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Working Papers

2024

1. Climate Change, Population Growth, and Population Pressure
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc

2023

2. The Fast, the Slow, and the Congested: Urban Transportation in Rich and Poor Countries
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (2)

2022

3. Land Quality
   Working Papers, Brown University, Department of Economics
   Also in NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2020)

2020

4. Quality-adjusted Population Density
   Working Papers, Brown University, Department of Economics
   Also in Discussion Papers Series, Department of Economics, Tufts University, Department of Economics, Tufts University (2020)
5. The Average and Heterogeneous Effects of Transportation Investments: Evidence from Sub-Saharan Africa 1960-2010
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (18)
   Also in Working Papers, The George Washington University, Institute for International Economic Policy (2019) View citations (10)
   Discussion Papers Series, Department of Economics, Tufts University, Department of Economics, Tufts University (2017) View citations (10)
   See also Journal Article The Average and Heterogeneous Effects of Transportation Investments: Evidence from Sub-Saharan Africa 1960–2010, Journal of the European Economic Association, European Economic Association (2022) View citations (15) (2022)

2019

6. Economic and Political Factors in Infrastructure Investment: Evidence from Railroads and Roads in Africa 1960--2015
   Working Papers, The George Washington University, Institute for International Economic Policy View citations (3)
   Also in Working Papers, The George Washington University, Institute for International Economic Policy (2017)
   See also Journal Article Economic and Political Factors in Infrastructure Investment: Evidence from Railroads and Roads in Africa 1960–2015, Economic History of Developing Regions, Taylor & Francis Journals (2019) View citations (1) (2019)

2018

7. Mobility and Congestion in Urban India
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (22)
   Also in Discussion Papers Series, Department of Economics, Tufts University, Department of Economics, Tufts University (2018) View citations (22)
   Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank (2018) View citations (17)
   Working Papers, eSocialSciences (2018) View citations (22)
   CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers (2018) View citations (22)
   See also Journal Article Mobility and Congestion in Urban India, American Economic Review, American Economic Association (2023) View citations (2) (2023)
8. The global distribution of economic activity: nature, history, and the role of trade
   LSE Research Online Documents on Economics, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library View citations (108)
   Also in SERC Discussion Papers, Centre for Economic Performance, LSE (2016) View citations (15)
   Discussion Papers Series, Department of Economics, Tufts University, Department of Economics, Tufts University (2016) View citations (16)
   LSE Research Online Documents on Economics, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library (2016) View citations (13)
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2016) View citations (15)
   See also Journal Article The Global Distribution of Economic Activity: Nature, History, and the Role of Trade1, The Quarterly Journal of Economics, President and Fellows of Harvard College (2018) View citations (105) (2018)

2017

9. Has climate change driven urbanization in Africa?
   LSE Research Online Documents on Economics, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library View citations (97)
   See also Journal Article Has climate change driven urbanization in Africa?, Journal of Development Economics, Elsevier (2017) View citations (121) (2017)
10. The roles of nature and history in world development
    CentrePiece - The magazine for economic performance, Centre for Economic Performance, LSE

2014

11. 50 years of urbanization in Africa: examining the role of climate change
    Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank View citations (20)
12. Dowry Deaths:Response to Weather Variability in India
    Discussion Papers Series, Department of Economics, Tufts University, Department of Economics, Tufts University View citations (27)
    Also in Virginia Economics Online Papers, University of Virginia, Department of Economics (2013) View citations (12)
    See also Journal Article Dowry deaths: Response to weather variability in India, Journal of Development Economics, Elsevier (2014) View citations (80) (2014)
13. Farther on Down the Road: Transport Costs, Trade and Urban Growth in sub-Saharan Africa
    Discussion Papers Series, Department of Economics, Tufts University, Department of Economics, Tufts University View citations (7)
    Also in Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank (2013) View citations (16)
    See also Journal Article Farther on down the Road: Transport Costs, Trade and Urban Growth in Sub-Saharan Africa, The Review of Economic Studies, Review of Economic Studies Ltd (2016) View citations (214) (2016)

2013

14. Is urbanization in Sub-Saharan Africa different ?
    Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank View citations (24)

2009

15. Measuring Economic Growth from Outer Space
    Working Papers, Brown University, Department of Economics View citations (69)
    Also in NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2009) View citations (57)
    See also Journal Article Measuring Economic Growth from Outer Space, American Economic Review, American Economic Association (2012) View citations (973) (2012)

Journal Articles

2023

1. Mobility and Congestion in Urban India
   American Economic Review, 2023, 113, (4), 1083-1111 View citations (2)
   See also Working Paper Mobility and Congestion in Urban India, NBER Working Papers (2018) View citations (22) (2018)

2022

2. The Average and Heterogeneous Effects of Transportation Investments: Evidence from Sub-Saharan Africa 1960–2010
   Journal of the European Economic Association, 2022, 20, (1), 1-38 View citations (15)
   See also Working Paper The Average and Heterogeneous Effects of Transportation Investments: Evidence from Sub-Saharan Africa 1960-2010, NBER Working Papers (2020) View citations (18) (2020)

2019

3. Economic and Political Factors in Infrastructure Investment: Evidence from Railroads and Roads in Africa 1960–2015
   Economic History of Developing Regions, 2019, 34, (2), 156-208 View citations (1)
   See also Working Paper Economic and Political Factors in Infrastructure Investment: Evidence from Railroads and Roads in Africa 1960--2015, Working Papers (2019) View citations (3) (2019)

2018

4. The Global Distribution of Economic Activity: Nature, History, and the Role of Trade1
   The Quarterly Journal of Economics, 2018, 133, (1), 357-406 View citations (105)
   See also Working Paper The global distribution of economic activity: nature, history, and the role of trade, LSE Research Online Documents on Economics (2018) View citations (108) (2018)

2017

5. Has climate change driven urbanization in Africa?
   Journal of Development Economics, 2017, 124, (C), 60-82 View citations (121)
   See also Working Paper Has climate change driven urbanization in Africa?, LSE Research Online Documents on Economics (2017) View citations (97) (2017)

2016

6. Farther on down the Road: Transport Costs, Trade and Urban Growth in Sub-Saharan Africa
   The Review of Economic Studies, 2016, 83, (3), 1263-1295 View citations (214)
   See also Working Paper Farther on Down the Road: Transport Costs, Trade and Urban Growth in sub-Saharan Africa, Discussion Papers Series, Department of Economics, Tufts University (2014) View citations (7) (2014)
7. The View from Above: Applications of Satellite Data in Economics
   Journal of Economic Perspectives, 2016, 30, (4), 171-98 View citations (252)

2014

8. Dowry deaths: Response to weather variability in India
   Journal of Development Economics, 2014, 111, (C), 212-223 View citations (80)
   See also Working Paper Dowry Deaths:Response to Weather Variability in India, Discussion Papers Series, Department of Economics, Tufts University (2014) View citations (27) (2014)

2012

9. Measuring Economic Growth from Outer Space
   American Economic Review, 2012, 102, (2), 994-1028 View citations (973)
   See also Working Paper Measuring Economic Growth from Outer Space, Working Papers (2009) View citations (69) (2009)

2011

10. A Bright Idea for Measuring Economic Growth
    American Economic Review, 2011, 101, (3), 194-99 View citations (139)

2008

11. Global trends in emerging infectious diseases
    Nature, 2008, 451, (7181), 990-993 View citations (208)

2005

12. Child hunger in the developing world: An analysis of environmental and social correlates
    Food Policy, 2005, 30, (5-6), 584-611 View citations (13)