{"id":1488,"date":"2013-08-29T16:59:59","date_gmt":"2013-08-29T20:59:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cyrussamii.com\/?page_id=1488"},"modified":"2025-11-07T19:56:33","modified_gmt":"2025-11-08T00:56:33","slug":"research","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/cyrussamii.com\/?page_id=1488","title":{"rendered":"CV &#038; Research"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>CV: <a href=\"https:\/\/cyrussamii.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/samii-cv-2025-11.pdf\">[PDF]<\/a><\/h3>\n<p><!----Next-----------------><br \/>\n<!----Section-----------------><\/p>\n<h3>Quantitative Methods Research<\/h3>\n<p><!----Next-----------------><br \/>\n<!----Section-----------------><\/p>\n<h4> Journal Articles &amp; Chapters<\/h4>\n<p>Samii, Cyrus; Ye Wang &amp; Junlong Zhou. (2025). &#8220;Generalizing Trimming Bounds for Endogenously Missing Outcome Data Using Random Forests.&#8221; <i>Political Analysis<\/i> (forthcoming) <a href=\"https:\/\/arxiv.org\/abs\/2309.08985\">[arxiv]<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/zjl0714\/CTB\/tree\/main\/CTTB\">[R package on GitHub]<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Wang, Ye; Cyrus Samii; Haoge Chang &amp; PM Aronow. (2025). &#8220;Design-Based Inference for Spatial Experiments Under Unknown Interference.&#8221; <i> Annals of Applied Statistics 19<\/i>(1):744-768. <a href=\"https:\/\/arxiv.org\/abs\/2010.13599\">[arxiv]<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/YeWang1576\/SpatialEffectPackage\">[R package on GitHub]<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Zonszein, Stephanie; PM Aronow &amp; Cyrus Samii. (2025). &#8220;Estimating Causal Effects in Experiments with Network Spillovers.&#8221; In Taha Yasseri, ed., <i>Handbook of Computational Social Science<\/i>. Cheltenham: Edward Elgar Publishers. <a href=\"https:\/\/cyrussamii.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/BK-EEP-Chp16.pdf\">[pdf]<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Samii, Cyrus. (2024). &#8220;Methodologies for &#8216;Political Science as Problem Solving.'&#8221; In Janet Box-Steffensmeier, Valeria Sinclair-Chapman, and Dino Christenson, eds. <i>Oxford Handbook of Methodological Pluralism.<\/i> Oxford: Oxford University Press. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dropbox.com\/s\/3r07v8u5sebc3vv\/samii-polisci_problem_solving-2023-07-01.pdf?raw=1\">[preprint]<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dropbox.com\/scl\/fi\/p9qky6o3i79muc5eb0p2z\/problem-solving-ssrc-2024-03-14.pdf?rlkey=c9zqzvt32892pq3rp1j3s8g7x&#038;raw=1\">[slides]<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Cyrus Samii; Ye Wang; Jonathan A. Sullivan &amp; PM Aronow. (2022). &#8220;Inference in Spatial Experiments with Interference Using the <i>SpatialEffect<\/i> Package.&#8221; <i> Journal of Agricultural, Biological, and Environmental Statistics <\/i> 28(1):138-156. <a href=\"https:\/\/arxiv.org\/abs\/2106.15081\">[arxiv]<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/YeWang1576\/SpatialEffectPackage\">[R package on GitHub]<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Dehejia, Rajeev; Cristian Pop-Eleches &amp; Cyrus Samii. (2021). &#8220;From Local to Global: External Validity in a Fertility Natural Experiment.&#8221; <i>Journal of Business and Economic Statistics.<\/i> 39(1):217-243. <a href=\"https:\/\/arxiv.org\/abs\/1906.08096\">[arxiv]<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Aronow, PM; Dean Eckles, Cyrus Samii &amp; Stephanie Zonszein. (2020). &#8220;Spillover Effects in Experimental Data.&#8221; In James Druckman &amp; Donald Green, Eds. <i>Advances in Experimental Political Science<\/i>. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. <a href=\"https:\/\/arxiv.org\/abs\/2001.05444\">[arxiv]<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/szonszein\/interference\">[R package on GitHub]<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Samii, Cyrus. (2020). &#8220;Reasons for Policy Experimentation that Have<br \/>\nNothing to Do with Selection Bias.&#8221; <i>World Development<\/i> 127(C) (symposium on randomized controlled trials in development). <a href=\"https:\/\/cyrussamii.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/samii-2020-policy-experiments-wd.pdf\">[pdf]<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Aronow, PM &amp; Cyrus Samii. (2017). &#8220;Estimating Average Causal Effects Under General Interference.&#8221; <i>Annals of Applied Statistics<\/i> 11(4):1912-1947. <a href=\"http:\/\/arxiv.org\/abs\/1305.6156\">[arxiv]<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/szonszein\/interference\">[R package with Stephanie Zonszein available on GitHub]<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Bisbee, James; Rajeev Dehejia; Cristian Pop-Eleches &amp; Cyrus Samii. (2017). &#8220;Local Instruments, Global Extrapolation: External Validity of the Labor Supply-Fertility Local Average Treatment Effect.