Research

Publications:

1. Maternal Mortality and Women’s Political Power,  with Sonia Bhalotra, Damian Clarke and Atheendar Venkataramani; Journal of the European Economic Association, Volume 21, Issue 5, October 2023, Pages 2172–2208  (Media coverage: El Pais (Planeta Futuro), VoxDev, Ideas for India); 

Data and replication code

2. The Health Costs of Ethnic Distance: Evidence from Sub-Saharan Africa,   Journal of Economic Growth, May 2020 (Media coverage: El Pais (Planeta Futuro))

3. The Reach of Radio: Ending Civil Conflict through Rebel Demobilization,  with Alex Armand and Paul Atwell; American Economic Review, 2020, 110(5): 1395–1429 (Media coverage: AEA Research Highlights, El Pais (Planeta Futuro), RES Media Briefing, World Bank IE); 

Data and replication code

4. The Geography of Linguistic Diversity and the Provision of Public Goods, with Klaus Desmet, and Ignacio Ortuño-Ortín;  Journal of Development Economics, Volume 143, March 2020, 102384 (Media coverage VOXEU, Quartz,  La Vanguardia (in Spanish))

5. Linguistic Fractionalization and Health Information in Sub-Saharan Africa, The World Bank Economic Review, Volume 34, February 2020, (Supplementary Article)

6. The Political Economy of the Maoist Conflict in India: An empirical Analysis, World Development, Volume 68, April 2015, Pages 96–123, 2015

Maoist Conflict Data

Working Papers:

7. It’s a Bird, It’s a Plane, It’s Superman! Using Mass Media to  Fight Intolerance, with Alex Armand, Paul Atwell and Yannik Schenk;  CEPR Discussion Paper #18207, June 2023 

8. Maternal Mortality and Women's Political Voice: Historical Evidence from the US, with Sonia Bhalotra, Damian Clarke and Atheendar Venkataramani ; CEPR Discussion Paper #18013, March 2023

9. Ethnic Remoteness Reduces the Peace Dividend from Trade Access, with Klaus Desmet and Diego Malo Rico; NBER Working Paper #30678, CEPR Discussion Paper #17895, January 2023 

10. Religious Diversity, Intolerance, and Civil Conflict, UC3M Working Paper no. wp13-11, May 2013 (Mothballed project)

Work in Progress:

11. On the effects of Majoritarianism, with Ritwik Banerjee, Amma Panin and Emmy Lindstam (Preparing fieldwork)

12. Climate and Mental Health, with Sonia Bhalotra and Irma Clots-Figueras 

13. Ethnic Heterogeneity in India, with Klaus Desmet and Romain Wacziarg

14. Maternal Mortality and Female Life Expectancy: The role of Gender Inequality, with Sonia Bhalotra, Damian Clarke and Atheendar Venkataramani; Read related RES Media Briefing, Column on Ideas for India (Mothballed project)