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Working Papers

2020

1. Italy and the Industrial Revolution: Evidence from Stable Employment in Rural Areas
   CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers
2. 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)
3. 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
4. Working for a Living? Women and Children's Labour Inputs in England, 1260-1850
   CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers

2019

5. 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)
6. 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)
7. Family standards of living over the long run, England 1280-1850
   CAGE Online Working Paper Series, Competitive Advantage in the Global Economy (CAGE)
8. 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)
9. 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)
10. 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

11. "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)
12. 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)
13. 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

14. 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)
15. 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)
16. 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

17. 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)
18. 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)
19. 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

20. 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)
21. 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)
22. 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)
23. 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

24. 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)
25. 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

26. 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)
27. 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

28. 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)
29. 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)
30. 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)
31. The Child Quantity-Quality Trade-Off During the Industrial Revolution in England
    Discussion Papers, University of Copenhagen. Department of Economics View citations (16)
32. 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

33. 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)
34. 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)
35. 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)
36. 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

37. 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)
38. Product variety and the demand for children
    MPRA Paper, University Library of Munich, Germany
39. 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

40. A Malthusian model for all seasons?
    Working Papers, HAL
    Also in PSE Working Papers, HAL (2008)
    See also Journal Article in Economics Bulletin (2009)
41. 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)
42. 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

43. 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
44. 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)
45. Made for Toil: Natural selection at the dawn of agriculture
    PSE Working Papers, HAL
    Also in Working Papers, HAL (2007)
46. 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)
47. 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

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

2004

49. 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

50. 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)
51. 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

52. Fra malthusiansk stagnation til moderne vækst
    Bl� Memoserie, University of Copenhagen. Department of Economics

Journal Articles

2020

1. 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)
2. 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)
3. Malthus's missing women and children: demography and wages in historical perspective, England 1280-1850
   European Economic Review, 2020, 129, (C)

2019

4. 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)
5. Fecundity, Fertility and The Formation of Human Capital
   Economic Journal, 2019, 129, (618), 925-960 View citations (6)
   See also Working Paper (2016)
6. Further Evidence of Within-Marriage Fertility Control in Pre-Transitional England
   Demography, 2019, 56, (4), 1557-1572 View citations (4)
7. 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)
8. 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

9. 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

10. 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)
11. 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

12. 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

13. The Wages of Women in England, 1260–1850
    The Journal of Economic History, 2015, 75, (2), 405-447 View citations (16)

2014

14. HOW CHILD COSTS AND SURVIVAL SHAPED THE INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION AND THE DEMOGRAPHIC TRANSITION
    Macroeconomic Dynamics, 2014, 18, (1), 114-144 View citations (20)

2013

15. 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)
16. 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

17. 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)
18. 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)
19. The determinants of income in a Malthusian equilibrium
    Journal of Development Economics, 2012, 97, (1), 112-117 View citations (21)
20. 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

21. 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)
22. 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)
23. 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

24. Classificare le riviste di storia economica: un'analisi di fattore d'impatto
    Rivista di storia economica, 2010, (3), 367-376
25. Product variety and the demographic transition
    Economics Letters, 2010, 107, (1), 74-76 View citations (2)
    See also Working Paper (2009)
26. 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)
27. The origins of governments: from anarchy to hierarchy
    Journal of Institutional Economics, 2010, 6, (2), 215-242 View citations (5)

2009

28. A malthusian model for all seasons
    Economics Bulletin, 2009, 29, (2), 769-774
    See also Working Paper (2008)
29. 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)
30. 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

31. 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)
32. Population, food, and knowledge: a simple unified growth theory
    Journal of Economic Growth, 2008, 13, (3), 195-216 View citations (146)

2006

33. 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

34. 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

35. From stagnation to growth: Revisiting three historical regimes
    Journal of Population Economics, 2004, 17, (3), 455-472 View citations (40)