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E Miguel… - Econometrica, 2004 - Wiley Online Library
Intestinal helminths—including hookworm, roundworm, whipworm, and schistosomiasis—
infect more than one-quarter of the world's population. Studies in which medical treatment is
randomized at the individual level potentially doubly underestimate the benefits of ...
Estimating the impact of economic conditions on the likelihood of civil conflict is difficult
because of endogeneity and omitted variable bias. We use rainfall variation as an
instrumental variable for economic growth in 41 African countries during 1981-99. Growth ...
E Miguel… - Journal of Public Economics, 2005 - Elsevier
This paper examines ethnic diversity and local public goods in rural western Kenya. The
identification strategy relies on the stable historically determined patterns of ethnic land
settlement. Ethnic diversity is associated with lower primary school funding and worse ...
Most nations have experienced an internal armed conflict since 1960. The past decade has
witnessed an explosion of research into the causes and consequences of civil wars,
belatedly bringing the topic into the economics mainstream. This article critically reviews ...
E Miguel - World Politics, 2004 - Cambridge Univ Press
Abstract This article examines how government policies affect ethnic relations by comparing
outcomes across two nearby districts, one in Kenya and one in Tanzania, using colonial-era
boundary placement as a “natural experiment.” Despite similar geography and historical ...
M Kremer… - The Quarterly Journal of Economics, 2007 - qje.oxfordjournals.org
Abstract We use a randomized evaluation of a Kenyan deworming program to estimate peer
effects in technology adoption and to shed light on foreign aid donors' movement towards
sustainable community provision of public goods. Deworming is a public good since much ...
We report results from a randomized evaluation of a merit scholarship program for
adolescent girls in Kenya. Girls who scored well on academic exams had their school fees
paid and received a cash grant for school supplies. Girls eligible for the scholarship ...
DK Evans… - Demography, 2007 - Springer
Abstract AIDS deaths could have a major impact on economic development by affecting the
human capital accumulation of the next generation. We estimate the impact of parent death
on primary school participation using an unusual five-year panel data set of over 20,000 ...
Abstract Armed conflict within nations has had disastrous humanitarian consequences
throughout much of the world. Here we undertake the first comprehensive examination of the
potential impact of global climate change on armed conflict in sub-Saharan Africa. We find ...
E Miguel - Review of Economic Studies, 2005 - Wiley Online Library
This study uses rainfall variation to estimate the impact of income shocks on murder in rural
Tanzania. Extreme rainfall (drought or flood) leads to a large increase in the murder of
„witches”—typically elderly women killed by relatives—but not other murders. The findings ...
R Fisman… - Journal of Political Economy, 2007 - JSTOR
We study cultural norms and legal enforcement in controlling corruption by analyzing the
parking behavior of United Nations officials in Manhattan. Until 2002, diplomatic immunity
protected UN diplomats from parking enforcement actions, so diplomats' actions were ...
J Bellows… - Journal of Public Economics, 2009 - Elsevier
We study the brutal 1991–2002 Sierra Leone civil war using nationally representative
household data on conflict experiences, postwar economic outcomes, local politics and
collective action. Individuals whose households directly experienced more intense war ...
We investigate the impact of US bombing on later economic development in Vietnam. The
Vietnam War featured the most intense bombing campaign in military history and had
massive humanitarian costs. We use a unique US military dataset containing bombing ...
S Djankov,
E Miguel, Y Qian… - Journal of the …, 2005 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Social scientists studying entrepreneurship have emphasized three distinct sets of
variables: the institutional environment, sociological variables, and personal and
psychological characteristics. We are conducting surveys in five large developing and ...
GJ Bobonis,
E Miguel… - Journal of Human …, 2006 - jhr.uwpress.org
Abstract Anemia is among the most widespread health problems for children in developing
countries. This paper evaluates the impact of a randomized health intervention delivering
iron supplementation and deworming drugs to Indian preschool children. At baseline, 69 ...
M Kremer,
E Miguel… - The Review of Economics and …, 2009 - MIT Press
Abstract We study a randomized evaluation of a merit scholarship program in which Kenyan
girls who scored well on academic exams had school fees paid and received a grant. Girls
showed substantial exam score gains, and teacher attendance improved in program ...
D Karol… - Journal of Politics, 2007 - Wiley Online Library
Many contend that President Bush's reelection and increased vote share in 2004 prove that
the Iraq War was either electorally irrelevant or aided him. We present contrary evidence.
