Ted’s main research focus is African economic development, including work on the economic causes and consequences of violence; the impact of ethnic divisions on local collective action; interactions between health, education, environment, and productivity for the poor; and methods for transparent social science research. He has conducted field work in Kenya, Sierra Leone, Tanzania, and India. Many of the datasets used in his research are posted online, either on the relevant article page (on this website) or on Dataverse.
Who are Russia’s Entrepreneurs?
Simeon Djankov, Edward Miguel, Yingyi Qian, Gerard Roland, and Ekaterina Zhuravskaya
2005
Published Paper
Other
Social scientists studying entrepreneurship have emphasized three distinct sets of variables: the institutional environment, sociological variables, and personal and psychological characteristics. W
Ethnic Diversity, Social Sanctions, and Public Goods in Kenya
Edward Miguel and Mary Kay Gugerty
2005
Published Paper
African DevelopmentPolitical Economy and Conflict
This paper examines ethnic diversity and local public goods in rural western Kenya. The identification strategy relies on the stable historically determined patterns of ethnic land settlement. Ethni
Does Social Capital Promote Industrialization? Evidence from a Rapid Industrializer
Edward Miguel, Paul Gertler, and David I. Levine
2005
Published Paper
Other
A new stylized fact in development economics is the importance of social capital in promoting economic growth. This paper examines the effect of social capital on industrialization in Indonesia. We
Health, Education, and Economic Development
Edward Miguel
2005
Book Chapter
African DevelopmentHealthEducation and Human CapitalOther
The volume Health and Economic Growth: Findings and Policy Implications is evidence of the growing awareness within economics of the important connections between health and poverty in less develope
Poverty and Witch Killing
Edward Miguel
2005
Published Paper
African DevelopmentEnvironment and ClimatePolitical Economy and Conflict
This study uses rainfall variation to estimate the impact of income shocks on murder in rural Tanzania. Extreme rainfall (drought or flood) leads to a large increase in the murder of "witches&q
Worms: Identifying Impacts on Education and Health in the Presence of Treatment Externalities
Edward Miguel and Michael Kremer
2004
Published Paper
African DevelopmentHealthEducation and Human CapitalResearch Methodology
Intestinal helminths–including hookworm, roundworm, whipworm, and schistosomiasis–infect more than one-quarter of the world's population. Studies in which medical treatment is random
Economic Shocks and Civil Conflict: An Instrumental Variables Approach
Edward Miguel, Shanker Satyanath, and Ernest Sergenti
2004
Published Paper
African DevelopmentEnvironment and ClimatePolitical Economy and Conflict
Estimating the impact of economic conditions on the likelihood of civil conflict is difficult because of endogeneity and omitted variable bias. We use rainfall variation as an instrumental variable
Tribe or Nation? Nation Building and Public Goods in Kenya Versus Tanzania
Edward Miguel
2004
Published Paper
African DevelopmentHealthEducation and Human CapitalPolitical Economy and Conflict
This article examines how government policies affect ethnic relations by comparing outcomes across two nearby districts, one in Kenya and one in Tanzania, using colonial-era boundary placement as a
Comment on: Social Capital and Growth
Edward Miguel
2003
Other
Other
Reply to Sutton et al.: Relationship between temperature and conflict is robust
Marshall Burke, Edward Miguel, Shanker Satyanath, John Dykema, David Lobell
2010