Harry J. Dienes
PhD Candidate, Department of Government, Cornell University
I study political economy, bureaucracies, and electoral accountability. My work combines field and survey experiments, observational causal inference, and interviews, with fieldwork in Indonesia and Ethiopia.
I hold degrees in history and economics from the University of Oxford and University College London.
Working Papers
Penalizing Personal Politicians: Experimental Evidence on Social Embeddedness and Voter Behaviour in Indonesia with Burhanuddin Muhtadi, Hui Yuan Neo, and Eitan Paul. PAP.
Individual Demand for Building State Effectiveness with Yetsedaw Emagne, Daniel Rogger, and Giulio Schinaia. World Bank Policy Research WP.
Beyond the Party: Campaign Visit Effects in Indonesia’s 2024 Election with Jahen F. Rezki, Burhanuddin Muhtadi, and Afrimadona.
Selected Works in Progress
Inspiring Management Change in Public Service with Yetsedaw Emagne, Daniel Rogger, and Giulio Schinaia. PAP.
Feeding the Future: Expectations and School Meals with Burhanuddin Muhtadi and Afrimadona.
Appointed to Govern? Democratic Consequences of Unelected Mayors with Jahen F. Rezki
When Women Win: Land Lotteries and Civic Participation in Georgia with Alexandra Cirone and Aaron Childree
Teaching
Instructor of Record
- Writing Elections Around the World (First-year seminar)
- Survey Experiments in Social Sciences
- Doing Reproducible Research
Graduate Teaching Assistant
- Introduction to Probability and Statistics
- Introduction to Comparative Politics
- Southeast Asian Politics
- America, Business and International Political Economy