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Working Papers
2020
- Italy and the Industrial Revolution: Evidence from Stable Employment in Rural Areas
CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers
- Italy and the Little Divergence in Wages and Prices: New Data, New Results
CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers View citations (2)
See also Journal Article in The Journal of Economic History (2020)
- Life-cycle living standards of intact and disrupted English working families, 1260-1850
LSE Research Online Documents on Economics, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library
- Working for a Living? Women and Children's Labour Inputs in England, 1260-1850
CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers
2019
- 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 (7)
Also in LSE Research Online Documents on Economics, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library (2019) View citations (6)
See also Journal Article in Journal of Economic Growth (2019)
- Expensive Labour and the Industrial Revolution: Evidence from Stable Employment in Rural Areas
CAGE Online Working Paper Series, Competitive Advantage in the Global Economy (CAGE) View citations (2)
- Family standards of living over the long run, England 1280-1850
CAGE Online Working Paper Series, Competitive Advantage in the Global Economy (CAGE)
- The Blessings of Medicine? Patient Characteristics and Health Outcomes in a Ugandan Mission Hospital, 1908-1970
African Economic History Working Paper, African Economic History Network View citations (11)
- Why was the First Industrial Revolution English? Roman Real Wages and the Little Divergence within Europe Reconsidered
CAGE Online Working Paper Series, Competitive Advantage in the Global Economy (CAGE) View citations (2)
- Working for a Living? Women and Children’s Labour Inputs in England, 1260-1850
Oxford Economic and Social History Working Papers, University of Oxford, Department of Economics
2018
- "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 (2)
Also in CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers (2017) View citations (3) LIDAM Discussion Papers IRES, Université catholique de Louvain, Institut de Recherches Economiques et Sociales (IRES) (2017) View citations (2)
- Human Capital Formation during the First Industrial Revolution: Evidence from the Use of Steam Engines
CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers View citations (21)
Also in CAGE Online Working Paper Series, Competitive Advantage in the Global Economy (CAGE) (2016) View citations (8)
See also Journal Article in Journal of the European Economic Association (2020)
- Pioneering into the Past: Regional Literacy Developments in Italy Before Italy
CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers View citations (6)
See also Journal Article in European Review of Economic History (2019)
2017
- Malthus in the Bedroom: Birth Spacing as Birth Control in Pre-Transition England
Munich Reprints in Economics, University of Munich, Department of Economics View citations (18)
Also in CESifo Working Paper Series, CESifo (2016) 
See also Journal Article in Demography (2017)
- Social Mobility among Christian Africans: Evidence from Anglican Marriage Registers in Uganda, 1895-2011
CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers View citations (3)
See also Journal Article in Economic History Review (2018)
- UNREAL WAGES? REAL INCOME AND ECONOMIC GROWTH IN ENGLAND, 1260-1850
Working Papers, European Historical Economics Society (EHES) View citations (3)
Also in CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers (2017) View citations (7)
See also Journal Article in Economic Journal (2019)
2016
- Fecundity, Fertility and the Formation of Human Capital
CAGE Online Working Paper Series, Competitive Advantage in the Global Economy (CAGE) View citations (8)
See also Journal Article in Economic Journal (2019)
- The Effect of the Italian Unification on the Comparative Regional Development in Literacy, 1821-1911
CEIS Research Paper, Tor Vergata University, CEIS View citations (3)
- Unreal Wages? A New Empirical Foundation for the Study of Living Standards and Economic Growth in England, 1260-1860
Oxford Economic and Social History Working Papers, University of Oxford, Department of Economics View citations (4)
Also in CAGE Online Working Paper Series, Competitive Advantage in the Global Economy (CAGE) (2016) View citations (1)
2015
- A Colonial Legacy of African Gender Inequality? Evidence from Christian Kampala, 1895-2011
CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers View citations (3)
Also in Working Papers, Utrecht University, Centre for Global Economic History (2014) View citations (1)
See also Journal Article in Economic History Review (2016)
- Human Capital Formation from Occupations: The ‘Deskilling Hypothesis’ Revisited
CAGE Online Working Paper Series, Competitive Advantage in the Global Economy (CAGE) View citations (3)
