The Institute of Empirical Research in Political Economy (IERPE or IREEP in French) was launched on January 7, 2004 by Professor Léonard Wantchékon (Princeton University). IERPE is a not-for-profit institution that specializes in training and empirical research in the evaluation of public policy. Since its inception, IERPE has steadily become a reference point in public policy research and in training at the graduate level in economics and statistics.
Recent Publications
Education and Human Capital Externalities: Evidence from Colonial Benin (with M. Klasnja, N. Novta)
Corruption and Ideology in Autocracies (with J. Hollyer)
Does Corruption Information Inspire the Fight or Squash the Hope? A Field Experiment on Voter Turnout, Choice and Party Identification (with A. Chong, A. de la O, D. Karlan)
Can Informed Public Deliberation Overcome Clientelism? Experimental Evidence from Benin (with Thomas Fujiwara)
Public Investment in Rural Infrastructure: Some Political Economy Considerations (with Moussa Blimpo and Robin Harding)
The Slave Trade and the Origins of Mistrust in Africa (with Nathan Nunn)
Working Papers
The Curse of Good Soil? Land Fertility, Roads and Rural Poverty in Africa (with Piero Stanig)
Do Electoral Handouts Affect Voting Behavior? (with Jenny Guardado)
Critical Junctures: Independence Movements and Democracy in Africa, Appendix (with Omar Garcia Ponce).