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Working Papers

2024

1. Conflict and Gender Norms
   The Warwick Economics Research Paper Series (TWERPS), University of Warwick, Department of Economics
   Also in CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers (2024)
   CAGE Online Working Paper Series, Competitive Advantage in the Global Economy (CAGE) (2024)

2023

2. How Rules and Compliance Impact Organizational Outcomes: Evidence from Delegation in Environmental Regulation
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc
3. Railways and the European Fertility Transition
   The Warwick Economics Research Paper Series (TWERPS), University of Warwick, Department of Economics
   Also in CAGE Online Working Paper Series, Competitive Advantage in the Global Economy (CAGE) (2023)

2022

4. MISSING WOMEN IN COLONIAL INDIA
   CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers
   Also in The Warwick Economics Research Paper Series (TWERPS), University of Warwick, Department of Economics (2022) View citations (2)
   CAGE Online Working Paper Series, Competitive Advantage in the Global Economy (CAGE) (2022) View citations (2)

2021

5. Railways and cities in India
   CAGE Online Working Paper Series, Competitive Advantage in the Global Economy (CAGE) View citations (2)
   Also in The Warwick Economics Research Paper Series (TWERPS), University of Warwick, Department of Economics (2021) View citations (2)
   See also Journal Article Railways and cities in India, Journal of Development Economics, Elsevier (2023) View citations (3) (2023)

2020

6. Attribution Bias by Gender: Evidence from a Laboratory Experiment
   CAGE Online Working Paper Series, Competitive Advantage in the Global Economy (CAGE) View citations (4)
   Also in The Warwick Economics Research Paper Series (TWERPS), University of Warwick, Department of Economics (2020) View citations (4)
7. DEMOGRAPHIC SHOCKS AND WOMEN'S LABOR MARKET PARTICIPATION: EVIDENCE FROM THE 1918 INFLUENZA PANDEMIC IN INDIA
   CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers View citations (3)
   Also in Discussion paper series, Hitotsubashi Institute for Advanced Study, Hitotsubashi University (2020) View citations (7)
   CAGE Online Working Paper Series, Competitive Advantage in the Global Economy (CAGE) (2020) View citations (7)
   The Warwick Economics Research Paper Series (TWERPS), University of Warwick, Department of Economics (2020) View citations (6)
   See also Journal Article Demographic Shocks and Women’s Labor Market Participation: Evidence from the 1918 Influenza Pandemic in India, The Journal of Economic History, Cambridge University Press (2022) View citations (1) (2022)
8. Did railways affect literacy? Evidence from India
   The Warwick Economics Research Paper Series (TWERPS), University of Warwick, Department of Economics View citations (8)
   Also in CAGE Online Working Paper Series, Competitive Advantage in the Global Economy (CAGE) (2020) View citations (8)
9. Pre-Colonial Warfare and Long-Run Development in India
   The Warwick Economics Research Paper Series (TWERPS), University of Warwick, Department of Economics
   Also in CAGE Online Working Paper Series, Competitive Advantage in the Global Economy (CAGE) (2019)
   See also Journal Article Pre-Colonial Warfare and Long-Run Development in India, The Economic Journal, Royal Economic Society (2022) View citations (7) (2022)
10. The Columbian Exchange and conflict in Asia
    The Warwick Economics Research Paper Series (TWERPS), University of Warwick, Department of Economics View citations (3)
    Also in CAGE Online Working Paper Series, Competitive Advantage in the Global Economy (CAGE) (2020) View citations (3)
11. Tradition and mortality: Evidence from twin infanticide in Africa
    CAGE Online Working Paper Series, Competitive Advantage in the Global Economy (CAGE) View citations (3)
    Also in The Warwick Economics Research Paper Series (TWERPS), University of Warwick, Department of Economics (2020)
    See also Journal Article Tradition and mortality: Evidence from twin infanticide in Africa, Journal of Development Economics, Elsevier (2023) (2023)

