About

Edward Miguel is the Oxfam Professor of Environmental and Resource Economics in the Department of Economics at the University of California, Berkeley. His professional title indicates a focus on environmental and resource economics, suggesting his research and academic contributions are centered on economic issues related to the environment and natural resources. The information provided lists him among the Senate Faculty at the Goldman School of Public Policy, highlighting his role within the academic community at UC Berkeley. Beyond his title and departmental affiliation, no additional details about his research focus, background, or key contributions are provided in the text.

Research topics

• Economics
• Political Science
• Engineering
• Public economics
• Computer Science
• Econometrics
• Geography
• Economic growth
• Medicine
• Macroeconomics
• Internet privacy
• Public relations
• Marketing
• Labour economics
• Data science
• Agricultural economics
• Psychology
• Environmental health
• Development economics
• Business
• Monetary economics
• Law
• Demographic economics
• Virology

Selected publications

• Replication package for: "General Equilibrium Effects of Cash Transfers: Experimental Evidence from Kenya"

  Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research) · 2026-04-21

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  This repository contains data and code for the paper "General Equilibrium Effects of Cash Transfers: Experimental Evidence from Kenya", by Dennis Egger, Johannes Haushofer, Edward Miguel, Paul Niehaus and Michael Walker (2022), Econometrica. These materials have been updated to reflect the corrigendum published in 2026 in Econometrica.

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• Replication package for: "General Equilibrium Effects of Cash Transfers: Experimental Evidence from Kenya"

  Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research) · 2026-04-21

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  This repository contains data and code for the paper "General Equilibrium Effects of Cash Transfers: Experimental Evidence from Kenya", by Dennis Egger, Johannes Haushofer, Edward Miguel, Paul Niehaus and Michael Walker (2022), Econometrica. These materials have been updated to reflect the corrigendum published in 2026 in Econometrica.

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• Reproducibility and robustness of economics and political science research

  Nature · 2026-04-01 · 5 citations

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• Publisher Correction: Reproducibility and robustness of economics and political science research

  Nature · 2026-04-23

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• Housing Subsidies for Refugees: Experimental Evidence on Life Outcomes and Social Integration in Jordan

  SSRN Electronic Journal · 2025-01-01

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• Characterization of University Hazing in 74 Brazilian Medical Schools and the Development and Validation of the University Hazing Self-Report Scale (UNI-Hazing)

  European Psychiatry · 2025-04-01

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  Introduction University hazing is a common practice that impacts students’ mental health and well-being, especially in medical schools. Despite its common occurrence, there is a lack of reliable tools to assess hazing experiences and perceptions among students. Objectives This study aimed to evaluate hazing experiences, attitudes, and impacts and to develop and validate the University Hazing Self-Report Scale (UNI-Hazing) among Brazilian medical students. Methods This was a cross-sectional study conducted among Brazilian medical students. The UNI-Hazing scale was developed as a four-part questionnaire designed to assess personal experiences with hazing, students’ opinions, and its perceived impact on their well-being. Participants also completed a sociodemographic questionnaire and established scales including the Johns Hopkins Learning Environment Scale (JHLES), the Medical Student Stress Factor Scale (MSSF), the Generalized Anxiety Disorder 7-item (GAD-7), and the Patient Health Questionnaire-9 (PHQ-9). We conducted exploratory factor analysis to uncover latent factors and assessed internal consistency, test-retest reliability, and convergent validity. Results 1,017 medical students from 74 universities across Brazil participated in the study. While the majority of students did not report being victims or witnesses of hazing, certain hazing behaviors, such as body painting and forced solicitation for money, were relatively common. Hazing incidents most frequently occurred at parties, followed by sports associations and fraternities, with fewer on-campus incidents. Students largely held negative views on hazing. Factor analysis revealed three subscales within UNI-Hazing: “Social Pressure and Institutional Responsibility”, “Emotional Harm and Ethical Concerns” and “Physical Hazing and Power Dynamics”. The scale demonstrated strong internal consistency (Cronbach’s alpha: 0.93, 95% CI: 0.92–0.93) and test-retest reliability (Pearson correlation coefficients: 0.44–0.84). Correlations with the external scales supported the scale’s validity, showing positive correlations with MSSF, GAD-7, and PHQ-9, reflecting the psychological impacts of hazing, and negative correlations with JHLES, indicating that as hazing experiences increase, positive life experiences may decrease. Conclusions The UNI-Hazing scale is a reliable and valid measure for assessing hazing experiences and perceptions among medical students in Brazil. The findings highlight the need for universities to implement anti-hazing policies and support systems for students impacted by hazing practices. Disclosure of Interest None Declared

