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Christopher Blattman
Researcher at University of Chicago
Publications - 91
Citations - 6537
Christopher Blattman is an academic researcher from University of Chicago. The author has contributed to research in topics: Earnings & Poverty. The author has an hindex of 37, co-authored 87 publications receiving 5571 citations. Previous affiliations of Christopher Blattman include University of California, Berkeley & Columbia University.
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Reducing crime and violence: Experimental evidence from cognitive behavioral therapy in Liberia
TL;DR: This article showed that a number of non-cognitive skills and preferences, including patience and identity, are malleable in adults, and that investments in them reduce crime and violence.
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The Returns to Microenterprise Support Among the Ultra-Poor: A Field Experiment in Post-War Uganda
TL;DR: This paper showed that extremely poor, war-affected women in northern Uganda have high returns to a package of $150 cash, five days of business skills training, and ongoing supervision, and they doubled their microenterprise ownership and incomes, mainly from petty trading.
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Can Employment Reduce Lawlessness and Rebellion? A Field Experiment with High-Risk Men in a Fragile State
TL;DR: In this article, the authors evaluated a program of agricultural training, capital inputs, and counseling for Liberian ex-fighters who were illegally mining or occupying rubber plantations, and found that men who accepted the program offer increased their farm employment and profits, and shifted work hours away from illicit activities.
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The Impact of the Terms of Trade on Economic Development in the Periphery, 1870-1939: Volatility and Secular Change
TL;DR: In this paper, the impact of terms of trade volatility and secular change on country performance between 1870 and 1939 was estimated using a new panel database for 35 countries, and found that volatility was much more important for accumulation and growth than was secular change.
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Women's entrepreneurship and intimate partner violence: A cluster randomized trial of microenterprise assistance and partner participation in post-conflict Uganda (SSM-D-14-01580R1)
TL;DR: Small, non- significant decreases in abuse and marital control and large increases in the quality of relationships are observed, but no effects on women's attitudes toward gender norms and a non-significant reduction in autonomy.