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Working Papers

2022

1. Historical Newspaper Data: A Researcher's Guide and Toolkit
   CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers
   Also in NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2022) View citations (7)
2. Segregation and the Initial Provision of Water in the United States
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (2)
   See also Journal Article Segregation and the Initial Provision of Water in the United States, AEA Papers and Proceedings, American Economic Association (2022) View citations (2) (2022)

2021

3. Water Infrastructure and Health in U.S. Cities
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (1)
   See also Journal Article Water infrastructure and health in U.S. cities, Regional Science and Urban Economics, Elsevier (2022) View citations (2) (2022)

2020

4. The 1918 Influenza Pandemic and its Lessons for COVID-19
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (25)
   Also in Working Papers, The George Washington University, Institute for International Economic Policy (2020) View citations (22)
   See also Journal Article The 1918 Influenza Pandemic and Its Lessons for COVID-19, Journal of Economic Literature, American Economic Association (2022) View citations (13) (2022)

2019

5. Censorship, Family Planning, and the Historical Fertility Transition
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (10)

2018

6. Can Migration Make Deadly Recessions Look Healthy? Evidence From Large-scale Linked Microdata
   Working Papers, New York University, Leonard N. Stern School of Business, Department of Economics
7. Fetal Shock or Selection? The 1918 Influenza Pandemic and Human Capital Development
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (35)
8. Minority Representation in Local Government
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (5)

2017

9. Estimating the Recession-Mortality Relationship when Migration Matters
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (7)

2016

10. Business as usual: Politicians with business experience, government budgets, and policy outcomes
    Working Papers, Department of Economics, College of William and Mary View citations (8)
11. Who Should Own and Control Urban Water Systems? Historical Evidence from England and Wales
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (2)
12. Who should own and control urban water systems? Disease and the municipalisation of private waterworks in nineteenth-century England
    Working Papers, Economic History Society

2014

13. Typhoid Fever, Water Quality, and Human Capital Formation
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (6)
    See also Journal Article Typhoid Fever, Water Quality, and Human Capital Formation, The Journal of Economic History, Cambridge University Press (2016) View citations (72) (2016)

Journal Articles

2024

1. Racial and Ethnic Representation in Local Government
   American Economic Journal: Economic Policy, 2024, 16, (2), 1-36

2023

2. Culture and the Historical Fertility Transition
   The Review of Economic Studies, 2023, 90, (4), 1669-1700 View citations (8)
3. Historical newspaper data: A researcher’s guide
   Explorations in Economic History, 2023, 90, (C)

2022

4. Recessions, Mortality, and Migration Bias: Evidence from the Lancashire Cotton Famine
   American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, 2022, 14, (2), 228-55 View citations (6)
5. Reevaluating the Long-Term Impact of In Utero Exposure to the 1918 Influenza Pandemic
   Journal of Political Economy, 2022, 130, (7), 1963 - 1990 View citations (9)
6. Segregation and the Initial Provision of Water in the United States
   AEA Papers and Proceedings, 2022, 112, 193-98 View citations (2)
   See also Working Paper Segregation and the Initial Provision of Water in the United States, NBER Working Papers (2022) View citations (2) (2022)
7. The 1918 Influenza Pandemic and Its Lessons for COVID-19
   Journal of Economic Literature, 2022, 60, (1), 41-84 View citations (13)
   See also Working Paper The 1918 Influenza Pandemic and its Lessons for COVID-19, NBER Working Papers (2020) View citations (25) (2020)
8. Water infrastructure and health in U.S. cities
   Regional Science and Urban Economics, 2022, 94, (C) View citations (2)
   See also Working Paper Water Infrastructure and Health in U.S. Cities, NBER Working Papers (2021) View citations (1) (2021)

2019

9. LOSING BY LESS? IMPORT COMPETITION, UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE GENEROSITY, AND CRIME
   Economic Inquiry, 2019, 57, (2), 1163-1181 View citations (10)

2018

10. Coal Smoke and Mortality in an Early Industrial Economy
    Economic Journal, 2018, 128, (615), 2652-2675 View citations (61)

2017

11. Gridlock: Ethnic Diversity in Government and the Provision of Public Goods
    American Economic Journal: Economic Policy, 2017, 9, (1), 112-36 View citations (33)

2016

12. Business as usual: Politicians with business experience, government finances, and policy outcomes
    Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 2016, 131, (PA), 292-307 View citations (8)
13. Typhoid Fever, Water Quality, and Human Capital Formation
    The Journal of Economic History, 2016, 76, (1), 41-75 View citations (72)
    See also Working Paper Typhoid Fever, Water Quality, and Human Capital Formation, NBER Working Papers (2014) View citations (6) (2014)

2015

14. Mitigating the Effects of Low Birth Weight: Evidence from Randomly Assigned Adoptees
    American Journal of Health Economics, 2015, 1, (3), 275-296 View citations (4)
    Also in American Journal of Health Economics, 2015, 1, (3), 275-296 (2015) View citations (3)

2013

15. Time or spot ? A revaluation of Amsterdam market data prior to 1747
    Cliometrica, Journal of Historical Economics and Econometric History, 2013, 7, (1), 61-85