&#8221; <i>Journal of Labor Economics<\/i> 35(S1):S99-S147. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nber.org\/papers\/w21663.pdf\">[NBER]<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Samii, Cyrus; Laura Paler &amp; Sarah Daly. (2017). &#8220;Retrospective Causal Inference with Machine Learning Ensembles: An Application to Anti-Recidivism Policies in Colombia.&#8221; <i>Political Analysis<\/i> 24(4):434-456. <a href=\"http:\/\/arxiv.org\/abs\/1607.03026\">[pre-print]<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/dataverse.harvard.edu\/dataset.xhtml?persistentId=doi:10.7910\/DVN\/QXCFO2\">[data &amp; code]<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Samii, Cyrus. (2016). &#8220;Causal Empiricism in Quantitative Research.&#8221; <i>Journal of Politics<\/i> 78(3):941\u2013955. <a href=\"http:\/\/papers.ssrn.com\/sol3\/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2776850\">[pre-print]<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/dx.doi.org\/10.7910\/DVN\/UCTOWN\">[data]<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Aronow, PM &amp; Cyrus Samii. (2016). &#8220;Does Regression<br \/>\nProduce Representative Estimates of Causal Effects?&#8221; <i>American Journal of Political Science 60<\/i> (1):250-267. <a href=\"http:\/\/papers.ssrn.com\/sol3\/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2224964\">[pre-print]<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/dx.doi.org\/10.7910\/DVN\/29098\">[data &amp; code]<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/cyrussamii.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/aronow-samii-correction.pdf\">[erratum]<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Aronow, PM; Cyrus Samii &amp; Valentina Assenova. (2015). &#8220;Cluster Robust Variance Estimation for Dyadic Data.&#8221; <i>Political Analysis 23 <\/i> (4): 564-577. <a href=\"http:\/\/arxiv.org\/abs\/1312.3398\">[pre-print]<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/dataverse.harvard.edu\/dataset.xhtml?persistentId=doi:10.7910\/DVN\/OMJYE5\">[data &amp; code]<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/cfbalcazar\/dyadclust\">[Felipe Balcazar&#8217;s Stata implementation]<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/jbisbee1\/dyadRobust\">[Jim Bisbee &amp; Pedro Rodriguez&#8217;s R implementation]<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Aronow, PM &amp; Cyrus Samii. (2013). &#8220;Conservative Variance Estimation for Sampling Designs with Zero Pairwise Inclusion Probabilities.&#8221; <i>Survey Methodology 39<\/i>(1):231-241. <a href=\"https:\/\/cyrussamii.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/conservative_variance_zero_pairwise-8-27-2012-v2.pdf\">[pre-print] <\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/cyrussamii.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/smj_suppl.pdf\">[supplement]<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Samii, Cyrus &amp; PM Aronow. (2012). &#8220;On Equivalencies Between Design-Based and Regression-Based Variance Estimators for Randomized Experiments&#8221;  <i>Statistics and Probability Letters 82<\/i>(2):365-370.  <a href=\"https:\/\/cyrussamii.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/samii_aronow_equivalencies_white.pdf\">[pdf]<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Samii, Cyrus. (2012). &#8220;Review of Steven K. Thompson, <i> Sampling, Third Edition<\/i>.&#8221; <i>Journal of Official Statistics 28<\/i>(3):466-468.<\/p>\n<p>Samii, Cyrus. (2011). &#8220;Missing Data.&#8221; In Bertrand Badie, Dirk Berg-Schlosser, and Leonardo Molino, eds., <i>International Encyclopedia of Political Science.<\/i> Thousand Oaks: Sage.  <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sagepub.com\/press\/2011\/august\/SAGE_intlEncyclopediaofPS.sp\">[link]<\/a><\/p>\n<p><!----Next-----------------><br \/>\n<!----Section-----------------><\/p>\n<h4> Software<\/h4>\n<p>Wang, Ye; Cyrus Samii &#038; Junlong Aaron Zhou. (2025) CTTB: Estimate Aggregated and Conditional Trimming Bounds Using Information from Covariates. R Package Version 0.1. <a href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/zjl0714\/CTB\/tree\/main\/CTTB\">[R package on GitHub]<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Wang, Ye; PM Aronow &amp; Cyrus Samii. (2020) <i>SpatialEffect<\/i>: An R package for Design-Based Inference for Spatial Effects.