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Working Papers

2024

1. The Impact of the Chinese Exclusion Act on the Economic Development of the Western U.S
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc

2023

2. Racial Discrimination and the Social Contract: Evidence from U.S. Army Enlistment during WWII
   RF Berlin - CReAM Discussion Paper Series, Rockwool Foundation Berlin (RF Berlin) - Centre for Research and Analysis of Migration (CReAM)
   Also in NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2021) View citations (1)

2022

3. Stress, Ethnicity, and Prosocial Behavior
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc
   Also in CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers (2022)
   See also Journal Article Stress, Ethnicity, and Prosocial Behavior, Journal of Political Economy Microeconomics, University of Chicago Press (2023) View citations (4) (2023)

2021

4. Discrimination and State Capacity: Evidence from WWII U.S. Army Enlistment
   CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers
5. The Causes of Ukrainian Famine Mortality, 1932-33
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (1)
6. The Political-Economic Causes of the Soviet Great Famine, 1932-33
   CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers

2020

7. Aid Crowd-Out: The Effect of NGOs on Government-Provided Public Services
   CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers View citations (5)
8. Immigrants and the making of America
   LSE Research Online Documents on Economics, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library View citations (61)
   See also Journal Article Immigrants and the Making of America, The Review of Economic Studies, Review of Economic Studies Ltd (2020) View citations (84) (2020)
9. The Unintended Consequences of NGO-Provided Aid on Government Services in Uganda
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (6)

2019

10. Choosing Racial Identity in the United States, 1880-1940
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (13)

2018

11. Computerizing VAT Invoices in China
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (7)
12. Distrust and Political Turnover
    CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers View citations (15)
13. Distrust and Political Turnover during Economic Crises
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (11)
14. The Dynamic Effects of Computerized VAT Invoices on Chinese Manufacturing Firms
    CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers View citations (18)

2017

15. Migrants and the Making of America: The Short and Long Run Effects of Immigration during the Age of Mass Migration
    CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers View citations (31)
    Also in NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2017) View citations (36)
    See also Journal Article Migrants and the Making of America: The Shortand Long-Run Effects of Immigration During the Age of Mass Migration, ifo DICE Report, ifo Institute - Leibniz Institute for Economic Research at the University of Munich (2017) View citations (33) (2017)
16. The Long-Run Effects of Agricultural Productivity on Conflict, 1400-1900
    IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) View citations (8)
    Also in NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2017) View citations (8)
    CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers (2017) View citations (8)
17. The Rise and Fall of Local Elections in China: Theory and Empirical Evidence on the Autocrat's Trade-off
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (8)
    Also in CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers (2017) View citations (10)
18. The effect of China's One Child Policy on sex selection, family size, and the school enrolment of daughters
    WIDER Working Paper Series, World Institute for Development Economic Research (UNU-WIDER) View citations (2)
19. Winter is Coming: The Long-Run Effects of Climate Change on Conflict, 1400-1900
    IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) View citations (30)
    Also in CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers (2017) View citations (28)
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2017) View citations (21)

2016

20. Economic Transition and Private-Sector Labor Demand: Evidence from Urban China
    Harvard Business School Working Papers, Harvard Business School View citations (3)
    Also in NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2013) View citations (4)
    Working Papers, eSocialSciences (2015)
    CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers (2014) View citations (2)
21. Life-Cycle Human Capital Accumulation Across Countries: Lessons From U.S. Immigrants
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (9)
    Also in 2014 Meeting Papers, Society for Economic Dynamics (2014) View citations (4)
    See also Journal Article Life-Cycle Human Capital Accumulation across Countries: Lessons from US Immigrants, Journal of Human Capital, University of Chicago Press (2018) View citations (20) (2018)

2015

22. Making Democracy Work: Culture, Social Capital and Elections in China
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (24)
    Also in CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers (2015) View citations (27)
    Working Papers, eSocialSciences (2015) View citations (20)
23. The Fluidity of Race: “Passing” in the United States, 1880-1940
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (7)

2014

24. Aggregate Fertility and Household Savings: A General Equilibrium Analysis using Micro Data
    Working Papers, eSocialSciences View citations (46)
    Also in CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers (2014) View citations (46)
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2014) View citations (47)
25. Making Democracy Work: The Effects of Social Capital and Elections on Public Goods in China
    2014 Meeting Papers, Society for Economic Dynamics
26. Making Progress on Foreign Aid
    CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers View citations (7)
    Also in NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2014) View citations (7)
    See also Journal Article Making Progress on Foreign Aid, Annual Review of Economics, Annual Reviews (2015) View citations (72) (2015)
27. US Food Aid and Civil Conflict
    Scholarly Articles, Harvard University Department of Economics View citations (438)
    See also Journal Article US Food Aid and Civil Conflict, American Economic Review, American Economic Association (2014) View citations (511) (2014)

2013

28. Social Fragmentation, Public Goods and Elections: Evidence from China
    CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers View citations (4)
    Also in NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2012) View citations (11)
    Working Papers, eSocialSciences (2013) View citations (4)

