Frank Schilbach

Research

The Long-Run Effects of Psychotherapy on Depression, Beliefs, and Economic Outcomes
(with Bhargav Bhat, Jon de Quidt, Johannes Haushofer, Vikram Patel, Gautam Rao, and Pierre-Luc Vautrey)

Learning in the Household
(with John Conlon, Malavika Mani, Gautam Rao, and Matthew Ridley)
Revise and Resubmit, Econometrica
NBER Working Paper Slides (short version)

Do Financial Concerns Make Workers Less Productive?
(with Supreet Kaur, Sendhil Mullainathan, and Suanna Oh)
Revise and Resubmit, Quarterly Journal of Economics
VoxDev (Kaur) NPR Planet Money Sloan News NBER Working Paper Econimate Video

Informing Sleep Policy through Field Experiments (pdf)
(with Gautam Rao, Susan Redline, Heather Schofield, and Mattie Toma)
Science 2021, Volume 374, Issue 6567, pp. 530-533

The Economic Consequences of Increasing Sleep among the Urban Poor (pdf)
(with Pedro Bessone, Gautam Rao, Heather Schofield, and Mattie Toma)
Quarterly Journal of Economics 2021, 136(3): 1887-1941
VoxDev Econimate Video Freakonomics Radio MIT News NBER Digest
NBER Working Paper Working paper (with appendix)
Data, code, and surveys Pre-registration

Poverty, Depression, and Anxiety: Causal Evidence and Mechanisms (pdf)
(with Matthew Ridley, Gautam Rao, and Vikram Patel)
Science 2020, Volume 370, Issue 6522
Appendix Data NBER Working Paper
AAAS Video AAAS Story VoxDev (Patel) World Economic Forum

Realizing the Potential of Digital Development: The Case of Agriculture (pdf)
(with Raissa Fabregas and Michael Kremer)
Science 2019, Volume 366, Issue 6471

Alcohol and Self-Control: A Field Experiment in India
American Economic Review 2019, 109(4): 1290-1322
Online Appendix VoxDev MIT News

Behavioral Development Economics
(with Michael Kremer and Gautam Rao)
In Handbook of Behavioral Economics, Vol. 2. 2019. Bernheim, DellaVigna, and Laibson (eds.).
Slides (pdf) Slides (bib and tex files) Slides (ppt)
VoxDev (Kremer & Rao)

Poverty and Cognitive Function
(with Emma Boswell Dean and Heather Schofield)
In The Economics of Asset Accumulation and Poverty Traps. 2018.

The Psychological Lives of the Poor
(with Heather Schofield and Sendhil Mullainathan)
American Economic Review Papers & Proceedings 2016, 106(5): 435-440
Online Appendix

Other Work in Progress

Technology Diffusion and Appropriate Use: Evidence from Western Kenya (with Esther Duflo, Michael Kremer, and Jon Robinson) [draft coming soon!]

The Impact of Psychological First Aid on Mental and Economic Well-Being (with Kevin Carney, Lisa Ho, and Gautam Rao)

Using Online Psychotherapy to Improve Mental Health and Economic Resilience (with Ria Granzier Nakajima, Matt Notowidigdo, Gautam Rao, Heather Sarsons, and Jeffrey Yang)

Improving the Psychological and Economic Lives of the Elderly in India (with Abhijit Banerjee, Esther Duflo, Maddie McKelway, Garima Sharma, and Girija Vaidyanathan)

Biased Beliefs, Stigma, and the Demand for Mental Health Services (with Kevin Carney, Lisa Ho, and Gautam Rao) [on hold]