Focusing on the change in Bush's 2004 showing compared to 2000, we discover that Iraq ...
R Fisman… - 2006 - nber.org
Corruption is believed to be a major factor impeding economic development, but the
importance of legal enforcement versus cultural norms in controlling corruption is poorly
understood. To disentangle these two factors, we exploit a natural experiment, the ...
... impact of ethnic diversity. This theoretical prediction is confirmed in the data. Page
2. Ethnic Diversity and School Funding in Kenya Edward Miguel * University of
California at Berkeley December 2000 Abstract The impact of ...
P Glewwe… - Handbook of development economics, 2007 - Elsevier
E Miguel, P Gertler… - Review of economics and statistics, 2005 - MIT Press
A new stylized fact in development economics is the importance of social capital in
promoting economic growth. This paper examines the effect of social capital on
industrialization in Indonesia. We analyze a rich set of social capital and social interaction ...
B Eifert,
E Miguel… - American Journal of Political …, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
This article draws on data from over 35,000 respondents in 22 public opinion surveys in 10
countries and finds strong evidence that ethnic identities in Africa are strengthened by
exposure to political competition. In particular, for every month closer their country is to a ...
R Fisman… - 2009 - books.google.com
Meet the economic gangster. He's the United Nations diplomat who double-parks his
Mercedes on New York City streets at rush hour because the cops can't touch him--he has
diplomatic immunity. He's the Chinese smuggler who dodges tariffs by magically ...
EA Miguel, P Gertler… - 2003 - escholarship.org
... Did Industrialization Destroy Social Capital in Indonesia? Edward Miguel University of
California, Berkeley and NBER Paul Gertler University of California, Berkeley and NBER
David I. Levine University of California, Berkeley June 2003 (Nov 2002) ...
E Miguel, P Gertler… - Economic Development and Cultural …, 2006 - JSTOR
Abstract This article estimates the relationship between changes in industrialization and
changes in social networks measures in Indonesia during 1985-97 using repeated cross
sections of nationally representative surveys. We analyze a rich set of social interaction ...
E Miguel, M Kremer… - 2003 - emlab.berkeley.edu
Abstract: We examine social learning using data on adoption of deworming medicine in
Kenyan schools. These drugs kill worms already in the body; although people are soon
reinfected, treatment breaks the cycle of transmission, generating positive externalities. ...
M Manacorda,
E Miguel… - 2009 - nber.org
We estimate the impact of a large anti-poverty cash transfer program, the Uruguayan
PANES, on political support for the government that implemented it. Using the discontinuity
in program assignment based on a pre-treatment eligibility score, we find that beneficiary ...
E Miguel… - Journal of Development Economics, 2011 - Elsevier
We investigate the impact of US bombing on later economic development in Vietnam. The
Vietnam War featured the most intense bombing campaign in military history and had
massive humanitarian costs. We use a unique US military dataset containing bombing ...
E Miguel… - Retrieved June, 2003 - polisci.ucla.edu
Abstract: We use a unique dataset collected from a random sample of schools in Ghana to
test the “Patronage” hypothesis, that central government funds are targeted to districts that
support the ruling party. We find evidence of patronage targeting to administrative districts, ...
M Kremer, J Leino,
E Miguel… - Quarterly Journal of …, 2007 - documents.apec.umn.edu
Abstract: Diarrhea, particularly from water-related causes, kills almost two million children
annually. We study the impact of source water quality improvements achieved via spring
protection on diarrhea prevalence and other outcomes in rural Kenya using a randomized ...
[CITATION] Health, Education, and Economic Development
E Miguel - Health and Economic Growth: …, 2005 - MIT Press Cambridge,, …
E Miguel… - Typescript, University of California, 2006 - sites.google.com
In the popular imagination, Africans are deeply and uniformly ethnic people. Ask and African
“who she is,” most people assume, and you will get an ethnic response:“I am Yoruba,”“I am
Kikuyu,”“I am Baganda.” Moreover, ask most people why ethnicity is so salient in Africa ...
[CITATION] Do Politicians reward their Supporters? Public spending and Incumbency advantage in Ghana
E Miguel… - Manuscript, University of California, Berkeley, 2003
[CITATION] Political sources of ethnic identification in Africa
B Eifert,
E Miguel… - a conference on The Microfoundations of Mass Politics …, 2007
M Kremer, J Leino,
E Miguel… - The Quarterly Journal of …, 2011 - qje.oxfordjournals.org
Abstract Using a randomized evaluation in Kenya, we measure health impacts of spring
protection, an investment that improves source water quality. We also estimate households'
valuation of spring protection and simulate the welfare impacts of alternatives to the ...
