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Working Papers

2025

1. Culture, Policy, and Economic Development
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc
2. Lab Experiments in Developing Country Contexts
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc
3. Religion in Emerging and Developing Regions
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc

2024

4. Fallow Lengths and the Structure of Property Rights
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc
   Also in CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers (2024)

2023

5. Cash Transfers and Social Preferences of Children
   CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers
   Also in NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2023) View citations (2)

2022

6. Ancestral Livelihoods and Moral Universalism: Evidence from Transhumant Pastoralist Societies
   Working Papers, HAL View citations (1)
   Also in Working Papers, HAL (2022) View citations (1)
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2022) View citations (2)
   Université Paris1 Panthéon-Sorbonne (Post-Print and Working Papers), HAL (2022) View citations (1)
   CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers (2022)
   Université Paris1 Panthéon-Sorbonne (Post-Print and Working Papers), HAL (2022) View citations (1)
7. Culture in Historical Political Economy
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (5)
   Also in CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers (2022)
8. Kinship Structure and the Family: Evidence from the Matrilineal Belt
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (9)
   Also in CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers (2022)
9. Stress, Ethnicity, and Prosocial Behavior
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc
   Also in CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers (2022)
   See also Journal Article Stress, Ethnicity, and Prosocial Behavior, Journal of Political Economy Microeconomics, University of Chicago Press (2023) View citations (5) (2023)
10. The Social Consequences of Traditional Religion in Contemporary Africa
    CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers
    Also in NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2022) View citations (1)

2020

11. Concessions, Violence, and Indirect Rule: Evidence from the Congo Free State
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (14)
    See also Journal Article Concessions, Violence, and Indirect Rule: Evidence from the Congo Free State*, The Quarterly Journal of Economics, President and Fellows of Harvard College (2021) View citations (24) (2021)
12. Ethnographic and Field Data in Historical Economics
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (4)

2018

13. The Legacy of Colonial Medicine in Central Africa
    CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers View citations (15)
    See also Journal Article The Legacy of Colonial Medicine in Central Africa, American Economic Review, American Economic Association (2021) View citations (39) (2021)

2017

14. Bride price and the well-being of women
    WIDER Working Paper Series, World Institute for Development Economic Research (UNU-WIDER) View citations (13)

2015

15. The Evolution of Culture and Institutions: Evidence from the Kuba Kingdom
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (35)
    See also Journal Article The Evolution of Culture and Institutions: Evidence From the Kuba Kingdom, Econometrica, Econometric Society (2017) View citations (162) (2017)
16. Understanding Ethnic Identity in Africa: Evidence from the Implicit Association Test (IAT)
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (41)
    See also Journal Article Understanding Ethnic Identity in Africa: Evidence from the Implicit Association Test (IAT), American Economic Review, American Economic Association (2015) View citations (44) (2015)

Journal Articles

2024

1. Family Structure and Childcare in Sub-Saharan Africa
   AEA Papers and Proceedings, 2024, 114, 449-53

2023

2. Stress, Ethnicity, and Prosocial Behavior
   Journal of Political Economy Microeconomics, 2023, 1, (2), 225 - 269 View citations (5)
   See also Working Paper Stress, Ethnicity, and Prosocial Behavior, NBER Working Papers (2022) (2022)

2021

3. Concessions, Violence, and Indirect Rule: Evidence from the Congo Free State*
   The Quarterly Journal of Economics, 2021, 136, (4), 2047-2091 View citations (24)
   See also Working Paper Concessions, Violence, and Indirect Rule: Evidence from the Congo Free State, NBER Working Papers (2020) View citations (14) (2020)
4. Kinship structure, stress, and the gender gap in competition
   Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 2021, 192, (C), 36-57 View citations (4)
5. The Legacy of Colonial Medicine in Central Africa
   American Economic Review, 2021, 111, (4), 1284-1314 View citations (39)
   See also Working Paper The Legacy of Colonial Medicine in Central Africa, CEPR Discussion Papers (2018) View citations (15) (2018)

2019

6. Traditional Medicine in Central Africa
   AEA Papers and Proceedings, 2019, 109, 516-20 View citations (3)

2017

7. The Evolution of Culture and Institutions: Evidence From the Kuba Kingdom
   Econometrica, 2017, 85, 1065-1091 View citations (162)
   See also Working Paper The Evolution of Culture and Institutions: Evidence from the Kuba Kingdom, NBER Working Papers (2015) View citations (35) (2015)

2015

8. Understanding Ethnic Identity in Africa: Evidence from the Implicit Association Test (IAT)
   American Economic Review, 2015, 105, (5), 340-45 View citations (44)
   See also Working Paper Understanding Ethnic Identity in Africa: Evidence from the Implicit Association Test (IAT), NBER Working Papers (2015) View citations (41) (2015)