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.

• Read inspiring article here.
• View my own CSED spreadsheet here.

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

• AfroGrid
• Data in Space
• Blackmarbler
• nightlightstats

Hidden cirriculum

• Teaching the hidden cirriculum
• Gary King’s course
• ALPS blog post