American policymakers and China-watchers worldwide often parse Chinese President Xi Jinping’s words, looking for clues about whether the…
The new energy abundance in the United States has given President Trump a historic opportunity not just to expand the country’s economy at…
How do armed groups use violence to create social ties? What are the conditions under which such violence takes place? In this article, I…
Child stunting in India exceeds that in poorer regions like sub-Saharan Africa. Data on over 168,000 children show that, relative to Africa…
Countries that specialize in commodities have in recent years been hit by high volatility in world prices for their exports. This paper…
The unprecedented population growth in Africa and its projections followed by a high rate of urbanization are resulting in a growing number…
This paper quantitatively examines the intergenerational effects of girl child marriage, or the developmental and health outcomes of…
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I am an Assistant Professor in Public Policy at Harvard Kennedy School.…
My research focuses on public economics and development economics. One set of projects in my work seeks to study the factors that…