Education
Some Children Left Behind? Distributional Impacts of Increasing Teaching Literacy in Uganda. Julie Buhl-Wiggers, Jason Kerwin, Juan Sebastián Muñoz, Jeffrey Smith, and Rebecca Thornton. Accepted at the Journal of Econometrics.
Boys lagging behind: Unpacking Gender Differences in Academic Achievement across East Africa. Buhl-Wiggers, Julie, Sam Jones, and Rebecca Thornton. 2021. International Journal of Educational Development. Volume 83, May 2021, 102382. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijedudev.2021.102382
The Effects of a Multi-Faceted Education Program on Enrollment, Equity, Learning and School Management: Evidence from India. Delavallade, Clara, Alan Griffith, and Rebecca Thornton. 2021. World Bank Economic Review. https://doi.org/10.1093/wber/lhaa025
Making the Grade: The Sensitivity of Education Program Effectiveness to Input Choices and Outcome Measures? Jason Kerwin and Rebecca Thornton. 2020. The Review of Economics and Statistics. DOI: 10.1162/rest_a_00911
Education as Liberation? Willa Friedman, Michael Kremer, Edward Miguel, and Rebecca Thornton. 2016. Economica, 83: 1-30. DOI:10.1111/ecca.12168
Incentives to Learn Kremer, Michael, Edward Miguel, and Rebecca Thornton. 2009. Review of Economics and Statistics, 91 (3):437-456.
Health
Factors associated with knowledge and use of home pregnancy test kits in Uganda. Kamei, Akito, Ryoko Sato and Rebecca Thornton. 2023. PLOS Global Health, 3(7): e0002165.
Effect of Soda Taxes on Youth Consumption: Evidence from a Developing Country. Cawley, John, Michael Daly, and Rebecca Thornton. 2022. Health Economics, 31(6): 1033-1045.
Effect of Pregnancy Tests on Demand for Family Planning: Evidence from a Randomized Controlled Trial in Uganda. Akito Kamei, Ryoko Sato, and Rebecca Thornton. 2021. Reproductive Health, 18, 231. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12978-021-01279-5.
How do Women Learn they Are Pregnant? The Introduction of Clinics and Pregnancy Uncertainty in Nepal. Isabel Musse, Rebecca Thornton, and Dirgha Ghimire. Accepted at Studies in Family Planning.
The Spillover Effects of Health Insurance within Families: Experimental Evidence from Nicaragua Fitzpatrick, Anne, and Rebecca Thornton. The Effects of Health Insurance within Families: Experimental Evidence from Nicaragua. 2019. World Bank Economic Review. Volume 33, Issue 3, Pages 736–749, Online Appendix
Making Marriages Last: Trust is Good, Credible Information is Better. Kohler, Hans Peter, and Rebecca Thornton. In Siwan Anderson, Lori Beaman and Jean-Philippe Platteau (Ed.), Towards Gender Equity in Development. Oxford University Press; UNU-WIDER 2018.
Responding to Risk: Circumcision, Information, and HIV Prevention Godlonton, Susan, Alister Munthali, and Rebecca Thornton. 2016. “Responding to Risk: Circumcision, Information, and HIV Prevention.” Review of Economics and Statistics, May; 98(2): 333-349.
Demand for Medical Male Circumcision Chinkhumba, Jobiba, Godlonton, Susan, and Rebecca Thornton. 2014. “Demand for Medical Male Circumcision.” American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, 6(2): 152-77.
Learning from Others’ HIV Testing: Updating Beliefs and Responding to Risk Godlonton, Susan, and Rebecca Thornton. 2013. “Learning from Others’ HIV Testing: Updating Beliefs and Responding to Risk.” American Economic Review Papers and Proceedings, 103(3): 439-444.
