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

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