Research

Research Statement 2020

Publications (in reverse chronological order)

"(De facto) Historical Ethnic Borders and Land Tenure in Sub-Saharan Africa" (joint with Ömer Özak) (see paper)

Economics Letters, Volume 243, October 2024

"When a Strike Strikes Twice: Massive Student Mobilizations and Teenage Pregnancy in Chile"

(Joint with Pablo Celhay and M. Cristina Riquelme) (see paper)

Journal of Development Economics, Volume 170, September 2024

"The Virus of Fear: The Political Impact of Ebola in the US"

(Joint with Ruben Durante and Filipe Campante) (see paper) (NBER WP 26897) -

American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, Volume 16, No 1, January 2024, pp 480-509

coverage: NYT elDiario (España) Niskanen Center Nexo (Brazil) Tucson.com Livemint

“The Origins of the Division of Labor in Pre-Industrial Times"

(joint with Ömer Özak)

Journal of Economic Growth, Volume 25, September 2020, pp 297–340

"Building Nations Through Shared Experiences: Evidence from African Football" (Joint with Ruben Durante and Filipe Campante) Audio

American Economic Review, volume 110, May 2020, pp 1572-1602

online corrigendum (Dec-2024)

coverage: The Economist, AEA Research Highlight Bloomberg, dinheirovivo, AFP, NBER Digest, VoxDev

"Unexpected Guests: The Impact of Internal Displacement Inflows on Rental Prices in Colombian Host Communities” (Joint with Rafael Santos †)

Journal of Development Economics, volume 134, September 2018, pp 289-309

“Malaria and Early African Development: Evidence from Sickle Cell Trait” (joint with David N. Weil)

Economic Journal, volume 128, issue 610, May 2018, pp 1207-1234

Old Version: NBER w19603

coverage: Georgetown Public Policy Review, Royal Economic Society

“Fear of Obama: An Empirical Study of the Demand for Guns and the US 2008 Presidential Election”

Journal of Public Economics, volume 130, October 2015, pp. 66-79

coverage: USNews, Marginal Revolution, Boston Globe, National Affairs, Psychology Today, Vox

Working Papers

“State History and Contemporary Conflict: Evidence from Sub-Saharan Africa” -new version coming soon-

(see paper)

"Followed by Violence: Forced Immigration and Homicides"

(Joint with Rafael Santos †) -currently working in a new version-

(see paper)

"(De facto) Historical Ethnic Borders and Conflict in Africa" (joint with Ömer Özak) (see paper) -currently working in a new version-

"The Political Consequences of Vaccines: Quasi-experimental Evidence from Eligibility Rules"

(Joint with Felipe González) (see paper) Pre-Analysis Plan Revise and Resubmit at the Journal of Development Economics

"Party Politics, Inter-jurisdictional Cooperation and Law Enforcement: Evidence from Mexico" (see paper) (Joint with Ruben Durante and Emilio Gutierrez) Revise and Resubmit at the Journal of Public Economics

Work in Progress

"Ethnic Discrimination During the Impressionable Years" (joint with Ömer Özak)

"Social Cohesion at the Border" (joint with Ömer Özak)

"The Life of Others: Explaining Differences in News Coverages of Human Losses on U.S. Media" (Joint with Ruben Durante and Filipe Campante)

"Capitalizing on an Unexpected Shock: Strategic Behavior of Politicians during the 2014 U.S. Elections" (Joint with Ruben Durante and Filipe Campante)

"Chop for Territory: Ethnic Boundaries and Deforestation" (Joint with Felipe Jordan and Javiera Muñoz)

Policy Papers

"The Impacts of Internal Displacement Inflows on Host Communities in Colombia" KNOMAD Working Paper 27 (Joint with Rafael Santos) (link to paper)

"Institutional Trust, Perceptions of Distributive Unfairness, and Income Across Salvadoran Municipalities" Manuscript prepared for the World Bank Group as part of an Institutional and Political Economy Analysis for El Salvador Systematic Background Country Diagnostic. Policy Research working paper WPS 10372 (link to paper)

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