2019

12. Dust and Death: Evidence from the West African Harmattan
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (21)
    Also in CSAE Working Paper Series, Centre for the Study of African Economies, University of Oxford (2016) View citations (7)
    See also Journal Article Dust and Death: Evidence from the West African Harmattan, The Economic Journal, Royal Economic Society (2024) View citations (1) (2024)

2018

13. Resources, Conflict, and Economic Development in Africa
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (9)
    Also in HiCN Working Papers, Households in Conflict Network (2018) View citations (6)
    See also Journal Article Resources, conflict, and economic development in Africa, Journal of Development Economics, Elsevier (2021) View citations (6) (2021)
14. The Green Revolution and Infant Mortality in India
    CAGE Online Working Paper Series, Competitive Advantage in the Global Economy (CAGE) View citations (4)
    Also in The Warwick Economics Research Paper Series (TWERPS), University of Warwick, Department of Economics (2018) View citations (3)
    See also Journal Article The Green revolution and infant mortality in India, Journal of Health Economics, Elsevier (2020) View citations (15) (2020)

2017

15. Linguistic Distance and Market Integration in India
    CAGE Online Working Paper Series, Competitive Advantage in the Global Economy (CAGE) View citations (9)
    See also Journal Article Linguistic Distance and Market Integration in India, The Journal of Economic History, Cambridge University Press (2021) View citations (8) (2021)

2015

16. Economic shocks and unrest in French West Africa
    CSAE Working Paper Series, Centre for the Study of African Economies, University of Oxford View citations (5)
17. Fetal origins of mental health: evidence from Africa
    CSAE Working Paper Series, Centre for the Study of African Economies, University of Oxford View citations (13)
18. Is Africa Different? Historical Conflict and State Development
    Working Papers, IMT School for Advanced Studies Lucca View citations (9)
    Also in CSAE Working Paper Series, Centre for the Study of African Economies, University of Oxford (2014) View citations (5)
    See also Journal Article Is Africa Different? Historical Conflict and State Development, Economic History of Developing Regions, Taylor & Francis Journals (2019) View citations (18) (2019)
19. Oil and ethnic inequality in Nigeria
    CSAE Working Paper Series, Centre for the Study of African Economies, University of Oxford View citations (2)
    See also Journal Article Oil and ethnic inequality in Nigeria, Journal of Economic Growth, Springer (2017) View citations (22) (2017)

2014

20. 1807: Economic shocks, conflict and the slave trade
    CSAE Working Paper Series, Centre for the Study of African Economies, University of Oxford View citations (10)
    See also Journal Article 1807: Economic shocks, conflict and the slave trade, Journal of Development Economics, Elsevier (2017) View citations (22) (2017)
21. Conflict and the Formation of Political Beliefs in Africa
    HiCN Working Papers, Households in Conflict Network View citations (9)
22. Early Life Circumstance and Adult Mental Health
    Economics Series Working Papers, University of Oxford, Department of Economics View citations (25)
    See also Journal Article Early Life Circumstance and Adult Mental Health, Journal of Political Economy, University of Chicago Press (2019) View citations (94) (2019)
23. Early Life Circumstance and Mental Health in Ghana
    CSAE Working Paper Series, Centre for the Study of African Economies, University of Oxford View citations (3)

2013

24. Climate, ecosystem resilience and the slave trade
    Working Papers, Economic History Society View citations (4)
    Also in CSAE Working Paper Series, Centre for the Study of African Economies, University of Oxford (2012) View citations (4)
    MPRA Paper, University Library of Munich, Germany (2013) View citations (4)
    CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers (2013) View citations (4)
    MPRA Paper, University Library of Munich, Germany (2012) View citations (6)
25. Labour and Health in Colonial Nigeria
    Oxford Economic and Social History Working Papers, University of Oxford, Department of Economics
    Also in Working Papers, Economic History Society (2013)
26. War, resilience and political engagement in Africa
    CSAE Working Paper Series, Centre for the Study of African Economies, University of Oxford View citations (4)

