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Working Papers

2021

1. Violence in the Viking World: New Bioarchaeological Evidence
   Working Papers, European Historical Economics Society (EHES)

2020

2. Educational Gender Inequality in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Long-term Perspective
   African Economic History Working Paper, African Economic History Network View citations (2)
   See also Journal Article in Population and Development Review (2021)
3. Inequality, Low-Intensity Immigration and Human Capital Formation in the Regions of Chile, 1820-1939
   CESifo Working Paper Series, CESifo
   See also Journal Article in Economics & Human Biology (2021)

2019

4. Elite Violence and Elite Numeracy in Europe from 500 to 1900 CE: A Co-Evolution?
   CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers View citations (1)

2018

5. Female autonomy generates superstars in long-term development: Evidence from 15th to 19th century Europe
   CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers View citations (1)

2017

6. European Trade, Colonialism and Human Capital Accumulation in Senegal, Gambia and Western Mali, 1770 - 1900
   CESifo Working Paper Series, CESifo View citations (1)
7. Silver, Murder, and Institutions: Did the "Curse of Resources" impact on Homicide Rates? Global evidence since 1890
   CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers

2016

8. A Curse of ‘Point Source’ Resources?: Cash Crops and Numeracy on the Philippines 19th-20th Century
   Discussion paper series, Hitotsubashi Institute for Advanced Study, Hitotsubashi University
9. The Evolution of Human Capital in Africa, 1730 -1970: A Colonial Legacy?
   CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers View citations (5)

2015

10. Does Compulsory Licensing Discourage Invention? Evidence From German Patents After WWI
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (1)

2014

11. A golden age before serfdom? The human capital of Central-Eastern and Eastern Europe in the 17th-19th centuries
    MPIDR Working Papers, Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research, Rostock, Germany
12. Impoverished, but Numerate? Early Numeracy in East Asia (1550–1800) and its Impact on 20th and 21st Century Economic Growth
    CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers

2013

13. Back to the 'normal' level of human-capital driven growth? A note on early numeracy in Korea, China and Japan, 1550 - 1800
    University of Tübingen Working Papers in Business and Economics, University of Tuebingen, Faculty of Economics and Social Sciences, School of Business and Economics View citations (1)
14. Heights and Development in a Cash-Crop Colony: Living Standards in Ghana, 1870-1980
    African Economic History Working Paper, African Economic History Network View citations (7)

2012

15. Brain Drain in the Age of Mass Migration: Does Relative Inequality Explain Migrant Selectivity?
    CESifo Working Paper Series, CESifo View citations (29)
    See also Journal Article in Explorations in Economic History (2012)
16. Farmer Families at the Heart of the Educational Revolution: Which Occupational Group Inherited Human Capital in the Early Modern Era?
    Working Papers, European Historical Economics Society (EHES) View citations (1)
    Also in CEH Discussion Papers, Centre for Economic History, Research School of Economics, Australian National University (2012) View citations (4)
17. On the human capital of Inca Indios before and after the Spanish conquest: Was there a "pre-colonial legacy"?
    University of Tübingen Working Papers in Business and Economics, University of Tuebingen, Faculty of Economics and Social Sciences, School of Business and Economics
    See also Journal Article in Explorations in Economic History (2013)
18. Slave numeracy in the Cape Colony and comparative development in the eighteenth century
    Working Papers, Economic Research Southern Africa
19. The human capital of Central-Eastern and Eastern Europe in European perspective
    MPIDR Working Papers, Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research, Rostock, Germany View citations (1)
20. Women Count: Gender (in-)equalities in the human capital development in Asia, 1900-60
    University of Tübingen Working Papers in Business and Economics, University of Tuebingen, Faculty of Economics and Social Sciences, School of Business and Economics View citations (5)

2011

21. Growth effects of 19th century mass migrations: "Fome Zero" for Brazil
    University of Tübingen Working Papers in Business and Economics, University of Tuebingen, Faculty of Economics and Social Sciences, School of Business and Economics View citations (4)
22. On the status and the future of economic history in the world
    MPRA Paper, University Library of Munich, Germany View citations (2)
23. Poor, hungry and ignorant: Numeracy and the impact of high food prices in industrializing Britain, 1780-1850
    Economics Working Papers, Department of Economics and Business, Universitat Pompeu Fabra View citations (4)
24. Regional Inequality in Human Capital Formation in Europe, 1790 - 1880
    Working Papers, Association Française de Cliométrie (AFC) View citations (20)
25. The Changing Shape of Global Inequality - exploring a new dataset
    Working Papers, Utrecht University, Centre for Global Economic History View citations (22)

