EconPapers    
Economics at your fingertips  
 

Details about Casper Worm Hansen

Homepage:https://sites.google.com/site/casperwormhansen/
Postal address:Øster Farimagsgade 5
Workplace:Centre for Macroeconomics and the Historical Record (MEHR), Økonomisk Institut (Department of Economics), Københavns Universitet (University of Copenhagen), (more information at EDIRC)
Økonomisk Institut (Department of Economics), Københavns Universitet (University of Copenhagen), (more information at EDIRC)

Access statistics for papers by Casper Worm Hansen.

Last updated 2024-12-06. Update your information in the RePEc Author Service.

Short-id: pha763


Jump to Journal Articles

Working Papers

2024

  1. How Do We Age? A Decomposition of Gompertz Law
    CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers Downloads
  2. Medical Technology and Life Expectancy: Evidence From the Antitoxin Treatment of Diphtheria
    CRC TR 224 Discussion Paper Series, University of Bonn and University of Mannheim, Germany Downloads
    Also in CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers (2023) Downloads
    Working Papers, European Historical Economics Society (EHES) (2023) Downloads View citations (1)
  3. Religion as Social Insurance: Evidence From the Great Mississippi Flood of 1927
    CRC TR 224 Discussion Paper Series, University of Bonn and University of Mannheim, Germany Downloads

2023

  1. School Closures, Mortality, and Human Capital: Evidence from the Universe of Closures during the 1918 Pandemic in Sweden
    CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers Downloads
    Also in IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) (2023) Downloads View citations (1)
  2. Who fed China?
    CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers Downloads

2022

  1. Life-Cycle Labor Supply and Physiological Aging across Countries
    CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers Downloads

2021

  1. The Effect of Immigration on Local Labor Markets: Lessons from the 1920s Border Closure
    Research Working Paper, Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City Downloads

2020

  1. Fetal origins: A life cycle model of health and aging from conception to death
    University of Göttingen Working Papers in Economics, University of Goettingen, Department of Economics Downloads
    See also Journal Article Fetal origins—A life cycle model of health and aging from conception to death, Health Economics, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. (2021) Downloads View citations (15) (2021)
  2. How the Other Half Died: Immigration and Mortality in US Cities
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc Downloads View citations (8)
    Also in CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers (2020) Downloads View citations (8)

    See also Journal Article How the Other Half Died: Immigration and Mortality in U.S. Cities, The Review of Economic Studies, Review of Economic Studies Ltd (2024) Downloads (2024)
  3. Temperature, Disease, and Death in London: Analyzing Weekly Data for the Century from 1866-1965
    CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers Downloads View citations (1)
    Also in NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2020) Downloads View citations (1)

    See also Journal Article Temperature, Disease, and Death in London: Analyzing Weekly Data for the Century from 1866 to 1965, The Journal of Economic History, Cambridge University Press (2021) Downloads View citations (7) (2021)

2019

  1. Accounting for fetal origins: Health capital vs. health deficits
    University of Göttingen Working Papers in Economics, University of Goettingen, Department of Economics Downloads View citations (1)
    Also in Discussion Papers, University of Copenhagen. Department of Economics (2017) Downloads View citations (14)
  2. Controlling Tuberculosis? Evidence from the First Community-Wide Health Experiment
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc Downloads
    See also Journal Article Controlling tuberculosis? Evidence from the first community-wide health experiment, Journal of Development Economics, Elsevier (2020) Downloads View citations (8) (2020)
  3. How the 1906 San Francisco Earthquake Shaped Economic Activity in the American West
    CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers Downloads View citations (1)
    Also in NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2019) Downloads View citations (1)

    See also Journal Article How the 1906 San Francisco earthquake shaped economic activity in the American West, Explorations in Economic History, Elsevier (2020) Downloads View citations (12) (2020)
  4. The Effects of Immigration on the Economy: Lessons from the 1920s Border Closure
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc Downloads View citations (31)
    Also in CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers (2019) Downloads View citations (32)
    Working Papers, Princeton University. Economics Department. (2019) Downloads View citations (18)

2018

  1. Controlling Tuberculosis? Evidence from the Mother of all Community-Wide Health Experiments
    Discussion Papers, University of Copenhagen. Department of Economics Downloads View citations (1)
  2. Physiological Aging around the World and Economic Growth
    CAGE Online Working Paper Series, Competitive Advantage in the Global Economy (CAGE) Downloads View citations (1)
  3. Shaking Up the Equilibrium: Natural Disasters, Economic Activity, and Immigration
    Discussion Papers on Economics, University of Southern Denmark, Department of Economics Downloads View citations (1)
  4. Two Blades of Grass: The Impact of the Green Revolution
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc Downloads View citations (20)
    Also in CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers (2016) Downloads View citations (10)
    CSAE Working Paper Series, Centre for the Study of African Economies, University of Oxford (2016) Downloads View citations (9)

    See also Journal Article Two Blades of Grass: The Impact of the Green Revolution, Journal of Political Economy, University of Chicago Press (2021) Downloads View citations (48) (2021)

