Domestic violence generates long-term effects on offenders, victims, and other household members. Insight into triggers of family violence can inform policy and improve services aimed at reducing abusive behavior. We investigate potential domestic violence triggers by analyzing unexpected losses...

The HIV/AIDS pandemic has caused numerous deaths. One consequence of this is the prevalence of orphanhood. We investigate whether individuals who were orphaned as a child suffer long-term consequences through an underinvestment in social capital. We conduct a lab-in-the-field experiment in rural...

We ask whether access to microfinance loans by the poor has a spillover effect on their pro-social behaviors. An experimental field study in southern, Uganda is conducted using free riding in public goods contributions as an assessment. We document higher levels of contributions by those who...

The use of a taser by law enforcement can substitute for either a gun (a more-violent technology) or a mildly-violent technology (such as pepper spray or hands-on tactics). Which is used affects both the severity of harm when used and the amount of resistance, which affects how often it must be...