Years
T. Barham, K. Macours, J. Maluccio
201732 citations
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Property rights imperfections and asset allocation: Co-ownership in Bulgaria
L. Vranken, K. Macours, N. Noev, J. Swinnen
201131 citations Open access
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Preschool and Parental Response in a Second Best World
Adrien Bouguen, D. Filmer, K. Macours, Sophie Naudeau
2017The Journal of human resources30 citations
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Why Is African Urbanization Different? Evidence from Resource Exports in Ghana and Ivory Coast
R. Jedwab, Pse, Lse, Denis Cogneau +24 more
201130 citations
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Women’s Political Reservation, Early Childhood Development, and Learning in India
Yuvraj Pathak, K. Macours
2013Economic development and cultural change27 citations
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Volatility, agricultural risk, and household poverty: micro-evidence from randomized control trials
K. Macours
201325 citations
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Education, Income and Mobility: Experimental Impacts of Childhood Exposure to Progresa after 20 Years
M. C. Araujo, K. Macours
202124 citations Open access
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Texting Parents about Early Child Development: Behavioral Changes and Unintended Social Effects
O. Barrera, K. Macours, Patrick Premand, Renos Vakis
2020Policy Research Working Papers24 citations Open access
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Demand versus returns ? pro-poor targeting of business grants and vocational skills training
K. Macours, Patrick Premand, Renos Vakis
201323 citations Open access
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Impact evaluation of three types of early childhood development interventions in Cambodia
Adrien Bouguen, D. Filmer, K. Macours, Sophie Naudeau
201322 citations Open access
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Experimental Evidence of Exposure to a Conditional Cash Transfer During Early Teenage Years: Young Women's Fertility and Labor Market Outcomes
T. Barham, K. Macours, J. Maluccio
201821 citations
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Shining a Brighter Light: Comprehensive Evidence on Adoption and Diffusion of CGIAR-related Innovations in Ethiopia
Frédéric Kosmowski, Solomon Alemu, Paola Mallia, J. Stevenson +1 more
202020 citations
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How can randomised controlled trials help improve the design of the common agricultural policy?
Luc Behaghel, K. Macours, J. Subervie
2019European Review of Agricultural Economics20 citations Open access
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Impact of small farmers' access to improved seeds and deforestation in DR Congo
Tanguy Bernard, S. Lambert, K. Macours, Margaux Vinez
2023Nature Communications18 citations Open access
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Assessing long-term impacts of conditional cash transfers on children and young adults in rural Nicaragua July 2014
T. Barham, K. Macours, J. Maluccio, Ferdinando Regalía +2 more
201418 citations
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Sustaining Impacts When Transfers End: Women Leaders, Aspirations, and Investment in Children
K. Macours, Renos Vakis
201615 citations Open access
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Experimental Evidence from a Conditional Cash Transfer Program: Schooling, Learning, Fertility, and Labor Market Outcomes After 10 Years
T. Barham, K. Macours, J. Maluccio
2024Journal of the European Economic Association14 citations
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Input subsidies, credit constraints, and expectations of future transfers: Evidence from Haiti
J. Gignoux, K. Macours, Dan J Stein, K. Wright
2022American Journal of Agricultural Economics13 citations
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Preschools and Early Childhood Development in a Second Best World: Evidence from a Scaled-Up Experiment in Cambodia
Adrien Bouguen, D. Filmer, K. Macours, Sophie Naudeau
201413 citations
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Changing households'investments and aspirations through social interactions: evidence from a randomized transfer program
K. Macours, Renos Vakis
200913 citations Open access
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Evaluating the impact of Land Administration Programs on agricultural productivity and rural development
J. Gignoux, K. Macours, Liam Wren-Lewis
201312 citations Open access
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Assessing long-term impacts of conditional cash transfers on childre n and young adults in rural Nicaragua
T. Barham, K. Macours, J. Maluccio, Ferdinando Regalía +5 more
201511 citations
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Food Security and Agriculture in Developing Countries: Measurement and hypotheses for impact evaluations
Olivia Bertelli, K. Macours
201410 citations
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Impacts on school entry of exposure since birth to a conditional cash transfer programme in El Salvador
Ana Sanchez Chico, K. Macours, J. Maluccio, M. Stampini
20208 citations Open access
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Experimental Evidence from an Early Childhood Parenting Intervention in Nicaragua.
K. Macours, Patrick Premand, Norbert R. Schady, Renos Vakis
20158 citations
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Land Titles and Conflicts in Guatemala
K. Macours
20098 citations
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