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Jessica Leight

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International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)

Washington, District of Columbia (United States)
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Working papers

  1. Gilligan, Daniel O. & Hirvonen, Kalle & Leight, Jessica & Tesfaye, Haleluya, 2024. "Implementer-Led Evaluation and Learning (IMPEL) evaluation of SPIR II RFSA - Midline survey report," Research reports 144025, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI).
  2. Leight, Jessica & Hirvonen, Kalle & Zafar, Sarim, 2024. "The effectiveness of cash and cash plus interventions on livelihoods outcomes: Evidence from a systematic review and meta-analysis," CGIAR Initative Publications Fragility, Conflict, and , International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI).
  3. Tefera, Mulugeta & Gilligan, Daniel O. & Leight, Jessica & Tambet, Heleene, 2024. "PSNP and sustainable land management in Ethiopia: A formative qualitative investigation," SPIR learning briefs 8, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI).
  4. Magan, Mohamed & Hassan, Hashi & Leight, Jessica & Hirvonen, Kalle & Karachiwalla, Naureen & Rakshit, Deboleena, 2024. "Building pathways out of poverty in Baidoa, Somalia: Qualitative evidence around resilience in the context of flood shocks," Other briefs 141613, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI).
  5. Leight, Jessica & Hirvonen, Kalle & Karachiwalla, Naureen & Rakshit, Deboleena, 2024. "Building pathways out of poverty in Baidoa: A randomized controlled trial: Evidence from the midline survey," Other briefs 140604, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI).
  6. Hirvonen, Kalle & Gilligan, Daniel O. & Leight, Jessica & Tambet, Heleene & Villa, Victor, 2023. "Do ultra-poor graduation programs build resilience against droughts? Evidence from rural Ethiopia," IFPRI discussion papers 2206, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI).
  7. Alderman, Harold & Gilligan, Daniel & Leight, Jessica & Mamo, Tigist & Mulford, Michael & Tambet, Heleene, 2023. "Including scalable nutrition interventions in a graduation model program: Experimental evidence from Ethiopia," IFPRI discussion papers 2208, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI).
  8. Alderman, Harold & Gilligan, Daniel O. & Hidrobo, Melissa & Leight, Jessica & Mulford, Michael & Tambet, Heleene, 2023. "Men can cook: Effectiveness of a light-touch men’s engagement intervention to change attitudes and behaviors in rural Ethiopia," IFPRI discussion papers 2212, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI).
  9. Leight, Jessica & Alderman, Harold & Gilligan, Daniel & Hidrobo, Melissa & Mulford, Michael, 2023. "Can a light-touch graduation model enhance livelihood outcomes? Evidence from Ethiopia," IFPRI discussion papers 2203, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI).
  10. Erten, Bilge & Leight, Jessica & Zhu, Lianming, 2023. "The Effects of FDI Liberalization on Structural Transformation and Demographic Change: Evidence from China," IZA Discussion Papers 16094, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA).
  11. Leight, Jessica & Mvukiyehe, Eric, 2023. "Short-term and long-term effects of cash for work: Evidence from a randomized controlled trial in Tunisia," IFPRI discussion papers 2184, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI).
  12. Gilligan, Daniel O. & Hirvonen, Kalle & Leight, Jessica & Tambet, Heleene & Tesfaye, Haleluya, 2023. "Baseline survey report of the Strengthen PSNP Institutions and Resilience phase II (SPIR II) resilience food security activity in Ethiopia," Food policy reports 136720, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI).
