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The publication bias problem (and the redemption of Blattman?)

28Nov2011

This one is for the Liberiaphiles

9Nov2011

When is violence against women good news?

16Sep2011

Violence leads to social cohesion and political activation: The evidence base grows

23Aug2011

Does poverty lead to violence? (The other view)

4Apr2011

My quest for tenure and blog fame: driven by my inner chimp?

1Mar2011

Ethnicity and Ethnic Strife

29Dec2010

Aggressive bleg

16Dec2010

Why you should be skeptical about food riots

6Sep2010

Power vacuums and violence

16Jun2010

Extremism explained

14Apr2010

Uyghurs in the news

8Jul2009

Will Zimbabwe start to look more like South Africa, or will South Africa go the way of Zimbabwe?

19Dec2008

Why is Athens burning?

14Dec2008

If an attack falls in Nigeria, does anybody hear?

4Dec2008

Q&A with Ray Fisman and Ted Miguel

15Oct2008

What the satellites say about the troop surge

20Sep2008

The great challenge to human ingenuity

6Sep2008

Explaining immigrant violence in Africa

27Aug2008

For novelists, and bedtime, war is not the answer

22Aug2008

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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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