(May 2026) - This study examines how digital incentives influence survey participation and engagement in a large randomized controlled trial of parents across six school districts. We test how incenti...

Twenty years after the Lord's Resistance Army conflict ended in northern Uganda, women who were abducted as children during the war and subsequently released show significantly higher rates of depression and perceived stress, reduced social support, and heightened stress reactivity. In striking contrast, standard economic measures suggest rough parity with non-abducted peers. Recovery from conflict cannot be measured in income alone.

Between 1986 and 2006, the Lord's Resistance Army abducted an estimated 50,000 to 80,000 children in Northern Uganda. Boys were forced into combat. Girls faced sexual violence and forced labor. More t...

Two decades after the LRA left northern Uganda, its legacy of abduction lives on in the daily emotional experiences of the girls–now women– that they abducted. Addressing that legacy requires policy c...