2017

  1. Closing Heaven's Door: Evidence from the 1920s U.S. Immigration Quota Acts
    Discussion Papers on Economics, University of Southern Denmark, Department of Economics Downloads View citations (24)
    Also in Discussion Papers, University of Copenhagen. Department of Economics (2017) Downloads View citations (15)
  2. Preventing the White Death: Tuberculosis Dispensaries
    Discussion Papers, University of Copenhagen. Department of Economics Downloads View citations (5)
    See also Journal Article Preventing the White Death: Tuberculosis Dispensaries, The Economic Journal, Royal Economic Society (2020) Downloads View citations (8) (2020)

2016

  1. Church Membership and Social Insurance: Evidence from the Great Mississippi Flood of 1927
    Discussion Papers on Economics, University of Southern Denmark, Department of Economics Downloads View citations (4)
  2. Information and Disease Prevention: Tuberculosis Dispensaries
    Discussion Papers, University of Copenhagen. Department of Economics Downloads View citations (3)
  3. National Immigration Quotas and Local Economic Growth
    Discussion Papers, University of Copenhagen. Department of Economics Downloads View citations (5)

2015

  1. Climate Shocks and (very) Long-Run Productivity
    Discussion Papers, University of Copenhagen. Department of Economics Downloads View citations (6)
  2. Life Expectancy and Education: Evidence from the Cardiovascular Revolution
    Discussion Papers, University of Copenhagen. Department of Economics Downloads View citations (4)
    Also in University of Göttingen Working Papers in Economics, University of Goettingen, Department of Economics (2015) Downloads View citations (4)

    See also Journal Article Life expectancy and education: evidence from the cardiovascular revolution, Journal of Economic Growth, Springer (2017) Downloads View citations (34) (2017)
  3. Shaking up the Equilibrium: Natural Disasters, Immigration and Economic Geography
    Discussion Papers, University of Copenhagen. Department of Economics Downloads

2014

  1. Church Membership and Social Insurance: Evidence from the American South
    Discussion Papers, University of Copenhagen. Department of Economics Downloads View citations (5)
  2. Fertility and early-life mortality: Evidence from smallpox vaccination in Sweden
    Working Papers, European Historical Economics Society (EHES) Downloads View citations (8)
    See also Journal Article Fertility and Early-Life Mortality: Evidence from Smallpox Vaccination in Sweden, Journal of the European Economic Association, European Economic Association (2018) Downloads View citations (13) (2018)
  3. The Fertility Transition in the US: Schooling or Income?
    Economics Working Papers, Department of Economics and Business Economics, Aarhus University Downloads View citations (6)

2013

  1. How Much Did China's WTO Accession Increase Economic Growth in Resource-Rich Countries?
    Discussion Papers on Economics, University of Southern Denmark, Department of Economics Downloads View citations (5)
    See also Journal Article How much did China's WTO accession increase economic growth in resource-rich countries?, China Economic Review, Elsevier (2014) Downloads View citations (15) (2014)
  2. The Rise of Life Expectancy and Economic Growth in the 20th Century
    Discussion Papers on Economics, University of Southern Denmark, Department of Economics Downloads View citations (2)
    See also Journal Article The Rise in Life Expectancy and Economic Growth in the 20th Century, Economic Journal, Royal Economic Society (2015) Downloads View citations (42) (2015)

2012

  1. Causes of mortality and development: Evidence from large health shocks in 20th century America
    Economics Working Papers, Department of Economics and Business Economics, Aarhus University Downloads
  2. The effect of life expectancy on schooling: Evidence from the international health transition
    Discussion Papers on Economics, University of Southern Denmark, Department of Economics Downloads View citations (1)

2011

  1. Life expectancy and income: The Ben-Porath mechanism revisited
    Discussion Papers on Economics, University of Southern Denmark, Department of Economics Downloads View citations (1)
  2. The diffusion of health technologies: Cultural and biological divergence
    Discussion Papers on Economics, University of Southern Denmark, Department of Economics Downloads
    See also Journal Article The diffusion of health technologies: Cultural and biological divergence, European Economic Review, Elsevier (2013) Downloads View citations (4) (2013)

2009

  1. The optimal legal retirement age in an OLG model with endogenous labour supply
    Discussion Papers on Economics, University of Southern Denmark, Department of Economics Downloads View citations (5)

Journal Articles

2024

  1. How the Other Half Died: Immigration and Mortality in U.S. Cities
    The Review of Economic Studies, 2024, 91, (1), 1-44 Downloads
    See also Working Paper How the Other Half Died: Immigration and Mortality in US Cities, NBER Working Papers (2020) Downloads View citations (8) (2020)

2023

  1. National and Global Impacts of Genetically Modified Crops
    American Economic Review: Insights, 2023, 5, (2), 224-40 Downloads View citations (2)
  2. The Effect of Immigration Restrictions on Local Labor Markets: Lessons from the 1920s Border Closure
    American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, 2023, 15, (1), 164-91 Downloads View citations (13)

