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Working Papers

2017

1. "Decessit sine prole" Childlessness, Celibacy, and Survival of the Richest in Pre-Industrial England
   Discussion Papers (IRES - Institut de Recherches Economiques et Sociales), Université catholique de Louvain, Institut de Recherches Economiques et Sociales (IRES)
   Also in CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers (2017)
2. Social Mobility among Christian Africans: Evidence from Anglican Marriage Registers in Uganda, 1895-2011
   CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers
3. Unreal Wages? Real Income and Economic Growth in England, 1260-1850
   CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers

2016

4. Fecundity, Fertility and the Formation of Human Capital
   CAGE Online Working Paper Series, Competitive Advantage in the Global Economy (CAGE) View citations (4)
5. Human Capital Formation during the First Industrial Revolution: Evidence from the Use of Steam Engines
   CAGE Online Working Paper Series, Competitive Advantage in the Global Economy (CAGE) View citations (3)
6. Malthus in the Bedroom: Birth Spacing as Birth Control in Pre-Transition England
   CESifo Working Paper Series, CESifo Group Munich
   See also Journal Article in Demography (2017)
7. The Effect of the Italian Unification on the Comparative Regional Development in Literacy, 1821-1911
   CEIS Research Paper, Tor Vergata University, CEIS View citations (1)
8. Unreal Wages? A New Empirical Foundation for the Study of Living Standards and Economic Growth in England, 1260-1860
   Economics Series Working Papers, University of Oxford, Department of Economics
   Also in CAGE Online Working Paper Series, Competitive Advantage in the Global Economy (CAGE) (2016)

2015

9. A Colonial Legacy of African Gender Inequality? Evidence from Christian Kampala, 1895-2011
   CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers View citations (1)
   Also in Working Papers, Utrecht University, Centre for Global Economic History (2014)
   See also Journal Article in Economic History Review (2016)
10. Human Capital Formation from Occupations: The ‘Deskilling Hypothesis’ Revisited
    CAGE Online Working Paper Series, Competitive Advantage in the Global Economy (CAGE) View citations (2)
    Also in Working Papers, Utrecht University, Centre for Global Economic History (2014) View citations (1)
    See also Journal Article in Cliometrica, Journal of Historical Economics and Econometric History (2017)
11. Social Mobility among Christian Africans: Evidence from Ugandan Marriage Registers 1895-2011
    CAGE Online Working Paper Series, Competitive Advantage in the Global Economy (CAGE)
12. THE WAGES OF WOMEN IN ENGLAND,1260-1850
    CAGE Online Working Paper Series, Competitive Advantage in the Global Economy (CAGE)
    Also in Oxford University Economic and Social History Series, Economics Group, Nuffield College, University of Oxford (2014)
    Economics Series Working Papers, University of Oxford, Department of Economics (2014)
    CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers (2014)
    See also Journal Article in The Journal of Economic History (2015)

2013

13. 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 Group Munich (2012) View citations (5)
    CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers (2012) View citations (5)
14. 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 (2)
    See also Journal Article in European Review of Economic History (2013)

2012

15. 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)
16. Fecundity, Fertility and Family Reconstitution Data: The Child Quantity-Quality Trade-O Revisite
    CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers View citations (20)

2011

17. Citation Success: Evidence from Economic History Journal Publications
    Working Papers, Utrecht University, Centre for Global Economic History
    Also in Working Paper Series, Research Institute of Industrial Economics (2010) View citations (2)
    Discussion Papers, University of Copenhagen. Department of Economics (2009)
    See also Journal Article in Explorations in Economic History (2012)
18. 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)
19. Survival of the Richest? Social Status, Fertility, and Social Mobility in England 1541-1824
    Discussion Papers, University of Copenhagen. Department of Economics View citations (22)
    See also Journal Article in European Review of Economic History (2011)
20. The Child Quantity-Quality Trade-Off During the Industrial Revolution in England
    Discussion Papers, University of Copenhagen. Department of Economics View citations (15)
21. 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

22. 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)
23. 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)
24. 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)
    See also Journal Article in Journal of Development Economics (2011)
25. 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 (6)
    See also Journal Article in Economic History Review (2011)

2009

26. 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)
27. Product variety and the demand for children
    MPRA Paper, University Library of Munich, Germany
28. Ranking Economic History Journals: A Citation-Based Impact-Adjusted Analysis
    Discussion Papers, University of Copenhagen. Department of Economics
    See also Journal Article in Cliometrica, Journal of Historical Economics and Econometric History (2010)

2008

29. A Malthusian model for all seasons?
    PSE Working Papers, HAL
    See also Journal Article in Economics Bulletin (2009)
30. 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)
31. 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

