Daniel Posthumus

Daniel Posthumus

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Starting Early: Returns on Kindergarten Attendance in Indonesia

This project is my Honors Thesis in Economics that I am completing with my advisor Ranjan Shrestha at William & Mary. I examine the effects of kindergarten on short-, medium-, and long-term effects. I employ three empirical strategies: OLS estimation, mother fixed-effects, and instrumental variable (IV) estimation. I find kindergarten has mixed effects; for OLS and IV estimation, kindergarten has strong positive effects on years of education completed, school completion, and cognitive test scores. However, using mother fixed-effects, there’s no statistically significant evidence of kindergarten’s effects. I also find mixed results regarding fadeout. I am interested in extending this project after graduation to examine heterogenous effects using Bayesian methods, kindergarten’s effects on labor market outcomes, and other health, social, and economic outcomes.

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Could Putin Actually Face Accountability at the ICC

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On Feb. 28, Karim Khan, chief prosecutor at the International Criminal Court (ICC), announced his intention to investigate alleged atrocity crimes in Ukraine. He noted his interest to proceed “as rapidly as possible” and asked the international community for financial and logistical support as well as personnel to expedite and sustain his office’s work.

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The International Criminal Court is a Court of Last Resort

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As Russian forces continue their assault on Ukraine, there is growing evidence of war crimes and other atrocities in Borodyanka, Bucha, Mariupol, Kramatorsk, and elsewhere. Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy, U.S. president Joe Biden, and other world leaders have even described Russian violence as genocide. Accordingly, international courts have come into heightened focus.

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Search for Facilitator Further Delays Iowa Truth and Reconciliation Commission

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On the evening of Thursday, November 4, 2021, after the Iowa City Truth and Reconciliation Commissioners filed out of their meeting in City Hall, Commission Chair Mohamed Traore spoke with community members about school outreach. He noticed two police officers approaching. He thought that they might ask him about the Commission’s work. Or that something had happened to his family. It was neither: The officers arrested Traore.

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Teaching experience 1

Undergraduate course, University 1, Department, 2014

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Teaching experience 2

Workshop, University 1, Department, 2015

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