\u201d R Package Version 0.1. <a href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/YeWang1576\/SpatialEffectPackage\">[R package on GitHub]<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Zonszein, Stephanie; Peter M. Aronow &amp; Cyrus Samii. (2020). <i>interference<\/i>: An R Package for Design-Based Estimation of Spillover Effects.&#8221; <i>R Package Version 0.1<\/i>. <a href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/szonszein\/interference\">[available on GitHub]<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Aronow, PM. &amp; Cyrus Samii. (2012). &#8220;ri: R package for performing randomization-based inference for experiments.&#8221; <i>R package version 0.9<\/i>. <a href=\"http:\/\/cran.r-project.org\/web\/packages\/ri\/\">http:\/\/cran.r-project.org\/web\/packages\/ri\/<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><!----Next-----------------><br \/>\n<!----Section-----------------><\/p>\n<h4> Working Papers &amp; In Progress<\/h4>\n<p>Gordon, Sanford C.; Cyrus Samii &amp; Zhihao Su. (2025). &#8220;Data-NoMAD: A Tool for Boosting Confidence in the Integrity of Social Science Survey Data.&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/arxiv.org\/abs\/2501.14651\">[arxiv]<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Wilke, Anna &amp; Cyrus Samii. (2025). &#8220;Reasons for Research Design Diversification in Coordinated Experiments.&#8221; Prepared for <i>PS: Political Science and Politics<\/i> symposium on &#8220;Data Harmonization in Political Science and Related Fields: Innovations, Challenges, and Visions for the Future.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Wilke, Anna &amp; Cyrus Samii. (2025). &#8220;To Harmonize or Not? Research Design for Cross-Context Learning.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Fu, Jiawei; Cyrus Samii &amp; Ye Wang. (2025). &#8220;Inference for Group Interaction Experiments.&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/cyrussamii.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/fu-samii-wang-group.pdf\">[slides]<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Gechter, Michael; Cyrus Samii; Rajeev Dehejia &amp; Cristian Pop-Eleches (2018). &#8220;Evaluating Ex Ante Counterfactual Predictions Using Ex Post Causal Inference.&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/arxiv.org\/abs\/1806.07016\">[arxiv]<\/a> (NB: results provisional.)<\/p>\n<h4> Resting Papers<\/h4>\n<p>Zhou, Junlong; Michael Gechter &amp; Cyrus Samii. (2022). &#8220;Learning Practical Policies for Populations with Implementation Costs.&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/cyrussamii.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Optimal_Coarsening.pdf\">[pdf]<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Burde, Dana; Joel Middleton; Cyrus Samii &amp; Ye Wang. (2022). &#8220;How to Account for Alternatives When Comparing Effects: Revisiting &#8216;Bringing Education to Afghan Girls&#8217;.&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/arxiv.org\/abs\/2106.15076\">[arxiv]<\/a><\/p>\n<p><!----Next-----------------><br \/>\n<!----Section-----------------><\/p>\n<h3>Political Economy and Behavioral Research<\/h3>\n<p><!----Next-----------------><br \/>\n<!----Section-----------------><\/p>\n<h4>Books &amp; Edited Volumes<\/h4>\n<p>King, Elisabeth &amp; Cyrus Samii. (2020) <i> Diversity, Violence and Recognition: How Recognizing Ethnic Identity Promotes Peace.<\/i> Oxford: Oxford University Press. <a href=\"https:\/\/global.oup.com\/academic\/product\/diversity-violence-and-recognition-9780197509463\">[link]<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.diversity-violence-recognition.com\/\">[website]<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Sidhu, WPS, Busra Asif &amp; Cyrus Samii, Eds. (2006). <i>Kashmir: New Voices, New Approaches.<\/i>  Boulder: Lynne Rienner Publishers. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rienner.com\/title\/Kashmir_New_Voices_New_Approaches\">[link]<\/a><\/p>\n<p><!----Next-----------------><br \/>\n<!----Section-----------------><\/p>\n<h4>Journal Articles &amp; Chapters<\/h4>\n<p>Burde, Dana; Joel Middleton; Roxanne Rahnama &amp; Cyrus Samii. (2025). &#8220;Can Communities Take Charge? A Randomized Controlled Trial on Sustaining Schools in Afghanistan.&#8221; <i>Journal of Politics<\/i> (forthcoming). <a href=\"https:\/\/cyrussamii.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Afghanistan_Sustainability_Paper-2023-02-15.pdf\">[pdf]<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dropbox.com\/s\/1z88lkpn1xoiqzt\/SAMII%20NYU%202023-03.pdf?raw=1\">[slides]<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Henn, Soeren; Laura Paler; Wilson Prichard; Cyrus Samii &amp; Raul Sanchez de la Sierra. (2025). &#8220;Seeing like a Citizen: Experimental Evidence on How Empowerment Affects Engagement with the State.