2012

27. "Rubber will not keep in this country": Failed Development in Benin, 1897-1921
    Oxford Economic and Social History Working Papers, University of Oxford, Department of Economics
    Also in MPRA Paper, University Library of Munich, Germany (2010)
    See also Journal Article “Rubber will not keep in this country”: Failed development in Benin, 1897–1921, Explorations in Economic History, Elsevier (2013) View citations (2) (2013)
28. African polygamy: Past and present
    MPRA Paper, University Library of Munich, Germany View citations (14)
    Also in CSAE Working Paper Series, Centre for the Study of African Economies, University of Oxford (2012) View citations (16)
    See also Journal Article African polygamy: Past and present, Journal of Development Economics, Elsevier (2015) View citations (62) (2015)
29. Ecology, trade and states in pre-colonial Africa
    CSAE Working Paper Series, Centre for the Study of African Economies, University of Oxford View citations (10)
    Also in MPRA Paper, University Library of Munich, Germany (2010) View citations (9)
    See also Journal Article ECOLOGY, TRADE, AND STATES IN PRE-COLONIAL AFRICA, Journal of the European Economic Association, European Economic Association (2014) View citations (89) (2014)
30. Imachi Nkwu: Trade and the commons
    MPRA Paper, University Library of Munich, Germany View citations (1)
    Also in CSAE Working Paper Series, Centre for the Study of African Economies, University of Oxford (2012) View citations (1)
    See also Journal Article Imachi Nkwu: Trade and the Commons, The Journal of Economic History, Cambridge University Press (2014) View citations (1) (2014)
31. The Battle for Rubber in Benin
    Oxford Economic and Social History Working Papers, University of Oxford, Department of Economics View citations (2)
    See also Journal Article The battle for rubber in Benin, Economic History Review, Economic History Society (2014) (2014)

2011

32. Trees, Tenure and Conflict: Rubber in Colonial Benin
    WIDER Working Paper Series, World Institute for Development Economic Research (UNU-WIDER)
    Also in MPRA Paper, University Library of Munich, Germany (2010)
    See also Journal Article Trees, tenure and conflict: Rubber in colonial Benin, Journal of Development Economics, Elsevier (2014) View citations (3) (2014)

2010

33. Does land abundance explain African institutions?
    MPRA Paper, University Library of Munich, Germany View citations (7)
    Also in Working Papers, Yale University, Department of Economics (2009) View citations (12)
    Working Papers, Economic Growth Center, Yale University (2009) View citations (13)
    Center Discussion Papers, Yale University, Economic Growth Center (2009) View citations (8)
    See also Journal Article Does Land Abundance Explain African Institutions?, Economic Journal, Royal Economic Society (2013) View citations (74) (2013)
34. Institutions in African history and development: A review essay
    MPRA Paper, University Library of Munich, Germany View citations (6)
35. Land abundance and economic institutions: Egba land and slavery, 1830-1914
    MPRA Paper, University Library of Munich, Germany View citations (2)
    See also Journal Article Land abundance and economic institutions: Egba land and slavery, 1830–1914, Economic History Review, Economic History Society (2012) View citations (13) (2012)
36. Partition, migration, and jute cultivation in India
    MPRA Paper, University Library of Munich, Germany
    See also Journal Article Partition, Migration, and Jute Cultivation in India, Journal of Development Studies, Taylor & Francis Journals (2011) (2011)
37. Revealed Preference Tests of the Cournot Model
    Economics Series Working Papers, University of Oxford, Department of Economics View citations (9)
    See also Journal Article Revealed Preference Tests of the Cournot Model, Econometrica, Econometric Society (2013) View citations (38) (2013)

2009

38. A Nonparametric Test of Strategic Behavior in the Cournot Model
    MPRA Paper, University Library of Munich, Germany

Journal Articles

2024

1. Dust and Death: Evidence from the West African Harmattan
   The Economic Journal, 2024, 134, (659), 885-912 View citations (1)
   See also Working Paper Dust and Death: Evidence from the West African Harmattan, NBER Working Papers (2019) View citations (21) (2019)

