Andreas Kotsadam

“Mining and local corruption in Sub-Saharan Africa” 

Conditionally accepted, American Journal of Political Science. Working paper. Revised Version , Online appendix. With Eivind Hammersmark Olsen, Carl Henrik Knutsen, and Tore Wig. 2016

• Cools, Sara; Flatø, Martin & Kotsadam, Andreas (2020). Rainfall shocks and intimate partner violence in sub-Saharan Africa. Journal of Peace Research.  ISSN 0022-3433.  57(3), s 377- 390 . doi: 10.1177/0022343319880252 Show summary

  Global climate change makes extreme precipitation events likely to become more frequent and intense in large parts of Africa. We study the effect of rainfall shocks on intimate partner violence in sub-Saharan Africa. The analysis shows the presence of spatial autocorrelation in rainfall shocks, which compromises the exogeneity of rainfall shocks in many applications. We correct for the autocorrelation using spatial polynomials. In particular, we use three different estimation strategies. We first use the complete cross-sectional sample to analyze whether recent droughts are correlated with respondents’ experience with intimate partner violence during the last year. We then use the nine countries with repeated surveys to construct a repeated cross-section analysis at the grid level. Finally, we use event history analysis on a time series constructed from the information provided by the abused women about when the violence first took place. We find no robust evidence that droughts increase intimate partner violence. Potential explanations are that the rainfall shocks do not affect spouses’ power, or that the slow onset of the droughts allows for a calmer response to the crisis. We contribute to the wider literature on climate and conflict as many of the mechanisms, economic and psychological, that link climate to violence apply to both intimate partner violence and organized violence.

• Isaksson, Ann-Sofie & Kotsadam, Andreas (2018). Racing to the bottom? Chinese development projects and trade union involvement in Africa. World Development.  ISSN 0305-750X.  106, s 284- 298 . doi: 10.1016/j.worlddev.2018.02.003
• Finseraas, Henning; Johnsen, Åshild Auglænd; Kotsadam, Andreas & Torsvik, Gaute (2016). Exposure to female colleagues breaks the glass ceiling— Evidence from a combined vignette and field experiment. European Economic Review.  ISSN 0014-2921.  90, s 363- 374 . doi: 10.1016/j.euroecorev.2015.11.010 Show summary

  We study discrimination among recruits in the Norwegian Armed Forces during boot camp. In a vignette experiment female candidates are perceived as less suited to be squad leaders than their identical male counterparts. Adding positive information leads to higher evaluations of the candidates, but does not reduce the amount of discrimination. However, randomized intense collaborative exposure to female colleagues reduces discriminatory attitudes: Male soldiers who were randomly assigned to share room and work in a squad with female soldiers during the recruit period do not discriminate in the vignette experiment.

• Jakobsson, Niklas; Kotsadam, Andreas; Syse, Astri & Øien, Henning (2016). Gender bias in public long-term care? A survey experiment among care managers. Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization.  ISSN 0167-2681.  131, s 126- 138 . doi: 10.1016/j.jebo.2015.09.004 Full text in Research Archive.
• Heise, Lori L & Kotsadam, Andreas (2015). Cross-national and multilevel correlates of partner violence: An analysis of data from population-based surveys. The Lancet Global Health.  ISSN 2214-109X.  3(6), s e332- e340 . doi: 10.1016/S2214-109X(15)00013-3
• Flatø, Martin & Kotsadam, Andreas (2014). Droughts and Gender Bias in Infant Mortality in Sub-Saharan Africa. Memorandum from Department of Economics, University of Oslo.  ISSN 0809-8786.  2
• Isaksson, Ann-Sofie; Kotsadam, Andreas & Nerman, Måns (2014). The Gender Gap in African Political Participation: Testing Theories of Individual and Contextual Determinants. Journal of Development Studies.  ISSN 0022-0388.  50(2), s 302- 318 . doi: 10.1080/00220388.2013.833321
• Finseraas, Henning & Kotsadam, Andreas (2013). Hvordan identifisere årsakssammenhenger i ikke-eksperimentelle data? En ikke-teknisk introduksjon. Tidsskrift for samfunnsforskning.  ISSN 0040-716X.  54(3), s 371- 387 Full text in Research Archive.
• Kotsadam, Andreas & Finseraas, Henning (2013). Causal Effects of Parental Leave on Adolescents' Household Work. Social Forces.  ISSN 0037-7732.  92(1), s 329- 351 . doi: 10.1093/sf/sot044 Full text in Research Archive.