H Mehlum,
E Miguel… - Journal of Urban Economics, 2006 - Elsevier
We estimate the impact of poverty on crime in 19th century Bavaria, Germany. Rainfall is
used as an instrumental variable for grain (rye) prices to address econometric identification
problems in the existing literature. The rye price was a major determinant of living ...
CT Hsieh,
E Miguel, D Ortega… - 2009 - nber.org
In 2004, the Chávez regime in Venezuela distributed the list of several million voters whom
had attempted to remove him from office throughout the government bureaucracy, allegedly
to identify and punish these voters. We match the list of petition signers distributed by the ...
M Kremer… - NBER working paper, 2001 - research.yale.edu
Hookworm, roundworm, whipworm, and schistosomiasis infect more than one in four people
worldwide and are particularly prevalent among school-age children in developing
countries. We examine the impact of an inexpensive school-based deworming program in ...
C Blattman… - forthcoming in Journal of Economic Literature, 2008 - test.gpia.info
Abstract: Most of the world's nations have experienced an internal armed conflict since 1960.
The past decade has witnessed an explosion of economics research into the causes and
consequences of civil wars, belatedly bringing the topic into the mainstream of economics. ...
M Kremer, J Leino,
E Miguel… - 2009 - nber.org
In many societies, social norms create common property rights in natural resources, limiting
incentives for private investment. This paper uses a randomized evaluation in Kenya to
measure the health impacts of investments to improve source water quality through spring ...
MK Gugerty… - University of Berkeley. processed, 2000 - iq.harvard.edu
Abstract Recent research suggests that ethnic diversity is associated with poor economic
outcomes, including low public good provision, slow economic growth, low levels of trust
and civic participation, and higher levels of corruption and violence. However, the ...
AP Zwane, J Zinman, E Van Dusen… - Proceedings of the …, 2011 - National Acad Sciences
Abstract Does completing a household survey change the later behavior of those surveyed?
In three field studies of health and two of microlending, we randomly assigned subjects to be
surveyed about health and/or household finances and then measured subsequent use of ...
S Baird, JH Hicks, M Kremer… - Poverty Action Lab, 2011 - audiscover.org
We use data on the impact of child deworming on adult outcomes to calibrate a model of
health investment along the lines of Grossman (1972), in which health investments expand
future endowments of healthy time. Miguel and Kremer (2004) found that children who ...
E Miguel… - … and University of California-Berkeley, mimeo, 2002 - 128.36.236.74
Under a standard public finance approach, central government public health policy makers
in less developed countries identify and heavily subsidize cost-effective public health
interventions that generate positive treatment externalities. The successful national ...
W Friedman, M Kremer,
E Miguel… - 2011 - nber.org
Less developed regions have experienced massive increases in both education and
democracy over the past half century, and it is widely claimed that many recent democratic
transitions have been propelled by increasingly educated youth populations. Scholars ...
[CITATION] Networks, social learning, and technology adoption: the case of deworming drugs in Kenya
M Kremer… - 2003 - Working Paper, Department of …
We previously documented a link between climate variation and historical civil wars in sub-
Saharan Africa (1). Buhaug (2) disputes this link, generating a series of animated news
reports. The relationship between climate and conflict is an important topic that deserves ...
[CITATION] Social networks and learning about health in Kenya
E Miguel… - University of California at Berkley, 2003
K Casey, R Glennerster… - NBER Working Paper No. …, 2011 - papers.ssrn.com
Abstract: Although institutions are believed to be key determinants of economic
performance, there is limited evidence on how they can be successfully reformed. The most
popular strategy to improve local institutions in developing countries is â€" community ...
[CITATION] Forthcoming.“Incentives to Learn.”
M Kremer, E Miguel… - The Review of Economics and statistics
[CITATION] Forthcoming.“Civil War.”
C Blattman… - Journal of Economic Literature
S Djankov,
E Miguel, Y Qian, G Roland… - 2004 - papers.ssrn.com
Abstract: Studies of the determinants of entrepreneurship have emphasized three distinct
perspectives: market institutions, social networks and personal characteristics. Using data
from a pilot survey with over 2,000 interviews in 7 cities across Russia, we find evidence ...