2022

  1. The 1918 epidemic and a V‐shaped recession: evidence from historical tax records
    Scandinavian Journal of Economics, 2022, 124, (1), 139-163 Downloads View citations (1)

2021

  1. Fetal origins—A life cycle model of health and aging from conception to death
    Health Economics, 2021, 30, (6), 1276-1290 Downloads View citations (15)
    See also Working Paper Fetal origins: A life cycle model of health and aging from conception to death, University of Göttingen Working Papers in Economics (2020) Downloads (2020)
  2. Temperature, Disease, and Death in London: Analyzing Weekly Data for the Century from 1866 to 1965
    The Journal of Economic History, 2021, 81, (1), 40-80 Downloads View citations (7)
    See also Working Paper Temperature, Disease, and Death in London: Analyzing Weekly Data for the Century from 1866-1965, CEPR Discussion Papers (2020) Downloads View citations (1) (2020)
  3. Two Blades of Grass: The Impact of the Green Revolution
    Journal of Political Economy, 2021, 129, (8), 2344 - 2384 Downloads View citations (48)
    See also Working Paper Two Blades of Grass: The Impact of the Green Revolution, NBER Working Papers (2018) Downloads View citations (20) (2018)

2020

  1. Controlling tuberculosis? Evidence from the first community-wide health experiment
    Journal of Development Economics, 2020, 146, (C) Downloads View citations (8)
    See also Working Paper Controlling Tuberculosis? Evidence from the First Community-Wide Health Experiment, NBER Working Papers (2019) Downloads (2019)
  2. How the 1906 San Francisco earthquake shaped economic activity in the American West
    Explorations in Economic History, 2020, 77, (C) Downloads View citations (12)
    See also Working Paper How the 1906 San Francisco Earthquake Shaped Economic Activity in the American West, CEPR Discussion Papers (2019) Downloads View citations (1) (2019)
  3. Preventing the White Death: Tuberculosis Dispensaries
    The Economic Journal, 2020, 130, (629), 1288-1316 Downloads View citations (8)
    See also Working Paper Preventing the White Death: Tuberculosis Dispensaries, Discussion Papers (2017) Downloads View citations (5) (2017)

2018

  1. Fertility and Early-Life Mortality: Evidence from Smallpox Vaccination in Sweden
    Journal of the European Economic Association, 2018, 16, (2), 487-521 Downloads View citations (13)
    See also Working Paper Fertility and early-life mortality: Evidence from smallpox vaccination in Sweden, Working Papers (2014) Downloads View citations (8) (2014)
  2. THE FERTILITY DECLINE IN THE UNITED STATES: SCHOOLING AND INCOME
    Macroeconomic Dynamics, 2018, 22, (6), 1584-1612 Downloads View citations (8)

2017

  1. Life expectancy and education: evidence from the cardiovascular revolution
    Journal of Economic Growth, 2017, 22, (4), 421-450 Downloads View citations (34)
    See also Working Paper Life Expectancy and Education: Evidence from the Cardiovascular Revolution, Discussion Papers (2015) Downloads View citations (4) (2015)

2015

  1. Modern gender roles and agricultural history: the Neolithic inheritance
    Journal of Economic Growth, 2015, 20, (4), 365-404 Downloads View citations (109)
  2. The Rise in Life Expectancy and Economic Growth in the 20th Century
    Economic Journal, 2015, (584), 838-852 Downloads View citations (42)
    See also Working Paper The Rise of Life Expectancy and Economic Growth in the 20th Century, Discussion Papers on Economics (2013) Downloads View citations (2) (2013)

2014

  1. Cause of death and development in the US
    Journal of Development Economics, 2014, 109, (C), 143-153 Downloads View citations (20)
  2. How much did China's WTO accession increase economic growth in resource-rich countries?
    China Economic Review, 2014, 30, (C), 16-26 Downloads View citations (15)
    See also Working Paper How Much Did China's WTO Accession Increase Economic Growth in Resource-Rich Countries?, Discussion Papers on Economics (2013) Downloads View citations (5) (2013)

2013

  1. Economic growth and individualism: The role of informal institutions
    Economics Letters, 2013, 118, (2), 378-380 Downloads View citations (18)
  2. Health and Development: A Neoclassical Perspective
    Journal of Human Capital, 2013, 7, (3), 274 - 295 Downloads View citations (8)
  3. Life expectancy and human capital: Evidence from the international epidemiological transition
    Journal of Health Economics, 2013, 32, (6), 1142-1152 Downloads View citations (36)
  4. The diffusion of health technologies: Cultural and biological divergence
    European Economic Review, 2013, 64, (C), 21-34 Downloads View citations (4)
    See also Working Paper The diffusion of health technologies: Cultural and biological divergence, Discussion Papers on Economics (2011) Downloads (2011)

2012

  1. Can higher life expectancy induce more schooling and earlier retirement?
    Journal of Population Economics, 2012, 25, (4), 1249-1264 Downloads View citations (31)
  2. The relation between wealth and health: Evidence from a world panel of countries
    Economics Letters, 2012, 115, (2), 175-176 Downloads View citations (16)
 
Page updated 2025-04-03