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• Lind, Jo Thori; Bjelland, Johannes; Kotsadam, Andreas; Reme, Bjørn-Atle & Sundsøy, Pål Roe (2018). Quantifying socio-economic segregation in in large-scale social networks using mobile phone metadata (.
• Østby, Gudrun; Urdal, Henrik; Tollefsen, Andreas Forø; Kotsadam, Andreas; Belbo, Ragnhild & M. Ormhaug, Christin (2018). How Does Organized Violence Affect the Chances of Giving Birth at a Health Facility?. Conflict Trends. 8.
• Belbo, Ragnhild; Østby, Gudrun; Urdal, Henrik; Tollefsen, Andreas Forø; Kotsadam, Andreas & M. Ormhaug, Christin (2015). Armed conflict and maternal health care Micro-level evidence from Sub-Saharan Africa..
• Flatø, Martin & Kotsadam, Andreas (2015). Droughts and Gender Bias in Infant Mortality in Sub-Saharan Africa. Show summary

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• Mitra, Anirban; Jensenius, Francesca R. & Kotsadam, Andreas (2015). Do Parties Matter at the Sub-district Level of Politics? Evidence from Tehsils in Andhra Pradesh.
• Finseraas, Henning & Kotsadam, Andreas (2014). Culture and Female Labour Supply.
• Flatø, Martin & Kotsadam, Andreas (2014). Droughts and Gender Bias in Infant Mortality in Sub-Saharan Africa.
• Flatø, Martin & Kotsadam, Andreas (2014). Droughts and Gender Bias in Infant Mortality in Sub-Saharan Africa.
• Flatø, Martin & Kotsadam, Andreas (2014). Droughts and Gender Bias in Infant Mortality in Sub-Saharan Africa.
• Flatø, Martin; Kotsadam, Andreas & Cools, Sara (2014). Weather Shocks and Violence Against Women in Sub-Saharan Africa.
• Hernæs, Øystein Marianssønn; Jakobsson, Niklas & Kotsadam, Andreas (2014). Prostitution. Demand and Supply of, In Jûrgen Georg Backhaus (ed.),  Encyclopedia of Law and Economics.  Springer.  ISBN 978-1-4614-7883-6.  Kapittel.  s 1 - 6
• Kotsadam, Andreas; Almås, Ingvild & Johnsen, Åshild Auglænd (2014). Poverty in China as Seen from Outer Space. Memorandum from Department of Economics, University of Oslo. 11.
• Kotsadam, Andreas & Nerman, Måns (2014). The Effects of Gender Quotas in Latin American National Elections. University of Gothenburg, Working papers. 528. Show summary

  This study investigates the effects of gender quotas in national elections on political participation, public policy, and corruption in Latin America. We are able to replicate the findings from previous research that women in politics do affect these outcomes, but only when we treat the number of women in parliament as exogenous. We argue, however, that the introduction of gender quotas caused an – in this context – exogenous increase in women’s representation, and while we find that quotas in Latin America increased the number of women in parliament, we find no substantial effects beyond mere representation. The mechanisms for these findings are scrutinized, and we find no indications that quota women are more marginalized than other elected women in Latin American parliaments. Hence, increasing women’s representation by means of gender quotas may not result in the same outcomes as an increased representation in non-quota elections.

• Lind, Jo Thori; Kotsadam, Andreas & Modalsli, Jørgen Heibø (2014). Lessons from the early Norwegian welfare state.
• Kotsadam, Andreas & Tolonen, Anja (2013). Mineral Mining and Female Employment.

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