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Blattman has used field experiments to argue that poor and unemployed young people in low-income countries tend to invest cash in small enterprises and thus raise their incomes. He advocated for cash transfers to the poor in a 2014 op-ed in
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Sebastian Martinez. "Generating skilled self-employment in developing countries: Experimental evidence from Uganda." The Quarterly Journal of Economics 129, no. 2 (2014):
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Bauer, Michal, Christopher
Blattman, Julie Chytilová, Joseph Henrich, Edward Miguel, and Tamar Mitts. "Can war foster cooperation?." Journal of Economic Perspectives 30, no. 3 (2016): 249-74.
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Canadian-American economist and political scientist working on conflict, crime, and international development. He is the Ramalee E. Pearson Professor of Global Conflict Studies at the
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Bazzi, Samuel, and
Christopher Blattman. "Economic shocks and conflict: Evidence from commodity prices." American Economic Journal: Macroeconomics 6, no. 4 (2014): 1-38.
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Blattman, Christopher. "From violence to voting: War and political participation in Uganda." American political
Science review 103, no. 2 (2009): 231-247.
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Blattman, Christopher, and
Jeannie Annan. "The consequences of child soldiering." The review of economics and statistics 92, no. 4 (2010): 882-898.
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in 2012, where he became an associate professor of international affairs and political science in July 2014. He moved to The
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Blattman, Christopher, and Edward Miguel. "Civil war." Journal of
Economic literature 48, no. 1 (2010): 3-57.
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Blattman, Christopher; Niehaus, Paul (May–June 2014).
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Why We Fight: The Roots of War and the Paths to Peace
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magazine article. This work has also been covered by
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Why We Fight: The Roots of War and the Paths to Peace
518:"The Best and Simplest Way to Fight Global Poverty"
537:"The Undercover Economist: How to give money away"
590:Roser, Max; Ortiz-Ospina, Esteban (2013-05-25).
323:""Why We Fight" investigates the origins of war"
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658:"Best wishes to the Blattman/Annan family"
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634:"Should you be an accountant?"
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381:"J-PAL Chris Blattman Profile"
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