Bocar A. Ba

Assistant Professor of Economics

Duke Economics

Social Science bld. #239

Email: bocar.ba@duke.edu

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Publications

Diversity in Policing: The Role of Officer Race and Gender in Police-Civilian Interactions in Chicago

(with Dean Knox, Jonathan Mummolo, and Roman G. Rivera)Science, Vol. 371, Issue 6530, pp. 696-702, February 2021Supplementary Materials , Cover , Science Magazine Interview

Estimating (Easily Interpreted) Dynamic Training Effects from Experimental Data

(with John C. Ham, Robert J. LaLonde, and Xianghong Li)Journal of Labor Economics, 35(S1), (2017): S149-S200 Online Appendix and Estimation Programs

Other Writing

The Economics of Policing and Public Safety

(with Emily Owens)Journal of Economic Perspectives, Volume 35, Number 4, pp. 3-28, Fall 2021

Disparities in Police Award Nominations: Evidence from Chicago

(with Nayoung Rim and Roman G. Rivera)American Economic Review: Papers & Proceedings, 110, pp. 447-451, May 2020

The Introduction of Tasers and Police Use of Firearms: Evidence from the Chicago Police Department

(with Jeffrey Grogger) American Economic Review: Papers & Proceedings, 109, pp. 157-160, May 2019*Please do not cite this paper-Contact me for more details