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Journal articles
, 2025, 'It makes a village: child care and prosociality', Journal of Economic Growth, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10887-025-09254-6
, 2023, 'Mothers, fathers, and others: Competition and cooperation in the aftermath of conflict', Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, 215, pp. 207 - 223, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jebo.2023.09.007
, 2023, 'Morts Pour la France: A database of French fatalities of the Great War', Explorations in Economic History, 90, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.eeh.2023.101550
, 2023, 'Men. Male-biased sex ratios and masculinity norms: evidence from Australia’s colonial past', Journal of Economic Growth, 28, pp. 339 - 396, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10887-023-09223-x
, 2023, 'Heroes and Villains: The Effects of Heroism on Autocratic Values and Nazi Collaboration in France', American Economic Review, 113, pp. 1888 - 1932, http://dx.doi.org/10.1257/aer.20211509
, 2023, 'Inflammatory Political Campaigns and Racial Bias in Policing', Quarterly Journal of Economics, 138, pp. 413 - 463, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/qje/qjac037
, 2022, 'The impact of COVID-related economic shocks on household mental health in Pakistan', Health Economics United Kingdom, 31, pp. 2208 - 2228, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/hec.4571
, 2020, 'Why the West is WEIRD The WEIRDest People in the World Joseph Henrich Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2020. 704 pp.', Science, 369, pp. 1438 - 1438, http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/science.abc6138
, 2020, 'Forced migration and human capital: Evidence from post-WWII population transfers†', American Economic Review, 110, pp. 1430 - 1463, http://dx.doi.org/10.1257/aer.20181518
, 2020, 'Queens of the Desert: Convictism and Marital Attitudes across Australia', AEA Papers and Proceedings, 110, pp. 457 - 462, http://dx.doi.org/10.1257/pandp.20201120
, 2019, 'Render unto Caesar: Taxes, charity, and political Islam', European Economic Review, 119, pp. 114 - 146, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.euroecorev.2019.06.005
, 2019, 'It's raining men! Hallelujah? The long-run consequences of Male-biased sex ratios', Review of Economic Studies, 86, pp. 723 - 754, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/restud/rdy025
, 2018, 'Income inequality not gender inequality positively covaries with female sexualization on social media', Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 115, pp. 8722 - 8727, http://dx.doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1717959115
, 2018, 'Can vouchers reduce elite capture of local development projects? Experimental evidence from the Solomon Islands', Journal of Public Economics, 160, pp. 117 - 131, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jpubeco.2018.02.011
, 2017, 'Persistent effect of sex ratios on relationship quality and life satisfaction', Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences, 372, pp. 20160315, http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rstb.2016.0315
, 2017, 'The fish is the friend of matriliny: Reef density and matrilineal inheritance', Journal of Development Economics, 127, pp. 234 - 249, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jdeveco.2017.03.005
, 2017, 'The Wild West is Wild: The Homicide Resource Curse', Journal of the European Economic Association, 15, pp. 558 - 585, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jeea/jvw011
, 2014, 'A History of Violence: The Culture of Honor and Homicide in the US South', Journal of the European Economic Association, 12, pp. 1285 - 1316, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jeea.12096
, 2014, 'Initial Endowments and Economic Reform in 27 Post-Socialist Countries', Journal of Comparative Economics, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jce.2014.04.008
, 2014, 'Institutional Quality, Culture, and Norms of Cooperation: Evidence from a Behavioral Field Experiment', The Journal of Law and Economics, 57, pp. 821 - 863, http://dx.doi.org/10.1086/678331
, 2014, 'Conflict and Social and Political Preferences: Evidence from World War II and Civil Conflict in 35 European Countries', Comparative Economic Studies, 56, pp. 424 - 451, http://dx.doi.org/10.1057/ces.2014.2
, 2013, 'Legacies of violence: Trust and market development', Journal of Economic Growth, 18, pp. 285 - 318, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10887-013-9091-3
, 2013, 'Learning, political attitudes and crises: Lessons from transition countries', Journal of Comparative Economics, 41, pp. 490 - 505, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jce.2012.06.002
, 2011, 'Democracy, Market Liberalization, and Political Preferences', Review of Economics and Statistics, 93, pp. 365 - 381, http://dx.doi.org/10.1162/REST_a_00062
, 2011, 'Land Tenure Arrangements and Rural–Urban Migration in China', World Development, 39, pp. 123 - 133, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.worlddev.2010.08.009
, 2011, 'The institutional legacy of the Ottoman Empire: Islamic rule and financial development in South Eastern Europe', Journal of Comparative Economics, 39, pp. 1 - 16, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jce.2010.05.003
, 2011, 'The Weight of History on European Cultural Integration: A Gravity Approach', American Economic Review, 101, pp. 504 - 508, http://dx.doi.org/10.1257/aer.101.3.504
, 2010, 'Maintenance Costs, Outside Options and Optimal Ownership of a Public Good', The B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis & Policy, 10, http://dx.doi.org/10.2202/1935-1682.2590
, 2010, 'Relaxing rural constraints: a 'win-win' policy for poverty and environment in China?', Oxford Economic Papers, 62, pp. 132 - 156, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oep/gpp021
, 2009, 'How Sustainable are Sustainable Development Programs? The Case of the Sloping Land Conversion Program in China', World Development, 37, pp. 268 - 285, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.worlddev.2008.05.003
, 2006, 'Towards a labour market in China', ECONOMICS OF TRANSITION, 14, pp. 201 - 205, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1468-0351.2006.00239.x
, 'Civil War, Social Capital and Market Development: Experimental and Survey Evidence on the Negative Consequences of Violence', SSRN Electronic Journal, http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.1979972
, 'Conflict and Social and Political Preferences: Evidence from World War II and Civil Conflict in 35 European Countries', SSRN Electronic Journal, http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.2342888
, 'Learning, Political Attitudes and the Crisis in Transition Countries', SSRN Electronic Journal, http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.1980437
, 'Render Unto Caesar: Taxes, Charity, and Political Islam', SSRN Electronic Journal, http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.2801892
, 'Social Cooperation and the Problem of the Conflict Gap: Survey and Experimental Evidence from Post-War Tajikistan', SSRN Electronic Journal, http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.1980411