Publications:
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
The Health Costs of Ethnic Distance: Evidence from Sub-Saharan Africa, Journal of Economic Growth, May 2020 (Media coverage: El Pais (Planeta Futuro))
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
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)); Local Linguistic Diversity dataset and replication code
Linguistic Fractionalization and Health Information in Sub-Saharan Africa, The World Bank Economic Review, Volume 34, February 2020, (Supplementary Article)
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:
Ethnic Remoteness Reduces the Peace Dividend from Trade Access, with Klaus Desmet and Diego Malo Rico; NBER Working Paper #30678, CEPR Discussion Paper #17895, November 2024 (Revise & Resubmit, Review of Economics and Statistics)
Media Narratives and the Rise of Civil Rights, with Alex Armand, Paul Atwell, Giuseppe Musillo and Yannik Schenk; CEPR Discussion Paper #18207, April 2025
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
Symbolic Policies Cause Economic Harm, with Ritwik Banerjee, Amma Panin and Emmy Lindstam (Draft available upon request.)
Work in Progress:
Mobile Internet, Local Production, and Export Growth, with Klaus Desmet, Sonia Giurumescu and Diego Malo Rico
Ethnic Heterogeneity in India, with Klaus Desmet and Romain Wacziarg
Mothballed Projects:
Religious Diversity, Intolerance, and Civil Conflict, UC3M Working Paper no. wp13-11, May 2013
Climate and Mental Health, with Sonia Bhalotra and Irma Clots-Figueras
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