Ph.D. in Economics 2000, Harvard University
A.M. in Economics 1998, Harvard University
S.B. Economics, S.B. Mathematics 1996, Phi Beta Kappa, Harry S Truman Scholar (1995, NJ), Massachusetts Institute of Technology
“Civil War”, (co-author Chris Blattman), Journal of Economic Literature, 2010, 48(1), 3-57.
“Political Competition and Ethnic Identification in Africa” (co-authors Benn Eifert, Daniel Posner), American Journal of Political Science, 2010, 54(1), 494-510.
“Use of the Bristol Stool Chart to Complement Self-reported Diarrhea as an Outcome Measure for WASH Research” (co-authors Clair Null, Michael Kremer, Alix Zwane), American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 2010, 83 (5), 108.
“Being surveyed can change later behavior and related parameter estimates” (co-authors Alix Peterson Zwane, Jonathan Zinman, Eric Van Dusen, William Pariente, Clair Null, Michael Kremer, Dean Karlan, Richard Hornbeck, Xavier Giné, Esther Duflo, Florencia Devoto, Bruno Crepon, Abhijit Banerjee), Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, January 18, 2011.
“Civil War Exposure and Violence” (co-authors Sebastian Saiegh and Shanker Satyanath), Economics and Politics, 2011, 23(1), 59-73.“The Price of Political Opposition: Evidence from Venezuela’s Maisanta” (co-authors Chang-Tai Hsieh, Daniel Ortega, Francisco Rodriguez), American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, 2011, 3(2), 196-214.
“Spring Cleaning: Rural Water Impacts, Valuation, and Property Rights Institutions” (co-authors Michael Kremer, Jessica Leino, Alix Zwane), Quarterly Journal of Economics, 2011, 126(1), 145-205.
“The Long-run Impact of Bombing Vietnam” (co-author Gerard Roland), Journal of Development Economics, 2011, 96(1), 1-15. [lead article]
“Re-examining Economic Shocks and Civil Conflict” (co-author Shanker Satyanath), American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, 2011, 3(4), 228-232.
“Government Transfers and Political Support” (co-authors Marco Manacorda, Andrea Vigorito), American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, 2011, 3(3), 1-28. [lead article]
“Sustainability of Long-term Take-up at Point-of-collection Chlorine Dispensers Provided Free of Charge in Rural Western Kenya” (co-authors, Michael Kremer, Clair Null, Alix Zwane), Proceedings of the Water Environment Foundation, Disinfection 2011, pp. 249-250 (2).
“Effects of Exceeding Recommended Storage Time of Hypochlorite-Treated Water in Ceramic Pots” (co-authors, Clair Null, Elizabeth Walker, Michael Kremer, Daniele Lantagne), Proceedings of the Water Environment Foundation, Disinfection 2011, pp. 251-252 (2).
“Incentivizing safe sex: a randomized trial of conditional cash transfers for HIV and sexually transmitted infection prevention in rural Tanzania” (co-authors D. de Walque, W.H. Dow, R. Nathan, R. Abdul, F. Abilahi, E. Gong, Z Isdahl, J. Jamison, B. Jullu, S. Krishnan, A. Majura, J. Moncada, S. Mtenga, M.A. Mwanyangala, L. Packel, J. Schachter, K. Shirima, C.A. Medlin), BMJ Open, 2012, 2:e000747 doi:10.1136/bmjopen-2011-000747.
“Reshaping Institutions: Evidence on Aid Impacts Using a Pre-Analysis Plan” (co-authors Katherine Casey, Rachel Glennerster), Quarterly Journal of Economics, 2012, 127(4), 1755-1812.
“Collective Action in Diverse Sierra Leone Communities” (co-authors Rachel Glennerster, Alexander Rothenberg), Economic Journal, 2013, 123(568), 285-316.
“Quantifying the Influence of Climate on Human Conflict” (co-authors Solomon Hsiang, Marshall Burke), Science, 2013, 10.1126/science.1235367.
“Economic Shocks and Democratization in Africa” (co-authors Manuel Barron, Shanker Satyanath), Political Science Research and Methods, 2013, available on CJO2013. doi:10.1017/psrm.2013.27.
“Promoting transparency in social science research” (co-authors Colin Camerer, Katherine Casey, Joshua Cohen, Kevin M. Esterling, Alan Gerber, Rachel Glennerster, Donald P. Green, Macartan Humphreys, Guido Imbens, David Laitin, Temina Madon, Leif Nelson, Brian A. Nosek, Maya Petersen, Richard Sedlmayr, Joseph P. Simmons, Uri Simonsohn, Mark Van der Laan), Science, 2014, 10.1126/science.1245317.“Temperature and violence” (co-authors Mark A. Cane, Marshall Burke, Solomon M. Hsiang, David B. Lobell, Kyle C. Meng, Shanker Satyanath), Nature Climate Change, 2014, 4, 234-235, 10.1038/nclimate2171.
“Incorporating climate uncertainty into estimates of climate change impacts” (co-authors Marshall Burke, John Dykema, David Lobell, Shanker Satyanath), forthcoming Review of Economics and Statistics.
“You’ve Earned It: Combining Field and Lab Experiments to Estimate the Impact of Human Capital on Social Preferences” (co-authors Pamela Jakiela, Vera te Velde), forthcoming Experimental Economics.