2012

29. Aiding Conflict: The Impact of U.S. Food Aid on Civil War
    Working Papers, eSocialSciences View citations (12)
    Also in NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2012) View citations (15)
    CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers (2012) View citations (17)
30. Elections in China
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (29)
31. Experience Matters: Human Capital and Development Accounting
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (39)
    Also in Working Papers, Human Capital and Economic Opportunity Working Group (2012) View citations (27)
    CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers (2012) View citations (29)
32. On the Road: Access to Transportation Infrastructure and Economic Growth in China
    Working Papers, eSocialSciences View citations (312)
    Also in NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2012) View citations (310)
    CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers (2012) View citations (327)
    See also Journal Article On the road: Access to transportation infrastructure and economic growth in China, Journal of Development Economics, Elsevier (2020) View citations (266) (2020)
33. The Effects of Democratization on Public Goods and Redistribution: Evidence from China
    CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers View citations (18)
    Also in Working Papers, eSocialSciences (2012) View citations (20)

2011

34. Do Local Elections in Non-Democracies Increase Accountability? Evidence from Rural China
    CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers View citations (38)
    Also in NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2011) View citations (40)
    Working Papers, eSocialSciences (2011) View citations (38)
35. The Potato's Contribution to Population and Urbanization: Evidence From A Historical Experiment
    Scholarly Articles, Harvard University Department of Economics View citations (355)
    Also in CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers (2009) View citations (9)
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2009) View citations (7)
    See also Journal Article The Potato's Contribution to Population and Urbanization: Evidence From A Historical Experiment, The Quarterly Journal of Economics, President and Fellows of Harvard College (2011) View citations (354) (2011)

2010

36. Government Distortion in Independently Owned Media: Evidence from U.S. Cold War News Coverage of Human Rights
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (4)
37. Quantity-Quality and the One Child Policy: The Only-Child Disadvantage in School Enrollment in Rural China
    Working Papers, eSocialSciences View citations (1)
    Also in NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2009) View citations (126)
38. The Columbian Exchange: A History of Disease, Food, and Ideas
    Scholarly Articles, Harvard University Department of Economics View citations (34)
    See also Journal Article The Columbian Exchange: A History of Disease, Food, and Ideas, Journal of Economic Perspectives, American Economic Association (2010) View citations (37) (2010)
39. The Determinants of Food Aid Provisions to Africa and the Developing World
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (12)
    See also Chapter The Determinants of Food-Aid Provisions to Africa and the Developing World, NBER Chapters, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2014) View citations (3) (2014)
40. The Institutional Causes of China's Great Famine, 1959-61
    CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers View citations (3)
    Also in NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2010) View citations (7)
41. The Potato’s Contribution to Population and Urbanization: Evidence from an Historical Experiment
    Working Papers, eSocialSciences View citations (3)
42. Watchdog or Lapdog? Media and the U.S. Government
    CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers View citations (2)

2009

43. Income Inequality and Progressive Income Taxation in China and India, 1986-2015
    PSE-Ecole d'économie de Paris (Postprint), HAL View citations (41)
    Also in CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers (2006) View citations (3)
    Post-Print, HAL (2009) View citations (66)
    See also Journal Article Income Inequality and Progressive Income Taxation in China and India, 1986-2015, American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, American Economic Association (2009) View citations (72) (2009)
44. The Long Term Consequences of Famine on Survivors: Evidence from a Unique Natural Experiment using China's Great Famine
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (105)

2008

45. More Women Missing, Fewer Girls Dying: The Impact of Abortion on Sex Ratios at Birth and Excess Female Mortality in Taiwan
    CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers View citations (16)
    Also in NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2008) View citations (14)
46. The Strategic Determinants of U.S. Human Rights Reporting: Evidence from the Cold War
    CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers View citations (2)
    See also Journal Article The Strategic Determinants of U.S. Human Rights Reporting: Evidence from The Cold War, Journal of the European Economic Association, MIT Press (2009) View citations (12) (2009)

2006

47. Missing Women and the Price of Tea in China: The Effect of Sex-Specific Earnings on Sex Imbalance
    CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers View citations (41)
    See also Journal Article Missing Women and the Price of Tea in China: The Effect of Sex-Specific Earnings on Sex Imbalance, The Quarterly Journal of Economics, President and Fellows of Harvard College (2008) View citations (449) (2008)
48. The Long Run Health and Economic Consequences of Famine on Survivors: Evidence from China's Great Famine
    CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers View citations (34)
    Also in IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) (2006) View citations (41)

Journal Articles

2023

1. Stress, Ethnicity, and Prosocial Behavior
   Journal of Political Economy Microeconomics, 2023, 1, (2), 225 - 269 View citations (4)
   See also Working Paper Stress, Ethnicity, and Prosocial Behavior, NBER Working Papers (2022) (2022)

