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1by Samii, Cyrus Published in World development (01.03.2020)“...The conventional case in favor of policy experimentation focuses on how randomization controls selection bias. This is undoubtedly important. This essay...”
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2by SAMII, CYRUS Published in The American political science review (01.08.2013)“...A central question in the study of political development is how conflict between ethnic groups might be transcended. Findings from social psychology suggest...”
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3by Cyrus Samii Published in Journal of peace research (01.03.2013)“...While transitional justice interventions are common in current post-conflict transitions, recent surveys in such settings suggest that public opinions often...”
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4“...This paper presents a randomization-based framework for estimating causal effects under interference between units motivated by challenges that arise in...”
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5“...When considering strategies to address violent conflict, an enduring debate concerns the wisdom of recognizing versus avoiding reference to ethnic identities...”
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6“...•A cluster-randomized trial studies two democracy promotion strategies in Liberia.•A civic education intervention administered by Liberian civil society...”
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7“...How do international institutions affect political liberalization in member states? Motivated by an examination of the World Bank loans program, this article...”
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8“...This paper synthesizes evidence from four recent “community-driven development” field experiments undertaken in countries affected by violent conflict and...”
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9by Michael J. Gilligan Benjamin J. Pasquale Cyrus Samii Published in American journal of political science (01.07.2014)“...We study effects of wartime violence on social cohesion in the context of Nepal's 10-year civil war. We begin with the observation that violence increased...”
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10“...With an unrepresentative sample, the estimate of a causal effect may fail to characterize how effects operate in the population of interest. What is less well...”
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11by Daly, Sarah Zukerman Paler, Laura Samii, Cyrus Published in Journal of peace research (01.07.2020)“...While ex-combatant reintegration is vital to successful transitions from war to peace, some former fighters turn to crime following demobilization. Such...”
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13by Bisbee, James Dehejia, Rajeev Pop-Eleches, Cristian Samii, Cyrus Published in Journal of labor economics (01.07.2017)“...We investigate the external validity of local average treatment effects (LATEs), specifically Angrist and Evans’s use of same sex of the two first children as...”
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14“...We present new methods to estimate causal effects retrospectively from micro data with the assistance of a machine learning ensemble. This approach overcomes...”
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15by Michael J. Gilligan Eric N. Mvukiyehe Cyrus Samii Published in The Journal of conflict resolution (01.08.2013)“...Considerable resources are devoted to ex-combatant reintegration programs in current peace processes, but evidence on their effectiveness remains thin. We use...”
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16“...Dyadic data are common in the social sciences, although inference for such settings involves accounting for a complex clustering structure. Many analyses in...”
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17by Ditlmann, Ruth K Samii, Cyrus“...How can intergroup contact programs affect conflict-ridden communities besides improving the outgroup attitudes of participating individuals? We address this...”
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Published in Peace and conflict (01.11.2016)
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18“...A field experiment in rural Liberia is used to study democratic participation in fragile states. Fragile states are marked by political fragmentation, local...”
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20“...The relationship between participation in revolt and individuals' economic conditions is among the most debated in political science. While conventional...”