2010

26. Long-Term Economic Growth and the Standard of Living in Indonesia
    ANU Working Papers in Economics and Econometrics, Australian National University, College of Business and Economics, School of Economics View citations (3)

2009

27. Evolution of living standards and human capital in China in 18-20th century: evidences from real wage and anthropometrics
    Economic History Working Papers, London School of Economics and Political Science, Department of Economic History View citations (1)
28. Quantifying Quantitative Literacy: Age Heaping and the History of Human Capital
    CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers View citations (101)
    Also in Economics Working Papers, Department of Economics and Business, Universitat Pompeu Fabra (2006) View citations (16)
    See also Journal Article in The Journal of Economic History (2009)

2008

29. Global Trends in Numeracy 1820-1949 and its Implications for Long-Run Growth
    CESifo Working Paper Series, CESifo View citations (13)
30. Tall and Shrinking Muslims, Short and Growing Europeans: The Long-Run Welfare Development of the Middle East, 1840-1980
    Working Papers, Economic History Society
31. Trends of Children’s Height and Parental Unemployment: A Large-Scale Anthropometric Study on Eastern Germany, 1994 – 2006
    CESifo Working Paper Series, CESifo

2007

32. Book production and the onset of modern economic growth
    Economics Working Papers, Department of Economics and Business, Universitat Pompeu Fabra View citations (14)
    See also Journal Article in Journal of Economic Growth (2008)
33. Exploring the evolution of living standards in Ghana, 1880- 2000: An anthropometric approach
    Working Papers, Economic History Society View citations (5)
34. Growth accounting in items of turbulence and death: efficiency, technology, capital accumulation and human capital 1929-1950
    Economics Working Papers, Department of Economics and Business, Universitat Pompeu Fabra

2003

35. Creating Firms for a New Century: Determinants for Firm Creation around 1900
    IAW Discussion Papers, Institut für Angewandte Wirtschaftsforschung (IAW)
    Also in CESifo Working Paper Series, CESifo (2003)
    See also Journal Article in European Review of Economic History (2003)
36. Looking Backward and Looking Forward: Anthropometric Research and the Development of Social Science History
    Discussion Papers in Economics, University of Munich, Department of Economics View citations (9)
37. Market integration and disintegration of Poland and Gemany [Germany] in the 18th century
    Tübinger Diskussionsbeiträge, University of Tübingen, School of Business and Economics View citations (1)
38. The biological standard of living in Europe during the last two millennia
    Tübinger Diskussionsbeiträge, University of Tübingen, School of Business and Economics View citations (14)
    See also Journal Article in European Review of Economic History (2005)

2002

39. Autarchy, Market Disintegration, and Health: The Mortality and Nutritional Crisis in Nazi Germany, 1933-1937
    CESifo Working Paper Series, CESifo View citations (2)
    See also Journal Article in Economics & Human Biology (2003)
40. Did Partial Globalization Increase Inequality? Did Inequality Stimulate Globalization Backlash? The case of the Latin American Periphery, 1950-80
    CESifo Working Paper Series, CESifo

2001

41. Expansion und Überleben von Unternehmen in der Ersten Phase der Globalisierung
    Tübinger Diskussionsbeiträge, University of Tübingen, School of Business and Economics View citations (2)
42. Grain Price Fluctuations and Witch Hunting in Bavaria
    Working Papers, Business School - Economics, University of Glasgow View citations (1)
43. Große und kleine Unternehmen in der Krise von 1900 - 1902
    Tübinger Diskussionsbeiträge, University of Tübingen, School of Business and Economics View citations (2)
44. Neue Quellen für die unternehmenshistorische Analyse
    Tübinger Diskussionsbeiträge, University of Tübingen, School of Business and Economics View citations (2)
45. Produktivitätsvorteil in kleinen und mittelgroßen Industrieunternehmen, Sicherheit in Großunternehmen? Die Gesamtfaktorproduktivität um 1900
    Tübinger Diskussionsbeiträge, University of Tübingen, School of Business and Economics View citations (3)