Also in Working Papers, Utrecht University, Centre for Global Economic History (2014) View citations (5)
See also Journal Article in Cliometrica, Journal of Historical Economics and Econometric History (2017)
- Social Mobility among Christian Africans: Evidence from Ugandan Marriage Registers 1895-2011
CAGE Online Working Paper Series, Competitive Advantage in the Global Economy (CAGE) View citations (1)
- THE WAGES OF WOMEN IN ENGLAND,1260-1850
CAGE Online Working Paper Series, Competitive Advantage in the Global Economy (CAGE) View citations (23)
Also in Oxford Economic and Social History Working Papers, University of Oxford, Department of Economics (2014) View citations (3) CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers (2014)
2013
- Malthus in the Bedroom: Birth Spacing as a Preventive Check Mechanism in Pre-Modern England
CAGE Online Working Paper Series, Competitive Advantage in the Global Economy (CAGE) View citations (1)
Also in CESifo Working Paper Series, CESifo (2012) View citations (5) CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers (2012) View citations (5)
- Picking Winners? The Effect of Birth Order and Migration on Parental Human Capital Investments in Pre-Modern England
Working Papers, Utrecht University, Centre for Global Economic History View citations (6)
See also Journal Article in European Review of Economic History (2013)
2012
- Family Investment Strategies in Pre-modern Societies: Human Capital, Migration, and Birth Order in Seventeenth and Eighteenth Century England
Working Papers, European Historical Economics Society (EHES)
- Fecundity, Fertility and Family Reconstitution Data: The Child Quantity-Quality Trade-O Revisite
CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers View citations (25)
2011
- Citation Success: Evidence from Economic History Journal Publications
Working Papers, Utrecht University, Centre for Global Economic History 
Also in Discussion Papers, University of Copenhagen. Department of Economics (2009) View citations (1) Working Paper Series, Research Institute of Industrial Economics (2010) View citations (5)
See also Journal Article in Explorations in Economic History (2012)
- French Revolution or Industrial Revolution? A Note on the Contrasting Experiences of England and France up to 1800
Working Papers, Utrecht University, Centre for Global Economic History 
See also Journal Article in Cliometrica, Journal of Historical Economics and Econometric History (2012)
- Survival of the Richest? Social Status, Fertility, and Social Mobility in England 1541-1824
Discussion Papers, University of Copenhagen. Department of Economics View citations (34)
See also Journal Article in European Review of Economic History (2011)
- The Child Quantity-Quality Trade-Off During the Industrial Revolution in England
Discussion Papers, University of Copenhagen. Department of Economics View citations (16)
- The Lasting Damage to Mortality of Early-Life Adversity: Evidence from the English Famine of the late 1720s
Discussion Papers, University of Copenhagen. Department of Economics View citations (1)
See also Journal Article in European Review of Economic History (2012)
2010
- How Child Costs and Survival Shaped the Industrial Revolution and the Demographic Transition: A Theoretical Inquiry
Hannover Economic Papers (HEP), Leibniz Universität Hannover, Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakultät View citations (3)
- The Determinants of Subsistence Income in a Malthusian World
Global COE Hi-Stat Discussion Paper Series, Institute of Economic Research, Hitotsubashi University View citations (1)
Also in Hannover Economic Papers (HEP), Leibniz Universität Hannover, Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakultät (2009)
- The Neolithic Revolution from a Price-Theoretic Perspective
Discussion Papers, University of Copenhagen. Department of Economics 
Also in MPRA Paper, University Library of Munich, Germany (2008) View citations (2)
See also Journal Article in Journal of Development Economics (2011)
- Was there an ‘Industrious Revolution’ before the Industrial Revolution? An Empirical Exercise for England, c. 1300-1830
Discussion Papers, University of Copenhagen. Department of Economics View citations (9)
See also Journal Article in Economic History Review (2011)
2009
- Product Variety and the Demographic Transition
Discussion Papers, University of Copenhagen. Department of Economics View citations (3)
See also Journal Article in Economics Letters (2010)
- Product variety and the demand for children
MPRA Paper, University Library of Munich, Germany
- Ranking Economic History Journals: A Citation-Based Impact-Adjusted Analysis
Discussion Papers, University of Copenhagen. Department of Economics View citations (2)
See also Journal Article in Cliometrica, Journal of Historical Economics and Econometric History (2010)
2008
- A Malthusian model for all seasons?
