J Andrew Harris
Biographic Data
| ID | 3628520 |
|---|---|
| NAME | J Andrew Harris |
| GIVEN NAMES | J Andrew |
| FAMILY NAME | Harris |
| SIGNATURE | HARRIS J A |
| AFFILIATIONS | New York University Abu Dhabi |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-7441-3578 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 10 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 102 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 10 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2015 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2023 |
| H-INDEX | 5 |
Empowering women or increasing response bias? Experimental evidence from Congo
Women’s empowerment interventions are an important component of many development programs; surveys are a popular tool to measure how such programs affect gender-related attitudes. We consider how differences in gender response bias between the treatment and control groups complicate the use of attitudinal questions to evaluate women’s empowerment interventions. We examine data from two experiments: a randomized development program aimed to empowe…
Diversity and liberalisation reforms: Evidence from the University of Nairobi
Does decentralization encourage pro-poor targeting? Evidence from Kenya’s constituencies development fund
Ethnic Bias in Judicial Decision Making: Evidence from Criminal Appeals in Kenya
Understanding sources of judicial bias is essential for establishing due process. To date, theories of judicial decision making are rooted in ranked societies with majority-minority group cleavages, leaving unanswered which groups are more prone to express bias and whether it is motivated by in-group favoritism or out-group hostility. We examine judicial bias in Kenya, a diverse society that features a more complex ethnic landscape. While researc…
Electoral Administration in Fledgling Democracies: Experimental Evidence from Kenya
We examine the effects of national voter registration policies on voting and registration patterns with a large-scale experimental study. Together with Kenya's electoral commission, we designed an experiment in which 1,674 communities were randomized to a status quo or treatment group, receiving civic education on voter registration, short message service reminders about registration opportunities, and/or local registration visits by election com…
Election Administration, Resource Allocation, and Turnout: Evidence From Kenya
Decisions about how to organize and run an election can shape political participation. Policy choices may distribute election resources unequally, skewing voting outcomes. In low- and middle-income countries where electoral capacity and resources are scarce and decision-making highly centralized, election administration has the potential to shape results on a large scale. In the context of Kenya’s August 2017 elections, I study the consequences o…
Hidden in plain sight? Irregularities on statutory forms and electoral fraud
Security in the absence of a state: Traditional authority, livestock trading, and maritime piracy in northern Somalia
Without a strong state, how do institutions emerge to limit the impact of one group’s predation on another’s economic activities? Motivated by the case of northern Somalia, we develop a model that highlights the monitoring challenges that groups face in making cooperation self-enforcing, and two key factors that influence their likelihood of overcoming this challenge: the ratio of economic interests across productive and predatory sectors, and th…
(Under What Conditions) Do Politicians Reward Their Supporters? Evidence from Kenya's Constituencies Development Fund
We leverage innovative spatial modeling techniques and data on the precise geo-locations of more than 32,000 Constituency Development Fund (CDF) projects in Kenya to test whether Members of Parliament (MPs) reward their supporters. We find only weak evidence that MPs channel projects disproportionately to areas inhabited by their political allies, once we control for other factors that affect where projects are placed, such as population density,…
What's in a Name? A Method for Extracting Information about Ethnicity from Names
Questions about racial or ethnic group identity feature centrally in many social science theories, but detailed data on ethnic composition are often difficult to obtain, out of date, or otherwise unavailable. The proliferation of publicly available geocoded person names provides one potential source of such data'if researchers can effectively link names and group identity. This article examines that linkage and presents a methodology for estimati…
(Under What Conditions) Do Politicians Reward Their Supporters? Evidence from Kenya's Constituencies Development Fund
We leverage innovative spatial modeling techniques and data on the precise geo-locations of more than 32,000 Constituency Development Fund (CDF) projects in Kenya to test whether Members of Parliament (MPs) reward their supporters. We find only weak evidence that MPs channel projects disproportionately to areas inhabited by their political allies, once we control for other factors that affect where projects are placed, such as population density,…
What's in a Name? A Method for Extracting Information about Ethnicity from Names
Questions about racial or ethnic group identity feature centrally in many social science theories, but detailed data on ethnic composition are often difficult to obtain, out of date, or otherwise unavailable. The proliferation of publicly available geocoded person names provides one potential source of such data'if researchers can effectively link names and group identity. This article examines that linkage and presents a methodology for estimati…
Ethnic Bias in Judicial Decision Making: Evidence from Criminal Appeals in Kenya
Understanding sources of judicial bias is essential for establishing due process. To date, theories of judicial decision making are rooted in ranked societies with majority-minority group cleavages, leaving unanswered which groups are more prone to express bias and whether it is motivated by in-group favoritism or out-group hostility. We examine judicial bias in Kenya, a diverse society that features a more complex ethnic landscape. While researc…
Election Administration, Resource Allocation, and Turnout: Evidence From Kenya
