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Priming empathy through family history to increase support for immigrants and immigration.
(with Scott Williamson, Adeline Lo, Melina Platas, Lauren Prather, and Seth H. Werfel)
Accepted. American Political Science Review.
[pre-analysis plan] [IPL Working Paper]
Resisting assimilation: passing, racial discrimination, and investments in cultural markers among African immigrants.
Revise and Resubmit.
(with Amanda L. Robinson)
(with Scott Williamson, Adeline Lo, Melina Platas, Lauren Prather, and Seth H. Werfel)
Accepted. American Political Science Review.
[pre-analysis plan] [IPL Working Paper]
Resisting assimilation: passing, racial discrimination, and investments in cultural markers among African immigrants.
Revise and Resubmit.
(with Amanda L. Robinson)
2020
Broadening the PhD pipeline: a summer research program for HBCU students.
(with David A. Lake, Fatemeh Shafiei, and Matthew Platt)
PS: Political Science & Politics.
[paper]
When does information influence voters? The joint importance of salience and coordination.
(with Jessica Gottlieb, Eric Kramon, and Gwyneth McClendon)
Comparative Political Studies 43(6).
AidData working paper 48.
[paper]
(with David A. Lake, Fatemeh Shafiei, and Matthew Platt)
PS: Political Science & Politics.
[paper]
When does information influence voters? The joint importance of salience and coordination.
(with Jessica Gottlieb, Eric Kramon, and Gwyneth McClendon)
Comparative Political Studies 43(6).
AidData working paper 48.
[paper]
2019
Americans preferred Syrian refugees who are female, English-speaking, and Christian on the eve of Donald Trump's election.
(with Adeline Lo and Melina Platas)
PLoS ONE 14(10).
[paper] [press release]
(with Adeline Lo and Melina Platas)
PLoS ONE 14(10).
[paper] [press release]
Voter information campaigns and political accountability: Cumulative findings from a pre-registered meta-analysis of coordinated trials.
(with Thad Dunning, Guy Grossman, Macartan Humphreys, Susan Hyde, Craig McIntosh, Gareth Nellis, Eric Arias, Clara Bicalho, Taylor C. Boas, Mark T. Buntaine, Simon Chauchard, Anirvan Chowdhury, Jessica Gottlieb, F. Daniel Hidalgo, Marcus Holmlund, Ryan Jablonski, Eric Kramon, Horacio Larreguy, Malte Lierl, John Marshall, Gwyneth McClendon, Marcus A. Melo, Daniel L. Nielson, Paula M. Pickering, Melina R. Platas, Pablo Querubín, Pia Raffler, and Neelanjan Sircar)
Science Advances 5(7).
[paper]
(with Thad Dunning, Guy Grossman, Macartan Humphreys, Susan Hyde, Craig McIntosh, Gareth Nellis, Eric Arias, Clara Bicalho, Taylor C. Boas, Mark T. Buntaine, Simon Chauchard, Anirvan Chowdhury, Jessica Gottlieb, F. Daniel Hidalgo, Marcus Holmlund, Ryan Jablonski, Eric Kramon, Horacio Larreguy, Malte Lierl, John Marshall, Gwyneth McClendon, Marcus A. Melo, Daniel L. Nielson, Paula M. Pickering, Melina R. Platas, Pablo Querubín, Pia Raffler, and Neelanjan Sircar)
Science Advances 5(7).
[paper]
Response bias in survey measures of voter behavior: Implications for measurement and inference.
(with Jessica Gottlieb, Eric Kramon, and Gwyneth McClendon)
Journal of Experimental Political Science 6(3).
[paper]
(with Jessica Gottlieb, Eric Kramon, and Gwyneth McClendon)
Journal of Experimental Political Science 6(3).
[paper]
2018
Perspective-taking can promote short-term inclusionary behavior toward Syrian refugees.
(with Adeline Lo and Melina R. Platas)
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 115(38).
Winner of the APSA Migration & Citizenship Section 2018 Best Paper Award.
[paper]
(with Adeline Lo and Melina R. Platas)
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 115(38).
Winner of the APSA Migration & Citizenship Section 2018 Best Paper Award.
[paper]
Pilot of a mobile money school fee payment system in rural Benin.
(with Adam Chabi Bouko, Alex Verink, Ganz Chockalingam, and Jennifer Burney)
PLOS One 13(6).
[paper]
(with Adam Chabi Bouko, Alex Verink, Ganz Chockalingam, and Jennifer Burney)
PLOS One 13(6).
[paper]
Ebola, elections, and immigration. How politicizing an epidemic can shape public attitudes.
(with Kim Dionne and Melina Platas)
Politics, Groups, and Identities 8(3).
[replication] [paper]
(with Kim Dionne and Melina Platas)
Politics, Groups, and Identities 8(3).
[replication] [paper]
2017
Reducing or reinforcing in-group preferences? An experiment on information and ethnic voting.
(with Jessica Gottlieb, Eric Kramon, and Gwyneth McClendon)
Quarterly Journal of Political Science 12(4).
Winner of the APSA African Politics Conference Group Section 2018 Best Paper Award.
[paper] [si] [pre-analysis plan] [metaketa] [egap policy brief]
(with Jessica Gottlieb, Eric Kramon, and Gwyneth McClendon)
Quarterly Journal of Political Science 12(4).
Winner of the APSA African Politics Conference Group Section 2018 Best Paper Award.