  13. Leight, Jessica & Alderman, Harold & Gilligan, Daniel O. & Hidrobo, Melissa & Mulford, Michael & Nemera, Ayantu, 2022. "Barriers to enrollment in secondary school in Ethiopia: A formative qualitative investigation: Evidence from SPIR II," SPIR learning briefs 6, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI).
  14. Leight, Jessica & Deyessa, Negussie & Sharma, Vandana, 2022. "Predictors of discordance and concordance in reporting of intimate partner violence: Evidence from a large sample of rural Ethiopian couples," IFPRI discussion papers 2103, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI).
  15. Leight, Jessica & Alderman, Harold & Gilligan, Daniel O. & Hidrobo, Melissa & Mulford, Michael & Tadesse, Elazar, 2022. "Barriers to adoption of optimal complementary feeding practices in Ethiopia: A formative qualitative investigation: Evidence from SPIR II," SPIR learning briefs 7, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI).
  16. Leight, Jessica & Gilligan, Daniel O. & Mulford, Michael & Taffesse, Alemayehu Seyoum & Tambet, Heleene, 2021. "Aspiring to more? New evidence on the effect of a light-touch aspirations intervention in rural Ethiopia," IFPRI discussion papers 2070, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI).
  17. Hidrobo, Melissa & Roy, Shalini & Leight, Jessica & Heckert, Jessica, 2021. "Reducing violence against women and girls," Other briefs 1290143984, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI).
  18. Yao Pan & Jessica Leight, 2021. "Educational Responses to Migration-Augmented Export Shocks: Evidence from China," Working Papers 2021-14, The George Washington University, Institute for International Economic Policy.
  19. Chimbutane, Feliciano & Herrera-Almanza, Catalina & Karachiwalla, Naureen & Lauchande, Carlos & Leight, Jessica, 2021. "COVID-19 school closures and mental health of adolescent students: Evidence from rural Mozambique," IFPRI discussion papers 2075, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI).
  20. Heckert, Jessica & Leight, Jessica & Awonon, Josué & Gelli, Aulo, 2021. "Understanding the role of different program components of a nutrition sensitive intervention in mediating impact: Applying causal mediation analysis to experimental evidence from Burkina Faso," IFPRI discussion papers 2072, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI).
  21. Leight, Jessica & Martinez, Elena M. & Heckert, Jessica & Gelli, Aulo, 2021. "The relationship between household gender attitudes and women’s poultry production: Evidence from Burkina Faso," Project notes December 2021, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI).
  22. Alderman, Harold & Gilligan, Daniel O. & Hidrobo, Melissa & Leight, Jessica & Taffesse, Alemayehu Seyoum & Tambet, Heleene, 2021. "Evidence on trends in wellbeing of rural Ethiopian households during the COVID-19 pandemic," SPIR learning briefs 5, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI).
  23. Gilligan, Daniel O. & Hidrobo, Melissa & Leight, Jessica & Tambet, Heleene, 2021. "Using a list experiment to measure intimate partner violence: Cautionary evidence from Ethiopia," IFPRI discussion papers 2094, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI).
  24. Alderman, Harold & Gilligan, Daniel & Hidrobo, Melissa & Leight, Jessica & Taffesse, Alemayehu Seyoum & Tambet, Heleene, 2020. "Short-term evidence on wellbeing of rural Ethiopian households during the COVID-19 pandemic," SPIR learning briefs 4, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI).
  25. Leight, Jessica & Alderman, Harold & Gilligan, Daniel & Hidrobo, Melissa & Tambet, Heleene, 2020. "The effects of poultry and unconditional cash transfers on livelihoods outcomes: Evidence from the SPIR midline survey," SPIR learning briefs 1, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI).
