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Working Papers

2023

1. Did smallpox cause stillbirths? Maternal smallpox infection, vaccination and stillbirths in Sweden, 1780-1839
   LSE Research Online Documents on Economics, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library
   Also in CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers (2022)
   Economic History Working Papers, London School of Economics and Political Science, Department of Economic History (2022)
   See also Journal Article Did smallpox cause stillbirths? Maternal smallpox infection, vaccination, and stillbirths in Sweden, 1780–1839, Population Studies, Taylor & Francis Journals (2024) (2024)
2. The Determinants of Child Stunting and Shifts in the Growth Pattern of Children: A Long-Run, Global Review
   CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers
   Also in LSE Research Online Documents on Economics, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library (2023) View citations (1)
   See also Journal Article The determinants of child stunting and shifts in the growth pattern of children: A long‐run, global review, Journal of Economic Surveys, Wiley Blackwell (2025) (2025)

2022

3. The effect of nutritional status on historical infectious disease morbidity: evidence from the London Foundling Hospital, 1892-1919
   LSE Research Online Documents on Economics, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library View citations (1)
   Also in Economic History Working Papers, London School of Economics and Political Science, Department of Economic History (2021)

2021

4. Health shocks, recovery and the first thousand days: the effect of the Second World War on height growth in Japanese children
   LSE Research Online Documents on Economics, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library
   See also Journal Article Health Shocks, Recovery, and the First Thousand Days: The Effect of the Second World War on Height Growth in Japanese Children, Population and Development Review, The Population Council, Inc. (2021) View citations (1) (2021)
5. Infant feeding and post-weaning health: evidence from turn-of-the-century London
   LSE Research Online Documents on Economics, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library
   See also Journal Article Infant feeding and post-weaning health: Evidence from turn-of-the-century London, Economics & Human Biology, Elsevier (2021) View citations (4) (2021)
6. The Effect of Nutritional Status on Historical Infectious Disease Morbidity: Evidence from the London Foundling Hospital, 1892-
   CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers

2020

7. Collider Bias in Economic History Research
   CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers View citations (15)
   Also in LSE Research Online Documents on Economics, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library (2020) View citations (8)
   See also Journal Article Collider bias in economic history research, Explorations in Economic History, Elsevier (2020) View citations (9) (2020)
8. Nutrition, crowding and disease among low-income households in Tokyo in 1930
   LSE Research Online Documents on Economics, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library View citations (3)
   See also Journal Article NUTRITION, CROWDING, AND DISEASE AMONG LOW‐INCOME HOUSEHOLDS IN TOKYO IN 1930, Australian Economic History Review, Economic History Society of Australia and New Zealand (2020) View citations (3) (2020)
9. Sample-selection biases and the historical growth pattern of children
   LSE Research Online Documents on Economics, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library View citations (9)
   Also in Economic History Working Papers, London School of Economics and Political Science, Department of Economic History (2018) View citations (6)
10. The Effect of the Second World War on the Growth Pattern of Height in Japanese Children: Catch-up Growth, Critical Windows and
    CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers View citations (2)

2019

11. Childlessness, Celibacy and Net Fertility in Pre-Industrial England: The Middle-class Evolutionary Advantage
    CAGE Online Working Paper Series, Competitive Advantage in the Global Economy (CAGE) View citations (40)
    Also in LSE Research Online Documents on Economics, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library (2019) View citations (36)
    CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers (2017) View citations (3)
    See also Journal Article Childlessness, celibacy and net fertility in pre-industrial England: the middle-class evolutionary advantage, Journal of Economic Growth, Springer (2019) View citations (37) (2019)
12. The growth pattern of British children, 1850-1975
    Economic History Working Papers, London School of Economics and Political Science, Department of Economic History View citations (3)
    See also Journal Article The growth pattern of British children, 1850–1975, Economic History Review, Economic History Society (2021) View citations (2) (2021)

2018

13. "Decessit sine prole" - childlessness, celibacy, and survival of the richest in pre-industrial England
    Economic History Working Papers, London School of Economics and Political Science, Department of Economic History View citations (4)
    Also in LIDAM Discussion Papers IRES, Université catholique de Louvain, Institut de Recherches Economiques et Sociales (IRES) (2017) View citations (2)
14. Disease and child growth in industrialising Japan: critical windows and the growth pattern, 1917-39
    LSE Research Online Documents on Economics, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library View citations (22)
    See also Journal Article Disease and child growth in industrialising Japan: Critical windows and the growth pattern, 1917–39, Explorations in Economic History, Elsevier (2018) View citations (23) (2018)
15. Stunting: past, present, future
    Economic History Working Papers, London School of Economics and Political Science, Department of Economic History View citations (1)