[paper] [si] [pre-analysis plan] [metaketa] [egap policy brief]
2016
One Muslim is Enough! Evidence from a Field Experiment in France.
(with David D. Laitin and Marie-Anne Valfort)
Annals of Economics and Statistics 121-122.
[paper]
(with David D. Laitin and Marie-Anne Valfort)
Annals of Economics and Statistics 121-122.
[paper]
The Spousal Bump: Do cross-ethnic marriages increase political support in multiethnic democracies?
(with Nathan Combes, Adeline Lo and Alex Verink)
Comparative Political Studies 49(5).
[paper]
(with Nathan Combes, Adeline Lo and Alex Verink)
Comparative Political Studies 49(5).
[paper]
Who's asking? Interviewer coethnicity effects in African survey data.
(with Karen Ferree, Dan Posner, and Amanda L. Robinson)
Comparative Political Studies 49(12).
[paper] [replication]
(with Karen Ferree, Dan Posner, and Amanda L. Robinson)
Comparative Political Studies 49(12).
[paper] [replication]
Ethnic cueing across minorities: A survey experiment on candidate evaluation in the U.S.
(with Lauren Davenport and Gwyneth McClendon)
Public Opinion Quarterly 80(4).
[paper]
(with Lauren Davenport and Gwyneth McClendon)
Public Opinion Quarterly 80(4).
[paper]
2015
Do African voters favor coethnics? Evidence from a survey experiment in Benin.
Journal of Experimental Political Science 2(1).
[paper]
Journal of Experimental Political Science 2(1).
[paper]
How do Muslims qua Muslims integrate in the U.S.?
(with David D. Laitin and Marie-Anne Valfort)
Economics Bulletin 35(4).
[paper]
(with David D. Laitin and Marie-Anne Valfort)
Economics Bulletin 35(4).
[paper]
Religious homophily in a secular country; Evidence from a voting game in France.
(with David D. Laitin and Marie-Anne Valfort)
Economic Inquiry 53(2).
[paper]
(with David D. Laitin and Marie-Anne Valfort)
Economic Inquiry 53(2).
[paper]
2014
Muslims in France; Identifying a Discriminatory Equilibrium.
(with David D. Laitin and Marie-Anne Valfort)
Journal of Population Economics 27(4).
[paper]
(with David D. Laitin and Marie-Anne Valfort)
Journal of Population Economics 27(4).
[paper]
Gender norms, Muslim immigrants, and economic integration in France.
(with David D. Laitin and Marie-Anne Valfort)
Economics and Politics 26(1).
[paper]
(with David D. Laitin and Marie-Anne Valfort)
Economics and Politics 26(1).
[paper]
2011
Too Close for Comfort? Immigration Exclusion in Africa.
Comparative Political Studies 44(01).
Winner of the 2011 African Politics Conference Group Best Article Award.
[paper]
Comparative Political Studies 44(01).
Winner of the 2011 African Politics Conference Group Best Article Award.
[paper]
Do Migrants Improve their Hometowns? Remittances and Access to Public Services in Mexico, 1995-2000.
(with Desha M. Girod)
Comparative Political Studies 44(01).
[paper] [.dta] [.do] [.xls]
(with Desha M. Girod)
Comparative Political Studies 44(01).
[paper] [.dta] [.do] [.xls]
2010
Identifying Barriers to Muslim Integration in France.
(with David D. Laitin and Marie-Anne Valfort)
2010. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 107(52).
[paper]
(with David D. Laitin and Marie-Anne Valfort)
2010. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 107(52).
[paper]
Working papers & projects
Metaketa V: Overcoming Road Blocks to Women's Participation through Advocacy Training: A Field Experiment on Local Governance in Myanmar.
(with Leo Arriola, Katrina Kosec, Aila Matanock, and Cecilia Mo)
[project page]
Becoming Black? Immigrant Visibility, Racial Identity Formation, and Political Integration Among Somalis in the US.
Book project.
(with Amanda Robinson)
Being seen by the State: experimental evidence from West Africa.
(with Leo Arriola, Jessica Gottlieb, and Bilal Siddiqi)
African Candidate and Leader Ethnicities Project.
(with Nathan Combes, Robin Harding, and Kristin Michelitch)
Empathy as game theory.
(with Andrew Little)
The promise and pitfalls of empathy.
(with Adeline Lo, Melina Platas, Lauren Prather, and Scott Williamson)
Does college shape student attitudes toward diversity? Evidence from UCSD's DEI requirement.
(with Adeline Lo and Inbok Rhee)
Digital school fee payments in Kaduna State.
(with Jennifer Burney)
(with Leo Arriola, Katrina Kosec, Aila Matanock, and Cecilia Mo)
[project page]
Becoming Black? Immigrant Visibility, Racial Identity Formation, and Political Integration Among Somalis in the US.
Book project.
(with Amanda Robinson)
Being seen by the State: experimental evidence from West Africa.
(with Leo Arriola, Jessica Gottlieb, and Bilal Siddiqi)
African Candidate and Leader Ethnicities Project.
(with Nathan Combes, Robin Harding, and Kristin Michelitch)
Empathy as game theory.
(with Andrew Little)
The promise and pitfalls of empathy.
(with Adeline Lo, Melina Platas, Lauren Prather, and Scott Williamson)
Does college shape student attitudes toward diversity? Evidence from UCSD's DEI requirement.
(with Adeline Lo and Inbok Rhee)
Digital school fee payments in Kaduna State.
(with Jennifer Burney)