Working papers:

• Conflict and Gender Norms (slidesLink opens in a new window)
  with Mark Dincecco, Bishnupriya Gupta, and Anil Menon
• Railways and the European Fertility Transition (slides)
  with Carlo Ciccarelli and Jordi Martí-Henneberg
• How Rules and Compliance Impact Organizational Outcomes: Evidence from Delegation in Environmental Regulation (slides)
  with Muhammad Haseeb and Namrata Kala
• The Columbian Exchange and Conflict in Asia
  with Mark Dincecco and Anil Menon
  
• Attribution Bias by Gender: Evidence from a Laboratory ExperimentLink opens in a new window
  with Alessandro Castagnetti and Karmini SharmaLink opens in a new window
• Economic shocks and unrest in French West AfricaLink opens in a new window
  with Cornelius ChristianLink opens in a new window

Published research:

• Missing Women in Colonial India
  with Bishnupriya Gupta and Cora Neumann
  Forthcoming, Economic History Review
• Dust and Death: Evidence from the West African HarmattanLink opens in a new window
  with Achyuta Adhvaryu, Link opens in a new windowPrashant BharadwajLink opens in a new window, Anant NyshadhamLink opens in a new window and Richard StanleyLink opens in a new window
  2024, Economic Journal
• Fetal Origins of Mental Health: Evidence From AfricaLink opens in a new window
  with Achyuta Adhvaryu, Namrata Kala, and Anant Nyshadham
  2024, Economic Development and Cultural Change
• Railways, Development and Literacy in India
  with Latika Chaudhary
  2023, Journal of Economic History

• Tradition and Mortality: Evidence from Twin Infanticide in Africa
  with Shizhuo Wang
  2023, Journal of Development Economics
• Conflict and the formation of political beliefs in AfricaLink opens in a new window
  with Achyuta AdhvaryuLink opens in a new window
  2023, Economic Development and Cultural Change
• Railways and Cities in India
  with Namrata Kala and Jinlin Wei
  2023, Journal of Development Economics
• Demographic Shocks and Women's Labor Market Participation: Evidence from the 1918 Influenza Pandemic in IndiaLink opens in a new window
  with Bishnupriya Gupta and Song Yuan
  2022, Journal of Economic History
• Pre-Colonial Warfare and Long-Run Development in India
  with Mark Dincecco, Anil Menon, and Shivaji Mukherjee
  2022, Economic Journal
• Linguistic Distance and Market Integration in IndiaLink opens in a new window
  with Namrata KalaLink opens in a new window
  2021, Journal of Economic History
• Resources, Conflict, and Economic Development in Africa
  with Achyuta Adhvaryu, Gaurav Khanna, and Anant Nyshadham
  2021, Journal of Development Economics
• The Green Revolution and Infant Mortality in India
  with Prashant Bharadwaj, Rinchan Ali Mirza and Namrata Kala
  2020, Journal of Health Economics
• Is Africa Different? Historical Conflict and State DevelopmentLink opens in a new window
  with Mark Dincecco and Massimiliano Gaetano Onorato
  2019, Economic History of Developing Regions

• Early Life Circumstance and Adult Mental HealthLink opens in a new window
  with Achyuta AdhvaryuLink opens in a new window and Anant NyshadhamLink opens in a new window
  2019, Journal of Political Economy
• Polygamy and child mortality: Historical and modern evidence from Nigeria's IgboLink opens in a new window
  with Vellore ArthiLink opens in a new window
  2018, Review of Economics of the Household
• Oil and ethnic inequality in NigeriaLink opens in a new window
  with Igor Zurimendi
  2017, Journal of Economic Growth
• 1807: Economic shocks, conflict and the slave tradeLink opens in a new window
  with Namrata KalaLink opens in a new window
  2017, Journal of Development Economics
• Intra-Household Labor Allocation in Colonial NigeriaLink opens in a new window
  with Vellore ArthiLink opens in a new window
  2016, Explorations in Economic History
• African polygamy: Past and presentLink opens in a new window
  2015, Journal of Development Economics
• Climate and the slave tradeLink opens in a new window
  with Namrata KalaLink opens in a new window
  Web AppendixLink opens in a new window
  2015, Journal of Development Economics
• Trees, tenure and conflict: Rubber in colonial BeninLink opens in a new window
  2014, Journal of Development Economics
• The battle for rubber in BeninLink opens in a new window
  2014, Economic History Review
• Ecology, trade, and states in pre-colonial AfricaLink opens in a new window
  Web AppendixLink opens in a new window
  2014, Journal of the European Economic Association
• Imachi nkwu: Trade and the commonsLink opens in a new window
  Sample CaseLink opens in a new window
  2014, Journal of Economic History
• Does land abundance explain African institutions?Link opens in a new window
  Web AppendixLink opens in a new window, MatchesLink opens in a new window
  2013, Economic Journal
• Revealed preference tests of the Cournot modelLink opens in a new window
  with Andrés CarvajalLink opens in a new window, Rahul DebLink opens in a new window, and John QuahLink opens in a new window
  2013, Econometrica
• "Rubber will not keep in this country": Failed development in Benin, 1897-1921Link opens in a new window
  2013, Explorations in Economic History
• Partition, migration, and jute cultivation in IndiaLink opens in a new window
  with Prashant BharadwajLink opens in a new window
  2012, Journal of Development Studies
• Land abundance and economic institutions: Egba land and slavery, 1830-1914Link opens in a new window
  2012, Economic History Review
• Land tenure and investment incentives: Evidence from West AfricaLink opens in a new window
  Web AppendixLink opens in a new window, CorrectionLink opens in a new window
  2011, Journal of Development Economics
• L'Étranger: Link opens in a new windowStatus, property rights, and investment incentives in Cote d'IvoireLink opens in a new window
  2010, Land Economics

Other publications:

• Poverty and Wealth in East Africa: A Conceptual HistoryLink opens in a new window
  2024, Africa
  Book review
• An adaptation of the narrow corridorLink opens in a new window
  2023, Journal of Public Finance and Public Choice
  Review essay
• Monsoon EconomiesLink opens in a new window
  2022, Economic History Review
  Book review
• Freedom's DebtorsLink opens in a new window
  2019, Journal of Economic History
  Book review
• Environmental Economic HistoryLink opens in a new window
  with Namrata KalaLink opens in a new window
  2017, The Long Economic and Political Shadow of History
  Literature review
• Economic Growth and Measurement ReconsideredLink opens in a new window
  2016, Journal of Economic History
  Book review
• A nonparametric analysis of multi-product oligopoliesLink opens in a new window
  with Andrés CarvajalLink opens in a new window, Rahul DebLink opens in a new window, and John QuahLink opens in a new window
  2014, Economic Theory
• Debt and Slavery in the Mediterranean and Atlantic WorldsLink opens in a new window
  2014, Journal of Economic History
  Book review
• History, historians and development policy: A necessary dialogueLink opens in a new window
  2012, Economic History Review
  Book review
• Property rights in rural West Africa: Causes and consequencesLink opens in a new window 
  2011, Journal of Economic History
  Dissertation summary
• The causal history of Africa: A response to HopkinsLink opens in a new window 
  2010, Economic History of Developing Regions 
  Literature review, responding to an articleLink opens in a new window by HopkinsLink opens in a new window
  Comments by HopkinsLink opens in a new window and JervenLink opens in a new window, and my replyLink opens in a new window.