  26. Leight, Jessica & Awonon, Josue & Pedehombga, Abdoulaye & Ganaba, Rasmané & Martinez, Elena M. & Heckert, Jessica & Gelli, Aulo, 2020. "The impact of an integrated value chain intervention on household poultry production in Burkina Faso: Evidence from a randomized controlled trial," IFPRI discussion papers 1919, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI).
  27. Chimbutane, Feliciano & Herrera-Almanza, Catalina & Karachiwalla, Naureen & Lauchande, Carlos & Leight, Jessica, 2020. "Primary schooling, human capital, and COVID-19: A multidimensional evaluation: Upcoming evidence from Mozambique," Project notes December 2020, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI).
  28. Eric V. Edmonds & Benjamin Feigenberg & Jessica Leight, 2020. "Advancing the Agency of Adolescent Girls," NBER Working Papers 27513, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
  29. Alderman, Harold & Gilligan, Daniel O. & Hidrobo, Melissa & Leight, Jessica & Tambet, Heleene, 2020. "The effects of SPIR Interventions on nutrition and childcare: Evidence from the SPIR midline survey," SPIR learning briefs 2, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI).
  30. Pande, Rohini & Leight, Jessica & Foarta, Dana & Ralston, Laura, 2018. "Value for Money? Community Targeting in Vote-Buying and Politician Accountability," CEPR Discussion Papers 12575, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers.
  31. Jessica Leight & Elaine M. Liu, 2018. "Maternal Education, Parental Investment and Non-Cognitive Characteristics in Rural China," Working Papers id:12841, eSocialSciences.
  32. Leight,Jessica Ellen, 2018. "The impact of positive agricultural income shocks on rural Chinese households," Policy Research Working Paper Series 8434, The World Bank.
  33. Tasso Adamopoulos & Loren Brandt & Jessica Leight & Diego Restuccia, 2017. "Misallocation, Selection and Productivity: A Quantitative Analysis with Panel Data from China," NBER Working Papers 23039, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
  34. Jessica Leight & Rohini Pande & Laura Ralston, 2016. "Value for Money? Vote-Buying and Politician Accountability in the Laboratory," Department of Economics Working Papers 2016-15, Department of Economics, Williams College.
  35. Jessica Leight, 2016. "Grain into Gold? The Impact of Agricultural Income Shocks on Rural Chinese Households," Department of Economics Working Papers 2016-13, Department of Economics, Williams College.
  36. Jessica Leight & Elaine M. Liu, 2016. "Maternal Education, Parental Investment and Non-Cognitive Skills in Rural China," NBER Working Papers 22233, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
  37. Jessica Leight & Paul Glewwe & Albert Park, 2015. "The Impact of Early Childhood Rainfall Shocks on the Evolution of Cognitive and Non-cognitive Skills," Department of Economics Working Papers 2016-14, Department of Economics, Williams College, revised Oct 2016.
  38. Besley, Tim & Pande, Rohini & Rao, Vijayendra & Leight, Jessica, 2015. "Long-Run Impacts of Land Regulation: Evidence from Tenancy Reform in India," CEPR Discussion Papers 10780, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers.
  39. Jessica Leight, 2013. "Reallocating wealth? Insecure property rights and agricultural investment in rural China," Department of Economics Working Papers 2013-08, Department of Economics, Williams College.
  40. Besley, Tim & Pande, Rohini & Rao, Vijayendra & Leight, Jessica, 2012. "The Regulation of Land Markets: Evidence from Tenancy Reform in India," CEPR Discussion Papers 8736, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers.