2022

2. The Rise and Fall of Local Elections in China
   American Economic Review, 2022, 112, (9), 2921-58 View citations (13)

2020

3. Immigrants and the Making of America
   The Review of Economic Studies, 2020, 87, (1), 382-419 View citations (84)
   See also Working Paper Immigrants and the making of America, LSE Research Online Documents on Economics (2020) View citations (61) (2020)
4. On the road: Access to transportation infrastructure and economic growth in China
   Journal of Development Economics, 2020, 145, (C) View citations (266)
   See also Working Paper On the Road: Access to Transportation Infrastructure and Economic Growth in China, Working Papers (2012) View citations (312) (2012)

2019

5. Economic transition and private-sector labor: Evidence from urban China
   Journal of Comparative Economics, 2019, 47, (3), 579-600 View citations (2)

2018

6. Life Cycle Wage Growth across Countries
   Journal of Political Economy, 2018, 126, (2), 797 - 849 View citations (134)
7. Life-Cycle Human Capital Accumulation across Countries: Lessons from US Immigrants
   Journal of Human Capital, 2018, 12, (2), 305 - 342 View citations (20)
   See also Working Paper Life-Cycle Human Capital Accumulation Across Countries: Lessons From U.S. Immigrants, NBER Working Papers (2016) View citations (9) (2016)

2017

8. Migrants and the Making of America: The Shortand Long-Run Effects of Immigration During the Age of Mass Migration
   ifo DICE Report, 2017, 15, (03), 30-34 View citations (33)
   See also Working Paper Migrants and the Making of America: The Short and Long Run Effects of Immigration during the Age of Mass Migration, CEPR Discussion Papers (2017) View citations (31) (2017)

2016

9. Erratum
   The Review of Economic Studies, 2016, 83, (3), 1296

2015

10. Making Progress on Foreign Aid
    Annual Review of Economics, 2015, 7, (1), 277-308 View citations (72)
    See also Working Paper Making Progress on Foreign Aid, CEPR Discussion Papers (2014) View citations (7) (2014)
11. The Institutional Causes of China's Great Famine, 1959–1961
    The Review of Economic Studies, 2015, 82, (4), 1568-1611 View citations (37)

2014

12. MORE MISSING WOMEN, FEWER DYING GIRLS: THE IMPACT OF SEX-SELECTIVE ABORTION ON SEX AT BIRTH AND RELATIVE FEMALE MORTALITY IN TAIWAN
    Journal of the European Economic Association, 2014, 12, (4), 899-926 View citations (42)
13. US Food Aid and Civil Conflict
    American Economic Review, 2014, 104, (6), 1630-66 View citations (511)
    See also Working Paper US Food Aid and Civil Conflict, Scholarly Articles (2014) View citations (438) (2014)

2011

14. The Potato's Contribution to Population and Urbanization: Evidence From A Historical Experiment
    The Quarterly Journal of Economics, 2011, 126, (2), 593-650 View citations (354)
    See also Working Paper The Potato's Contribution to Population and Urbanization: Evidence From A Historical Experiment, Scholarly Articles (2011) View citations (355) (2011)

2010

15. The Columbian Exchange: A History of Disease, Food, and Ideas
    Journal of Economic Perspectives, 2010, 24, (2), 163-88 View citations (37)
    See also Working Paper The Columbian Exchange: A History of Disease, Food, and Ideas, Scholarly Articles (2010) View citations (34) (2010)

2009

16. Income Inequality and Progressive Income Taxation in China and India, 1986-2015
    American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, 2009, 1, (2), 53-63 View citations (72)
    See also Working Paper Income Inequality and Progressive Income Taxation in China and India, 1986-2015, PSE-Ecole d'économie de Paris (Postprint) (2009) View citations (41) (2009)
17. The Strategic Determinants of U.S. Human Rights Reporting: Evidence from The Cold War
    Journal of the European Economic Association, 2009, 7, (2-3), 446-457 View citations (12)
    See also Working Paper The Strategic Determinants of U.S. Human Rights Reporting: Evidence from the Cold War, CEPR Discussion Papers (2008) View citations (2) (2008)

2008

18. Missing Women and the Price of Tea in China: The Effect of Sex-Specific Earnings on Sex Imbalance
    The Quarterly Journal of Economics, 2008, 123, (3), 1251-1285 View citations (449)
    See also Working Paper Missing Women and the Price of Tea in China: The Effect of Sex-Specific Earnings on Sex Imbalance, CEPR Discussion Papers (2006) View citations (41) (2006)

Chapters

2024

1. Technological Adoption and Taxation: The Case of China’s Golden Tax Reform
   A chapter in Tax Policy and the Economy, Volume 38, 2024, pp 101-122

2014

2. The Determinants of Food-Aid Provisions to Africa and the Developing World
   A chapter in African Successes, Volume IV: Sustainable Growth, 2014, pp 161-178 View citations (3)
   See also Working Paper The Determinants of Food Aid Provisions to Africa and the Developing World, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2010) View citations (12) (2010)