Journal Articles

2021

1. Educational Gender Inequality in Sub‐Saharan Africa: A Long‐Term Perspective
   Population and Development Review, 2021, 47, (3), 813-849
   See also Working Paper (2020)
2. Elite violence and elite numeracy in Europe from 500 to 1900 CE: roots of the divergence
   Cliometrica, Journal of Historical Economics and Econometric History, 2021, 15, (2), 319-389
   Also in Cliometrica, 1-71
   Cliometrica, 2021, 15, (2), 319-389 (2021) View citations (3)
3. Inequality, low-intensity immigration and human capital formation in the regions of Chile, 1820-1939
   Economics & Human Biology, 2021, 43, (C)
   See also Working Paper (2020)
4. Numeracy development in Africa: New evidence from a long-term perspective (1730–1970)
   Journal of Development Economics, 2021, 150, (C)
5. Territorial state capacity and elite violence from the 6th to the 19th century
   European Journal of Political Economy, 2021, 70, (C)
6. The influence of colonialism on Africa's welfare: An anthropometric study
   Journal of Comparative Economics, 2021, 49, (3), 751-775 View citations (1)

2020

7. NUMERACY OF RELIGIOUS MINORITIES IN SPAIN AND PORTUGAL DURING THE INQUISITION ERA
   Revista de Historia Económica / Journal of Iberian and Latin American Economic History, 2020, 38, (1), 147-184

2019

8. Height development of men and women from China, South Korea, and Taiwan during the rapid economic transformation period of the 1960s–1980s
   Economics & Human Biology, 2019, 34, (C), 169-180 View citations (4)
9. Valkyries: Was gender equality high in the Scandinavian periphery since Viking times? Evidence from enamel hypoplasia and height ratios
   Economics & Human Biology, 2019, 34, (C), 181-193 View citations (1)

2018

10. Geography, land inequality and regional numeracy in Europe in historical perspective
    Journal of Economic Growth, 2018, 23, (1), 79-109 View citations (15)
11. Global Inequality: A New Approach for the Age of Globalization. By Branko Milanovic. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 2016. Pp. 320. $29.95, hardcover
    The Journal of Economic History, 2018, 78, (1), 316-318

2017

12. Compulsory licensing and innovation – Historical evidence from German patents after WWI
    Journal of Development Economics, 2017, 126, (C), 231-242 View citations (8)
13. Economics, human biology and inequality: A review of “puzzles” and recent contributions from a Deatonian perspective
    Economics & Human Biology, 2017, 25, (C), 3-8 View citations (3)
14. European Trade, Colonialism, and Human Capital Accumulation in Senegal, Gambia and Western Mali, 1770–1900
    The Journal of Economic History, 2017, 77, (3), 920-951 View citations (1)
15. Farmers at the heart of the ‘human capital revolution’? Decomposing the numeracy increase in early modern Europe
    Economic History Review, 2017, 70, (3), 779-809 View citations (4)
16. “Girl Power” in Eastern Europe? The human capital development of Central-Eastern and Eastern Europe in the seventeenth to nineteenth centuries and its determinants
    European Review of Economic History, 2017, 21, (1), 29-63 View citations (9)

2015

17. Numeracy of Africans, Asians, and Europeans during the early modern period: new evidence from Cape Colony court registers
    Economic History Review, 2015, 68, (2), 632-656 View citations (11)
18. Social and intertemporal differences of basic numeracy in Pannonia (first century BCE to third century CE)
    Scandinavian Economic History Review, 2015, 63, (2), 110-134 View citations (3)

2014

19. A story of large landowners and math skills: Inequality and human capital formation in long-run development, 1820–2000
    Journal of Comparative Economics, 2014, 42, (2), 375-401 View citations (15)
20. Numeracy and the Impact of High Food Prices in Industrializing Britain, 1780–1850
    The Review of Economics and Statistics, 2014, 96, (3), 418-430 View citations (27)
21. The Changing Shape of Global Inequality 1820–2000; Exploring a New Dataset
    Review of Income and Wealth, 2014, 60, (2), 279-297 View citations (30)
22. Why are you tall while others are short? Agricultural production and other proximate determinants of global heights
    European Review of Economic History, 2014, 18, (2), 144-165 View citations (33)