M Kremer,
E Miguel, S Mullainathan, C Null… - Unpublished …, 2009 - ase.tufts.edu
Abstract: Fewer than 10% of households in the Kenyan study area use individually-
packaged dilute chlorine solution for home water purification, sold at a retail price of $0.30
per month, despite years of social marketing. Using a series of randomized evaluations, ...
[CITATION] Poverty and Violence: An Overview of Recent Research and Implications for Foreign Aid
E Miguel - Too Poor For Peace, 2007
[CITATION] qThe Long Run Impact of Bombing Vietnam
E Miguel… - 2006 - r NBER Working Paper, 11954
R Burgess, R Jedwab,
E Miguel… - Unpublished manuscript, 2010 - dfid.gov.uk
Abstract By reducing trade costs and promoting economic specialization across regions,
transportation infrastructure is a determining factor of growth. Yet, developing countries are
characterized by infrastructure underdevelopment, the general lack of funding being often ...
[CITATION] Incentives to Learn
E Miguel, M Kremer… - NBER Working Paper, 2004
D Karol… - 2005 - international.ucla.edu
Abstract Many contend that President Bush's re-election and increased vote share prove that
the Iraq War was either irrelevant or even an asset to him. We present evidence to the
contrary. Focusing on the change in Bush's 2004 showing compared to 2000, we discover ...
M Burke, J Dykema, D Lobell,
E Miguel… - 2010 - nber.org
A recent paper by Burke et al.(henceforth “we”) finds a strong historical relationship between
warmer-than-average temperatures and the incidence of civil war in Africa (Burke et al.
2009). These findings have recently been challenged by Buhaug (2010) who finds fault ...
[CITATION] The Price of Political Opposition: Evidence from Venezuela's Maisanta
E Miguel, CT Hsieh, D Ortega… - NBER Working Paper, 2009
Miguel, Satyanath and Sergenti (2004) use rainfall variation as an instrument to show that
economic growth is negatively related to civil conflict in sub-Saharan Africa. In the reduced
form regression they find that higher rainfall is associated with less conflict. Ciccone (2010 ...
[CITATION] Methodologies to evaluate early childhood development programs
JR Behrman, P Glewwe,
E Miguel… - 2007 - World Bank, Poverty Reduction and …
E Miguel - Understanding poverty, 2006 - books.google.com
Many popular and academic authors have made the case that ethnic divisions lead to slow
economic growth and persistent poverty in less-developed countries, noting numerous
instances where ethnic divisions have led to violent conflict and set back poverty ...
[CITATION] Worms: Education and Health Expenditures in Kenya
EA Miguel… - NBER Working Paper, 2001
[CITATION] Civil war.” forthcoming in Journal of Economic Literature
C Blattman… - 2008
[CITATION] Will the sun come out tomorrow? Orphans and schooling
D Evans… - Unpublished working paper, University of California, …, 2003
E Miguel, SM Saiegh… - Economics & Politics, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
In recent years scholars have begun to focus on the consequences of individuals' exposure
to civil war, including its severe health and psychological consequences. Our innovation is
to move beyond the survey methodology that is widespread in this literature to analyze the ...
[CITATION] Do politicians reward their supporters
E Miguel… - Regression Discontinuity, 2003
D Ortega, F Rodríguez… - Wesleyan …, 2006 - frrodriguez.web.wesleyan.edu
Abstract We evaluate the success of the Venezuelan government's latest nation-wide
literacy program, Misión Robinson, using official Venezuelan government survey data.
Controlling for existing trends in literacy rates by age groups over the period 1975 to 2005, ...
[CITATION] VCivil WarsV Journal of Economic Literature (forth& coming)
C Blattman… - 2009
[CITATION] Interim Report on a Randomized Evaluation of the Girls' Scholarship Program
M Kremer, E Miguel… - Cambridge: Harvard University, 2003
E Miguel… - American Economic Journal: Applied …, 2011 - ingentaconnect.com
Abstract: Miguel, Satyanath, and Ernest Sergenti (2004), henceforth MSS, show that
economic growth is negatively related to civil conflict in Africa, using annual rainfall variation
as an IV for growth. Antonio Ciccone (2011) argues that thanks to rainfall's mean-reverting ...
E Miguel… - 2002 - dev.wcfia.harvard.edu
Abstract: Intestinal helminths–including hookworm, roundworm, whipworm, and
schistosomiasis–infect more than one-quarter of the world's population. Studies in which
medical treatment is randomized at the individual level potentially doubly underestimate ...