Determinants of Technology Adoption: Peer Effects in Menstrual Cup Take-Up Oster, Emily and Rebecca Thornton. 2012. “Determinants of Technology Adoption: Peer Effects in Menstrual Cup Take-Up.” Journal of the European Economic Association, 10(6): 1263-1293. Online Appendix
Evaluating the Impact of Health Programmes on Productivity Burns, Justine, Malcolm Keswell, and Rebecca Thornton. 2012. “Evaluating the Impact of Health Programmes on Productivity.” African Development Review, 24(4): 302-315.
HIV Testing, Subjective Beliefs and Economic Behavior Thornton, Rebecca. 2012. “HIV Testing, Subjective Beliefs and Economic Behavior.” Journal of Development Economics, 99(2): 300–313.
Conditional Cash Transfers and HIV/AIDS Prevention: Unconditionally Promising? Kohler, Hans-Peter and Rebecca Thornton. 2012. “Conditional Cash Transfers and HIV/AIDS Prevention: Unconditionally Promising?” World Bank Economic Review, 26: 165-190. Online Appendix
Peer Effects in Learning HIV Results Godlonton, Susan and Rebecca Thornton. 2012. “Peer Effects in Learning HIV Results.” Journal of Development Economics, 97(1): 118–129.
Menstruation, Sanitary Products and School Attendance: Evidence from a Randomized Evaluation Oster, Emily and Rebecca Thornton. 2011. “Menstruation, Sanitary Products and School Attendance: Evidence from a Randomized Evaluation.” American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, 3(1): 91-100. Online Appendix
Social Security Health Insurance for the Informal Sector in Nicaragua: A Randomized Evaluation Thornton, Rebecca, Laurel Hatt, Erica Field, Mursaleena Islam, Freddy Solís, and Martha Azuzena González Moncada. 2010. “Social Security Health Insurance for the Informal Sector in Nicaragua: A Randomized Evaluation.” Health Economics, 19(S1): 181–206.
Geospatial Analysis of Condom Availability and Accessibility in Urban Malawi Shacham, Enbal, Rebecca Thornton, Susan Godlonton, Ryan Murphy, and Jake Gilliland. 2016. “Geospatial Analysis of Condom Availability and Accessibility in Urban Malawi.” International Journal of STD & AIDS, Jan; 27(1): 44-50. DOI: 10.1177/0956462415571373. Epub 2015 Feb 13.
Medical Male Circumcision: How does price affect the risk-profile of take-up? Godlonton Susan, and Rebecca Thornton. 2016. “Medical Male Circumcision: How does price affect the risk-profile of take-up?” Preventive Medicine, Nov;92:68-73. First published online June 7, 2016. DOI: 10.1016/j.ypmed.2016.06.003.
Counseling Women and Couples on Family Planning: A Randomized Study El-Khoury, Marianne Rebecca Thornton, Minki Chatterji, Sarah Kamhawi, Phoebe Sloane, Mays Halassa. 2016. “Counseling Women and Couples on Family Planning: A Randomized Study.” Studies in Family Planning, 47(3): 222-238. DOI: 10.1111/sifp.69
What Do People Actually Take Away From Public Health Education Campaigns? Incorrect Inferences about Male Circumcision and Female HIV Infection Risk in a Cluster Randomized Trial in Malawi Maughan-Brown, Brendan, Susan Godlonton, Rebecca Thornton, and Atheendar S. Venkataramani. 2015. “What Do People Actually Take Away From Public Health Education Campaigns? Incorrect Inferences about Male Circumcision and Female HIV Infection Risk in a Cluster Randomized Trial in Malawi.” AIDS and Behavior, Jul; 19(7): 1170-1177. DOI 10.1007/s10461-014-0882-0.
How Evidence-Based Medicine Affects Family Planning Providers: A Randomized Experiment in Jordan El-Khoury, Marianne, Rebecca Thornton, Minki Chatterji, Maha Shadid, and Soonie Choi. 2015. “How Evidence-Based Medicine Affects Family Planning Providers: A Randomized Experiment in Jordan.” BMC Health Services Research, 15:449. First published October 5, 2015. DOI: 10.1186/s12913-015-1101-z.
