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, 69, 1: 3-16 (2025), 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
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). RnR Journal of Development Economics.
Terrorist propaganda (with Travers Child, Rossella De Sabbata, Kai Gehring, and Austin Wright), BFI Working Paper No. 2024-121. Under Review.
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.
Work in progress
Sea rescue and irregular migration (with Paul Michel and Sebastian Leue).
Foreign interventions and women's agency in Afghanistan (with Juliane Zenker and Lucero Carballo).
Can refugees revitalize rural America? (with Axel Dreher, Johannes Matzat, Christopher Parsons and Giovanni Peri).
Political costs of environmental damage: Evidence from quasi-random dispersion of pollution in Afghanistan (with Austin Wright).
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).
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, PLOS ONE, Australian Economic History Review, Defence and Peace Economics
Other refereeing: German Development Economics (GDE) Conference (2025), Jan Tinbergen European Peace Science (NEPS) Conference (2022/2023/2024/2025), International Conference on Development Economics (ICDE) AFEDEV (2023), Household in Conflict Network (HiCN) Workshop (2021), Spring Meeting of Young Economists (2016, 2017)