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I'm a Professor in the Harris School of Public Policy at the University of Chicago. I use field work and statistics to study poverty, political engagement, the causes and consequences of violence, and policy in developing countries. [Read more]

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Recent research

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Do anti-poverty programs sway voters?
Does policing simply push crime around the corner?
Impacts of factory jobs on health and wealth
Reducing crime and violence via behavioral therapy

Policy

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Bill Gates wants to give the poor chickens, but what they need is cash
Everything we knew about sweatshops was wrong
Strategies for reducing crime and violence in developing countries

Advice: Development

Books development workers and academics should read
Development tourism
Getting a job in development
How to take advantage of an MA program
Research in war zones I
Research in war zones II
Should you become a field RA on an RCT?
So you want to be an impact evaluator?
What to bring for field work I
What to bring for field work II
What to bring to the sky
Why you should work in aid
Working in a developing country

Advice: Professional

Advice for new Asst Profs
Applying to PhDs
Choosing an MA, MPA or MIA
Courses: 10 things I tell undergrads
Courses: How much economics should you study?
How to ask for a recommendation letter
How to discuss a paper
How to email your professors and employers
How to get a PhD and save the world
Just say no
Moving from RA to co-author
Negotiating your academic job offer
On quantitative field research
PhD students: Choosing a topic
PhD students: Don't lose hope
PhD students: Econ PhDs & the politics market
PhD students: Job market advice
PhDs: Picking a dissertation (and why it should not be a field experiment)
Writing PhD grant applications
Writing: How to write an essay
Writing: How to write like a Mad Man