Daniel Agness

Assistant Professor, Department of Economics, University of Maryland, College Park

Daniel Agness is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Economics at the University of Maryland, College Park and an Invited Researcher at the Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab (J-PAL). His work focuses on urbanization, agricultural transformation, and social networks in East Africa. Daniel received his Ph.D. from U.C. Berkeley in 2024.

Recent work by Daniel Agness

How to value the time of the self-employed

Valuing the time of the self-employed is crucial for evaluating interventions and conducting cost-benefit analysis. Yet research often misprices this value at zero or equal to market wages. New evidence from Kenya suggests a practical fix: value unpa...

Labour Markets

Daniel Agness Travis Baseler Sylvain Chassang Pascaline Dupas Erik Snowberg

Published 14.10.25

Daniel Agness

Recent work by Daniel Agness

How to value the time of the self-employed