2023

2. Railways and cities in India
   Journal of Development Economics, 2023, 161, (C) View citations (3)
   See also Working Paper Railways and cities in India, CAGE Online Working Paper Series (2021) View citations (2) (2021)
3. Railways, Development, and Literacy in India
   The Journal of Economic History, 2023, 83, (4), 1139-1174
4. Tradition and mortality: Evidence from twin infanticide in Africa
   Journal of Development Economics, 2023, 163, (C)
   See also Working Paper Tradition and mortality: Evidence from twin infanticide in Africa, CAGE Online Working Paper Series (2020) View citations (3) (2020)

2022

5. Demographic Shocks and Women’s Labor Market Participation: Evidence from the 1918 Influenza Pandemic in India
   The Journal of Economic History, 2022, 82, (3), 875-912 View citations (1)
   See also Working Paper DEMOGRAPHIC SHOCKS AND WOMEN'S LABOR MARKET PARTICIPATION: EVIDENCE FROM THE 1918 INFLUENZA PANDEMIC IN INDIA, CEPR Discussion Papers (2020) View citations (3) (2020)
6. Pre-Colonial Warfare and Long-Run Development in India
   The Economic Journal, 2022, 132, (643), 981-1010 View citations (7)
   See also Working Paper Pre-Colonial Warfare and Long-Run Development in India, The Warwick Economics Research Paper Series (TWERPS) (2020) (2020)
7. Tirthankar Roy, Monsoon Economies: India's History in a Changing Climate. London: The MIT Press, 2022. pp. 230. ISBN 9780262543583. Pbk $30.00
   Economic History Review, 2022, 75, (4), 1387-1388

2021

8. Linguistic Distance and Market Integration in India
   The Journal of Economic History, 2021, 81, (1), 1-39 View citations (8)
   See also Working Paper Linguistic Distance and Market Integration in India, CAGE Online Working Paper Series (2017) View citations (9) (2017)
9. Resources, conflict, and economic development in Africa
   Journal of Development Economics, 2021, 149, (C) View citations (6)
   See also Working Paper Resources, Conflict, and Economic Development in Africa, NBER Working Papers (2018) View citations (9) (2018)

2020

10. The Green revolution and infant mortality in India
    Journal of Health Economics, 2020, 71, (C) View citations (15)
    See also Working Paper The Green Revolution and Infant Mortality in India, CAGE Online Working Paper Series (2018) View citations (4) (2018)

2019

11. Early Life Circumstance and Adult Mental Health
    Journal of Political Economy, 2019, 127, (4), 1516 - 1549 View citations (94)
    See also Working Paper Early Life Circumstance and Adult Mental Health, Economics Series Working Papers (2014) View citations (25) (2014)
12. Freedom’s Debtors: British Antislavery in Sierra Leone in the Age of Revolution. By Padraic X. Scanlan. New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 2017. Pp. xiv, 320. $40.00, hardcover
    The Journal of Economic History, 2019, 79, (3), 899-900
13. Is Africa Different? Historical Conflict and State Development
    Economic History of Developing Regions, 2019, 34, (2), 209-250 View citations (18)
    See also Working Paper Is Africa Different? Historical Conflict and State Development, Working Papers (2015) View citations (9) (2015)

2018

14. Polygamy and child mortality: Historical and modern evidence from Nigeria’s Igbo
    Review of Economics of the Household, 2018, 16, (1), 97-141 View citations (20)

2017

15. 1807: Economic shocks, conflict and the slave trade
    Journal of Development Economics, 2017, 126, (C), 66-76 View citations (22)
    See also Working Paper 1807: Economic shocks, conflict and the slave trade, CSAE Working Paper Series (2014) View citations (10) (2014)
16. Oil and ethnic inequality in Nigeria
    Journal of Economic Growth, 2017, 22, (4), 397-420 View citations (22)
    See also Working Paper Oil and ethnic inequality in Nigeria, CSAE Working Paper Series (2015) View citations (2) (2015)

2016

17. Economic Growth and Measurement Reconsidered in Botswana, Kenya, Tanzania, and Zambia, 1965–1995. By Morten Jerven. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2014. Pp. vi, 215. $90.00
    The Journal of Economic History, 2016, 76, (4), 1267-1269
18. Intra-household labor allocation in colonial Nigeria
    Explorations in Economic History, 2016, 60, (C), 69-92 View citations (4)

