Research
Working papers:
- Missing Women in Colonial India
with Bishnupriya Gupta and Cora Neumann (online appendix) - Conflict and Gender Norms
with Mark Dincecco, Bishnupriya Gupta, and Anil Menon - Railways and the European Fertility Transition (slides)
with Carlo Ciccarelli and Jordi Martí-Henneberg - How Rules and Compliance Impact Organizational Outcomes: Evidence from Delegation in Environmental Regulation
with Muhammad Haseeb and Namrata Kala - The Columbian Exchange and Conflict in Asia
with Mark Dincecco and Anil Menon - Attribution Bias by Gender: Evidence from a Laboratory ExperimentLink opens in a new window
with Alessandro Castagnetti and Karmini SharmaLink opens in a new window - Economic shocks and unrest in French West AfricaLink opens in a new window
with Cornelius ChristianLink opens in a new window
Published research:
- Dust and Death: Evidence from the West African HarmattanLink opens in a new window
with Achyuta Adhvaryu, Link opens in a new windowPrashant BharadwajLink opens in a new window, Anant NyshadhamLink opens in a new window and Richard StanleyLink opens in a new window
Forthcoming, Economic Journal - Fetal Origins of Mental Health: Evidence From AfricaLink opens in a new window
with Achyuta Adhvaryu, Namrata Kala, and Anant Nyshadham
2024, Economic Development and Cultural Change - Railways, Development and Literacy in India
with Latika Chaudhary
2023, Journal of Economic History
- Tradition and Mortality: Evidence from Twin Infanticide in Africa
with Shizhuo Wang
2023, Journal of Development Economics - Conflict and the formation of political beliefs in AfricaLink opens in a new window
with Achyuta AdhvaryuLink opens in a new window
2023, Economic Development and Cultural Change - Railways and Cities in India
with Namrata Kala and Jinlin Wei
2023, Journal of Development Economics - Demographic Shocks and Women's Labor Market Participation: Evidence from the 1918 Influenza Pandemic in IndiaLink opens in a new window
with Bishnupriya Gupta and Song Yuan
2022, Journal of Economic History - Pre-Colonial Warfare and Long-Run Development in India
with Mark Dincecco, Anil Menon, and Shivaji Mukherjee
2022, Economic Journal - Linguistic Distance and Market Integration in IndiaLink opens in a new window
with Namrata KalaLink opens in a new window
2021, Journal of Economic History - Resources, Conflict, and Economic Development in Africa
with Achyuta Adhvaryu, Gaurav Khanna, and Anant Nyshadham
2021, Journal of Development Economics - The Green Revolution and Infant Mortality in India
with Prashant Bharadwaj, Rinchan Ali Mirza and Namrata Kala
2020, Journal of Health Economics - Is Africa Different? Historical Conflict and State DevelopmentLink opens in a new window
with Mark Dincecco and Massimiliano Gaetano Onorato
2019, Economic History of Developing Regions
- Early Life Circumstance and Adult Mental HealthLink opens in a new window
with Achyuta AdhvaryuLink opens in a new window and Anant NyshadhamLink opens in a new window
2019, Journal of Political Economy - Polygamy and child mortality: Historical and modern evidence from Nigeria's IgboLink opens in a new window
with Vellore ArthiLink opens in a new window
2018, Review of Economics of the Household - Oil and ethnic inequality in NigeriaLink opens in a new window
with Igor Zurimendi
2017, Journal of Economic Growth - 1807: Economic shocks, conflict and the slave tradeLink opens in a new window
with Namrata KalaLink opens in a new window
2017, Journal of Development Economics - Intra-Household Labor Allocation in Colonial NigeriaLink opens in a new window
with Vellore ArthiLink opens in a new window
2016, Explorations in Economic History - African polygamy: Past and presentLink opens in a new window
2015, Journal of Development Economics - Climate and the slave tradeLink opens in a new window
with Namrata KalaLink opens in a new window
Web AppendixLink opens in a new window
2015, Journal of Development Economics - Trees, tenure and conflict: Rubber in colonial BeninLink opens in a new window
2014, Journal of Development Economics - The battle for rubber in BeninLink opens in a new window
2014, Economic History Review - Ecology, trade, and states in pre-colonial AfricaLink opens in a new window
Web AppendixLink opens in a new window
2014, Journal of the European Economic Association - Imachi nkwu: Trade and the commonsLink opens in a new window
Sample CaseLink opens in a new window
2014, Journal of Economic History - Does land abundance explain African institutions?Link opens in a new window
Web AppendixLink opens in a new window, MatchesLink opens in a new window
2013, Economic Journal - Revealed preference tests of the Cournot modelLink opens in a new window
with Andrés CarvajalLink opens in a new window, Rahul DebLink opens in a new window, and John QuahLink opens in a new window
2013, Econometrica - "Rubber will not keep in this country": Failed development in Benin, 1897-1921Link opens in a new window
2013, Explorations in Economic History - Partition, migration, and jute cultivation in IndiaLink opens in a new window
with Prashant BharadwajLink opens in a new window
2012, Journal of Development Studies - Land abundance and economic institutions: Egba land and slavery, 1830-1914Link opens in a new window
2012, Economic History Review - Land tenure and investment incentives: Evidence from West AfricaLink opens in a new window
Web AppendixLink opens in a new window, CorrectionLink opens in a new window
2011, Journal of Development Economics - L'Étranger: Link opens in a new windowStatus, property rights, and investment incentives in Cote d'IvoireLink opens in a new window
2010, Land Economics
Other publications:
- An adaptation of the narrow corridorLink opens in a new window
2023, Journal of Public Finance and Public Choice
Review essay - Monsoon EconomiesLink opens in a new window
2022, Economic History Review
Book review - Freedom's DebtorsLink opens in a new window
2019, Journal of Economic History
Book review - Environmental Economic HistoryLink opens in a new window
with Namrata KalaLink opens in a new window
2017, The Long Economic and Political Shadow of History
Literature review - Economic Growth and Measurement ReconsideredLink opens in a new window
2016, Journal of Economic History
Book review - A nonparametric analysis of multi-product oligopoliesLink opens in a new window
with Andrés CarvajalLink opens in a new window, Rahul DebLink opens in a new window, and John QuahLink opens in a new window
2014, Economic Theory - Debt and Slavery in the Mediterranean and Atlantic WorldsLink opens in a new window
2014, Journal of Economic History
Book review - History, historians and development policy: A necessary dialogueLink opens in a new window
2012, Economic History Review
Book review - Property rights in rural West Africa: Causes and consequencesLink opens in a new window
2011, Journal of Economic History
Dissertation summary - The causal history of Africa: A response to HopkinsLink opens in a new window
2010, Economic History of Developing Regions
Literature review, responding to an articleLink opens in a new window by HopkinsLink opens in a new window
Comments by HopkinsLink opens in a new window and JervenLink opens in a new window, and my replyLink opens in a new window.