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Oeindrila Dube

Researcher at University of Chicago

Publications -  36
Citations -  5076

Oeindrila Dube is an academic researcher from University of Chicago. The author has contributed to research in topics: Sierra leone & Political violence. The author has an hindex of 15, co-authored 34 publications receiving 3371 citations. Previous affiliations of Oeindrila Dube include New York University & National Bureau of Economic Research.

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Using social and behavioural science to support COVID-19 pandemic response.

Jay J. Van Bavel, +42 more
TL;DR: Evidence from a selection of research topics relevant to pandemics is discussed, including work on navigating threats, social and cultural influences on behaviour, science communication, moral decision-making, leadership, and stress and coping.
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Commodity Price Shocks and Civil Conflict: Evidence from Colombia

TL;DR: In this article, the authors exploit exogenous price shocks in inter-national commodity markets and a rich dataset on civil war in Colombia to assess how dierent income shocks aect armed conflict.
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Cross-Border Spillover: U.S. Gun Laws and Violence in Mexico

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors exploit a unique natural experiment: the 2004 expiration of the U.S. Federal Assault Weapons Ban exerted a spillover on gun supply in Mexican municipios near Texas, Arizona and New Mexico, but not near California.
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Cross-Border Spillover: U.S. Gun Laws and Violence in Mexico

TL;DR: In this article, the authors examine how an exogenous change in access to arms affected violent crime in Mexico over 2002-2006 and focus specifically on the 2004 expiration of the U.S. Federal Assault Weapons Ban (FAWB).
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Reconciling after civil conflict increases social capital but decreases individual well-being

TL;DR: The consequences of truth and reconciliation efforts in Sierra Leone led to greater forgiveness of perpetrators and strengthened social capital, but these benefits came at a substantial cost: the reconciliation treatment also worsened psychological health, increasing depression, anxiety, and posttraumatic stress disorder in these same villages.