2015

19. African polygamy: Past and present
    Journal of Development Economics, 2015, 117, (C), 58-73 View citations (62)
    See also Working Paper African polygamy: Past and present, MPRA Paper (2012) View citations (14) (2012)
20. Climate and the slave trade
    Journal of Development Economics, 2015, 112, (C), 19-32 View citations (44)

2014

21. A nonparametric analysis of multi-product oligopolies
    Economic Theory, 2014, 57, (2), 253-277 View citations (11)
22. Debt and Slavery in the Mediterranean and Atlantic Worlds. Edited by Gwyn Campbell and Alessandro Stanziani. London: Pickering & Chatto. 2013. $99.00, hardcover
    The Journal of Economic History, 2014, 74, (2), 646-647
23. ECOLOGY, TRADE, AND STATES IN PRE-COLONIAL AFRICA
    Journal of the European Economic Association, 2014, 12, (3), 612-640 View citations (89)
    See also Working Paper Ecology, trade and states in pre-colonial Africa, CSAE Working Paper Series (2012) View citations (10) (2012)
24. Imachi Nkwu: Trade and the Commons
    The Journal of Economic History, 2014, 74, (1), 39-68 View citations (1)
    See also Working Paper Imachi Nkwu: Trade and the commons, MPRA Paper (2012) View citations (1) (2012)
25. The battle for rubber in Benin
    Economic History Review, 2014, 67, (4), 1012-1034
    See also Working Paper The Battle for Rubber in Benin, Oxford Economic and Social History Working Papers (2012) View citations (2) (2012)
26. Trees, tenure and conflict: Rubber in colonial Benin
    Journal of Development Economics, 2014, 110, (C), 226-238 View citations (3)
    See also Working Paper Trees, Tenure and Conflict: Rubber in Colonial Benin, WIDER Working Paper Series (2011) (2011)

2013

27. Does Land Abundance Explain African Institutions?
    Economic Journal, 2013, 123, (12), 1363-1390 View citations (74)
    See also Working Paper Does land abundance explain African institutions?, MPRA Paper (2010) View citations (7) (2010)
28. Revealed Preference Tests of the Cournot Model
    Econometrica, 2013, 81, (6), 2351-2379 View citations (38)
    See also Working Paper Revealed Preference Tests of the Cournot Model, Economics Series Working Papers (2010) View citations (9) (2010)
29. “Rubber will not keep in this country”: Failed development in Benin, 1897–1921
    Explorations in Economic History, 2013, 50, (2), 316-333 View citations (2)
    See also Working Paper "Rubber will not keep in this country": Failed Development in Benin, 1897-1921, Oxford Economic and Social History Working Papers (2012) (2012)

2012

30. C. A. Bayly, Vijayendra Rao, Simon Szreter, and Michael Woolcock, eds., History, historians and development policy: a necessary dialogue ( Manchester University Press, 2011. Pp. xii + 276. 4 figs. 2 tabs. ISBN 9780719085765 Pbk. £15.19)
    Economic History Review, 2012, 65, (4), 1590-1591
31. Land abundance and economic institutions: Egba land and slavery, 1830–1914
    Economic History Review, 2012, 65, (2), 527-555 View citations (13)
    See also Working Paper Land abundance and economic institutions: Egba land and slavery, 1830-1914, MPRA Paper (2010) View citations (2) (2010)

2011

32. Land tenure and investment incentives: Evidence from West Africa
    Journal of Development Economics, 2011, 95, (2), 137-156 View citations (177)
33. Partition, Migration, and Jute Cultivation in India
    Journal of Development Studies, 2011, 48, (8), 1084-1107
    See also Working Paper Partition, migration, and jute cultivation in India, MPRA Paper (2010) (2010)

2010

34. L’Étranger: Status, Property Rights, and Investment Incentives in Côte d’Ivoire
    Land Economics, 2010, 86, (4) View citations (13)