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Overview

Edward Miguel is affiliated with the University of California, Berkeley in the United States. Their research spans multiple disciplines with a focus on economics, sociology, political science, and data management.

Their recent publications include research on economic and social issues, published in renowned venues. Notable papers authored or co-authored by Edward Miguel are:

  • Falling living standards during the COVID-19 crisis: Quantitative evidence from nine developing countries, 2021, Science Advances
  • General Equilibrium Effects of Cash Transfers: Experimental Evidence From Kenya, 2022, Econometrica
  • Does Household Electrification Supercharge Economic Development?, 2020, The Journal of Economic Perspectives
  • The Economics of the COVID-19 Pandemic in Poor Countries, 2022, Annual Review of Economics
  • Reevaluating Agricultural Productivity Gaps with Longitudinal Microdata, 2020, Journal of the European Economic Association

The main research areas Edward Miguel contributes to include:

  • Sociology and Political Science
  • Statistics, Probability and Uncertainty
  • Information Systems
  • Economics and Econometrics
  • Pollution

Key topics covered in their work involve:

  • Scientometrics and bibliometrics research
  • Research Data Management Practices
  • Energy and Environment Impacts
  • Agricultural Economics and Policy
  • Agricultural risk and resilience
  • Scientific Computing and Data Management
  • Migration, Health and Trauma

Frequent collaborators in their academic network include:

  • Michal Bauer
  • Julie Chytilová
  • Joseph Henrich
  • Tamar Mitts
  • Christopher Blattman

Edward Miguel has published in a range of academic venues, showing a diverse engagement with different outlets. Some frequently chosen venues for their work are:

  • Harvard Dataverse
  • AEA Randomized Controlled Trials
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Journal of Development Economics
  • The Journal of Economic Perspectives

Their book publications include contributions to reports under the World Bank policy research working paper series, such as:

  • The Syrian Refugee Life Study: First Glance, 2022

Best Publications

  • Economic Shocks and Civil Conflict: An Instrumental Variables Approach

    Edward Miguel;Shanker Satyanath;Ernest Sergenti

  • Worms: Identifying Impacts on Education and Health in the Presence of Treatment Externalities

    Edward Miguel;Michael Kremer

  • Global non-linear effect of temperature on economic production

    Marshall Burke;Solomon M. Hsiang;Solomon M. Hsiang;Edward Miguel;Edward Miguel

  • Promoting an open research culture

    B. A. Nosek;G. Alter;G. C. Banks;D. Borsboom

  • Ethnic diversity, social sanctions, and public goods in Kenya

    Edward Miguel;Mary Kay Gugerty

  • Warming increases the risk of civil war in Africa

    Marshall B. Burke;Edward Miguel;Shanker Satyanath;John A. Dykema

  • War and local collective action in Sierra Leone

    John Bellows;Edward Miguel

  • The long-run impact of bombing Vietnam

    Edward Miguel;Gérard Roland;Gérard Roland

  • The Illusion of Sustainability

    Michael Robert Kremer;Edward A. Miguel

  • Tribe or Nation?: Nation Building and Public Goods in Kenya versus Tanzania

    Edward Miguel

  • Incentives to learn

    Michael Kremer;Edward Miguel;Rebecca Lynn Thornton

  • Worms: Education and health externalities in kenya

    Edward Miguel;Michael Kremer

  • Political Competition and Ethnic Identification in Africa

    Benn Eifert;Edward Miguel;Daniel N. Posner

  • The Value of Democracy: Evidence from Road Building in Kenya

    Robin Burgess;Remi Jedwab;Edward Miguel;Ameet Morjaria

  • Corruption, Norms, and Legal Enforcement: Evidence from Diplomatic Parking Tickets

    Raymond Fisman;Edward Miguel

  • Climate and Conflict

    Marshall Burke;Marshall Burke;Solomon M. Hsiang;Solomon M. Hsiang;Edward Miguel;Edward Miguel

  • Poverty and Witch Killing

    Edward Miguel

  • Promoting Transparency in Social Science Research

    E. Miguel;C. Camerer;K. Casey;J. Cohen

  • Spring Cleaning: Rural Water Impacts, Valuation, and Property Rights Institutions*

    Michael Kremer;Jessica Leino;Edward Miguel;Alix Peterson Zwane

  • Reshaping Institutions: Evidence on Aid Impacts Using a Pre-Analysis Plan

    Katherine Casey;Rachel Glennerster;Edward Miguel

  • Can War Foster Cooperation

    Michal Bauer;Christopher Blattman;Julie Chytilová;Joseph Henrich

  • Incentives to Learn

    Michael Kremer;Edward Miguel;Edward Miguel;Rebecca Thornton;Owen W. Ozier

Frequent Co-Authors

Michael Kremer
Michael Kremer University of Chicago
Marshall Burke
Marshall Burke Stanford University
Solomon Hsiang
Solomon Hsiang University of California, Berkeley
Raymond Fisman
Raymond Fisman Boston University
David B. Lobell
David B. Lobell Stanford University
Jeremy Freese
Jeremy Freese Stanford University
Gérard Roland
Gérard Roland University of California, Berkeley
Robin Burgess
Robin Burgess London School of Economics and Political Science
Bertil Tungodden
Bertil Tungodden Norwegian School of Economics

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