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Working Papers

2021

1. Fiscal Development under Colonial and Sovereign Rule
   CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers
2. Why Africa is not that poor
   CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers
   Also in African Economic History Working Paper, African Economic History Network (2021) View citations (2)

2019

3. The Great Convergence. Skill Accumulation and Mass Education in Africa and Asia, 1870-2010
   CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers View citations (2)

2017

4. WITHDRAWN PAPER
   CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers View citations (6)

2016

5. From coercion to comppensation: Institutional responses to labour scarcity in teh Central African copperbelt
   African Economic History Working Paper, African Economic History Network View citations (1)
6. Patterns of Manufacturing Growth in Sub-Saharan Africa: From Colonization to the Present
   CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers View citations (1)
   Also in Working Papers, Utrecht University, Centre for Global Economic History (2015) View citations (2)
7. Tracing the uneven diffusion of missionary education in colonial Uganda: European influences, African realities, and the pitfalls of church record data
   African Economic History Working Paper, African Economic History Network View citations (2)

2015

8. An Economic Rationale for the African Scramble: The Commercial Transition and the Commodity Price Boom of 1845-1885
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (8)

2013

9. Low Income Inequality, High Wealth Inequality.The Puzzle of the Rhineland Welfare States
   Working Papers, Utrecht University, Centre for Global Economic History View citations (2)
10. Writing History Backwards or Sideways: Towards a Consensus on African Population, 1850-present
    African Economic History Working Paper, African Economic History Network View citations (1)

2012

11. An Island Drifting Apart: Why Haiti mires in poverty while the Dominican Republic forges ahead
    Working Papers, Utrecht University, Centre for Global Economic History
12. Moving Forward in African Economic History. Bridging the Gap Between Methods and Sources
    Lund Papers in Economic History, Lund University, Department of Economic History View citations (7)
    Also in African Economic History Working Paper, African Economic History Network (2012) View citations (5)

2011

13. African Real Wages in Asian Perspective, 1880-1940
    Working Papers, Utrecht University, Centre for Global Economic History View citations (6)
14. Structural Impediments to African Growth? New Evidence from Real Wages in British Africa, 1880-1965
    Working Papers, Utrecht University, Centre for Global Economic History View citations (4)
    See also Journal Article Structural Impediments to African Growth? New Evidence from Real Wages in British Africa, 1880–1965, The Journal of Economic History, Cambridge University Press (2012) View citations (62) (2012)
15. The Origins of Formal Education in sub-Saharan Africa - Was British Rule More Benign?
    Working Papers, Utrecht University, Centre for Global Economic History View citations (12)
    See also Journal Article The origins of formal education in sub-Saharan Africa: was British rule more benign?, European Review of Economic History, European Historical Economics Society (2012) View citations (73) (2012)

2010

16. Comparing Productivity in the Netherlands, France, UK and US, ca. 1910:A new PPP benchmark and its implications for changing economic leadership
    GGDC Research Memorandum, Groningen Growth and Development Centre, University of Groningen View citations (3)
17. The state and scope of the economic history of developing regions
    ANU Working Papers in Economics and Econometrics, Australian National University, College of Business and Economics, School of Economics View citations (3)
    Also in Working Papers, Stellenbosch University, Department of Economics (2010) View citations (2)

2007

18. Was It Really “Growth with Equity†under Soeharto? A Theil Analysis of Indonesian Income Inequality, 1961-2002
    GGDC Research Memorandum, Groningen Growth and Development Centre, University of Groningen View citations (1)

2006

19. Measuring and Analysing Educational Inequality: The Distribution of Grade Enrolment Rates in Latin America and Sub-Saharan Africa
    GGDC Research Memorandum, Groningen Growth and Development Centre, University of Groningen View citations (8)
20. The Colonial Origins of Inequality: Exploring the Causes and Consequences of Land Distribution
    GGDC Research Memorandum, Groningen Growth and Development Centre, University of Groningen View citations (18)
    Also in Ibero America Institute for Econ. Research (IAI) Discussion Papers, Ibero-America Institute for Economic Research (2005) View citations (34)

Journal Articles

2023

1. What about the race between education and technology in the Global South? Comparing skill premiums in colonial Africa and Asia
   Economic History Review, 2023, 76, (3), 941-978 View citations (1)

2020

2. Pandemics that changed the world: historical reflections on COVID-19
   Journal of Global History, 2020, 15, (3), 333-335 View citations (4)

