How are nominally universal state-building processes constrained by forces of distributive politics? This project studies how states’ efforts to solicit information from citizens shape the levels and distribution of welfare in society.
This research assistant will gain research experience in development economics, including experience analyzing data from large-scale randomized controlled trials conducted by the Principal Investigator (PI) in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
The Immigration Policy Lab is looking for an undergraduate research assistant (5 hours/week) who is a fluent French speaker to support the launch of a new program on migration and development in Niger.
The Stanford Human Trafficking Data Lab is a multidisciplinary research collaboration working to bring the most promising innovations in research methods and modern data science to the fight against traffickers.
This project uses historic natural experiments and contemporary field experiments to understand how economic approaches, including financial innovations, can empower individuals, reduce ethnic conflict and mitigate political polarization.
The purpose of this research project is to pilot and assess the impact of an intervention that will foster entrepreneurship education and peer learning or facilitate team formation in emerging economy settings such as Thailand.
Electricity use is essential to meet modern quality-of-life standards driven by changes in income-generating potential. However, it is not well known how changes in electricity consumption have differentially impacted economic activities over time.
