Below is my academic research. Jump to my Policy writing, Projects, or Data. Also see my Google Scholar profile.
Works in progress
- “Predicting Local-Level Violence”, with Robert Blair and Alexandra Hartman
- See initial policy report
- “Can swords be turned into ploughshares? An experiment in ex-combatant reintegration”, with Jeannie Annan.
- See initial policy report
- “Does foreign aid buy domestic votes? Experimental evidence from a Ugandan employment program”, with Mathilde Emeriau and Nathan Fiala
- “Does entrepreneurship empower women? Evidence from Uganda”, with Jeannie Annan, Eric Green, and Julian Jamison
- See initial policy report
- “The general equilibrium effects of humanitarian aid”, with Julian Jamison and Christian Lehman
- “More Sweatshops for Africa? Evidence from Randomized Industrial Jobs in Ethiopia”, with Stefan Dercon
- “Building Institutions at the Micro-Level: Long-run Evidence from a Conflict Resolution Program in Liberia”, with Alexandra Hartman and Robert Blair
- See project description and first paper (short-run results)
Papers under review
- “Economic Shocks and Conflict: The Evidence from Commodity Prices” (2013), with Samuel Bazzi
- “Credit constraints, occupational choice, and the process of development: Long run evidence from cash transfers in Uganda” (2013), with Nathan Fiala and Sebastian Martinez
- Web appendix
- Coverage in Slate, Forbes, BloombergBusinessWeek, and my own take
- Earlier mid-term results policy report and note
- “Mental health impacts of a reintegration program for ex-combatants in Liberia: a randomized controlled trial” (2013), with Jeannie Annan and Rebecca Littman
Peer-reviewed Journal articles
- “How to promote order and property rights under weak rule of law? An experiment in changing dispute resolution behavior through community education“ (forthcoming), with Alexandra Hartman and Robert Blair, American Political Science Review
- The Logic of Child Soldiering and Coercion (2013), with Bernd Beber, International Organization
- See project page for full replication data
- Civil War, Gender and Reintegration in northern Uganda (2011), with Jeannie Annan, Dyan Mazurana, and Khristopher Carlson, Journal of Conflict Resolution
- See project page for full replication data
- The Consequences of Child Soldiering (2010), with Jeannie Annan, The Review of Economics and Statistics
- See project page for full replication data
- 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
- See project page for full replication data
- 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, Journal of Development Economics
- Download our country commodity price index (CSV file) or full source data on commodity prices 1865-1950 (zipped Excel file)
- A full data appendix can be found in NBER Working Paper 10600. Other variables and the full replication file can be obtained from Jeffrey G. Williamson.
Book chapters and review articles
- Children and War: How “Soft” Research Can Answer the Hard Questions in Political Science (2012), Review Essay, Perspectives on Politics
- 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.)