Research
PUBLICATIONS
Archibong, B. & Obikili, N., “Prison Labor: The Price of Prisons and the Lasting Effects of Incarceration” (Original, January, 2018). NBER Working paper here. CDEP-CGEG Working Paper No. 88 version here. African Economic History Network Working Paper No. 52 version here. Older version title: "Constructing Capital in the Twentieth Century..." Media coverage: ProMarket, VoxDev, Barnard, Project Syndicate, Wheeler Institute (LBS), Minneapolis Fed (Conditionally Accepted at The Quarterly Journal of Economics)
Archibong, B. & Henry, P.B., "Shocking Offers: Gender, Wage Inequality, and Recessions in Online Labor Markets" (Forthcoming at American Economic Association (AEA) Papers and Proceedings). Brookings Institution AGI Working Paper #187 version here. NBER working paper here.
Archibong, B. & Annan, F., “ Climate Change, Epidemics and Inequality” (2023). Review of Environmental Economics and Policy. Volume 17, Issue 1. Older version here. Media Coverage: Aljazeera, Fortune Magazine
Archibong, B., Annan, F. & Ekhator-Mobayode, U., “The Epidemic Effect: Epidemics, Institutions and Human Capital Development” (2023). Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization. Volume 211: 549-566. Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis Institute Working Paper 76 here. Other version here. AidData Working Paper #99. Williamsburg, VA: AidData at William & Mary here. Media coverage: Fortune; PEGNet Policy Brief; Winner: 2020 NAREA Young Scholar Best Conference Paper award
The Lancet Nigeria Commission: Investing in health and the future of the nation (with Ibrahim Abubakar, Sarah L. Dalglish et al.), (2022). The Lancet, 399(10330): 1155-1200. Media coverage: Financial Times
Archibong, B., Coulibaly, B., & Okonjo-Iweala, N., (2021). “Washington Consensus Reforms and Lessons for Economic Performance in Sub-Saharan Africa”, Journal of Economic Perspectives, 35 (3): 133-56. Brookings Institution AGI Working Paper 27 version here. Media coverage: Brookings , AEHN
Archibong, B. & Metcalf, J.E., (2021). “Building Towards Useful SARS-CoV-2 Models in Africa”, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America (PNAS), 118 (31). Older version here.
Archibong, B., (2019). “Explaining Divergence in the Long-Term Effects of Precolonial Centralization on Access to Public Infrastructure Services in Nigeria", World Development, 121: 123-40. See published version here. Older versions here (old title: "Where Local Kings Rule...")
Archibong, B., (2018). “Historical Origins Of Persistent Inequality In Nigeria.” Oxford Development Studies, 46:3, 325-347. See version here.
Archibong, B., & Annan, F., (2017). "Disease and Gender Gaps in Human Capital Investment: Evidence from Niger's 1986 Meningitis Epidemic." American Economic Review: Papers and Proceedings, 107(5): 530-35. Also here. Older version, CDEP-CGEG Working Paper No. 33 here. Media coverage: AEHN , Aljazeera, Fortune
Archibong, B., Dekker, H., Grawe, N., Olney, M., Rutz, C., & Weiman, D. (2017). “Forging On-Campus Connections to Enhance Undergraduate Student Reasoning, Writing, and Research Skills.” The Journal of Economic Education, 48(4): 317-326. See version here
Archibong, B., Modi, V., & Sherpa, S. (2015). “Geography of Infrastructure Functionality at Schools in Nigeria: Evidence From Spatial Data Analysis Across Local Government Areas.” Papers in Applied Geography, 1(2), 176-183. Also here
BOOK CHAPTERS (Refereed)
Archibong, B., & Annan, F. (2020). Climate Change, Disease and Gender Gaps in Human Capital Investment. In Women and Sustainable Human Development (pp. 15-35). Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. See version here. Media coverage: Aljazeera, Fortune
OTHER PUBLICATIONS
Sethi, R., Siddarth, D., Holland, A., Archibong, B., Annan, F., Somanathan, R., Cardenas Camilo, J. (2020). “Toward Global Pandemic Resilience.” COVID-19 Rapid Response Impact Initiative. White Paper 11 Harvard University Edmond J. Safra Center for Ethics
Archibong, B. & Osafo-Kwaako, P. (2023). “Delivering Nigeria’s Green Transition”. Brookings Center for Sustainable Development Working Paper #180.6. Media coverage: Brookings
WORKING PAPERS
Archibong, B. & Annan, F., “The Value of Communication for Mental Health” (Original, December, 2020) [RCT: aearctr-0006104]. CDEP-CGEG Working Paper No. 92 older version here. Brookings Working Paper No. 177 version here. NBER Working paper here. Media coverage: Barnard, Brookings, Brookings Foresight Africa , J-PAL (Revise and Resubmit at The Economic Journal)
Archibong, B. & Annan, F., “ ‘We Are Not Guinea Pigs': The Effects of Disclosure of Medical Misconduct on Vaccine Compliance" (Original, December, 2020). Brookings Working Paper Brooke Shearer Series No. 10 version here. (old title: " 'We Are Not Guinea Pigs': The Effects of Negative News on Vaccine Compliance") Media coverage: Brookings, Barnard
Archibong, B., Moerenhout, T., & Osabuohien, E., "Protest Matters: The Effects of Protests on Economic Redistribution" (Updated July, 2023). ICTD Working Paper here. CDEP-CGEG Working Paper No. 100 here. Brookings Global Working Paper #172 here. Media coverage: Brookings, ProMarket
WORK IN PROGRESS
Archibong, B., Obikili, N., & Ajuwon, O., “When Women March: The Effects of Women-Led Protests on Gender Gaps in Political Participation”
Archibong, B., Annan, F., Benshaul-Tolonen, A., Okunogbe, O., & Oliobi, I., “Firm Culture: Gender and Homophily in Online Labor Markets”
Archibong, B., Annan, F., Okunogbe, O., Oliobi, I., & Aiyegbeni, G., "Information Frictions and Gender Inequality in Online Labor Markets” [RCT: AEARCTR-0008841]. Media coverage: Minneapolis Fed, PEDL Research Note
Archibong, B., & Wantchekon, L., “Role Models?: The Effects of Nigeria's Youth Service Program on Gender Gaps in Education”
Archibong, B., Annan, F., & Son, L., “Choking on Black Gold?: The Effects of Air Pollution from Gas Flaring on Human Capital Development”. Media coverage: Earth Institute.
OUTREACH/ OTHER PUBLICATIONS
Archibong, B. (2021). “Vaccinations and the Economic Recovery”. Economic witness at the U.S. Congress Joint Economic Committee . Written testimony online here and here. Recording here