&#8221; <i>American Journal of Political Science<\/i> (forthcoming).<\/p>\n<p>Samii, Cyrus. (2025). &#8220;Revisiting Community-Driven Reconstruction in Fragile States.&#8221; In Patricia Justino, ed., <i> Institutional Legacies of Violent Conflict.<\/i> Oxford: Oxford University Press. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wider.unu.edu\/publication\/revisiting-community-driven-reconstruction-fragile-states\">[UNU-WIDER Working Paper Series]<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Christensen, Darin; Alexandra Hartman; Cyrus Samii &amp; Alessandro Toppeta. (2025). &#8220;Interest-based Negotiation over Natural Resources: Experimental Evidence from Liberia.&#8221; <i>Journal of the European Economic Association<\/i> (forthcoming).<\/p>\n<p>Asimovic, Nejla; Ruth Ditlmann &amp; Cyrus Samii. (2024). &#8220;Estimating the effect of intergroup contact over years: Evidence from a youth program in Israel.&#8221; <i>Political Science Research and Methods 12<\/i>(3):475-493.<\/p>\n<p>Sullivan, Jonathan A.; Cyrus Samii; Dan G. Brown; Francis Moyo &amp; Arun Agrawal. (2023). &#8220;Large-scale Land Acquisitions Exacerbate Land Inequality in Tanzania.&#8221; <i> Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 120<\/i>(32), e2207398120.<\/p>\n<p>Curiel, Maria Ignacia; Cyrus Samii &amp; Mateo Vasquez-Cortes. (2023). &#8220;Democratic Integration of Former Insurgents: Evidence from a Civic Inclusion Campaign in Colombia.&#8221;  <i>Journal of Politics 85<\/i>(3):919-932. <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.7910\/DVN\/QR1EIR\">[data]<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Gilligan, Michael J; Prabin Khadka &amp; Cyrus Samii. (2022). &#8220;Intrinsic Social Incentives in State and Non-State Armed Groups.&#8221; <i>American Political Science Review 117<\/i>(1):22-41. <a href=\"https:\/\/secureservercdn.net\/45.40.148.147\/w1v.805.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/gilligan-khadka-samii-2022-social-incentives.pdf?time=1646392578\">[pre-print]<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/dataverse.harvard.edu\/dataset.xhtml?persistentId=doi:10.7910\/DVN\/RCT2YX\">[data]<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Slough, Tara; et al. (19 coauthors) (2021). &#8220;Adoption of Community Monitoring Improves Common Pool Resource Management Across Contexts.&#8221; <i> Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 118<\/i>(29):e2015367118. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pnas.org\/doi\/10.1073\/pnas.2015367118\">[open access]<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Christensen, Darin; Alexandra Hartman &amp; Cyrus Samii. (2021). &#8220;Citizen Monitoring Promotes Informed and Inclusive Forest Governance in Liberia.&#8221; <i> Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 118<\/i>(29):e2015169118. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pnas.org\/doi\/10.1073\/pnas.2015169118\">[open access]<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Christensen, Darin; Alexandra Hartman &amp; Cyrus Samii. (2021). &#8220;Legibility and External Investment: An Institutional Natural Experiment in Liberia.&#8221; <i>International Organization 74<\/i>(4): 1087-1108. <a href=\"https:\/\/cyrussamii.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/christensen-etal-liberia-legibility.pdf\">[pre-print]<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Aaronson, Daniel; Rajeev Dehejia; Andrew Jordan; Cristian Pop-Eleches; Cyrus Samii &amp; Karl Schulz. (2021). &#8220;The Effect of Fertility on Labor Supply over the Last Two Centuries.&#8221; <i>Economic Journal 131<\/i>(633): 1\u201332. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nber.org\/papers\/w23717\">[nber]<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Mvukiyehe, Eric &amp; Cyrus Samii. (2021). &#8220;Peacekeeping and Development in Fragile States: Micro-Level Evidence from Liberia.&#8221; <i>Journal of Peace Research 58<\/i>(3):368-383. <a href=\"https:\/\/cyrussamii.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Mvukiyehe-Samii-peacekeeping-and-development-maintext-final.pdf\">[pre-print]<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Samii, Cyrus &amp; Emily West. (2021). &#8220;Repressed Productive Potential and Revolt: Insights from an Insurgency in Burundi.&#8221; <i>Political Science Research and Methods 9<\/i>:106-121. <a href=\"https:\/\/cyrussamii.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/samii-west-bdi-revolt-preprint.pdf\">[pre-print]<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/dataverse.harvard.edu\/dataset.xhtml?persistentId=doi:10.7910\/DVN\/JGU9X5\">[data]<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Daly, Sarah Zukerman; Laura Paler &amp; Cyrus Samii. (2020). &#8220;Wartime Networks and the Social Logic of Crime.