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Working Papers

2024

1. Child Labour Background, Challenges, and the Role of Research in Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 8.7
   Working Papers in Economics, University of Gothenburg, Department of Economics

2023

2. Changing local customs: Long-run impacts of the earliest campaigns against female genital cutting
   Working Papers in Economics, University of Gothenburg, Department of Economics

2021

3. Harmful Norms: Can Social Convention Theory Explain the Persistence of Female Genital Cutting in Africa?
   Working Paper Series, Research Institute of Industrial Economics
   Also in Working Papers in Economics, University of Gothenburg, Department of Economics (2021)
4. Son Preferences and Education Inequalities in India
   Working Papers in Economics, University of Gothenburg, Department of Economics

2019

5. The influence of individual characteristics and institutional norms on bureaucrats’ use of CBA in environmental policy: a model and a choice experiment
   Working Papers, Swedish National Road & Transport Research Institute (VTI)

2017

6. Land Certification and Schooling in Rural Ethiopia
   Working Papers in Economics, University of Gothenburg, Department of Economics View citations (4)
   Also in Working Papers, HAL (2017) View citations (4)
   See also Journal Article Land certification and schooling in rural Ethiopia, World Development, Elsevier (2019) View citations (9) (2019)
7. Within-Family Inequalities in Human Capital Accumulation in India: Birth Order and Gender Effects
   Working Papers in Economics, University of Gothenburg, Department of Economics View citations (5)

2012

8. Social Globalization and Child Labor
   Working Papers in Economics, University of Gothenburg, Department of Economics View citations (1)

2008

9. Child Labor: A Review of Recent Theory and Evidence with Policy Implications
   Working Papers in Economics, University of Gothenburg, Department of Economics View citations (1)
   See also Journal Article CHILD LABOUR: A REVIEW OF RECENT THEORY AND EVIDENCE WITH POLICY IMPLICATIONS, Journal of Economic Surveys, Wiley Blackwell (2012) View citations (17) (2012)
10. The Wealth Paradox Revisited: Credit Market Imperfections and Child Labor
    Working Papers in Economics, University of Gothenburg, Department of Economics

2007

11. Island Status, Country Size and Institutional Quality in Former Colonies
    Working Papers in Economics, University of Gothenburg, Department of Economics View citations (4)
12. The Determinants of Rural Child Labor: An Application to India
    Working Papers in Economics, University of Gothenburg, Department of Economics View citations (7)

2005

13. Endogenous Institutional Change After Independence
    Working Papers in Economics, University of Gothenburg, Department of Economics View citations (8)
    See also Journal Article Endogenous institutional change after independence, European Economic Review, Elsevier (2007) View citations (20) (2007)

2003

14. Congo: The Prize of Predation
    Working Papers in Economics, University of Gothenburg, Department of Economics View citations (19)
    See also Journal Article Congo: The Prize of Predation, Journal of Peace Research, Peace Research Institute Oslo (2004) View citations (35) (2004)

Journal Articles

2024

1. Changing local customs: The long run impacts of Christian missions on female genital cutting in Africa
   Journal of Development Economics, 2024, 166, (C) View citations (2)

2023

2. Son preference and education Inequalities in India: the role of gender-biased fertility strategies and preferential treatment of boys
   Journal of Population Economics, 2023, 36, (3), 1431-1460 View citations (2)
3. Within‐family inequalities in human capital accumulation in India
   Review of Development Economics, 2023, 27, (1), 3-28 View citations (3)

2019

4. Land certification and schooling in rural Ethiopia
   World Development, 2019, 115, (C), 190-208 View citations (9)
   See also Working Paper Land Certification and Schooling in Rural Ethiopia, Working Papers in Economics (2017) View citations (4) (2017)

2017

5. Globalization and school enrollment in a panel of countries
   The Journal of International Trade & Economic Development, 2017, 26, (3), 295-315

2016

6. Citizens' support for Economic Reforms in Sub-Saharan Africa
   South African Journal of Economics, 2016, 84, (3), 343-363 View citations (1)

2014

7. Do island states have better institutions?
   Journal of Comparative Economics, 2014, 42, (1), 34-60 View citations (18)
8. Social Globalization and Child Labor: A Cross-country Analysis
   The Developing Economies, 2014, 52, (2), 125-153 View citations (7)

2012

9. CHILD LABOUR: A REVIEW OF RECENT THEORY AND EVIDENCE WITH POLICY IMPLICATIONS
   Journal of Economic Surveys, 2012, 26, (4), 570-593 View citations (17)
   See also Working Paper Child Labor: A Review of Recent Theory and Evidence with Policy Implications, Working Papers in Economics (2008) View citations (1) (2008)

2007

10. Endogenous institutional change after independence
    European Economic Review, 2007, 51, (8), 1896-1921 View citations (20)
    See also Working Paper Endogenous Institutional Change After Independence, Working Papers in Economics (2005) View citations (8) (2005)

2004

11. Congo: The Prize of Predation
    Journal of Peace Research, 2004, 41, (3), 321-336 View citations (35)
    See also Working Paper Congo: The Prize of Predation, Working Papers in Economics (2003) View citations (19) (2003)