2017

16. Disease and child growth in industrialising Japan: assessing instantaneous changes in growth and changes in the growth pattern, 1911-39
    Economic History Working Papers, London School of Economics and Political Science, Department of Economic History View citations (3)
17. Infant Feeding and Cohort Health: Evidence from the London Foundling Hospital
    CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers View citations (2)

2015

18. Technical note on applying the WHO standard/reference to historical data
    Economic History Working Papers, London School of Economics and Political Science, Department of Economic History View citations (5)

2014

19. Children's Growth in an Adaptive Framework: Explaining the Growth Patterns of American Slaves and Other Historical Populations
    Oxford Economic and Social History Working Papers, University of Oxford, Department of Economics
    See also Journal Article Children's growth in an adaptive framework: explaining the growth patterns of American slaves and other historical populations, Economic History Review, Economic History Society (2017) View citations (30) (2017)
20. Health, Gender and the Household: Children's Growth in the Marcella Street Home, Boston, MA and the Ashford School, London, UK
    Oxford Economic and Social History Working Papers, University of Oxford, Department of Economics
    See also Chapter Health, Gender and the Household: Children’s Growth in the Marcella Street Home, Boston, MA, and the Ashford School, London, UK, Research in Economic History, Emerald Group Publishing Limited (2016) View citations (5) (2016)
21. Prices and production: agricultural supply response in fourteenth‐century England
    LSE Research Online Documents on Economics, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library View citations (2)
    Also in Oxford Economic and Social History Working Papers, University of Oxford, Department of Economics (2012) View citations (5)
    See also Journal Article Prices and production: agricultural supply response in fourteenth-century England, Economic History Review, Economic History Society (2014) View citations (3) (2014)

2012

22. Real Wages and the Family: Adjusting Real Wages to Changing Demography in Pre-Modern England
    Oxford Economic and Social History Working Papers, University of Oxford, Department of Economics View citations (11)
    See also Journal Article Real wages and the family: Adjusting real wages to changing demography in pre-modern England, Explorations in Economic History, Elsevier (2013) View citations (17) (2013)

2011

23. Evaluating the Effectiveness of Yield-Raising Strategies in Medieval England: An Econometric Approach
    Oxford Economic and Social History Working Papers, University of Oxford, Department of Economics View citations (7)
24. The Colonial Origins of Divergence in the Americas:Â A Labour Market Approach
    Economics Series Working Papers, University of Oxford, Department of Economics View citations (6)
    Also in Working Papers, IGIER (Innocenzo Gasparini Institute for Economic Research), Bocconi University (2011) View citations (7)
    Working Papers, Economic History Society (2011) View citations (1)
    See also Journal Article The Colonial Origins of the Divergence in the Americas: A Labor Market Approach, The Journal of Economic History, Cambridge University Press (2012) View citations (56) (2012)

Journal Articles

2025

1. The determinants of child stunting and shifts in the growth pattern of children: A long‐run, global review
   Journal of Economic Surveys, 2025, 39, (2), 405-452
   See also Working Paper The Determinants of Child Stunting and Shifts in the Growth Pattern of Children: A Long-Run, Global Review, CEPR Discussion Papers (2023) (2023)

2024

2. Did smallpox cause stillbirths? Maternal smallpox infection, vaccination, and stillbirths in Sweden, 1780–1839
   Population Studies, 2024, 78, (3), 467-482
   See also Working Paper Did smallpox cause stillbirths? Maternal smallpox infection, vaccination and stillbirths in Sweden, 1780-1839, LSE Research Online Documents on Economics (2023) (2023)

2023

3. Plagues upon the Earth: Disease and the course of human history By Kyle Harper, Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2021. pp. 1–686. ISBN 9780691192123. Hbk £30.00
   Economic History Review, 2023, 76, (3), 979-981

2021

4. Health Shocks, Recovery, and the First Thousand Days: The Effect of the Second World War on Height Growth in Japanese Children
   Population and Development Review, 2021, 47, (4), 1075-1105 View citations (1)
   See also Working Paper Health shocks, recovery and the first thousand days: the effect of the Second World War on height growth in Japanese children, LSE Research Online Documents on Economics (2021) (2021)
5. Infant feeding and post-weaning health: Evidence from turn-of-the-century London
   Economics & Human Biology, 2021, 43, (C) View citations (4)
   See also Working Paper Infant feeding and post-weaning health: evidence from turn-of-the-century London, LSE Research Online Documents on Economics (2021) (2021)
6. The growth pattern of British children, 1850–1975
   Economic History Review, 2021, 74, (2), 341-371 View citations (2)
   See also Working Paper The growth pattern of British children, 1850-1975, Economic History Working Papers (2019) View citations (3) (2019)

