Articles and Chapters

Forthcoming

“The Historical Legacies of Islamic Rule in Africa” (with V. Bauer and M. Platas Izama). Forthcoming. World Development.

 “Learning from Below: A New Solution to the File Drawer Problem” (with A. Alrababa’h, S. Williamson, J. Hainmueller, M. Hotard, and D. Laitin). Forthcoming. Political Analysis.

Peer-Reviewed

“Reporting all results efficiently: A RARE proposal to open up the file drawer” (with D. Laitin and others). Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (2021).

“Community policing does not build citizen trust or reduce crime in the Global South” (with G. Blair and F. Christia, lead authors). Science (2021).

“Making Sense of Human Rights Diplomacy: Evidence from a U.S. Campaign to Free Political Prisoners” (with R. Myrick). International Organization (2021).

“Liberal Displacement Policies Attract Forced Migrants in the Global South” (with C. Blair and G. Grossman). American Political Science Review (2021).

Forced Displacement and Asylum Policy in the Developing World” (with C. Blair and G. Grossman). International Organization (2001).

“In Search of Opportunity and Community: Internal Migration of Refugees in the United States” (with N. Mossad, J. Ferwerda, D. Lawrence, and J. Hainmueller). Science Advances (2020).

“Attitudes towards Migrants in a Highly Impacted Economy: Evidence from the Syrian Refugee Crisis in Jordan” (with A. Alrababa’h, A. Dillon, S. Williamson, J. Hainmueller, and D. Hangartner). Comparative Political Studies (2019).

“Determinants of refugee naturalization in the United States” (with N. Mossad, J. Ferwerda, D. Lawrence, and J. Hainmueller). Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (2018).

“Infrastructure Quality Assessment in Africa using Satellite Imagery and Deep Learning” (with B. Oshri, A. Hu, P. Adelson, X. Chen, P. Dupas,M. Burke, D. Lobell, and S. Ermon). KDD-18, Proceedings of the 24th ACM SIGKDD Conference (2018).

“Improving Refugee Integration Through Data-Driven Algorithmic Assignment” (with K. Bansak, J. Ferwerda, J. Hainmueller, A. Dillon, D. Lawrence, D. Hangartner). Science (2018).

“Descriptive Representation and Judicial Outcomes in Multiethnic Societies” (with G. Grossman, O. Gazal-Ayal, and S. Pimentel). American Journal of Political Science (2016).

“How Does Development Assistance Affect Collective Action Capacity? Results from a Field Experiment in Post-Conflict Liberia” (with J. Fearon and M. Humphreys). American Political Science Review (2015).

“Improving Governance from the Outside In” (with S. Krasner). Annual Review of Political Science (2014).

“Field Experiments and the Political Economy of Development” (with M. Humphreys). Annual Review of Political Science (2009).

“Who Fights? The Determinants of Participation in Civil War” (with M. Humphreys). American Journal of Political Science (April 2008).

“Why Does Ethnic Diversity Undermine Public Goods Provision?” (with J. Habyarimana, M. Humphreys, and D. Posner). American Political Science Review (November 2007).

“Demobilization and Reintegration” (with M. Humphreys). Journal of Conflict Resolution (August 2007).

“Handling and Manhandling Civilians in Civil War” (with M. Humphreys). American Political Science Review (August 2006).

“Resources and the Information Problem in Rebel Recruitment.” Journal of Conflict Resolution (August 2005).

Non-Peer Reviewed

“What if California Had a Foreign Policy? The New Frontier of State’s Rights” (with D. Engstrom), The Washington Quarterly (March 2018).

“Defunding Dissent: Restrictions on Aid to NGOs,” Journal of Democracy (April 2013).

“Transforming Multilateralism: Innovation on a Global Stage,” Stanford Social Innovation Review (February 2013).

“The Benefits of a Big Tent: Opening Up Government in Developing Countries” (with J. Goldstein), UCLA Law Review Discourse (November 2012).

“Community based Reintegration in Aceh”(with P Barron, L Paler, and J Weinstein), Indonesian Social Development Papers 12 (2009).

“Can Development Aid Contribute to Social Cohesion After Civil War: Evidence from a Field Experiment in Post-Conflict Liberia” (with J. Fearon and M. Humphreys), American Economic Review, Papers and Proceedings (May 2009).

“Why Are Co-Ethnics Believed to be More Trustworthy?” (with J. Habyarimana, M. Humphreys, and D. Posner). In Karen Cook,Margaret Levi, and Russell Hardin (editors), Whom Can We Trust? How Groups, Networks, and Institutions Make Trust Possible (Russell Sage Foundation, 2009).

“Assessing Progress toward Demobilization and Reintegration in Sierra Leone” (with M. Humphreys). In Robert Muggah (editor). In Securing Protection: Reconsidering Disarmament, Demobilization, and Reintegration (Routledge Press, 2009).

“Better Institutions, Not Partition.” (with J. Habyarimana, M. Humphreys, and D. Posner), Foreign Affairs (July/August 2008).

“It has been difficult to find evidence of democracy’s economic dividends: Comment on Miguel.” Boston Review (May 2008).

“Toward More Policy-Relevant Research on Civil War Severity.” (with B. Lacina). APSA-CP Newsletter (Summer 2007).

“Africa’s Revolutionary Deficit.” Foreign Policy (July/August2007).

“Rebuilding Weak States” (with Stuart Eizenstat and John Edward Porter). Foreign Affairs (January/February 2005).

“The Civil War in Mozambique” (with L. Francisco). In Paul Collier and Nicholas Sambanis (editors), Economic Models and Case Studies of Civil War. Washington, DC: The World Bank, 2005.

“A New Threat of Terror in the Western Hemisphere.” SAIS Review (Winter/Spring 2003).

“The Structure of Rebel Organizations: Implications for Post-Conflict Reconstruction.” Research Dissemination Note 4, Conflict Prevention and Reconstruction Unit, World Bank, June 2002.

“Mozambique: A Fading U.N. Success Story.” Journal of Democracy (January 2002).

“Africa’s Scramble for Africa: Lessons of a Continental War.” World Policy Journal (Summer 2000).

“Service Learning as Democratic Education in South Africa and the United States.” (with M. Mendel Reyes) Michigan Journal of Community Service Learning (Fall 1996).