2018

3. An Economic Rationale for the West African Scramble? The Commercial Transition and the Commodity Price Boom of 1835–1885
   The Journal of Economic History, 2018, 78, (1), 231-267 View citations (26)
4. From coercion to compensation: institutional responses to labour scarcity in the Central African Copperbelt
   Journal of Institutional Economics, 2018, 14, (2), 313-343 View citations (11)
5. Gender, ethnicity, and unequal opportunity in colonial Uganda: European influences, African realities, and the pitfalls of parish register data
   Economic History Review, 2018, 71, (3), 965-994 View citations (7)

2017

6. Slave ship provisioning in the long 18th century. A boost to West African commercial agriculture?
   European Review of Economic History, 2017, 21, (2), 185-235 View citations (2)

2016

7. Colonial adventures in tropical agriculture: new estimates of returns to investment in the Netherlands Indies, 1919–1938
   Cliometrica, Journal of Historical Economics and Econometric History, 2016, 10, (2), 197-224 View citations (3)
8. ENDOGENOUS PROCESSES OF COLONIAL SETTLEMENT. THE SUCCESS AND FAILURE OF EUROPEAN SETTLER FARMING IN SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA*
   Revista de Historia Económica / Journal of Iberian and Latin American Economic History, 2016, 34, (2), 237-265 View citations (12)

2015

9. Labour-Intensive Industrialization in Global History: A Review Essay
   Economic History of Developing Regions, 2015, 30, (1), 44-67 View citations (1)
10. The Biogeographic Roots of World Inequality: Animals, Disease, and Human Settlement Patterns in Africa and the Americas Before 1492
    World Development, 2015, 70, (C), 274-285 View citations (9)

2014

11. AN ISLAND DRIFTING APART. WHY HAITI IS MIRED IN POVERTY WHILE THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC FORGES AHEAD
    Journal of International Development, 2014, 26, (1), 128-148 View citations (1)
12. Writing history backwards or sideways: towards a consensus on African population, 1850–2010
    Economic History Review, 2014, 67, (4), 907-931 View citations (35)

2012

13. Structural Impediments to African Growth? New Evidence from Real Wages in British Africa, 1880–1965
    The Journal of Economic History, 2012, 72, (4), 895-926 View citations (62)
    See also Working Paper Structural Impediments to African Growth? New Evidence from Real Wages in British Africa, 1880-1965, Working Papers (2011) View citations (4) (2011)
14. The origins of formal education in sub-Saharan Africa: was British rule more benign?
    European Review of Economic History, 2012, 16, (4), 335-355 View citations (73)
    See also Working Paper The Origins of Formal Education in sub-Saharan Africa - Was British Rule More Benign?, Working Papers (2011) View citations (12) (2011)

2011

15. Colonial taxation and government spending in British Africa, 1880-1940: Maximizing revenue or minimizing effort?
    Explorations in Economic History, 2011, 48, (1), 136-149 View citations (21)

2010

16. Raising revenue in the British empire, 1870–1940: how ‘extractive’ were colonial taxes?*
    Journal of Global History, 2010, 5, (3), 447-477 View citations (17)
17. Reconstructing labor income shares in Argentina, Brazil and Mexico, 1870-2000*
    Revista de Historia Económica / Journal of Iberian and Latin American Economic History, 2010, 28, (2), 343-374 View citations (17)
18. The colonial roots of land inequality: geography, factor endowments, or institutions?
    Economic History Review, 2010, 63, (2), 418-451 View citations (64)

2009

19. The Expansion of Mass Education in Twentieth Century Latin America: A Global Comparative Perspective*
    Revista de Historia Económica / Journal of Iberian and Latin American Economic History, 2009, 27, (3), 359-396 View citations (20)
20. Was It Really “Growth with Equity” under Soeharto? A Theil Analysis of Indonesian Income Inequality, 1961-2002
    Economics and Finance in Indonesia, 2009, 57, 47-77

2008

21. Comparing the Distribution of Education Across the Developing World, 1960–2005: What Does the Grade Enrollment Distribution Tell about Latin America?
    Social Indicators Research: An International and Interdisciplinary Journal for Quality-of-Life Measurement, 2008, 88, (3), 437-455 View citations (1)

Edited books

2022

1. Fiscal Capacity and the Colonial State in Asia and Africa, c.1850–1960
   Cambridge Books, Cambridge University Press

2019

2. Fiscal Capacity and the Colonial State in Asia and Africa, c.1850–1960
   Cambridge Books, Cambridge University Press View citations (2)