Applying for a PhD
Every year a lot of prospective students ask me about how applications to Columbia work. This page describes the kinds
Read moreEvery year a lot of prospective students ask me about how applications to Columbia work. This page describes the kinds
Read moreAlan Jacobs and I have been working on figuring out principles for simultaneously drawing inferences from qualitative and quantitative data.
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Read moreI have been thinking a lot about the problem of publication bias and analysis bias in empirical research. Even
Read more[Intended primarily for students writing their senior theses.] Sections Your Front Matters In your Front Matter: Include an abstract, table
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Read moreA heated discussion on the value of mass deworming campaigns followed the release by a team of epidemiologists (Aiken et
Read more1 August 2015. It’s been a disturbing thing watching the spat this week between economists and epidemiologists over the Miguel-Kremer
Read moreHere are some pointers on the things to look for when discussing or reviewing a paper. Discussants Generally discussants have
Read morePedagogical material Lectures / Short Course Of causes and postulates: Slides for Berlin Summer School 2018 Ten strategies for
Read more2 November 2014. Social science researchers are increasingly using field experimental methods to try to answer all kinds of questions
Read moreThere is unequal access to political power everywhere. One striking regularity is that in many areas women and poorer voters
Read moreSarah Kahn, Summer Lindsey and I are working with SDD direct and city governments in Madhya Pradesh to examine strategies
Read moreRaul Sanchez de la Sierra, Peter van der Windt and I implemented a large field experiment in East Congo to
Read moreIn a project with Al Fang and Andy Guess, we worked with the New York Commission on Human Rights to
Read moreA lot of the work of politics often seems to be about persuading people of your position. But in practice
Read morePublished August 2015: How Does Development Assistance Affect Collective Action Capacity? Results from a Field Experiment in Post-Conflict Liberia (Gated
Read moreOne of the first field experimental projects I worked on (around 2005) sought to figure out why ethnic heterogeneity is so
Read moreThere is a good bit of evidence that countries often do not benefit as much as you might expect from
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