Perceptions of Male Circumcision among Married Couples in Rural Malawi Shacham, Enbal, Susan Godlonton, and Rebecca Thornton. 2014. “Perceptions of Male Circumcision among Married Couples in Rural Malawi.” Journal of the International Association of Providers of AIDS Care, Sept-Oct; 13(5): 443-449. DOI: 10.1177/2325957413508319.
Cohort Profile: The Malawi Longitudinal Study of Families and Health (MLSFH) Kohler, Hans-Peter; Watkins, Susan C.; Behrman, Jere R.; Anglewicz, Philip; Kohler, Iliana V.; Thornton, Rebecca L.; Mkandawire, James; Honde, Hastings; Hawara, Augustine; Chilima, Ben; Bandawe, Chiwoza and Mwapasa, Victor. 2014. “Cohort Profile: The Malawi Longitudinal Study of Families and Health (MLSFH).” International Journal of Epidemiology, DOI: 10.1093/ije/dyu049. Online Appendix
Prevalence of and Factors Associated with Oral Sex among Rural and Urban Malawian Men Kerwin, Jason, Rebecca Thornton, and Sallie M. Foley. 2013. “Prevalence of and Factors Associated with Oral Sex among Rural and Urban Malawian Men.” International Journal of Sexual Behavior, 26(1): 66-77.
Missing Safer Sex Strategies in HIV Prevention: A Call for Further Research Kerwin, Jason T., Sallie M. Foley, Rebecca L. Thornton, Paulin Basinga, and Jobiba Chinkhumba. 2011. “Missing Safer Sex Strategies in HIV Prevention: A Call for Further Research.” African Population Studies Journal, 25(2):267-285.
Acceptance of Repeat Population-Based Voluntary Counseling and Testing for HIV in Rural Malawi Obare, Francis, Peter Fleming, Philip Anglewicz, Rebecca Thornton, Francis Martinson, Agatha Kapatuka, Michelle Poulin, Susan Watkins, Hans-Peter Kohler. 2009. “Acceptance of Repeat Population-Based Voluntary Counseling and Testing for HIV in Rural Malawi.” Sexually Transmitted Infections, 85: 139-144.
Increasing the Acceptability of HIV Counseling and Testing with Three C’s: Convenience, Confidentiality and Credibility Angotti N, Bula A, Gaydosh L, Kimchi E, Thornton R, and Yeatman S. 2009. “Increasing the Acceptability of HIV Counseling and Testing with Three C’s: Convenience, Confidentiality and Credibility.” Social Science & Medicine, 68(12): 2263-2270.
The Demand for, and Impact of, Learning HIV Status Thornton, Rebecca. 2008. “The Demand for, and Impact of, Learning HIV Status.” American Economic Review, 98(5): 1829–1863.
Gender
Fully Promoted: The Distribution and Determinants of Full Professorship in the Economics Profession. Kleemans, Marieke and Rebecca Thornton. 2023. American Economic Review Papers and Proceedings, 111:117-112.
Gender Differences in Economics Course-Taking and Majoring: Findings from an RCT. Halim, Daniel, Elizabeth Powers, and Rebecca Thornton. 2022. American Economic Review Papers and Proceedings.
Who Belongs? The Determinants of Selective Membership into the National Bureau of Economic Research. Kleemans, Marieke, and Rebecca Thornton. 2021. American Economic Review Papers and Proceedings. 111: 117-122. doi: 10.1257/pandp.20211123
The Consequences of Early Marriage in the Developing World Jensen, Robert, and Rebecca Thornton. 2003. “The Consequences of Early Marriage in the Developing World.” Oxfam Journal of Gender and Development, 11(2): 9-19.
Other Research
New Cellular Networks in Malawi: Correlates of Service Rollout and Effects on Employment Batzilis, Dimitrios, Taryn Dinkelman, Emily Oster, Rebecca Thornton and Deric Zanera. 2016. “New Cellular Networks in Malawi: Correlates of Service Rollout and Effects on Employment.” in NBER Volume on African Economic Successes, (eds.) S. Edwards, S. Johnson, and D. Weil. University of Chicago Press.