Articles

  1. Jessica Leight & Daniel O. Gilligan & Michael Mulford & Alemayehu Seyoum Taffesse & Heleene Tambet, 2024. "Aspiring to more? New evidence on the effect of light-touch aspirations interventions in rural Ethiopia," Journal of Development Effectiveness, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 16(4), pages 485-498, October.
  2. Erten Bilge & Leight Jessica, 2023. "The Gendered Effects of Globalization: Recent Evidence from Developing Countries," Journal of Globalization and Development, De Gruyter, vol. 14(2), pages 171-175, December.
  3. Eric Edmonds & Ben Feigenberg & Jessica Leight, 2023. "Advancing the Agency of Adolescent Girls," The Review of Economics and Statistics, MIT Press, vol. 105(4), pages 852-866, July.
  4. Martina Björkman Nyqvist & Jessica Leight & Vandana Sharma, 2023. "Community Health Educators and Maternal Health: Experimental Evidence from Northern Nigeria," Journal of Development Studies, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 59(1), pages 73-93, January.
  5. Alderman, Harold & Gilligan, Daniel O. & Leight, Jessica & Mulford, Michael & Tambet, Heleene, 2022. "The role of poultry transfers in diet diversity: A cluster randomized intent to treat analysis," Food Policy, Elsevier, vol. 107(C).
  6. Leight, Jessica & Awonon, Josué & Pedehombga, Abdoulaye & Ganaba, Rasmané & Gelli, Aulo, 2022. "How light is too light touch: The effect of a short training-based intervention on household poultry production in Burkina Faso," Journal of Development Economics, Elsevier, vol. 155(C).
  7. Tasso Adamopoulos & Loren Brandt & Jessica Leight & Diego Restuccia, 2022. "Misallocation, Selection, and Productivity: A Quantitative Analysis With Panel Data From China," Econometrica, Econometric Society, vol. 90(3), pages 1261-1282, May.
  8. Jessica Leight & Josué Awonon & Abdoulaye Pedehombga & Rasmané Ganaba & Elena Martinez & Jessica Heckert & Aulo Gelli, 2022. "The impact of an integrated value chain intervention on household poultry production in Burkina Faso: evidence from a randomized controlled trial," Journal of Development Effectiveness, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 14(2), pages 108-124, April.
  9. Bhanot, Syon P. & Crost, Benjamin & Leight, Jessica & Mvukiyehe, Eric & Yedgenov, Bauyrzhan, 2021. "Can community service grants foster social and economic integration for youth? A randomized trial in Kazakhstan," Journal of Development Economics, Elsevier, vol. 153(C).
  10. Jessica Leight & Catherine Hensly & Marcos Chissano & Liza Ali, 2021. "Short-term effects of the COVID-19 state of emergency on contraceptive access and utilization in Mozambique," PLOS ONE, Public Library of Science, vol. 16(3), pages 1-16, March.
  11. Leight, Jessica, 2021. "Like father, like son, like mother, like daughter: Intergenerational transmission of intrahousehold gender attitudes in Ethiopia," World Development, Elsevier, vol. 142(C).
  12. Bilge Erten & Jessica Leight, 2021. "Exporting Out of Agriculture: The Impact of WTO Accession on Structural Transformation in China," The Review of Economics and Statistics, MIT Press, vol. 103(2), pages 364-380, May.
  13. Jessica Leight & Elaine M. Liu, 2020. "Maternal Education, Parental Investment, and Noncognitive Characteristics in Rural China," Economic Development and Cultural Change, University of Chicago Press, vol. 69(1), pages 213-251.
  14. Vandana Sharma & Jessica Leight & Fabio Verani & Samuel Tewolde & Negussie Deyessa, 2020. "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-randomized con," PLOS Medicine, Public Library of Science, vol. 17(8), pages 1-28, August.
  15. Leight, Jessica & Foarta, Dana & Pande, Rohini & Ralston, Laura, 2020. "Value for money? Vote-buying and politician accountability," Journal of Public Economics, Elsevier, vol. 190(C).
  16. Jessica Leight & Nicholas Wilson, 2020. "Framing Flexible Spending Accounts: A Large‐Scale Field Experiment on Communicating the Return on Medical Savings Accounts," Health Economics, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., vol. 29(2), pages 195-208, February.
  17. Jessica Leight, 2020. "The Impact of Positive Agricultural Income Shocks on Rural Chinese Households," The World Bank Economic Review, World Bank, vol. 34(1), pages 210-231.
  18. Leight, Jessica, 2020. "Comment on “The effect of migration policy on growth, structural change, and regional inequality in China”, by Hao, Sun, Tombe and Zhu," Journal of Monetary Economics, Elsevier, vol. 113(C), pages 135-137.
  19. Erten, Bilge & Leight, Jessica & Tregenna, Fiona, 2019. "Trade liberalization and local labor market adjustment in South Africa," Journal of International Economics, Elsevier, vol. 118(C), pages 448-467.
  20. Jessica Leight & Elana Safran, 2019. "Increasing immunization compliance among schools and day care centers: Evidence from a randomized controlled trial," Journal of Behavioral Public Administration, Center for Experimental and Behavioral Public Administration, vol. 2(2).
  21. Jessica Leight, 2017. "Sibling Rivalry: Endowment and Intrahousehold Allocation in Gansu Province, China," Economic Development and Cultural Change, University of Chicago Press, vol. 65(3), pages 457-493.
  22. Besley, Timothy & Leight, Jessica & Pande, Rohini & Rao, Vijayendra, 2016. "Long-run impacts of land regulation: Evidence from tenancy reform in India," Journal of Development Economics, Elsevier, vol. 118(C), pages 72-87.
  23. Leight, Jessica, 2016. "Reallocating wealth? Insecure property rights and agricultural investment in rural China," China Economic Review, Elsevier, vol. 40(C), pages 207-227.

Chapters

  1. Gilligan, Daniel O. & Berhane, Guush & Hirvonen, Kalle & Kumar, Neha & Leight, Jessica, 2022. "Uneven recovery and a lingering food crisis during the COVID-19 pandemic for rural safety net transfer recipients in Ethiopia," IFPRI book chapters, in: COVID-19 and global food security: Two years later, chapter 18, pages 110-121, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI).

