Below is my academic research. Jump to my Policy writing, Projects, or Data. Also see my Google Scholar profile.
Working papers & papers under review
- “The Logic of Child Soldiering and Coercion“, with Bernd Beber (Revised & Resubmit, International Organization)
- “Economic Shocks and Conflict: The (Absence of?) Evidence from Commodity Prices“, with Samuel Bazzi, Under review (Replication files)
- “Can Employment Programs Reduce Poverty and Social Instability? Experimental evidence from a Ugandan aid program”, with Nathan Fiala and Sebastian Martinez. (See the midterm results policy report and note)
- “Can civic education and conflict resolution training promote peace? Evidence from a village-level experiment in Liberia”, with Alexandra Hartman and Robert Blair. (See the policy report.)
- “Can swords be turned into ploughshares? The impact of excombatant reintegration on poverty, aggression and insurrection”, with Jeannie Annan. (See the policy report.)
Journal articles
- Civil War, Gender and Reintegration in northern Uganda (2011), with Jeannie Annan, Dyan Mazurana, and Khristopher Carlson, Journal of Conflict Resolution
- The Consequences of Child Soldiering (2010), with Jeannie Annan, The Review of Economics and Statistics (Replication files)
- Civil War (2010), with Edward Miguel, The Journal of Economic Literature
- From Violence to Voting: War and Political Participation in Uganda (2009), The American Political Science Review (replication files)
- Winners and Losers in the Commodity Lottery: The Impact of Terms of Trade Growth and Volatility in the Periphery, 1870-1939 (2007), with Jason Hwang and Jeffrey Williamson, The Journal of Development Economics (download commodity and trade data)
Book chapters
- On the Nature and Causes of LRA abduction: What the Abductees Say (2010), with Jeannie Annan, The Lord’s Resistance Army: War, Peace and Reconciliation in Northern Uganda (Allen & Vlassenroot, eds.)
- Child Combatants in Northern Uganda: Reintegration Myths and Realities (2008), with Jeannie Annan, Security and Post-Conflict Reconstruction: Dealing with Fighters in the Aftermath of War (Robert Muggah, ed.)
Papers in progress
- “Addressing missing outcome data in randomized experiments: A design-based approach”, with Alan Gerber, Donald Green, and Holger Kern.
- “Fostering female entrepreneurship and empowerment: Experimental evidence from ultra-poor women in Uganda”, with Jeannie Annan, Eric Green, and Julian Jamison
- “Psychosocial impacts of a Liberian ex-combatant reintegration intervention”, with Jeannie Annan and Rebecca Littman.
- “Community-level conflict forecasting and early warning: Evidence from Post-war Liberia”, with Robert Blair.
- “More sweatshops for Africa? A randomized evaluation of industrial labor in Ethiopia”, with Stefan Dercon.
- “Gender differences in political responses to violent trauma: Evidence from Uganda”, with Mathilde Emeriau.
- “The spillover effects of humanitarian aid: How does income support to the ultra-poor affect village economies?”, with Eric Green, Julian Jamison, and Christian Lehmann.