Research

Publications

Cultural Distance and Ethnic Civil Conflict,  American Economic Review, Volume 115, no. 4, April 2025

Coverage: VoxDevTalks, AEA Research Highlights

Cultural Distance and Conflict-Related Sexual Violence, with Ana Tur-Prats,  The Quarterly Journal of Economics, Volume 138, Issue 3, August 2023 

Coverage: Science, 5centims.cat, VoxDevTalks 

Colonialism and Female Empowerment: A Two-Sided Legacy, with Helmut Rainer, Journal of Development Economics, Volume 151, Article 102666,  June 2021
Link to Working Paper 

Coverage: Frontiers in African Economic History 

The Legacies of War for Ukraine, with Ellen Munroe, Anastasiia Nosach, Moises Pedrozo, Juan Felipe Riaño, Ana Tur-Prats, and Felipe Valencia, Economic Policy, Volume 38, Issue 114, April 2023 

Greater than the Sum of the Parts? Evidence on Mechanisms Operating in Women’s Groups, with Lucía Díaz-Martin, Akshara Gopalan, and Seema Jayachandran, The World Bank Research Observer, Volume 38, Issue 1, February 2023 

Coverage: World Bank Development Impact Blog Post 

Working Paper 

Fertility in Sub-Saharan Africa: The Interplay between Policy, Culture, and Intra-Household Bargaining, with Matthew Collins and Helmut Rainer 

Work in Progress

Male Dominance and Cultural Extinction, with Ana Tur-Prats (draft coming soon)

Other Writings

Discussion of "Breaking through the ethnic growth trap" by Saumitra Jha, Economic Policy, Volume 40, Issue 123, July 2025

What Works to Enhance Women’s Agency: Cross-Cutting Lessons from Experimental and Quasi-Experimental Studies, J-PAL Working Paper, with Wei Chang, Lucía Díaz-Martin, Akshara Gopalan, Seema Jayachandran, and Claire Walsh  

Coverage: J-PAL Evidence Review