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= David Yanagizawa-Drott = David Yanagizawa-Drott is an Economics professor at the University of Zurich, specializing in emerging markets and developing countries. He is actively engaged in several research networks, serving as the managing director at the Larsson-Rosenquist Foundation Center for Economics of Breastfeeding and a project leader at URPP Equality of Opportunity. He is also the co-founder of the Social Catalyst Lab, a research concept composed of teams from the University of Zurich and Harvard University, that aims to leverage Artificial Intelligence and Big data in the field of Economics.

Education and Career
anagizawa-Drott earned his Bachelor's degree in Economics and Japanese from the University of Gothenburg in 2004, followed by a Master's in Economics from the same university. He obtained his PhD in Economics at the Institute for International Economic Studies (IIES) at Stockholm University in 2010. For his thesis on the effects of propaganda during the Rwandan genocide, he was awarded the prestigious Arnberg Prize by the university.

After completing his PhD, Yanagizawa-Drott started his career as an Assistant Professor at the John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University and later became an Associate professor in 2014. He would ask to work as a visiting assistant professor at MIT. In 2016, he joined the Department of Economics at the University of Zurich as a full professor.

Research Focus
Yanagizawa-Drott's research is wide-ranging but consistently focuses on the effects of economic and social forces on public policy outcomes and societal changes in developing countries. He has conducted extensive studies on the impact of propaganda on violent conflicts, such as during the 1994 Rwanda Genocide, the role of political protests in shaping policy outcomes, and the implementation of strategies to improve health and economic conditions for impoverished households in developing countries. His applied research approach includes conducting field experiments, such as a notable project in Uganda that reduced child mortality rates significantly through a simple Community Health Worker intervention based on a social entrepreneurship model.

Currently, David Yanagizawa-Drott is a member of several research networks, including the Poverty Action Lab (J-PAL), The Bureau for Research and Economic Analysis of Development (BREAD), the European Development Research Network (EUDN), and Center for Economic Policy Research (CEPR).

Selected Works
David Yanagizawa-Drott has actively engaged in many collaborative research projects to address developmental issues and published many influential papers some of which have received attention from several international media outlets such as The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Guardian, and The Economist.

Projects and Publications

 * Working on the Satellite Sentinel project, an initiative by the filmmaker George Clooney. The project seeks to use satellite imagery to create an early warning system to prevent atrocities
 * Misperceived Social Norms: Women Working Outside the Home in Saudi Arabia (with L. Bursztyn and A. González) American Economic Review, Vol.10(10), 2020
 * Reducing Child Mortality in the Last Mile: A Randomized Social Entrepreneurship Intervention in Uganda (with M. Bjorkman-Nyqvist, A. Guariso, and J. Svensson)AEJ: Applied, July 11(3), 2019
 * Long-Range Growth: Economic Development in the Global Network of Air Links (with Filipe Campante) Quarterly Journal of Economics, August 133:3, 2018
 * Lemon Technologies and Adoption: Measurement, Theory and Evidence from Agricultural Markets in Uganda (with T. Bold, K. Kaizzi, and J. Svensson) Quarterly Journal of Economics, August 132:3, 2017
 * Government Distortion in Independently Owned Media: Evidence from U.S. Cold War News Coverage of Human Rights (with Nancy Qian) Journal of the European Economic Association, Vol.15:2, 2017
 * Media Persuasion, Ethnic Hatred and Mass Violence: A Brief Overview of Recent Advances (with Maria Petrova) Economic Aspects of Genocides, Other Mass Atrocities, and Their Preventions. July 2016, Handbook editors C.H. Anderton and J. Brauer, Oxford University Press
 * Does Religion Affect Economic Growth and Happiness? Evidence from Ramadan (with Filipe Campante) Quarterly Journal of Economics, May 130:2, 2015 [Editor’s Choice]
 * Propaganda and Conflict: Evidence from the Rwandan Genocide Quarterly Journal of Economics, November 129:4, 2014
 * Do Political Protests Matter? Evidence from the Tea Party Movement (with A. Madestam, D. Shoag, and S. Veuger) Quarterly Journal of Economics, November 128:4, 2013
 * Propaganda vs. Education: A Case Study From Rwanda Oxford Handbook of Propaganda Studies, December 2013, Handbook editors J. Auerbach and R. Castronovo, Oxford University Press
 * The Strategic Determinants of U.S. Human Rights Reporting: Evidence from the Cold War (with Nancy Qian) Journal of the European Economic Association P&P, April-May 8:2-3, 2009
 * Getting Prices Right: The Impact of the Market Information Service in Uganda (with Jakob Svensson) Journal of the European Economic Association P&P, April-May 8:2-3, 2009
 * Social Capital vs. Institutions in the Growth Process (with Pelle Ahlerup and Ola Olsson) European Journal of Political Economy, 25:1, 2009
 * Several works at The International Growth Centre, a research institution aimed at promoting sustainable growth in developing countries.


 * "Can Good Products Drive Out Bad? A Randomized Intervention of Antimalarial Medicine Market in Uganda" with Martina Bjorkman-Nyqvist and Jakob Svensson in the Journal of the European Economic Association, Vol. 20(3), 2022
 * "Misperceived Social Norms: Women Working Outside the Home in Saudi Arabia" with Leonardo Bursztyn and Alessandra Gonzalez in the American Economic Review, Vol. 10(10), 2020
 * "Reducing Child Mortality in the Last Mile: Experimental Evidence on Community Health Promoters in Uganda" with Martina Bjorkman-Nyqvist, Andrea Guariso, and Jakob Svensson in the American Economic Journal: Applied, Vol. 11(3), 2019

Media

 * Coronavirus deaths greater where Fox News viewers watched ‘Hannity’ more than Tucker Carlson, says U. of C. study Chicago Tribune
 * Measuring Ramadan New York Times
 * The costs of Ramadan need to be counted The Guardian
 * Watery tea The Economist
 * Yes, marches can make a difference. It depends on these three factors The Washington Post