&#8221; <i>Journal of Peace Research 57<\/i>(4):536-550. <a href=\"https:\/\/cyrussamii.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/daly-etal-2020-main.pdf\">[pre-print]<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/cyrussamii.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/daly-etal-2020-appendix.pdf\">[appendix with model]<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.prio.org\/utility\/DownloadFile.ashx?id=173&amp;type=replicationfile\">[data]<\/a><\/p>\n<p>King, Elisabeth &amp; Cyrus Samii. (2018).  &#8220;Minorities and Mistrust: On the Adoption of Ethnic Recognition to Manage Conflict.&#8221; <i>Journal of Peace Research<\/i> 55(3): 289-304. <a href=\"https:\/\/cyrussamii.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/KingSamii_MinoritiesMistrust2017.pdf\">[pre-print]<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/cyrussamii.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/revised-appendix_r2.pdf\">[appendix with model]<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/journals.sagepub.com\/doi\/suppl\/10.1177\/0022343317707803\">[data]<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Carnegie, Allison &amp; Cyrus Samii. (2017). &#8220;International Institutions and Political Liberalization: Evidence from the World Bank Loans Program.&#8221; <i>British Journal of Political Science<\/i> (forthcoming). <a href=\"https:\/\/ssrn.com\/abstract=2896204\">[pre-print]<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/dataverse.harvard.edu\/dataset.xhtml?persistentId=doi:10.7910\/DVN\/ORDLXK\">[data]<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Mvukiyehe, Eric &amp; Cyrus Samii. (2017). &#8220;Promoting Democracy in Fragile States: Insights from a Field Experiment in Liberia.&#8221; <i>World Development<\/i> 95(1):254-267. <a href=\"https:\/\/cyrussamii.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/mvukiyehe-samii-democ-liberia-2017-01-14-preprint.pdf\">[pre-print &amp; appendix with model]<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Ditlmann, Ruth; Cyrus Samii &amp; Thomas Zeitzoff. (2017). &#8220;Addressing Violent Inter-Group Conflict from the Bottom Up?&#8221; <i>Social Issues and Policy Review<\/i> 11(1):38-77. <a href=\"https:\/\/spssi.onlinelibrary.wiley.com\/doi\/pdf\/10.1111\/sipr.12027\">[pdf]<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Ditlmann, Ruth &amp; Cyrus Samii. (2016). &#8220;Can Intergroup Contact Affect In-group Dynamics? Insights from a Field Study with Jewish and Arab-Palestinian Youth in Israel.&#8221;  <i>Peace and Conflict<\/i> 22(4):380-392. <a href=\"https:\/\/cyrussamii.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/ditlmann-samii-pac-preprint-2016-08-10.pdf\">[pre-print]<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Lawry, Steven; Cyrus Samii, Ruth Hall, Aaron Leopold, Donna Hornby &amp; Farai Mtero. (2016). &#8220;The Impact of Property Rights Interventions on Investment and Agricultural Productivity in Developing Countries: A Systematic Review.&#8221; <i>Journal of Development Effectiveness<\/i> 9(1):61-81. <a href=\"https:\/\/cyrussamii.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/lawry-etal-2016-land-tenure-review.pdf\" rel=\"\">[pdf]<\/a><\/p>\n<p>King, Elisabeth &amp; Cyrus Samii. (2014). &#8220;Fast Track Institution Building in Conflict Affected Countries?  Insights from Recent Field Experiments.&#8221;  <i>World Development 64<\/i>:740-754. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sciencedirect.com\/science\/article\/pii\/S0305750X1400196X\">[ungated link]<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Gilligan, Michael, Benjamin Pasquale &amp; Cyrus Samii. (2014). &#8220;Civil War and Social Cohesion: Lab-in-the-Field Evidence from Nepal.&#8221; <i>American Journal of Political Science 58<\/i>(3):604-619. <a href=\"https:\/\/cyrussamii.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/nep_con_social_ajps_accepted130711.pdf\">[pre-print]<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/cyrussamii.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/nep_con_social_ajps_accepted130711_supporting_information.pdf\">[supplement]<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/thedata.harvard.edu\/dvn\/faces\/study\/StudyPage.xhtml?globalId=hdl:1902.1\/21961\">[data]<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Samii, Cyrus. (2014). &#8220;Military Integration in Burundi.&#8221; In Roy Licklider, Ed. <i> New Armies from Old: Military Integration after Civil War.<\/i> Washington, DC: Georgetown University Press. <a href=\"https:\/\/cyrussamii.