Working Papers, HAL 
Also in PSE Working Papers, HAL (2008) 
See also Journal Article in Economics Bulletin (2009)
- Birth, Death, and Development: A Simple Unified Growth Theory
Hannover Economic Papers (HEP), Leibniz Universität Hannover, Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakultät View citations (1)
Also in Discussion Papers, University of Copenhagen. Department of Economics (2008)
- Why did the First Farmers Toil? Human Metabolism and the Origins of Agriculture
Discussion Papers, University of Copenhagen. Department of Economics View citations (6)
See also Journal Article in European Review of Economic History (2009)
2007
- A Malthusian Model for all Seasons: A Theoretical Approach to Labour Input and Labour Surplus in Traditional Agriculture
Discussion Papers, University of Copenhagen. Department of Economics
- From Preventive to Permissive Checks: The Changing Nature of the Malthusian Relationship Between Nuptiality and the Price of Provisions in the Nineteenth Century
Oxford Economic and Social History Working Papers, University of Oxford, Department of Economics View citations (5)
Also in Discussion Papers, University of Copenhagen. Department of Economics (2007) View citations (2)
See also Journal Article in Cliometrica, Journal of Historical Economics and Econometric History (2009)
- Made for Toil: Natural selection at the dawn of agriculture
PSE Working Papers, HAL 
Also in Working Papers, HAL (2007)
- Malthus Revisited: Fertility Decision Making based on Quasi-Linear Preferences
Discussion Papers, University of Copenhagen. Department of Economics View citations (4)
See also Journal Article in Economics Letters (2008)
- The Simplest Unified Growth Theory
Hannover Economic Papers (HEP), Leibniz Universität Hannover, Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakultät 
Also in Discussion Papers, University of Copenhagen. Department of Economics (2007)  CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers (2007) View citations (1)
2006
- The Origins of Governments: From Amorphy to Anarchy and Hierarchy
Discussion Papers, University of Copenhagen. Department of Economics View citations (3)
2004
- From Domestic Manufacture to Industrial Revolution: Long-Run Growth and Agrucultural Development
Discussion Papers, University of Copenhagen. Department of Economics View citations (1)
See also Journal Article in Oxford Economic Papers (2006)
2003
- From Foraging to Farming: Explaining the Neolithic Revolution
Discussion Papers, University of Copenhagen. Department of Economics View citations (38)
See also Journal Article in Journal of Economic Surveys (2005)
- Stone Age Economics: The Origins of Agriculture and the Emergence of Non-Food Specialists
Discussion Papers, University of Copenhagen. Department of Economics View citations (16)
2001
- Fra malthusiansk stagnation til moderne vækst
Bl� Memoserie, University of Copenhagen. Department of Economics
Journal Articles
2020
- Human Capital Formation During the First Industrial Revolution: Evidence from the use of Steam Engines
Journal of the European Economic Association, 2020, 18, (2), 829-889 View citations (2)
See also Working Paper (2018)
- Italy and the Little Divergence in Wages and Prices: New Data, New Results
The Journal of Economic History, 2020, 80, (4), 931-960 
See also Working Paper (2020)
- Malthus's missing women and children: demography and wages in historical perspective, England 1280-1850
European Economic Review, 2020, 129, (C)
2019
- 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 (7)
See also Working Paper (2019)
- Fecundity, Fertility and The Formation of Human Capital
Economic Journal, 2019, 129, (618), 925-960 View citations (6)
See also Working Paper (2016)
- Further Evidence of Within-Marriage Fertility Control in Pre-Transitional England
Demography, 2019, 56, (4), 1557-1572 View citations (4)
- Pioneering into the past: Regional literacy developments in Italy before Italy
European Review of Economic History, 2019, 23, (3), 329-364 View citations (7)
See also Working Paper (2018)
- Unreal Wages? Real Income and Economic Growth in England, 1260–1850
Economic Journal, 2019, 129, (623), 2867-2887 View citations (13)
See also Working Paper (2017)
2018
- Social mobility among Christian Africans: evidence from Anglican marriage registers in Uganda, 1895–2011
Economic History Review, 2018, 71, (4), 1291-1321 View citations (4)
See also Working Paper (2017)
2017
- Human capital formation from occupations: the ‘deskilling hypothesis’ revisited
Cliometrica, Journal of Historical Economics and Econometric History, 2017, 11, (1), 1-30 View citations (15)
Also in Cliometrica, 2017, 11, (1), 1-30 (2017) View citations (20)
