Publications

Select publications and working papers from IPC faculty affiliates. The views expressed in these publications do not necessarily reflect those of the center or its affiliates.

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Working papers

Learning, salience, and voting: Evidence from criminal politicians in India

March 1, 2026
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Siddharth George (National University of Singapore), Yusuf Neggers (University of Michigan), Sarika Gupta (World Bank)
Abstract: We study how voters process information through two experiments around Indian elections. In a large-scale experiment, we show that providing voters information about candidates' criminal charges increases votes for clean candidates and redu...
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Prevalence, persistence, and severity of 12-month and 30-day DSM-5 disorders in the World Mental Health Hong Kong Study

December 1, 2025
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Corine S.M. Wong (The University of Hong Kong), et al., including William Axinn (University of Michigan)
BackgroundThe World Mental Health Hong Kong (WMHHK) Study aims to estimate 12-month and 30-day prevalence, persistence, severity, and correlates of DSM-5 anxiety, mood, and externalising disorders in Hong Kong, a densely populated city impacted by co...
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Pandemic changes in U.S. contraceptive use: National survey estimates reveal significant differences by demographic subgroups

February 1, 2025
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William Axinn (University of Michigan), Brady West (University of Michigan), Heather Schroeder (University of Michigan), Laura Lindberg (Rutgers University)
AbstractObjectivesThe COVID-19 pandemic brought multiple simultaneous consequences, with high potential to change fertility-related behaviors. We use nationally representative sex and contraceptive use event history calendar measures to demonstrate p...
Policy briefs

Social support programs reduce depression

January 1, 2024
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William Axinn (University of Michigan); Institute for Social and Environmental Research–Nepal (ISER-Nepal)
Programs may cut depression prevalence in half : The discovery that neighborhood social support programs reduce depression in their local communities is important for many reasons. First, depression is the most prevalent mental disorder, with debilit...
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Programs and policies for mental health: High-Quality data

January 1, 2024
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William Axinn (University of Michigan); Institute for Social and Environmental Research–Nepal (ISER-Nepal)
Major Depressive Disorder (MDD) is a serious and common mental disorder worldwide. Not only does MDD limit a person’s ability to function, it also worsens many other health problems. For example, people with MDD may have difficulty following treatmen...
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Nepali resilience: Nepalese mental health in an international comparison

January 1, 2024
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William Axinn (University of Michigan); Institute for Social and Environmental Research–Nepal (ISER-Nepal)
The people of Nepal experience many different sources of stress, but they have higher levels of positive mental health than those in wealthier countries. Nepali resilience is a source of both national pride and optimism, and mental health policies an...
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Women’s employment and child health

January 1, 2024
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William Axinn (University of Michigan); Institute for Social and Environmental Research–Nepal (ISER-Nepal)
Increasing female participation in paid labor and child malnutrition  The increase in female participation in the paid labor market is one of the most pronounced transitions that has occurred since the mid-1900s and is increasingly a global phenomeno...
Working papers

Updating the state: Information acquisition costs and social protection delivery

September 1, 2023
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Eric Dodge (IDinsight), Yusuf Neggers (University of Michigan), Rohini Pande (Yale University), Charity Troyer Moore (Yale University)
Abstract: Digital payment systems are frequently described as a means of expanding state capacity in lower-income countries; however, program performance gains may be weakened if digitization reduces (or leaves unchanged) program information availabl...
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Findings from the World Mental Health surveys of civil violence exposure and its association with subsequent onset and persistence of mental disorders

June 20, 2023
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William Axinn (University of Michigan), Ronny Bruffaerts (Universitair Psychiatrisch Centrum KU Leuven), Timothy Kessler (Harvard Medical School), et al.
AbstractImportance Understanding the association of civil violence with mental disorders is important for developing effective postconflict recovery policies. Objective To estimate the association between exposure to civil violence and the subsequent...
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Indian female migrants face greater barriers to post-Covid recovery than males: Evidence from a panel study

November 1, 2022
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Jenna Allard (Yale University), Maulik Jagnani (Tufts University), Yusuf Neggers (University of Michigan), Rohini Pande (Yale University), Simone Schaner (Center for Economic and Social Research), Charity Troyer Moore (Yale University)
Background: India's abrupt nationwide Covid−19 lockdown internally displaced millions of migrant workers, who returned to distant rural homes. Documenting their labour market reintegration is a critical aspect of understanding the economic costs of t...
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Haiti and the pitfalls of sharing police powers

March 21, 2022
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John D. Ciorciarci (University of Michigan)
Abstract: This article examines the benefits and pitfalls of international policing in Haiti over the past quarter century. It shows the importance of the political foundations for joint policing arrangements. Haiti's experience illustrates that inte...
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Hedging as risk management: Insights from works on alignment, riskification, and strategy

March 10, 2022
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Jürgen Haacke (London School of Economics and Political Science), John D. Ciorciari (University of Michigan)
Abstract: The concept of hedging enjoys increasing use and attention in studies of international relations, particularly with respect to secondary states in the context of great power relations and competition. Increasingly, there is a consensus that...
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Governing for revolution: Social transformation in civil war

March 5, 2021
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Megan A. Stewart (University of Michigan)
Abstract: Prevailing views suggest rebels govern to enhance their organizational capacity, but this project demonstrates that some rebels undertake costly governance projects that can imperil their cadres during war. The origins for this choice began...
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A typology of rebel political institutional arrangements

June 25, 2020
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Zachariah Mampilly (Vassar College), Megan Stewart (University of Michigan)
Abstract: What are the different political institutions rebels create to engage captive civilian populations, and how do they arrive at distinct political arrangements? Rebel-controlled territories host a diversity of political institutions ranging f...