Published and Forthcoming papers
- “Do Natural Resources Influence Who Comes to Power, and How?” (with Maria Carreri) – forthcoming, Journal of Politics
- “Reconciling after civil conflict increases social capital but decreases individual wellbeing” (with Jacobus Cilliers and Bilal Siddiqi) – 2016. Science
- Replication Data
- NPR Hidden Brain Podcast and Washington Post-Monkey Cage article by Rachel Glennerster
- Also featured in: Voice of America, Le Monde, Science Daily, The Daily Mail, Pacific Standard, El Espectador, Público, Ecodiario, Diariomedico, EDA, Sinc, Infosalus
- See the IPA policy brief
- “From Maize to Haze: Agricultural Shocks and the Growth of the Mexican Drug Sector” (with Omar Garcia-Ponce and Kevin Thom) – 2016. Journal of the European Economic Association
- “The White-Man Effect: How Foreigner Presence Affects Behavior in Experiments” (with Jacobus Cilliers and Bilal Siddiqi). 2015. Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization
- “Bases, Bullets and Ballots: the Effect of U.S. Military Aid on Political Conflict in Colombia” (with Suresh Naidu). 2015. Journal of Politics
- “Commodity Price Shocks and Civil Conflict: Evidence from Colombia.” (with Juan Vargas). 2013. Review of Economic Studies
- “Cross-Border Spillover: U.S. Gun Laws and Violence in Mexico.” (with Arindrajit Dube and Omar Garcia Ponce). 2013. American Political Science Review (lead article)
Working Papers
- “Queens” (with S.P. Harish), Revise & Resubmit, Journal of Political Economy
- Data Appendix
- Press coverage: The Economist, The Atlantic, NY Times mention, NY Mag, Marginal Revolution, Chris Blattman’s blog, PS Mag, Vox, The Australian, Live Mint, GovExec.com
- Reform Fatigue (with T. Renee Bowen Jackie Chan and Nicolas Lambert)
Selected Research in Progress
- “Expressive Arts, Recidivism and the Labor Market Reintegration of Juvenile Offenders” (with Marianne Bertrand and Kelly Hallberg)
- “Predicting Police Police Productivity to Strengthen Community-Policing Relations” (with Jens Ludwig and Greg Stoddard)
- “Labor Market Opportunities and Violent Crime: Experimental Evidence from Northern Nigeria” (with Ben Crost, Marcus Holmlund and Eric Mvukiyehe)
- “Uneven Growth and Violent Conflict: Evidence from India” (with Debraj Ray)
- “Incentivizing Health Service Delivery: Experimental Evidence from Sierra Leone” (with Johannes Haushofer, Vivek Maru Bilal Siddiqi)