2020

7. Collider bias in economic history research
   Explorations in Economic History, 2020, 78, (C) View citations (9)
   See also Working Paper Collider Bias in Economic History Research, CEPR Discussion Papers (2020) View citations (15) (2020)
8. NUTRITION, CROWDING, AND DISEASE AMONG LOW‐INCOME HOUSEHOLDS IN TOKYO IN 1930
   Australian Economic History Review, 2020, 60, (1), 73-104 View citations (3)
   See also Working Paper Nutrition, crowding and disease among low-income households in Tokyo in 1930, LSE Research Online Documents on Economics (2020) View citations (3) (2020)

2019

9. Childlessness, celibacy and net fertility in pre-industrial England: the middle-class evolutionary advantage
   Journal of Economic Growth, 2019, 24, (3), 223-256 View citations (37)
   See also Working Paper Childlessness, Celibacy and Net Fertility in Pre-Industrial England: The Middle-class Evolutionary Advantage, CAGE Online Working Paper Series (2019) View citations (40) (2019)

2018

10. Disease and child growth in industrialising Japan: Critical windows and the growth pattern, 1917–39
    Explorations in Economic History, 2018, 69, (C), 64-80 View citations (23)
    See also Working Paper Disease and child growth in industrialising Japan: critical windows and the growth pattern, 1917-39, LSE Research Online Documents on Economics (2018) View citations (22) (2018)

2017

11. Children's growth in an adaptive framework: explaining the growth patterns of American slaves and other historical populations
    Economic History Review, 2017, 70, (1), 3-29 View citations (30)
    See also Working Paper Children's Growth in an Adaptive Framework: Explaining the Growth Patterns of American Slaves and Other Historical Populations, Oxford Economic and Social History Working Papers (2014) (2014)
12. Fetal health stagnation: Have health conditions in utero improved in the United States and Western and Northern Europe over the past 150 years?
    Social Science & Medicine, 2017, 179, (C), 18-26 View citations (11)
13. Getting Under the Skin: Children’s Health Disparities as Embodiment of Social Class
    Population Research and Policy Review, 2017, 36, (5), 671-697 View citations (4)
14. Review of periodical literature on continental Europe from 1700 published in 2013
    Economic History Review, 2017, 70, (3), E1-E45

2015

15. UNA DE CAL Y OTRA DE ARENA: BUILDING COMPARABLE REAL WAGES IN A GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE
    Revista de Historia Económica / Journal of Iberian and Latin American Economic History, 2015, 33, (1), 61-75 View citations (10)

2014

16. Prices and production: agricultural supply response in fourteenth-century England
    Economic History Review, 2014, 67, (1), 66-91 View citations (3)
    See also Working Paper Prices and production: agricultural supply response in fourteenth‐century England, LSE Research Online Documents on Economics (2014) View citations (2) (2014)

2013

17. Inescapable hunger? Energy cost accounting and the costs of digestion, pregnancy, and lactation
    European Review of Economic History, 2013, 17, (3), 340-363 View citations (8)
18. Real wages and the family: Adjusting real wages to changing demography in pre-modern England
    Explorations in Economic History, 2013, 50, (1), 99-115 View citations (17)
    See also Working Paper Real Wages and the Family: Adjusting Real Wages to Changing Demography in Pre-Modern England, Oxford Economic and Social History Working Papers (2012) View citations (11) (2012)

2012

19. The Colonial Origins of the Divergence in the Americas: A Labor Market Approach
    The Journal of Economic History, 2012, 72, (4), 863-894 View citations (56)
    See also Working Paper The Colonial Origins of Divergence in the Americas:Â A Labour Market Approach, Economics Series Working Papers (2011) View citations (6) (2011)

Chapters

2016

1. Health, Gender and the Household: Children’s Growth in the Marcella Street Home, Boston, MA, and the Ashford School, London, UK
   A chapter in Research in Economic History, 2016, vol. 32, pp 277-361 View citations (5)
   See also Working Paper Health, Gender and the Household: Children's Growth in the Marcella Street Home, Boston, MA and the Ashford School, London, UK, University of Oxford, Department of Economics (2014) (2014)