Faculty Publications

The Harvard Center for International Development is home to faculty affiliates from each school at Harvard University, working across sectors in developing nations around the world.

Faculty research is published in a wide range of academic and policy venues and can be found through the feed and filters below. Select faculty research papers are highlighted in our Faculty Research Insights series on our blog, CID Voices.

CID working papers published by Harvard faculty, graduate students, and research fellows prior to 2024 can be found here.

CID Faculty Research Insights

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Government Performance and Democracy: Survey Experimental Evidence from 12 Countries during Covid-19

Vincent Pons

Vol. 86, Issue 4

Crises of the magnitude of the COVID-19 pandemic may plausibly affect deep-seated attitudes of a large fraction ofcitizens. In particular, outcome-oriented theories imply that…

Global Evidence on Gender Gaps and Generative AI

Rembrand Koning

Working Paper No. 25-023

Generative AI has the potential to transform productivity and reduce inequality, but only if adopted broadly. In this paper, we show that recently identified gender gaps in…

Exports in Disguise: Trade Re-Routing During the U.S.-China Trade War

Ebehi Iyoha

Working Paper No. 24-072

Origin-specific tariffs are a common policy tool; however, critics claim that such tariffs are often circumvented by rerouting goods through intermediary countries. This study…

Social Movements and Public Opinion in the United States

Vincent Pons

Working Paper No. 32342

Recent social movements stand out by their spontaneous nature and lack of stable leadership, raising doubts on their ability to generate political change. This article provides…

Everyone Steps Back? The Widespread Retraction of Crowd-Funding Support for Minority Creators when Migration Fear is High

Bill Kerr

Working Paper No. 23-046

We study racial biases on Kickstarter across multiple ethnic groups from 2009-2021. Scaling the concept of racially salient events, we quantify the close co-movement of minority…

Gender gaps: back and here to stay? Evidence from skilled Ugandan workers during COVID-19

Livia Alfonsi

Vol. 22, Issue 3, Pages 999-1046

We investigate gender disparities in the effect of COVID-19 on the labor market outcomes of skilled Ugandan workers. Leveraging a high-frequency panel dataset, we find that the…

Participación de exintegrantes de las Farc-EP en programas de reincorporación: Evidencia tras 3 años de atenciones

Natalia Garbiras-Díaz

Este capítulo describe las trayectorias de atención en el proceso de reincorporación de las Farc-EP. Analizamos una base de datos única de la Agencia de Reincorporación y…

The Political Economy of a 'Miracle Cure': The Case of Nebulized Ibuprofen and Its Diffusion in Argentina

Rafael Di Tella

Working Paper No. 31781

We document the diffusion of nebulized ibuprofen in Argentina as a treatment for COVID-19. As the pandemic spread, this clinically unsupported drug reached thousands of patients,…

The Effect of Childhood Environment on Political Behavior: Evidence from Young U.S. Movers, 1992–2021

Vincent Pons

Working Paper No. 31759

We ask how childhood environment shapes political behavior. We measure young voters’ participation and party affiliation in nationally comprehensive voter files and reconstruct…

Coordination and Bandwagon Effects: How Past Rankings Shape the Behavior of Voters and Candidates

Vincent Pons

Vol. 15, Issue 4, Pages 177–217

Candidates’ placements in polls or past elections can be powerful coordination devices for both parties and voters. Using a regression discontinuity design in French elections, we…

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