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/samii_burundi_ssr100608.pdf\">[pre-print]<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Samii, Cyrus. (2013). &#8220;Perils or Promise of Ethnic Integration: Evidence from a Hard Case in Burundi.&#8221; <i>American Political Science Review 107<\/i>(3):558-573. <a href=\"http:\/\/ssrn.com\/abstract=2198358\">[pre-print]<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/dx.doi.org\/10.7910\/DVN\/23402\">[data]<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Samii, Cyrus. (2013). &#8220;Who Wants to Forgive and Forget? Transitional Justice Preferences in Post-war Burundi.&#8221; <i>Journal of Peace Research 50<\/i>(2):219-233. <a href=\"http:\/\/ssrn.com\/abstract=2198360\">[pre-print]<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/jpr.sagepub.com\/content\/50\/2\/219\/suppl\/DC1\">[data]<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Gilligan, Michael, Eric Mvukiyehe &amp; Cyrus Samii. (2013). &#8220;Reintegrating Rebels into Civilian Life: Quasi-experimental Evidence from Burundi.&#8221; <i>Journal of Conflict Resolution 57<\/i>(4):598-626. <a href=\"https:\/\/cyrussamii.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/gilligan_etal2012.pdf\">[pdf]<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/jcr.sagepub.com\/content\/early\/2012\/06\/25\/0022002712448908\/suppl\/DC1\">[data]<\/a><\/p>\n<p>King, Elisabeth, Cyrus Samii, &amp; Birte Snilstveit. (2010).  &#8220;Interventions to Promote Social Cohesion in Sub-Saharan Africa.&#8221; <i> Journal of Development Effectiveness<\/i>. 2(3):336-370, 2010. <a href=\"https:\/\/cyrussamii.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/king_etal2010_jdefffinal.pdf\">[pdf]<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Samii, Cyrus. (2006). &#8220;Seizing the Moment in Kashmir.&#8221; <i>SAIS Review 26<\/i>(1):65-78. <a href=\"http:\/\/muse.jhu.edu\/journals\/sais_review\/v026\/26.1samii.html\">[link]<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Samii, Cyrus. (2006). &#8220;Conclusion: Managing Nuclear Threats After Iraq.&#8221; In WPS Sidhu &amp; Ramesh Thakur, eds., <i>Arms Control After Iraq.<\/i> Tokyo: UN University Press, 2006.<\/p>\n<p>Cockayne, James &amp; Cyrus Samii. (2006). &#8220;UN Reform: Structural and Normative Challenges,&#8221; with James Cockayne. In Ramesh Thakur &amp; WPS Sidhu, eds., <i>The Iraq Crisis and World Order.<\/i> Tokyo: UN University Press.<\/p>\n<p>Sidhu, WPS &amp; Cyrus Samii. (2003). &#8220;Strengthening Regional Approaches to Peace Operations,&#8221; with W.P.S. Sidhu. In Michael Pugh &amp; WPS Sidhu, eds., <i>The UN and Regional Security: Europe and Beyond.<\/i> Boulder: Lynne Rienner.<\/p>\n<p><!----Next-----------------><br \/>\n<!----Section-----------------><\/p>\n<h4> Working Papers &amp; In Progress<\/h4>\n<p>Bado, Arsene Brice ; Yapo Felix Boa; Horace Gninafon; Paul Kawale; Fortunate Machingura; Cyrus Samii; Samba Corr Sarr; Mame Mor Anta Syll; Mavuto Thomas &#038;amp Maarten Voors. (2025). \u201cPersonal Engagement Increases Vaccine Trust Among Africa\u2019s Vaccine-Hesitant: The Health Ambassadors Cluster RCT.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Setrini, Gustavo; Cynthia Gonzalez; Cyrus Samii &amp; Antonella Bandiera. (2025). &#8220;Microcorporatism and Local Development: A Participatory Planning Experiment in Rural Paraguay.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Burde, Dana; Rena Deitz; Joel Middleton &amp; Cyrus Samii. (2025). &#8220;Can Foreign Aid Boost State Legitimacy During Conflict? Experimental Evidence from Education Aid in Afghanistan.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Curiel, Maria Ignacia; Cyrus Samii &amp; Mateo Vasquez-Cortes. (2025). &#8220;Understanding the Political Stigmatization of Rebel Parties.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Vining, Peter; Michael Gillian &amp; Cyrus Samii. (2024). &#8220;Climates Against Violent Extremism: A Randomized Controlled Trial with University Students in Bangladesh.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Touola Meda, Francis &amp; Cyrus Samii. (2022). &#8220;Strategies for Overcoming Ethnic \u2018Politics of Fear\u2019.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Bandiera, Antonella; Dongil Lee; Francis Touola Meda &amp; Cyrus Samii. (2022). &#8220;Empowering the People: How to Promote Responsiveness to the Poor?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Kelcey, Jo; Amy Kapit; Joel Middleton; Cyrus Samii &amp; Dana Burde. (2021). &#8220;Community Based Education and the Struggle to Support Post-Conflict Statebuilding in Afghanistan: Lessons for non-state Service Providers.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><!----Next-----------------><br \/>\n<!