2013

23. Big is beautiful ? La productivité des entreprises en fonction de leur taille en Allemagne et aux États-Unis au tournant des XIXe-XXe siècles1
    Histoire, économie & société, 2013, 2013, (01), 45-72
24. Does inequality lead to civil wars? A global long-term study using anthropometric indicators (1816–1999)
    European Journal of Political Economy, 2013, 32, (C), 56-79 View citations (19)
25. Growth effects of nineteenth-century mass migrations: 'Fome Zero' for Brazil?
    European Review of Economic History, 2013, 17, (1), 95-121 View citations (12)
26. On the human capital of Inca Indios before and after the Spanish Conquest. Was there a “Pre-Colonial Legacy”?
    Explorations in Economic History, 2013, 50, (2), 227-241 View citations (9)
    See also Working Paper (2012)
27. Portuguese living standards, 1720–1980, in European comparison: heights, income, and human capital
    Economic History Review, 2013, 66, (2), 545-578 View citations (20)
28. The biological standard of living and body height in colonial and post-colonial Indonesia, 1770–2000
    Journal of Bioeconomics, 2013, 15, (2), 103-122 View citations (6)

2012

29. Brain drain in the age of mass migration: Does relative inequality explain migrant selectivity?
    Explorations in Economic History, 2012, 49, (2), 205-220 View citations (32)
    See also Working Paper (2012)
30. Convergence and divergence of numeracy: the development of age heaping in Latin America from the seventeenth to the twentieth century
    Economic History Review, 2012, 65, (3), 932-960 View citations (15)
31. Growing Tall but Unequal: New Findings and New Background Evidence on Anthropometric Welfare in 156 Countries, 1810–1989
    Economic History of Developing Regions, 2012, 27, (S1), S66-S85 View citations (29)
32. The Global Status of Economic History
    Economic History of Developing Regions, 2012, 27, (1), 93-113 View citations (6)
33. The biological standard of living in early nineteenth-century West Africa: new anthropometric evidence for northern Ghana and Burkina Faso
    Economic History Review, 2012, 65, (4), 1280-1302 View citations (14)

2011

34. Anthropometric within-country Inequality and the Estimation of Skill Premia with Anthropometric Indicators
    Review of Economics, 2011, 62, (2), 107-138 View citations (11)
35. FDI of German Companies During Globalization and Deglobalization
    Open Economies Review, 2011, 22, (2), 247-270 View citations (2)

2010

36. Children's Height and Parental Unemployment: A Large‐Scale Anthropometric Study on Eastern Germany, 1994–2006
    German Economic Review, 2010, 11, (1), 1-24
    Also in German Economic Review, 2010, 11, (1), 1-24 (2010)
37. Evolution of living standards and human capital in China in the 18-20th centuries: Evidences from real wages, age-heaping, and anthropometrics
    Explorations in Economic History, 2010, 47, (3), 347-359 View citations (36)
38. Global trends in numeracy 1820-1949 and its implications for long-term growth
    Explorations in Economic History, 2010, 47, (1), 82-99 View citations (29)
39. Globalization and educational inequality during the 18th to 20th centuries: Latin America in global comparison*
    Revista de Historia Económica / Journal of Iberian and Latin American Economic History, 2010, 28, (2), 279-305 View citations (3)
40. Latin American anthropometrics, past and present--An overview
    Economics & Human Biology, 2010, 8, (2), 141-144 View citations (12)
41. New evidence and new methods to measure human capital inequality before and during the industrial revolution: France and the US in the seventeenth to nineteenth centuries
    Economic History Review, 2010, 63, (2), 452-478 View citations (21)

2009

42. Gender Equality and Inequality in Numeracy: The Case of Latin America and the Caribbean, 1880–1949
    Revista de Historia Económica / Journal of Iberian and Latin American Economic History, 2009, 27, (1), 37-73 View citations (7)
43. On the Persistence of Human Capital Income and Patent Effects around 1900 on Per capita levels in the 1960’s
    Brussels Economic Review, 2009, 52, (3/4), 289-304
44. Protein supply and nutritional status in nineteenth century Bavaria, Prussia and France
    Economics & Human Biology, 2009, 7, (2), 165-180 View citations (28)
45. Quantifying Quantitative Literacy: Age Heaping and the History of Human Capital
    The Journal of Economic History, 2009, 69, (3), 783-808 View citations (86)
    See also Working Paper (2009)
46. Tall and shrinking Muslims, short and growing Europeans: The long-run welfare development of the Middle East, 1850-1980
    Explorations in Economic History, 2009, 46, (1), 132-148 View citations (4)
47. The anthropometric history of Argentina, Brazil and Peru during the 19th and early 20th century
    Economics & Human Biology, 2009, 7, (3), 319-333 View citations (18)

