Writing
Working Papers
Effects of economic and social incentives on bureaucratic quality: Experimental Evidence from Sierra Leone, with Macartan Humphreys, Salif Jaiteh, Niccolo Meriggi, Carlo Prato and Peter van der Windt
Increasing local disease preparedness and surveillance capacity for global health security: a cluster-randomised control trial, with Kevin Grieco, Macartan Humphreys, Salif Jaiteh, Niccolo Meriggi and Peter van der Windt, pre-print
Local Economy effects of Large-Scale Agricultural Investments, with Paul Hofman, Esther Mokuwa and Paul Richards
Distributional Consequences of Technology Seeding: Evidence from a Field Experiment in the Cong, with Paul Hofman, Jenn Larson and Peter van der Windt
Conflict, Displacement and Overlapping Vulnerabilities: Understanding Risk Factors for Gender-Based Violence among Displaced Women in Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, with Jocelyn TD Kelly, Morgan Holmes, Niamh Gibbons and Amani Matabaro, World Bank Policy Research Working Paper WPS9819
Publications
Meriggi, N., et al. (2024), Last-mile delivery increases vaccine uptake in Sierra Leone, Nature, 627: 612–619
Media coverage: Nature News & Views, Nature News, IGC, WUR, Resource, Yale Insights, Yale Daily News
Malan, M., et al. (2024) Evaluating the impacts of a large-scale voluntary REDD+ project in Sierra Leone, Nature Sustainability, 7: 120–129
Media coverage: Mongabay
Negede, B., et al. (2024) Does access to improved grain storage technology increase farmers’ welfare? Experimental evidence from maize farming in Ethiopia, Journal of Agricultural Economics, 75(1): 137-152
Levine, M., et al. (2023) Gendered Disparities during the Covid-19 Crisis in Sierra Leone, AEA P&P, 113: 567-71, replication
Aksunger, A, et al. (2023) COVID-19 and mental health in eight Low- and Middle-Income Countries: A prospective cohort study, PLoS Medicine, 20(4): e1004081, replication
Fan, L., L., Dangui, M. Voors, S. Feng, W. Zhang, and N. Heerink (2023) Improving smallholders’ soil nutrient management: The effect of science and technology backyards in the North China Plain, China Agricultural Economic Review, 15(1): 134-158
Treurniet M., and M. Voors (2022) Zinvolle en betrouwbare impactevaluaties, Bestuurskunde, (31) 4: 28-38, ungated
Casey, K., R. Glennerster, E. Miguel and M.Voors (2022) Long Run Effects of Aid: Forecasts and Evidence from Sierra Leone, Economic Journal, online appendix, replication
Quattrochi, G, G. Bisimwa, P. van der Windt and M. Voors (2022), Cash-like vouchers improve psychological well-being of vulnerable and displaced persons fleeing armed conflict, PNAS Nexus 1(3), pgac101
Mobarak, A., et al. (2022) End COVID-19 in Low and Middle Income Countries, Science 375 (6585): 1105-1110
Arce, J.S.S., et al. (2021) COVID-19 Vaccine Acceptance and Hesitancy in Low and Middle Income Countries. Nature Medicine, 27, 1385–1394, replication
Policy brief: IGC
Media coverage: Nature Medicine editorial, EGAP COVID-19 Governance Series, Nederlands Dagblad, NOS Oog op Morgen (radio), RTL4 News, Guardian
Casey, K., R. Glennerster, E. Miguel and M. Voors (2021) Skill Versus Voice in Local Development, Review of Economics and Statistics, 1–46, replication
Bowers, J., M. Voors and N. Ichino (2021) The Theory and Practice of Field Experiments: An Introduction from the EGAP Learning Days, opensource textbook, Now also in Spanish and French.
Christensen, D, O. Dube, J. Haushofer, B. Siddiqi and M. Voors (2021), Healthcare Delivery during Crises: Experimental Evidence from Sierra Leone’s Ebola Outbreak, Quarterly Journal of Economics, 136 (2): 1145–1198, online appendix, replication
NBER Working Paper No. 27364, IPA policy brief and blog post, JPAL Policy Brief
Press coverage: New York Times, NPR Hidden Brain, CBS Chicago, VoxEU, Resource
Egger, D., et al., (2021). Falling Living Standards during the COVID-19 Crisis: Quantitative Evidence from Nine Developing Countries. Science Advances, 7, no. 6, eabe0997, replication
Media coverage: Trouw, Nederlands Dagblad, NRC, LSE, SciDev, Scientific American, Resource, NPR
Christensen, D., O. Dube, J. Haushofer, B.Siddiqi and M. Voors (2020) Community-based Crisis Response: Evidence from Sierra Leone's Ebola Outbreak, American Economic Association Papers and Proceedings, 110: 260-64, replication
The paper drawn as a cartoon by Dave Evans
Bulte, E. and M. Voors (2020) Welke rol heeft de kleine Afrikaanse boer in de toekomst? In: I. de Zwarte and J. Candel (eds), Tien miljard monden: Hoe we de wereld gaan voeden in 2050, Prometheus Uitgeverij, replication
Media coverage: Trouw
van der Windt, P. and M. Voors (2020) Traditional Leaders and the Ebola Epidemic, Journal of Politics, 82, replication
Garcia, A., R. Lensink and M. Voors (2020) Does microcredit increase hope, aspirations and well-being? Evidence from Sierra Leone, World Development, 128: 104861
Quattrochi, J., J. Aker, P. van der Windt and M. Voors (2020) Field Experiments and Humanitarian Assistance, World Development, 127: 104830
Van der Windt, P., M. Humphreys, L. Medina. J. Timmons and M. Voors (2019) Civilian Attitudes towards Modern and Traditional Authority: Substitutes or Complements? Comparative Political Studies, 52, replication
