Publications (in peer-reviewed journals)

• Cohesion among whom? Stayees, displaced, and returnees in conflict contexts (with Paul Michel, Philip Verwimp, Patricia Justino, and Tilman Brück). Journal of Conflict Resolution, 0(0), doi: https://doi.org/10.1177/00220027241254585. 

• Stimulant or depressant? Resource-related income shocks and conflict (with Kai Gehring and Stefan Kienberger), Review of Economics and Statistics, doi: https://doi.org/10.1162/rest_a_01375.

• HIV treatment and worker absenteeism: Quasi-experimental evidence from a large-scale health program in South Africa (with Till Bärnighausen, Dominik Jockers, and Declan French), Journal of Health Economics 79, 102479 (2021).

• Fueling conflict? (De)escalation and bilateral aid (with Richard Bluhm, Martin Gassebner, and Paul Schaudt), Journal of Applied Econometrics 36, 2: 244-261 (2021).

• Aid and growth. New evidence using an excludable instrument (with Axel Dreher), Canadian Journal of Economics 53, 3: 1162-1198 (2020). 

• The effects of foreign aid on refugee flows (with Axel Dreher and Andreas Fuchs), European Economic Review 112: 127-147 (2019).

• Does development aid increase military expenditure? (with Niklas Potrafke), Journal of Comparative Economics 47: 735-757 (2019).

• Information transmission and ownership consolidation in aid programs (with Axel Dreher and Silvia Marchesi), Economic Inquiry 55: 1671-1688 (2017).

Working papers and work in progress

• Foreign interventions and community cohesion in times of conflict (single-authored), HiCN Working Paper No. 352, 2021.
  Most recent version from 2024 here (Online Appendix here).

• Immigration, political ideologies and the polarization of American politics (with Axel Dreher, Johannes Matzat, and Chris Parsons), CEPR Discussion Paper 15587, 2020.
  Most recent version from 2023 here. Refugee Resettlement Data from 1975-2018 here.

• Terrorist propaganda  (with Travers Child, Rossella De Sabbata, Kai Gehring, and Austin Wright).

• Sea rescue and irregular migration (with Paul Michel and Sebastian Leue). 

• Political costs of environmental damage: Evidence from quasi-random dispersion of pollution in Afghanistan (with Austin Wright).

• Foreign interventions and women's agency in Afghanistan (with Juliane Zenker and Lucero Carballo).

• Difficult relationships: Conflict, entrepreneurship and economic development (with Tommaso Ciarli and Michele Di Maio), mimeo, CEPR/SPRU.

• Community health workers and their impact on health outcomes: Evidence from Burkina Faso (with Till Bärnighausen, Cedric Breit, Dominik Jockers, Kagoné Moubassira, Rajesh Ramachandran, and Ali Sié).

• Menstrual hygiene management: Experiences and opportunities in Burkina Faso (with Till Bärnighausen, Teresa Buitrago Garcia, Shannon McMahon, Rajesh Ramachandran, Hélène Sawadogo, and Ali Sié).

Other publications

• Female-friendly toilets in schools in Burkina Faso: A mixed-methods study using photo-elicitation (with Teresa Buitrago García, Hélène Sawadogo, Aurélia Souares, Jean-Louis Koulidiati, Ali Sié, Till Bärnighausen, and Shannon McMahon), Journal of Global Health 12, 04057-04057 (2022).

• The resource-conflict-nexus: An African perspective (with Andreas Freytag), In: Leiner, M., Palme, M., and Stöckner, P. (eds.), Societies in Transition. Sub-Saharan Africa between Conflict and Reconciliation (Vol. 2: Research in Peace), Göttingen: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, 155‑176, 2014. 

Refereeing

• Peer-reviewed journals: Journal of Economic Growth, Journal of Development Economics, Journal of Conflict Resolution, Journal of Peace Research, European Economic Review, American Political Science Review, Journal of Politics, International Studies Quarterly, Review of International Organizations, Conflict Management and Peace Science, Journal of Comparative Economics, Journal of International Development, Journal of International Relations and Development, World Development, Research and Politics, European Union Politics, South African Journal of Economics, Australian Economic History Review, Defence and Peace Economics

• Other refereeing: Spring Meeting of Young Economists (2016, 2017), Household in Conflict Network (HiCN) Workshop (2021), Jan Tinbergen European Peace Science (NEPS) Conference (2022/2023/2024), International Conference on Development Economics (ICDE) AFEDEV (2023)