[CITATION] Cultures of Corruption: Evidence from Diplomatic Parking Tickets
R Fishman… - NBER Working Paper, 2006
[CITATION] Andrea Vigorito. 2009.“Government Transfer and Political Support,”
M Manacorda… - mimeo
We combine data from a field experiment and a laboratory experiment to measure the
causal impact of human capital on respect for earned property rights, a component of social
preferences with important implications for economic growth and development. We find ...
[CITATION] Attrition and Migration in the Kenya Life Panel Survey
J Hamory… - UC Berkeley, 2006
[CITATION] Economic Gangsters
R Fishman… - 2008 - Princeton University Press
[CITATION] Incentives to Learn
K Michael, E Miguel… - Center for International Development Working …, 2004
[CITATION] Russian Entrepreneurs: Tell me who your friends and family are
S Djankov, G Roland,
E Miguel, Y Qian… - … Transition Newsletter. Vol, 2005
[CITATION] Tracking, attrition and data quality in the Kenyan life panel survey round 1
S Baird, J Hamory… - University of California, Berkeley, Center for …, 2008
[CITATION] nThe Long Run Impact of Bombing Vietnam, o University of California Berkeley, mimeograph
E Miguel… - 2005
[CITATION] iCivil War
C Blattman… - jForthcoming Journal of Economic Literature, 2009
R Glennerster,
E Miguel… - 2009 - www-test.iq.harvard.edu
Abstract: Scholars have pointed to ethnic and other social divisions as a leading cause of
economic underdevelopment, due in part to their adverse effects on public good provision
and collective action. We investigate this issue in post-war Sierra Leone, one of the ...
[CITATION] Ethnic diversity and school funding in Kenya. Department of Economics
E Miguel - University of California at Berkeley. processed, 2000
K Casey, R Glennerster… - 2011 - nber.org
Although institutions are believed to be key determinants of economic performance, there is
limited evidence on how they can be successfully reformed. Evaluating the effects of specific
reforms is complicated by the lack of exogenous variation in the presence of institutions; ...
[CITATION] 200,'Community Participation and Social Sanctions in Kenyan Schools'
MK Gugerty… - Mimeo, Harvard University
S Baird, J Hamory… - 2008 - escholarship.org
Abstract: Understanding the possible pitfalls of survey data is critical for empirical research.
Among other things, poor data quality can lead to biased regression estimates, potentially
resulting in incorrect interpretations that mislead researchers and policymakers alike. ...
[CITATION] Economic Gangsters: Corruption
R Fisman… - Violence, and the Poverty of Nations", Princeton, 2008
[CITATION] VCivil WarV
C Blattman… - Journal of Economic Literature, forthcoming, 2009
E Miguel… - 2009 - mpra.ub.uni-muenchen.de
This study exploits a new longitudinal dataset to examine selective migration among 1,500
Kenyan youth originally living in rural areas. We examine whether migration rates are
related to individual “ability”, broadly defined to include cognitive aptitude as well as ...
In a recent paper, we documented strong historical linkages between temperature and civil
conflict in Africa (1). Sutton et al.(2) raise two concerns with our findings: that the relationship
between temperature and war is based on common trends and is therefore spurious, and ...
[CITATION] The Impact of Child Health and Nutrition on Education in Less Developed Countries
E Miguel… - Handbook of Development Economics, 2008
[CITATION] OCivil WarP
C Blattman… - Journal of Economic Literature, 2008
[CITATION] Miguel, Edward, Roland Gerard.“Long Run Impact of Bombing in Vietnam,”
E Miguel - Journal of Development Economics, 2011
[CITATION] Vocational Education Vouchers and Labor Market Returns: A Randomized Evaluation Among Kenyan Youth
J Hjort, M Kremer, I Mbiti… - … UC. Berkeley, Harvard and Southern Methodist …, 2009
[CITATION] Economic Shocks and
E Miguel, S Satyanath… - 2004
[CITATION] Civil Conflict and Local Collective Action in Sierra Leone
E Miguel, R Glennerster… - Annual Meeting Allied Social Science …, 2006
S Djankov,
E Miguel, Y Qian, G Roland… - CEPR Discussion …, 2006 - ideas.repec.org
Studies of the determinants of entrepreneurship have emphasized three distinct
perspectives: market institutions, social networks and personal characteristics. Using data
from a pilot survey with over 2,000 interviews in 7 cities across Russia, we find evidence ...
[CITATION] cThe educational impact of deworming in Kenya
E Miguel… - 1999 - Mimeo, Harvard
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