2008

48. ANTHROPOMETRIC TRENDS IN SOUTHERN CHINA, 1830–1864
    Australian Economic History Review, 2008, 48, (3), 209-226 View citations (4)
49. Agricultural specialization and height in ancient and medieval Europe
    Explorations in Economic History, 2008, 45, (2), 127-146 View citations (20)
50. Book Review
    Economic Development and Cultural Change, 2008, 56, (2), 497-500
51. Book production and the onset of modern economic growth
    Journal of Economic Growth, 2008, 13, (3), 217-235 View citations (73)
    See also Working Paper (2007)
52. Height, trade, and inequality in the Latin American periphery, 1950-2000
    Economics & Human Biology, 2008, 6, (2), 191-203 View citations (4)
53. Zahlenfähigkeit und Zahlendisziplin in Nord- und Westdeutschland, 16.-18. Jahrhundert
    Jahrbuch für Wirtschaftsgeschichte / Economic History Yearbook, 2008, 49, (2), 217-229 View citations (2)
54. Zahlenfähigkeit und Zahlendisziplin in Nord- und Westdeutschland, 16.-18. JahrhundertNumerical Abilities and Numerical Discipline in Northern and Western Germany, 16th to 18th Centuries
    Jahrbuch für Wirtschaftsgeschichte / Economic History Yearbook, 2008, 49, (2), 217-229

2006

55. Technological and geographical knowledge spillover in the German empire 1877–1918
    Economic History Review, 2006, 59, (2), 347-373 View citations (32)
56. The development and inequality of heights in North, West, and East India 1915-1944
    Explorations in Economic History, 2006, 43, (4), 578-608 View citations (16)

2005

57. Inequality in Sub-Saharan Africa: New Data and New Insights from Anthropometric Estimates
    World Development, 2005, 33, (8), 1233-1265 View citations (60)
58. Making profits in wartime: corporate profits, inequality, and GDP in Germany during the First World War
    Economic History Review, 2005, 58, (1), 34-56 View citations (6)
59. Market Integration and Disintegration of Poland and Germany in the 18th Century
    Economies et Sociétés (Serie 'Histoire Economique Quantitative'), 2005, (33), 1233-1264 View citations (18)
60. The biological standard of living in Europe during the last two millennia
    European Review of Economic History, 2005, 9, (1), 61-95 View citations (40)
    See also Working Paper (2003)

2004

61. Did Partial Globalization Increase Inequality? The Case of the Latin American Periphery, 1950–2000
    CESifo Economic Studies, 2004, 50, (1), 45-84 View citations (3)

2003

62. Autarchy, market disintegration, and health: the mortality and nutritional crisis in Nazi Germany, 1933-1937
    Economics & Human Biology, 2003, 1, (1), 1-28 View citations (14)
    See also Working Paper (2002)
63. Creating firms for a new century: Determinants of firm creation around 1900
    European Review of Economic History, 2003, 7, (3), 301-329
    See also Working Paper (2003)
64. Mangelernährung, Krankheit und Sterblichkeit im NS-Wirtschaftsaufschwung (1933-1937)
    Jahrbuch für Wirtschaftsgeschichte / Economic History Yearbook, 2003, 44, (1), 99-124 View citations (1)

2000

65. Economic Development and the Distribution of Nutritional Resources in Bavaria, 1797-1839: An Anthropometric Study
    Journal of Income Distribution, 2000, 09, (1), 6-6 View citations (14)
66. Heights and Real Wages in the 18th and 19th Centuries: An International Overview
    Jahrbuch für Wirtschaftsgeschichte / Economic History Yearbook, 2000, 41, (1), 61-76 View citations (16)
67. Heights of Men and Women in 19th-Century Bavaria: Economic, Nutritional, and Disease Influences
    Explorations in Economic History, 2000, 37, (4), 351-369 View citations (72)

1998

68. Height and the Standard of Living
    The Journal of Economic History, 1998, 58, (3), 866-870 View citations (33)
69. Smallpox and Nutritional Status in England, 1770-1873: On the Difficulties of Estimating Historical Heights
    Economic History Review, 1998, 51, (2), 360-371 View citations (9)

1997

70. Anthropometrische Indikatoren, Ernährung, Gesundheit und Wohlfahrt in historischer Perspektive
    Jahrbuch für Wirtschaftsgeschichte / Economic History Yearbook, 1997, 38, (2), 219-226

Edited books

2016

1. A History of the Global Economy
   Cambridge Books, Cambridge University Press View citations (4)

Editor

1. Economics & Human Biology
   Elsevier