27. “Outward and Upward Construction: A 3D Analysis of the Global Building Stock”, joint with Thomas Esch, Klaus Deininger, Remi Jedwab and Daniela Palacios-Lopez. World Development. 2025.

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Paper: Click Here. 

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26. “The Employment Profile of Cities around the World: Consumption vs. Production Cities and Economic Development”, joint with Elena Ianchovichina & Federico Haslop. World Development. 2025.

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Paper: Click Here.

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25. “Estimating the Spillover Economic Effects of Foreign Conflict: Evidence from Boko Haram and its Impact on Trade and Cities”, joint with Brian Blankespoor, Takaaki Masaki and Carlos Rodriguez. World Development. 2025.

 

Paper: Click Here.

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24. "Scars of Pandemics from Lost Schooling and Experience: Aggregate Implications and Gender Differences Through the Lens of COVID-19”, joint with Roberto Samaniego, Paul Romer and Asif Islam. Journal of Economic Growth. 2024.

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Paper: Click Here. Appendix: Click Here.

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23. “Pandemics and Cities: Evidence from the Black Death.” Remi Jedwab, Mark Koyama and Noel Johnson. Journal of Urban Economics. 2024.

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Paper: Click Here. Appendix: Click Here. 

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22. “Vertical urban Development Gaps in Global and Historical Perspective”, joint with Jason Barr. Real Estate Economics. 2023.

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Paper: Click Here. ​

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21. “Human Capital Accumulation at Work: Estimates and Implications for Long-Run Economic Growth”, joint with Asif Islam, Paul Romer and Roberto Samaniego. American Economic Journal: Macroeconomics. 2023.

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Paper: Click Here. Web Appendices: Click Here.

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20. “Killer Cities and Industrious Cities? New Data and Evidence on 250 years of Urban Growth", joint with Marina Gindelsky.  Journal of Economic Geography. 2023.

 

Paper: Click Here. 

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19. “Cities without Skylines: Gauging the Impact of Land-Use Regulation around the World", joint with Jason Barr and Jan Brueckner. Journal of Urban Economics,  2022.

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Paper: Click Here. 

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18. “Comparing Cities in Developed and Developing Countries: Population, Land Area, Building Height and Crowding”, joint with Prakash Loungani and Anthony Yezer. Regional Science and Urban Economics, 2021.

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Paper: Click Here. Web Appendices: Click Here.

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17. “Cities of Workers, Children, or Seniors: Age Structure and Economic in a Global Cross-Section of Cities”, joint with Daniel Pereira and Mark Roberts. Regional Science and Urban Economics, 2021.

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Paper: Click Here. Web Appendices: Click Here.

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16. “Pandemics, Migration and Social Cohesion: Lessons from the Past for Policy Responses to COVID-19”, joint with Amjad Khan, Jason Russ & Esha Dilip Zaveri. World Development, 2021.

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Paper: Click Here. 

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15. “The Average and Heterogeneous Effects of Transportation Investments: Evidence from Sub-Saharan Africa 1960-2010”,  joint with Adam Storeygard (Tufts). Journal of the European Economic Association, 2021.

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Paper: Click Here. Web Appendices: Click Here.

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14. “The Economics of Missionary Expansion: Evidence from Africa and Implications for Development”, joint with Felix Meier zu Selhausen and Alexander Moradi. Journal of Economic Growth, 2022.

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Paper: Click Here. 

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13. “Christianization without Economic Development: Evidence from Ghana”, joint with Felix Meier zu Selhausen and Alexander Moradi. Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization. 2021.

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Paper: Click Here. 

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12. “The Effects of Historical Pandemics: The Black Death”, joint with Mark Koyama and Noel Johnson. Journal of Economic Literature, 2021.

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Paper: Click Here. 

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11. “Medieval Cities Through the Lens of Urban Economic Theories”, with Mark Koyama and Noel Johnson. Regional Science and Urban Economics, 2020. 

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Paper: Click Here.

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10. "The Urban Mortality Transition and Poor Country Urbanization", with Dietrich Vollrath. American Economic Journal-Macroeconomics, 2019.

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Paper: Click Here. Web Appendices: Click Here.

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9. "Negative Shocks and Mass Persecutions: Evidence from the Black Death", with Mark Koyama and Noel Johnson. Journal of Economic Growth, 2019.

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Paper: Click Here. Web Appendices: Click Here.

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8. "Economic and Political Factors in Infrastructure Investment: Evidence from Railroads and Roads in Africa 1960–2015", with Adam Storeygard. Economic History of Developing Regions, 2019.

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Paper: Click Here.

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7. "History, Path Dependence and Development: Evidence from Colonial Railroads, Settlers and Cities in Kenya", with Edward Kerby and Alexander Moradi, The Economic Journal, 2017.

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Paper: Click Here. Web Appendices: Click Here.

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6. "Demography, Urbanization and Development: Rural Push, Urban Pull... and Urban Push?", with Luc Christiaensen and Marina Gindelsky, Journal of Urban Economics, 2017.

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Paper: Click Here. Web Appendices: Click Here.

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5. "The Permanent Effects of Transportation Revolutions in Poor Countries: Evidence from Africa", with Alexander Moradi. Review of Economics and Statistics, 2016.

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Paper: Click Here. Web Appendices: Click Here.

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4. "Urbanization with and without Industrialization", with Douglas Gollin and Dietrich Vollrath. Journal of Economic Growth, 2016.

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Paper: Click Here. Web Appendices: Click Here.

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3. "The Value of Democracy: Evidence from Road Building in Kenya", with Robin Burgess, Edward Miguel, Ameet Morjaria and Gerard Padro-i-Miguel, American Economic Review, 2015.

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Paper: Click Here. Web Appendices: Click Here.

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2. "Urbanization without Growth in Historical Perspective", with Dietrich Vollrath. Explorations in Economic History, 2015.

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Paper: Click Here. Web Appendices: Click Here.

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1. "Commodity Price Shocks and Child Outcomes: The 1990 Cocoa Crisis in Cote d'Ivoire", with Denis Cogneau. Economic Development and Cultural Change, 2012. 

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Paper: Click Here.