32. 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
33. From Preventative to Permissive Checks: The Changing Nature of the Malthusian Relationship between Nuptiality and the Price of Provisions in the Nineteenth Century
    Oxford University Economic and Social History Series, Economics Group, Nuffield College, University of Oxford
    Also in Discussion Papers, University of Copenhagen. Department of Economics (2007)
    See also Journal Article in Cliometrica, Journal of Historical Economics and Econometric History (2009)
34. Made for Toil: Natural selection at the dawn of agriculture
    PSE Working Papers, HAL
35. 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)
36. The Simplest Unified Growth Theory
    Discussion Papers, University of Copenhagen. Department of Economics
    Also in Hannover Economic Papers (HEP), Leibniz Universität Hannover, Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakultät (2007)
    CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers (2007)

2006

37. The Origins of Governments: From Amorphy to Anarchy and Hierarchy
    Discussion Papers, University of Copenhagen. Department of Economics View citations (3)

2004

38. From Domestic Manufacture to Industrial Revolution: Long-Run Growth and Agrucultural Development
    Discussion Papers, University of Copenhagen. Department of Economics
    See also Journal Article in Oxford Economic Papers (2006)

2003

39. From Foraging to Farming: Explaining the Neolithic Revolution
    Discussion Papers, University of Copenhagen. Department of Economics View citations (3)
    See also Journal Article in Journal of Economic Surveys (2005)
40. Stone Age Economics: The Origins of Agriculture and the Emergence of Non-Food Specialists
    Discussion Papers, University of Copenhagen. Department of Economics View citations (13)

2001

41. Fra malthusiansk stagnation til moderne vækst
    Blå Memoserie, University of Copenhagen. Department of Economics

Journal Articles

2017

1. Human capital formation from occupations: the ‘deskilling hypothesis’ revisited
   Cliometrica, Journal of Historical Economics and Econometric History, 2017, 11, (1), 1-30 View citations (2)
   Also in Cliometrica, 2017, 11, (1), 1-30 (2017) View citations (2)
   See also Working Paper (2015)
2. Malthus in the Bedroom: Birth Spacing as Birth Control in Pre-Transition England
   Demography, 2017, 54, (2), 413-436
   See also Working Paper (2016)

2016

3. A colonial legacy of African gender inequality? Evidence from Christian Kampala, 1895–2011
   Economic History Review, 2016, 69, (1), 229-257 View citations (3)
   See also Working Paper (2015)

2015

4. The Wages of Women in England, 1260–1850
   The Journal of Economic History, 2015, 75, (02), 405-447
   See also Working Paper (2015)

2014

5. HOW CHILD COSTS AND SURVIVAL SHAPED THE INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION AND THE DEMOGRAPHIC TRANSITION
   Macroeconomic Dynamics, 2014, 18, (01), 114-144 View citations (9)

2013

6. 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 (11)
7. 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 (2)
   See also Working Paper (2013)

2012

8. Citation success: Evidence from economic history journal publications
   Explorations in Economic History, 2012, 49, (1), 92-104 View citations (7)
   See also Working Paper (2011)
9. 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)
10. The determinants of income in a Malthusian equilibrium
    Journal of Development Economics, 2012, 97, (1), 112-117 View citations (14)
11. 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 (3)
    See also Working Paper (2011)

2011

12. Survival of the richest? Social status, fertility and social mobility in England 1541-1824
    European Review of Economic History, 2011, 15, (03), 365-392 View citations (23)
    See also Working Paper (2011)
13. The Neolithic Revolution from a price-theoretic perspective
    Journal of Development Economics, 2011, 96, (2), 209-219 View citations (3)
    See also Working Paper (2010)
14. 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 (13)
    See also Working Paper (2010)

2010

15. Classificare le riviste di storia economica: un'analisi di fattore d'impatto
    Rivista di storia economica, 2010, (3), 367-376
16. Product variety and the demographic transition
    Economics Letters, 2010, 107, (1), 74-76 View citations (1)
    See also Working Paper (2009)
17. 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 (11)
    See also Working Paper (2009)
18. The origins of governments: from anarchy to hierarchy
    Journal of Institutional Economics, 2010, 6, (02), 215-242 View citations (4)

2009

19. A malthusian model for all seasons
    Economics Bulletin, 2009, 29, (2), 769-774
    See also Working Paper (2008)
20. 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)
21. Why did the first farmers toil? Human metabolism and the origins of agriculture
    European Review of Economic History, 2009, 13, (02), 157-172 View citations (5)
    See also Working Paper (2008)

2008

22. Malthus revisited: Fertility decision making based on quasi-linear preferences
    Economics Letters, 2008, 99, (1), 127-130 View citations (10)
    See also Working Paper (2007)
23. Population, food, and knowledge: a simple unified growth theory
    Journal of Economic Growth, 2008, 13, (3), 195-216 View citations (90)

2006

24. From domestic manufacture to Industrial Revolution: long-run growth and agricultural development
    Oxford Economic Papers, 2006, 58, (2), 264-287 View citations (10)
    See also Working Paper (2004)

2005

25. From Foraging To Farming: Explaining The Neolithic Revolution
    Journal of Economic Surveys, 2005, 19, (4), 561-586 View citations (41)
    See also Working Paper (2003)

2004

26. From stagnation to growth: Revisiting three historical regimes
    Journal of Population Economics, 2004, 17, (3), 455-472 View citations (31)