Research

Peer-Reviewed Journal Articles

  1. Murphy, D.M.A., Roobroeck, D., and Lee, D.R. (2024), “Show and Tell: Farmer Field Days and Learning about Inputs with Heterogeneous Yield Effects” European Review of Agricultural Economics 51(1), 91-127. doi:10.1093/erae/jbad042 [Ungated working paper]
  2. Murphy, D.M.A., Simons, A.M., Pypers, P., Chernet, M., and Roobroeck, D. (2023), “Plot Size Misperceptions and Soil Health: A New Research Agenda.” Soil Security 13, 100117. doi:10.1016/j.soisec.2023.100117 [Open Access]
  3. Murphy, D.M.A. (2023), “Sobriety, Social Capital, and Village Network Structures.” World Development 166, 106210. doi:10.1016/j.worlddev.2023.106210 [Ungated working paper] [Supplementary Appendix]
  4. Castilla, C. and Murphy, D.M.A. (2023), “Bidirectional Intimate Partner Violence: Evidence from a List Experiment in Kenya.” Health Economics 32(1), 175-193. doi:10.1002/hec.4616 [Ungated working paper]
  5. Murphy, D.M.A., Nourani, V., and Lee, D.R. (2022), “Chatting at Church: Information Diffusion through Religious Networks.” The Review of Economics and Statistics 104(3), 449-464. doi:10.1162/rest_a_00969 [Supplementary Appendix] [Ungated working paper]
  6. Murphy, D.M.A., Roobroek, D., Lee, D.R., and Thies, J. (2020), “Underground Knowledge: Estimating the Impacts of Soil Information Transfers through Experimental Auctions.” American Journal of Agricultural Economics 102(5), 1468-1493. doi:10.1111/ajae.12101 [Ungated working paper]
  7. Murphy, D.M.A., Berazneva, J., and Lee, D.R. (2018), “Fuelwood Source Substitution, Gender, and Shadow Prices in Western Kenya.” Environment and Development Economics 23(6), 655-678. doi:10.1017/S1355770X1800027X.

Book Chapter

  1. Murphy, D.M.A. and Scherr, S. (2023), “Economic and Policy Contexts for Biological Management of Soil Systems” in N. Uphoff and J. Thies (Eds.), Biological Approaches to Regenerative and Resilient Soil Systems (Second Edition): CRC Press.

Working Papers

  1. “Alcohol, Labor, and Agricultural Productivity.” Revise and Resubmit, American Economic Journal: Economic Policy — Coverage in VoxDev and ETRM
  2. “A Changing Religious Landscape and Community Social Bonds” with V. Nourani and A. Simons.
  3. “Tipples and Quarrels in the Household: The Effect of an Alcohol Mitigation Intervention on Intimate Partner Violence” with C. Castilla and F. Aqeel.
  4. “Women Talking: Intimate Partner Violence, Group Discussions, and their Effects on Social and Economic Ties” with C. Castilla and F. Aqeel.
  5. “Sobriety and Religion: Results from a Randomized Control Trial in Kenya”

Research Projects in Progress

  1. “Increasing Financial Digitization and Inclusion in Emerging Economies: Evidence from Armenia” with N. Hovanessian and A. Shirkhanyan.
  2. “Aspirations, Beliefs, and Behavior: Evidence from a Randomized Religious Intervention in Western Kenya” with S. Bird, S. Kilonzo, and V. Moorthy.