Misc
Here is a bit of an overview of what I’m reading and listening to, academic and otherwise.
Reading lists
I’ve put together a bunch of Excel sheets on different topics I am reading about. Perhaps they will be useful for you as well.
Favorite papers
- The Development Effects of the Extractive Colonial Economy: The Dutch Cultivation System in Java
- Tilly Goes to Church: The Religious and Medieval Roots of European State Fragmentation
- Urban Public Works in Spatial Equilibrium: Experimental Evidence from Ethiopia
- Identification of and Correction for Publication Bias
- Does UN Peacekeeping Prevent Communal Violence? Evidence from Disputes in Burkina Faso and Mali
- Nested Analysis as a Mixed-Method Strategy for Comparative Research
I’m also compiling documentation on things (mostly datasets) that I often find myself searching for. Hopefully this will speed up the process for others.
Nightlight datasets
Hidden cirriculum