A5050634179- Experimental Behavioral Economics Studies
- Social and Intergroup Psychology
- Political Conflict and Governance
- Income, Poverty, and Inequality
- Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare
- Microfinance and Financial Inclusion
- Electoral Systems and Political Participation
- Academic Freedom and Politics
- Health and Conflict Studies
- Online Learning and Analytics
- Decision-Making and Behavioral Economics
- Social Media and Politics
- Religious Education and Schools
- Advanced Causal Inference Techniques
- Critical and Liberation Pedagogy
- Educator Training and Historical Pedagogy
- Game Theory and Voting Systems
- Southeast Asian Sociopolitical Studies
- Media Influence and Politics
- Software Engineering Techniques and Practices
- Corruption and Economic Development
- Data Analysis with R
- Complex Systems and Decision Making
- Cultural Differences and Values
- Qualitative Comparative Analysis Research
Aarhus University
2020-2024
Central Denmark Region
2024
New York University
2018-2020
Deutsches Herzzentrum München
1996
Deutsches Herzzentrum der Charité
1996
Does political affirmative action undermine or promote development? We present the first systematic analysis of Scheduled Areas in India, home to 100 million citizens, where local office is reserved for historically disadvantaged Tribes. A newly constructed dataset 217,000 villages allows us probe conflicting hypotheses on implementation world’s largest workfare program, National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme. find that reservations deliver no worse overall outcomes, there are large...
Abstract Civil wars are a greater source of violence than any other type conflict, yet little is known about one the key determinants civil war peace settlement success: civilian support. We evaluate how core component nearly all settlements, leader endorsements, affects public predict that individuals in conflict settings will view settlements endorsed by outgroup leaders as less trustworthy and they become supportive. conduct an endorsement experiment with 1,000 respondents South Sudan...
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Abstract COVID-19 is expected to radically alter higher education in the United States and further limit availability of tenure-track academic positions. How has pandemic its associated fallout affected doctoral students’ career aspirations priorities? We investigate this question by comparing responses a PhD survey prior following significant developments pandemic. find little evidence that caused substantial shifts priorities. However, some differences emerge when considering later dates...
Pork barrel politics has long attracted controversy; difficult to prove and vigorously denied by those accused of it, the practice is nevertheless defended others who argue that pork facilitates compromise. We design a novel field-in-the-lab experiment study how legislators bargain over real-world policy. first introduce new incentivized method measure subjects' ideological peak preferences attitudinal strength. Subjects then two-dimensional agenda: donation political interest group division...
ABSTRACT The misalignment of goals among researchers, external organizational partners (OPs), and study participants is thought to pose a challenge the successful implementation collaborative research projects. However, different team members almost never are elicited, making identification its potential consequences difficult task. In this evaluation United Nations Nonviolent Communication Program conducted in Bangladesh, Maldives, Sri Lanka, I collected qualitative quantitative data on...
On what basis can we claim a scholarly community understands phenomenon? Social scientists generally propagate many rival explanations for they study. How best to discriminate between or aggregate them introduces myriad questions because lack standard tools that synthesize discrete explanations. In this paper, assemble and test set of approaches the selection aggregation predictive statistical models representing different social scientific single outcome: original crowd-sourced COVID-19...
Expanding vaccination coverage in conflict regions is crucial to the prevention of further mutations and outbreaks COVID-19, as well future pandemics, worldwide. However, scholars' suppositions that low levels trust control over flow misinformation these may necessitate tailored solutions-in particular, health advice come from trusted non-state authorities-remain largely untested. To better understand drivers COVID-19 vaccine receptivity regions, we partnered with United Nations Somali...
Ongoing, spirited debates from around the globe over statues, street names, symbols, and textbooks call for a greater understanding of political effects different historical representations. In this paper, we theorize that inclusive (exclusive) representations can increase (decrease) marginalized group members’ perceived centrality to nation, entitlement speak on its behalf, likelihood becoming leaders. an online experiment in India ( $ N=1,592 ), randomly assign participants exercises...
Expanding global usage of social media and growing questions about its societal impact have led scholars to investigate the relationship between individuals' offline online behaviors characteristics. Such inquiries, which compare survey responses their behavior, typically do not address whether elicitation respondents' information introduces any systematic errors. However, making inferences from a survey-linked sample platform, finally or broader target population, can be imperiled when...
Abstract Primates are known to engage in exclusionary behavior, forming alliances block a minority from accessing scarce resources. Humans no exception, and examples of behavior abound political, business, social settings. However, despite its socio-economic relevance, little is about the prevalence determinants such worldwide. Conducting an experimental game which group divides resources by majority rule, we document considerable global heterogeneity behavior. Whereas exclusion modal some...
We report the results of a field-in-the-lab experiment in which subjects bargain over two-dimensional agenda: donation to political interest group and division sum money. show that sacrifice monetary gains secure preferred policies behaviorally elicited preference intensity correlates with bargaining behavior. find an ideological majority advantage status quo premium. Minorities benefit most from negotiating on two dimensions because budgetary problem allows compromise. Finally, we induced...