Jenny C. Aker

Jenny C. Aker

Tufts University

H-index: 25

North America-United States

About Jenny C. Aker

Jenny C. Aker, With an exceptional h-index of 25 and a recent h-index of 22 (since 2020), a distinguished researcher at Tufts University, specializes in the field of Development economics, agricultural economics.

His recent articles reflect a diverse array of research interests and contributions to the field:

Making sense of the shapes: What do we know about literacy learning in adulthood?

(Don’t) Believe the Hype?

Harvesting the rain: The adoption of environmental technologies in the Sahel

Mobile Phones and Development in Africa: Does the Evidence Meet the Hype?

Digitizing Development?

Demand, supply and long-term adoption: Evidence from a storage technology in West Africa

Where There Was No Phone

Learning without Teachers? Experimental Evidence on the Impact of a Mobile Phone Adult Literacy Program

Jenny C. Aker Information

University

Position

Center for Global Development

Citations(all)

9989

Citations(since 2020)

5332

Cited By

7040

hIndex(all)

25

hIndex(since 2020)

22

i10Index(all)

41

i10Index(since 2020)

30

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University Profile Page

Tufts University

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Jenny C. Aker Skills & Research Interests

Development economics

agricultural economics

Top articles of Jenny C. Aker

Title

Journal

Author(s)

Publication Date

Making sense of the shapes: What do we know about literacy learning in adulthood?

Jenny C Aker

Melita Sawyer

James Berry

2024/6/1

(Don’t) Believe the Hype?

Jenny C Aker

Joël Cariolle

2023/12/1

Harvesting the rain: The adoption of environmental technologies in the Sahel

Review of Economics and Statistics

Jenny C Aker

B Kelsey Jack

2023/12/18

Mobile Phones and Development in Africa: Does the Evidence Meet the Hype?

Jenny C Aker

Joël Cariolle

2023/11/30

Digitizing Development?

Jenny C Aker

Joël Cariolle

2023/12/1

Demand, supply and long-term adoption: Evidence from a storage technology in West Africa

Journal of Development Economics

Jenny C Aker

Brian Dillon

C Jamilah Welch

2023/10/1

Where There Was No Phone

Jenny C Aker

Joël Cariolle

2023/12/1

Learning without Teachers? Experimental Evidence on the Impact of a Mobile Phone Adult Literacy Program

Unpublished working paper

Christopher Ksoll

Jenny C Aker

Danielle Miller

K Perez

Susan L Smalley

2023/8

Rethinking ICT4D

Jenny C Aker

Joël Cariolle

2023/12/1

Mobile money

VoxDevLit

Tavneet Suri

Jenny Aker

Catia Batista

Michael Callen

Tarek Ghani

...

2023/2

The Economics of the Phone

Jenny C Aker

Joël Cariolle

2023/12/1

Final Report for Cash Benchmarking Study in Liberia and Malawi

Shilpa Aggarwal

Jenny C Aker

Dahyeon Jeong

K Kumar

David Sungho Park

...

2022/6/9

The dynamic effects of cash transfers: Evidence from rural liberia and malawi

Shilpa Aggarwal

Jenny Aker

Dahyeon Jeong

Naresh Kumar

David Sungho Park

...

2022/10/3

The State of Digital Financial Services in Francophone West Africa

Jenny Aker

David A Carroll

2022/4/7

Call Me, Maybe? Technology and Teacher Support in Niger

Jenny C Aker

Josue Awonon

2022/9/16

Fintech for Rural Markets in Sub-Saharan Africa

Jenny C Aker

2022/9/9

The use of digital for public service provision in sub-Saharan Africa

FERDI Notes brèves/Policy briefs

Jenny Aker

Joël Cariolle

2022/8/29

Paying for digital information: Assessing farmers’ willingness to pay for a digital agriculture and nutrition service in Ghana

Economic Development and Cultural Change

Melissa Hidrobo

Giordano Palloni

Daniel O Gilligan

Jenny C Aker

Natasha Ledlie

2022/7/1

Sharing research results with participants: An ethical discussion

Sam Friedlander

Mikaela Rabb

Caroline Tangoren

Jenny Aker

Sule Alan

...

2021

Paying for Digital Information

Melissa Hidrobo

Giordano Palloni

Jenny C Aker

Daniel O Gilligan

Natasha Ledlie

2020/1

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Co-Authors

H-index: 96
David Zilberman

David Zilberman

University of California, Berkeley

H-index: 85
Marcel Fafchamps

Marcel Fafchamps

Stanford University

H-index: 39
Michael Klein

Michael Klein

Tufts University

H-index: 37
Joshua Blumenstock

Joshua Blumenstock

University of California, Berkeley

H-index: 32
Travis J. Lybbert

Travis J. Lybbert

University of California, Davis

H-index: 29
Margaret McConnell

Margaret McConnell

Harvard University

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