----Section-----------------><\/p>\n<h3>Commissioned Policy Reports<\/h3>\n<p>Burde, Dana; Heddy Lahmann; Rena Deitz; Hamidullah Gharibzada; Abdul Hamid Hatsaandh; Mohammad Jawed Nazari &amp; Cyrus Samii. (2024). Expanding Access to Quality Education in Afghanistan. New York and London: Steinhardt School, New York University, and LAPIS Group. <a href=\"https:\/\/education.lapis-group.com\/senf\/?_gl=1%2A1d16fru%2A_ga%2AODM1NzUzODU0LjE3MzE1MjYwNTc.%2A_ga_Q9DF6EYSR7%2AMTczODI3MzA2OS4yLjAuMTczODI3MzA2OS4wLjAuMA..\">[project site]<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Vining, Peter; Cyrus Samii &amp; Michael Gilligan. (2021). <i>Impact Evaluation of the Obirodh \u2013 Road to Tolerance Youth Leadership Training Program in Bangladeshi Universities.<\/i> Washington, DC: NORC for USAID. <a href=\"https:\/\/pdf.usaid.gov\/pdf_docs\/PA00XM6F.pdf\">[pdf]<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Setrini, Gustavo; Cyrus Samii &amp; Cynthia Gonzalez. (2020). <i>Impact Evaluation of the Democracy, Rights, and Governance Components of USAID\/Paraguay\u2019s Inclusive Value Chains Project.<\/i> Washington, DC: NORC for USAID. <a href=\"https:\/\/cyrussamii.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/pa00wgw1.pdf\">[pdf]<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Burde, Dana; Joel Middleton &amp; Cyrus Samii. (2019). <i>The Assessment of Learning Outcomes and Social Effects of Community-Based Education: A Randomized Field Experiment in Afghanistan, Phase Two Outcomes Report.<\/i> New York: Steinhardt School, New York University. <a href=\"https:\/\/research.steinhardt.nyu.edu\/scmsAdmin\/media\/users\/ds5910\/ALSE_PHASE_II_ENDLINE_REPORT_Final-compressed.pdf\">[pdf]<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Burde, Dana; Joel Middleton &amp; Cyrus Samii. (2017). <i>The Assessment of Learning Outcomes and Social Effects of Community-Based Education: A Randomized Field Experiment in Afghanistan, Phase Two Baseline Report<\/i>. New York: Steinhardt School, New York University. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.alseproject.com\/uploads\/4\/7\/7\/3\/47739169\/alse_phase_ii_baseline_report.pdf\">[pdf]<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Paler, Laura; Wilson Prichard, Cyrus Samii &amp; Raul Sanchez de la Sierra. (2017). <i> Survey on Total Tax Burden in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.<\/i> London: UKAID\/DFID. <a href=\"https:\/\/cyrussamii.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/DFID_DRC_FinalReport_Final.pdf\">[pdf]<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Burde, Dana; Joel Middleton &amp; Cyrus Samii. (2016). <i>The Assessment of Learning Outcomes and Social Effects of Community-Based Education: A Randomized Field Experiment in Afghanistan, Phase One Outcomes Report.<\/i> New York: Steinhardt School, New York University. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dropbox.com\/s\/noec3jfkb9zpvp2\/ALSE%20Phase%20One%20Outcome%20Report.pdf?raw=1\">[pdf]<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Burde, Dana; Joel Middleton &amp; Cyrus Samii. (2016). <i>The Assessment of Learning Outcomes and Social Effects of Community-Based Education: A Randomized Field Experiment in Afghanistan, Baseline Report.<\/i> New York: Steinhardt School, New York University. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dropbox.com\/s\/ygdwv0zs8nf6c89\/Baseline%20Report_FINAL.pdf?raw=1\">[pdf]<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Burde, Dana; Joel Middleton &amp; Cyrus Samii. (2015). <i>Community-Based Schools and Institutionalized Access to Education in Rural Afghanistan.<\/i> New York: Steinhardt School, New York University. <a href=\"https:\/\/cyrussamii.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/PACEA-report-for-DANIDA-2015-04-30-FINAL.pdf\">[pdf]<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Paler, Laura; Cyrus Samii, Matthew Lisiecki &amp; Adrian Morel. (2015). <i>Social and Environmental Effects of the Community Rangers Program in Aceh.<\/i> Washington and Jakarta: The World Bank. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dropbox.com\/s\/an92nry8lzc9var\/PNPM_CRP_final%20report.pdf?raw=1\">[pdf]<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/dx.doi.org\/10.7910\/DVN\/SEG0O8\">[appendix]<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Samii, Cyrus; Matthew Lisiecki, Parahsar Kulkarni, Laura Paler &amp; Larry Chavis. (2014). &#8220;Effects of Payments for Environmental Services and Decentralized Forest Management on Deforestation and Poverty in Low and Middle Income Countries: A Systematic Review.