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Chris Blattman

I'm a Professor in the Harris School of Public Policy at the University of Chicago. I use field work and statistics to study poverty, political engagement, the causes and consequences of violence, and policy in developing countries. [Read more]

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Recent research

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  • Do anti-poverty programs sway voters?
  • Does policing simply push crime around the corner?
  • Impacts of factory jobs on health and wealth
  • Reducing crime and violence via behavioral therapy

Policy

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  • Bill Gates wants to give the poor chickens, but what they need is cash
  • Everything we knew about sweatshops was wrong
  • Strategies for reducing crime and violence in developing countries

Advice: Development

  • Books development workers and academics should read
  • Development tourism
  • Getting a job in development
  • How to take advantage of an MA program
  • Research in war zones I
  • Research in war zones II
  • Should you become a field RA on an RCT?
  • So you want to be an impact evaluator?
  • What to bring for field work I
  • What to bring for field work II
  • What to bring to the sky
  • Why you should work in aid
  • Working in a developing country

Advice: Professional

  • Advice for new Asst Profs
  • Applying to PhDs
  • Choosing an MA, MPA or MIA
  • Courses: 10 things I tell undergrads
  • Courses: How much economics should you study?
  • How to ask for a recommendation letter
  • How to discuss a paper
  • How to email your professors and employers
  • How to get a PhD and save the world
  • Just say no
  • Moving from RA to co-author
  • Negotiating your academic job offer
  • On quantitative field research
  • PhD students: Choosing a topic
  • PhD students: Don't lose hope
  • PhD students: Econ PhDs & the politics market
  • PhD students: Job market advice
  • PhDs: Picking a dissertation (and why it should not be a field experiment)
  • Writing PhD grant applications
  • Writing: How to write an essay
  • Writing: How to write like a Mad Man

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