See also Working Paper (2015)
- Malthus in the Bedroom: Birth Spacing as Birth Control in Pre-Transition England
Demography, 2017, 54, (2), 413-436 View citations (18)
See also Working Paper (2017)
2016
- A colonial legacy of African gender inequality? Evidence from Christian Kampala, 1895–2011
Economic History Review, 2016, 69, (1), 229-257 View citations (6)
See also Working Paper (2015)
2015
- The Wages of Women in England, 1260–1850
The Journal of Economic History, 2015, 75, (2), 405-447 View citations (16)
2014
- HOW CHILD COSTS AND SURVIVAL SHAPED THE INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION AND THE DEMOGRAPHIC TRANSITION
Macroeconomic Dynamics, 2014, 18, (1), 114-144 View citations (20)
2013
- Globalization revisited: Market integration and the wheat trade between North America and Britain from the eighteenth century
Explorations in Economic History, 2013, 50, (1), 88-98 View citations (19)
- Picking winners? The effect of birth order and migration on parental human capital investments in pre-modern England
European Review of Economic History, 2013, 17, (2), 210-232 View citations (6)
See also Working Paper (2013)
2012
- Citation success: Evidence from economic history journal publications
Explorations in Economic History, 2012, 49, (1), 92-104 View citations (14)
See also Working Paper (2011)
- French revolution or industrial revolution? A note on the contrasting experiences of England and France up to 1800
Cliometrica, Journal of Historical Economics and Econometric History, 2012, 6, (1), 79-88 View citations (3)
See also Working Paper (2011)
- The determinants of income in a Malthusian equilibrium
Journal of Development Economics, 2012, 97, (1), 112-117 View citations (21)
- The lasting damage to mortality of early-life adversity: evidence from the English famine of the late 1720s
European Review of Economic History, 2012, 16, (3), 233-246 View citations (6)
See also Working Paper (2011)
2011
- Survival of the richest? Social status, fertility and social mobility in England 1541-1824
European Review of Economic History, 2011, 15, (3), 365-392 View citations (38)
See also Working Paper (2011)
- The Neolithic Revolution from a price-theoretic perspective
Journal of Development Economics, 2011, 96, (2), 209-219 View citations (7)
See also Working Paper (2010)
- Was there an ‘industrious revolution’ before the industrial revolution? An empirical exercise for England, c. 1300–1830
Economic History Review, 2011, 64, (3), 715-729 View citations (30)
See also Working Paper (2010)
2010
- Classificare le riviste di storia economica: un'analisi di fattore d'impatto
Rivista di storia economica, 2010, (3), 367-376
- Product variety and the demographic transition
Economics Letters, 2010, 107, (1), 74-76 View citations (2)
See also Working Paper (2009)
- Ranking economic history journals: a citation-based impact-adjusted analysis
Cliometrica, Journal of Historical Economics and Econometric History, 2010, 4, (1), 1-17 View citations (14)
See also Working Paper (2009)
- The origins of governments: from anarchy to hierarchy
Journal of Institutional Economics, 2010, 6, (2), 215-242 View citations (5)
2009
- A malthusian model for all seasons
Economics Bulletin, 2009, 29, (2), 769-774 
See also Working Paper (2008)
- From preventive to permissive checks: the changing nature of the Malthusian relationship between nuptiality and the price of provisions in the nineteenth century
Cliometrica, Journal of Historical Economics and Econometric History, 2009, 3, (1), 55-70 View citations (3)
See also Working Paper (2007)
- Why did the first farmers toil? Human metabolism and the origins of agriculture
European Review of Economic History, 2009, 13, (2), 157-172 View citations (9)
See also Working Paper (2008)
2008
- Malthus revisited: Fertility decision making based on quasi-linear preferences
Economics Letters, 2008, 99, (1), 127-130 View citations (11)
See also Working Paper (2007)
- Population, food, and knowledge: a simple unified growth theory
Journal of Economic Growth, 2008, 13, (3), 195-216 View citations (146)
2006
- From domestic manufacture to Industrial Revolution: long-run growth and agricultural development
Oxford Economic Papers, 2006, 58, (2), 264-287 View citations (13)
See also Working Paper (2004)
2005
- From Foraging To Farming: Explaining The Neolithic Revolution
Journal of Economic Surveys, 2005, 19, (4), 561-586 View citations (55)
See also Working Paper (2003)
2004
- From stagnation to growth: Revisiting three historical regimes
Journal of Population Economics, 2004, 17, (3), 455-472 View citations (40)
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