&#8221;  <i>International Initiative for Impact Evaluation, Campbell Collaboration International Development, and Collaboration for Environmental Evidence Systematic Reviews 10<\/i>(10 &amp; 11). <a href=\"http:\/\/campbellcollaboration.org\/lib\/project\/348\/\">[link: PES]<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/campbellcollaboration.org\/lib\/project\/265\/\">[link: DFM]<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Lawry, Steven; Cyrus Samii, Ruth Hall, Aaron Leopold, Donna Hornby &amp; Farai Mtero. (2013). &#8220;The Impact of Property Rights Interventions on Investment and Agricultural Productivity in Developing Countries: A Systematic Review.&#8221; <i>International Initiative for Impact Evaluation and Campbell Collaboration International Development Systematic Reviews 10<\/i>(1). <a href=\"http:\/\/campbellcollaboration.org\/lib\/project\/220\/\">[link]<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Samii, Cyrus; Annette Brown &amp; Monika Kulma. (2012).  &#8220;Evaluating Stabilization Interventions.&#8221; International Initative for Impact Evaluation (3ie) White Paper. <a href=\"https:\/\/cyrussamii.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/evaluating_stabilization_interventions_120816shortenedb.pdf\">[pdf]<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Samii, Cyrus. (2012). &#8220;Evaluation.&#8221; In Adam Smith &amp; Arthur Boutellis, Eds. <i>The Management Handbook: A Practical Guide for Managers in UN Field Missions<\/i>. New York: International Peace Institute.  <a href=\"https:\/\/cyrussamii.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/samii_eval_chapter101220.pdf\">[pre-print]<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Mvukiyehe, Eric &amp; Cyrus Samii. (2010). &#8220;Quantitative Impact Evaluation of the United Nations Mission in Liberia&#8221; (with Eric Mvukiyehe).  Submitted to UN Office for Internal Oversight Services, February 2010.  <a href=\"https:\/\/cyrussamii.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/unmil_final100209.pdf\">[pdf]<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/cyrussamii.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/lib2008_appendix081114.pdf\">[appendix]<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Mvukiyehe, Eric &amp; Cyrus Samii. (2009). &#8220;Laying a Foundation for Peace? Micro-Impacts of Peacekeeping in Cote d&#8217;Ivoire.&#8221; Submitted to UN Office for Internal Oversight Services, September 2009. <a href=\"https:\/\/cyrussamii.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/ics2008_report081218.pdf\">[pdf]<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/cyrussamii.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/ics2008_appendix081218.pdf\">[appendix]<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Samii, Cyrus. (2009). &#8220;Who Wants to Forgive and Forget?: Civilian Attitudes Toward Post-conflict Justice and Truth in Burundi.&#8221; Report submitted to actors and agencies engaged in the Burundi transitional justice public consultations process.  April 2009. <a href=\"https:\/\/cyrussamii.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/samii09_bdi_justice_verite090929.pdf\">[pdf-english]<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/cyrussamii.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/samii09_bdi_justice_verite_FR090929.pdf\">[pdf-french]<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Bartoli, Andrea &amp; Cyrus Samii. (2006). Review of UN Capacities for the Prevention of Armed Conflict (contributor).  Basis of Report of Secretary-General, UN document A\/60\/891, July 2006.<\/p>\n<p>Samii, Cyrus. (2005). &#8220;Developing Peace Partnerships in Africa.&#8221;  Backgrounder and report for International Peace Institute, Vienna Seminar on Peacekeeping Operations.  <a href=\"https:\/\/cyrussamii.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/Partnerships_Vienna2005backgrounder.pdf\">[backgrounder]<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/cyrussamii.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/Partnerships_Vienna2005report.pdf\">[pdf]<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Samii, Cyrus. (2004). &#8220;Peace Operations in Africa.&#8221; Report for International Peace Institute, Vienna Seminar on Peacekeeping Operations. <a href=\"https:\/\/cyrussamii.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/Peaceops_Vienna2004report.pdf\">[pdf]<\/a><\/p>\n<p><!----End-----------------><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>CV: [PDF] Quantitative Methods Research Journal Articles &amp; Chapters Samii, Cyrus; Ye Wang &amp; Junlong Zhou. (2025). &#8220;Generalizing Trimming Bounds for Endogenously Missing Outcome Data Using Random Forests.&#8221; Political Analysis (forthcoming) [arxiv] [R package on GitHub] Wang, Ye; Cyrus Samii; Haoge Chang &amp; PM Aronow. 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