Decisions about how to organize and run an election can shape political participation. Policy choices may distribute election resources unequally, skewing voting outcomes. In low- and middle-income countries where electoral capacity and resources are scarce and decision-making highly centralized, election administration has the potential to shape results on a large scale. In the context of Kenya’s August 2017 elections, I study the consequences o…
Electoral Administration in Fledgling Democracies: Experimental Evidence from Kenya
We examine the effects of national voter registration policies on voting and registration patterns with a large-scale experimental study. Together with Kenya's electoral commission, we designed an experiment in which 1,674 communities were randomized to a status quo or treatment group, receiving civic education on voter registration, short message service reminders about registration opportunities, and/or local registration visits by election com…
Does decentralization encourage pro-poor targeting? Evidence from Kenya’s constituencies development fund
Security in the absence of a state: Traditional authority, livestock trading, and maritime piracy in northern Somalia
Without a strong state, how do institutions emerge to limit the impact of one group’s predation on another’s economic activities? Motivated by the case of northern Somalia, we develop a model that highlights the monitoring challenges that groups face in making cooperation self-enforcing, and two key factors that influence their likelihood of overcoming this challenge: the ratio of economic interests across productive and predatory sectors, and th…
Empowering women or increasing response bias? Experimental evidence from Congo
Women’s empowerment interventions are an important component of many development programs; surveys are a popular tool to measure how such programs affect gender-related attitudes. We consider how differences in gender response bias between the treatment and control groups complicate the use of attitudinal questions to evaluate women’s empowerment interventions. We examine data from two experiments: a randomized development program aimed to empowe…
Hidden in plain sight? Irregularities on statutory forms and electoral fraud
What's in a Name? A Method for Extracting Information about Ethnicity from Names
Questions about racial or ethnic group identity feature centrally in many social science theories, but detailed data on ethnic composition are often difficult to obtain, out of date, or otherwise unavailable. The proliferation of publicly available geocoded person names provides one potential source of such data'if researchers can effectively link names and group identity. This article examines that linkage and presents a methodology for estimati…
(Under What Conditions) Do Politicians Reward Their Supporters? Evidence from Kenya's Constituencies Development Fund
We leverage innovative spatial modeling techniques and data on the precise geo-locations of more than 32,000 Constituency Development Fund (CDF) projects in Kenya to test whether Members of Parliament (MPs) reward their supporters. We find only weak evidence that MPs channel projects disproportionately to areas inhabited by their political allies, once we control for other factors that affect where projects are placed, such as population density,…
Security in the absence of a state: Traditional authority, livestock trading, and maritime piracy in northern Somalia
Without a strong state, how do institutions emerge to limit the impact of one group’s predation on another’s economic activities? Motivated by the case of northern Somalia, we develop a model that highlights the monitoring challenges that groups face in making cooperation self-enforcing, and two key factors that influence their likelihood of overcoming this challenge: the ratio of economic interests across productive and predatory sectors, and th…
Electoral Administration in Fledgling Democracies: Experimental Evidence from Kenya
We examine the effects of national voter registration policies on voting and registration patterns with a large-scale experimental study. Together with Kenya's electoral commission, we designed an experiment in which 1,674 communities were randomized to a status quo or treatment group, receiving civic education on voter registration, short message service reminders about registration opportunities, and/or local registration visits by election com…
Election Administration, Resource Allocation, and Turnout: Evidence From Kenya
Decisions about how to organize and run an election can shape political participation. Policy choices may distribute election resources unequally, skewing voting outcomes. In low- and middle-income countries where electoral capacity and resources are scarce and decision-making highly centralized, election administration has the potential to shape results on a large scale. In the context of Kenya’s August 2017 elections, I study the consequences o…
Hidden in plain sight? Irregularities on statutory forms and electoral fraud
Diversity and liberalisation reforms: Evidence from the University of Nairobi
Does decentralization encourage pro-poor targeting? Evidence from Kenya’s constituencies development fund
Ethnic Bias in Judicial Decision Making: Evidence from Criminal Appeals in Kenya
Understanding sources of judicial bias is essential for establishing due process. To date, theories of judicial decision making are rooted in ranked societies with majority-minority group cleavages, leaving unanswered which groups are more prone to express bias and whether it is motivated by in-group favoritism or out-group hostility. We examine judicial bias in Kenya, a diverse society that features a more complex ethnic landscape. While researc…
Empowering women or increasing response bias? Experimental evidence from Congo
Women’s empowerment interventions are an important component of many development programs; surveys are a popular tool to measure how such programs affect gender-related attitudes. We consider how differences in gender response bias between the treatment and control groups complicate the use of attitudinal questions to evaluate women’s empowerment interventions. We examine data from two experiments: a randomized development program aimed to empowe…
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