Wilebore, B. M. Voors, E. Bulte, D. Coomes and A. Kontoleon (2019) Unconditional Transfers and Tropical Deforestation. Experimental evidence from Sierra Leone, American Journal of Agricultural Economics, 101(3): 894–918, replication
Bulte, E. P. Richards and M. Voors (2018) Institutions and Agrarian Development: A New Approach to West Africa, Palgrave Macmillan Publishers
Sircar, N., T. Turley, P. van der Windt, M. Voors (2018) Know Your Neighbor: The Impact of Social Context on Fairness Behavior, PLoS ONE 13(4): e0194037 replication
Voors, M., E. Bulte, A. Kontoleon, J. List and T. Turley. (2018) Chief for a Day! Participatory Development and Elite Capture in Sierra Leone, Management Science, 64, replication
Voors, M (2018) Diagnostics and Field Experiments, Wageningen Journal of Life Sciences, 84: 80-84
Berkhout, E., J. Bouma, N. Terzidis and M. Voors (2018) Supporting Local Institutions for Inclusive green growth: Developing an Evidence Gap Map, Wageningen Journal of Life Sciences, 84: 51-71
Hofman, P., E. Bulte and M. Voors (2017) Trust in African Villages. Experimental Evidence from Rural Sierra Leone, in P. A. M. van Lange, B. Rockenbach, & T. Yamagishi (Eds) Trust in Social Dilemmas, Oxford University Press, paper and data
Bulte, E, A. Kontoleon, J. List, T. Turley, and M. Voors, (2017) From Personalized Exchange Towards Anonymous Trade: A Field Experiment on the Workings of the Invisible Hand, Journal of Economic Behaviour and Organisation, 133: 313–330
Voors, M., P. van der Windt, K. Papaioannou and E. Bulte (2017) Resources and Governance in Sierra Leone’s Civil War, Journal of Development Studies, 53: 278-294
Bowers, J. and M Voors (2016) How to improve your relationship with your future self, Revista De Ciencia Política, 36: 829-848
Voors, M., M. Demont and E. Bulte (2016) New Experiments in Agriculture, African Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics 11: 1-7
Cecchi, F., K. Leuveld and M. Voors (2016) Conflict Exposure and Competitiveness: Experimental Evidence from the Football Field in Sierra Leone, Economic Development and Cultural Change 64: 405-435
Richards, P., J. Amara, M. Ferme, P. Kamara, E. Mokuwa, A. Sheriff, R. Suluku, M. Voors (2015) Social pathways for Ebola Virus Disease in rural Sierra Leone, and some implications for containment, PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases 9(4): e0003567
Voors, M.J. and E. Bulte (2014). Conflict and the Evolution of Institutions: Unbundling Institutions at the Local Level in Burundi, Journal of Peace Research, 51(4): 455-469, replication, appendix
Chami, G., S. Ahnert, M. Voors and A. Kontoleon (2014). Social network analysis predicts health behaviours and self-reported health in African villages, PLoS ONE 9(7): e103500, replication
Van de Grijspaarde, H., Voors, M.J., Bulte, E.H. and P. Richards (2013). Who believes in witches? Institutional flux in Sierra Leone, African Affairs, 112(446): 22 - 47.
Voors, M.J., E.E.M. Nillesen, P. Verwimp, E.H. Bulte, B.W. Lensink and D.P. van Soest (2012). Violent Conflict and Behavior: a Field Experiment in Burundi, American Economic Review 102(2): 941–64, replication
Media coverage: Resource Magazine
Voors, M., T. Turley, A. Kontoleon, E. Bulte and J. List (2012). Exploring whether behavior in context-free experiments is predictive of behavior in the field: Evidence from lab and field experiments in rural Sierra Leone, Economics Letters 114: 308–311
Voors, M., T. Turley, A. Kontoleon, J. List, and E. Bulte (2011). Using Artefactual Field Experiments to Learn about the Incentives for Sustainable Forest Use in Developing Economies. American Economic Review (papers and proceedings) 101(3): 329–33
Mokuwa, E, M. Voors, E. Bulte and P. Richards (2011). Peasant grievance and insurgency in Sierra Leone: Judicial serfdom as a driver of conflict. African Affairs, 110(440): 339-366
Voors, M.J., Bulte, E.H. and R. Damania (2011). Higher Incomes and Corruption in Africa: Does a Virtuous Cycle exist?, Journal of African Economies 20(3): 395-418
Voors, M.J. and M. D’Haese (2010). Smallholder dairy sheep production and market channel development: An institutional perspective of rural Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia. Journal of Dairy Science 93: 3869-3879
Media
How is COVID-19 affecting gender inequality in low-income countries? Insights from Sierra Leone, Madison Levine, Niccolo Meriggi, Ahmed Mushfiq Mobarak, Vasudha Ramakrishna, and Maarten Voors, LSE Blog, Economic Observatory
Covid-19: What Africa Can Learn from Africa – Community Care Centres, Esther Yei Mokuwa, Foday Mamoud Kamara, Harro Maat, Susannah Mayhew, Paul Richards, Maarten Voors, African Arguments Blog
Sierra Leone locked down early to contain COVID, but at a high price, Julio S. Solís Arce, Macartan Humphreys, Niccoló Meriggi, Maarten Voors and Emilie Yam, LSE Blog
Making conflict sensitivitywork for food security, Food and Knowledge Platform, December 2017
Ontwikkelingshulp met een dobbelsteen. Resource Magazine, September 2013