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  1. NEP-AGR: Agricultural Economics (23) 2012-03-28 2013-10-02 2015-08-30 2016-12-04 2017-01-08 2017-01-29 2017-08-27 2017-11-19 2017-12-03 2020-01-13 2020-04-27 2020-09-28 2021-09-27 2022-02-14 2022-02-21 2022-02-28 2022-02-28 2023-02-20 2023-02-20 2023-12-18 2024-01-08 2024-02-19 2024-11-11. Author is listed
  2. NEP-CNA: China (13) 2016-05-21 2016-11-13 2016-12-04 2017-01-08 2017-01-29 2017-08-27 2017-11-19 2018-07-30 2019-04-01 2020-01-13 2021-09-13 2021-09-27 2023-06-19. Author is listed
  3. NEP-TRA: Transition Economics (10) 2013-10-02 2016-11-13 2016-12-04 2017-01-08 2017-01-29 2017-08-27 2017-11-19 2018-07-30 2019-04-01 2020-01-13. Author is listed
  4. NEP-EXP: Experimental Economics (9) 2017-01-01 2020-04-27 2022-03-21 2023-06-19 2023-07-17 2023-12-18 2024-02-12 2024-06-10 2024-06-24. Author is listed
  5. NEP-DEV: Development (8) 2012-03-28 2019-04-01 2020-04-27 2022-02-28 2024-01-08 2024-02-19 2024-08-19 2024-09-16. Author is listed
  6. NEP-EFF: Efficiency and Productivity (6) 2017-01-08 2017-01-29 2017-08-27 2017-11-19 2020-01-13 2021-09-27. Author is listed
  7. NEP-TID: Technology and Industrial Dynamics (6) 2017-01-08 2017-01-29 2017-08-27 2017-11-19 2020-01-13 2021-09-27. Author is listed
  8. NEP-URE: Urban and Real Estate Economics (6) 2018-06-18 2020-08-24 2021-03-22 2021-09-13 2022-02-21 2024-06-10. Author is listed
  9. NEP-NEU: Neuroeconomics (4) 2016-05-21 2016-11-13 2018-07-30 2019-04-01
  10. NEP-OPM: Open Economy Macroeconomics (4) 2017-01-08 2017-01-29 2017-08-27 2017-11-19
  11. NEP-POL: Positive Political Economics (4) 2017-01-01 2018-02-05 2018-02-05 2018-06-18
  12. NEP-MAC: Macroeconomics (3) 2017-11-19 2020-01-13 2021-09-27
  13. NEP-AFR: Africa (2) 2022-03-21 2023-02-20
  14. NEP-EDU: Education (2) 2016-05-21 2019-04-01
  15. NEP-ENV: Environmental Economics (2) 2024-01-08 2024-11-11
  16. NEP-GEN: Gender (2) 2020-08-24 2022-04-18
  17. NEP-HEA: Health Economics (2) 2020-09-28 2022-02-21
  18. NEP-INT: International Trade (2) 2021-09-13 2023-06-19
  19. NEP-ISF: Islamic Finance (2) 2021-09-13 2021-09-27
  20. NEP-LTV: Unemployment, Inequality and Poverty (2) 2015-08-30 2017-12-03
  21. NEP-RES: Resource Economics (2) 2015-08-30 2017-12-03
  22. NEP-ARA: MENA - Middle East and North Africa (1) 2023-06-19
  23. NEP-BAN: Banking (1) 2022-03-21
  24. NEP-CDM: Collective Decision-Making (1) 2017-01-01
  25. NEP-FDG: Financial Development and Growth (1) 2023-06-19
  26. NEP-FLE: Financial Literacy and Education (1) 2023-06-19
  27. NEP-GER: German Papers (1) 2015-08-30
  28. NEP-HAP: Economics of Happiness (1) 2022-02-21
  29. NEP-HIS: Business, Economic and Financial History (1) 2022-02-14
  30. NEP-HME: Heterodox Microeconomics (1) 2020-08-24
  31. NEP-HPE: History and Philosophy of Economics (1) 2017-01-01
  32. NEP-INV: Investment (1) 2023-07-17
  33. NEP-LMA: Labor Markets - Supply, Demand, and Wages (1) 2016-05-21
  34. NEP-MIG: Economics of Human Migration (1) 2024-06-10
  35. NEP-REG: Regulation (1) 2012-03-28

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