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• Housing Subsidies for Refugees: Experimental Evidence on Life Outcomes and Social Integration in Jordan

  Washington, DC: World Bank eBooks · 2025-01-22

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  Refugees require assistance for basic needs like housing but local host communities may feel excluded from that assistance, potentially affecting community relations. This study experimentally evaluates the effect of a housing assistance program for Syrian refugees in Jordan on both the recipients and their neighbors. The program offered full rental subsidies and landlord incentives for housing improvements, but saw only moderate uptake, in part due to landlord reluctance. The program improved short-run housing quality and lowered housing expenditures, but did not yield sustained economic benefits, partly due to redistribution of aid. The program unexpectedly led to a deterioration in child socio-emotional well-being, and also strained relations between Jordanian neighbors and refugees. In all, housing subsidies had limited measurable benefits for refugee well-being while worsening social cohesion, highlighting the possible need for alternative forms of aid.

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• Targeting Impact versus Deprivation

  American Economic Review · 2025-05-30 · 5 citations

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  A large literature has examined how best to target antipoverty programs to those most deprived in some sense (e.g., consumption). We examine the potential trade-off between this objective and targeting those most impacted by such programs. We work in the context of an NGO cash transfer program in Kenya, employing recent advances in machine learning methods and dynamic outcome data to learn proxy means tests that jointly target both objectives. Targeting solely on the basis of deprivation is not attractive in this setting under standard social welfare criteria unless the planner’s preferences are extremely redistributive. (JEL C45, D63, I31, I38, L31, O15)

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• Parent psychological well-being, home learning environment, and child development among Kenyan families

  Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology · 2025-02-13 · 1 citations

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• Can Cash Transfers Save Lives? Evidence from a Large-Scale Experiment in Kenya

  National Bureau of Economic Research · 2025-08-01 · 5 citations

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Recent grants

• The Impact of Vocational Education on Incomes, Health and Wellbeing in Kenya

  NIH · $150k · 2010–2013

• Intergenerational Impacts of Health Investments

  NIH · $2.9M · 2017–2023

• Health/Human Capital Investimates- Long-term impact: Randomized Experiments Kenya

  NIH · $4.6M · 2005–2017

• Designing a System for Improved Null Results Tracking: Berkeley, CA - December 2019

  NSF · $30k · 2019–2020

• Health, Education, and Economic Development

  NSF · $241k · 2004–2008

Frequent coauthors

• Michal Bauer

  1184 shared

• Julie Chytilová

  1173 shared

• Joseph Henrich

  Harvard University

  1157 shared

• Tamar Mitts

  Columbia University

  1155 shared

• Christopher Blattman

  University of Chicago

  849 shared

• Kjetil Bjorvatn

  540 shared

• Bertil Tungodden

  538 shared

• Lars Ivar Oppedal Berge

  Norwegian School of Economics

  538 shared

Labs

• GSPP Student GroupsPI

Education

• Ph.D., Economics

  Harvard University

  2000

• M.A., Economics

  Harvard University

  1998

• S.B., Mathematics

  Massachusetts Institute of Technology

  1996

• S.B., Economics

  Massachusetts Institute of Technology

  1996

Awards & honors

• 2024 Frisch Medal by the Econometric Society
• 2005 Alfred P. Sloan Fellowship
• 2005 Kenneth J. Arrow Prize by the International Health Econ…
• 2002 Berkeley Hellman Fellow
• 2020 Member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences