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Remi Jedwab

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First Name:Remi
Middle Name:Camille
Last Name:Jedwab
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http://remijedwab.com
George Washington University Department of Economics, Suite #310 2115 G Street, NW Washington, DC 20052
Terminal Degree:2012 Economics Department; London School of Economics (LSE) (from RePEc Genealogy)

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(98%) Department of Economics
George Washington University

Washington, District of Columbia (United States)
https://economics.columbian.gwu.edu/
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(1%) Institute for International Economic Policy (IIEP)
Elliott School of International Affairs
George Washington University

Washington, District of Columbia (United States)
http://www.gwu.edu/~iiep/
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(1%) Elliott School of International Affairs
George Washington University

Washington, District of Columbia (United States)
https://elliott.gwu.edu/
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Working papers

  1. Remi Jedwab & Thomas Esch & Klaus Deininger & Daniela Palacios-Lopez, 2023. "Outward and Upward Construction: A 3D Analysis of the Global Building Stock," Working Papers 2023-09, The George Washington University, Institute for International Economic Policy.
  2. Gabriel M. Ahlfeldt & Nathaniel Baum-Snow & Remi Jedwab, 2023. "The skyscraper revolution: Global economic development and land savings," CEP Discussion Papers dp1959, Centre for Economic Performance, LSE.
  3. Remi Jedwab & Federico Haslop & Roman Zarate & Carlos Rodriguez-Castelan, 2023. "The Effects of Climate Change in the Poorest Countries: Evidence from the Permanent Shrinking of Lake Chad," Working Papers 2023-06, The George Washington University, Institute for International Economic Policy.
  4. Remi Jedwab & Elena Ianchovichina & Federico Haslop, 2022. "Consumption Cities vs. Production Cities: New Considerations and Evidence," Working Papers 2022-05, The George Washington University, Institute for International Economic Policy.
  5. Jedwab,Remi Camille & Ianchovichina,Elena & Haslop,Federico, 2022. "Consumption Cities versus Production Cities : New Considerations and Evidence," Policy Research Working Paper Series 10105, The World Bank.
  6. Remi Jedwab & Jason Barr, 2022. "Exciting, Boring, and Non-Existent Skylines: Vertical Building Gaps in Global Perspective," Working Papers 2022-11, The George Washington University, Institute for International Economic Policy.
  7. Remi Jedwab & Marina Gindelsky, 2022. "Killer Cities and Industrious Cities? New Data and Evidence on 250 Years of Urban Growth," Working Papers 2022-01, The George Washington University, Institute for International Economic Policy.
  8. Remi Jedwab & Roberto Samaniego & Paul Romer & Asif Islam, 2022. "Scars of Pandemics from Lost Schooling and Experience: Aggregate Implications and Gender Differences Through the Lens of COVID-19," Working Papers 2022-02, The George Washington University, Institute for International Economic Policy.
  9. Remi Jedwab & Felix Meier zu Selhausen & Alexander Moradi, 2021. "The Economics of Missionary Expansion:Evidence from Africa and Implications for Development," BEMPS - Bozen Economics & Management Paper Series BEMPS78, Faculty of Economics and Management at the Free University of Bozen.
  10. Remi Jedwab & Jason Barr & Jan Brueckner, 2021. "Cities Without Skylines: Worldwide Building-Height Gaps and their Possible Determinants and Implications," Working Papers 2021-15, The George Washington University, Institute for International Economic Policy.
  11. Remi Jedwab & Amjad M. Khan & Richard Damania & Jason Russ & Esha D. Zaveri, 2020. "Pandemics, Poverty, and Social Cohesion: Lessons from the Past and Possible Solutions for COVID-19," Working Papers 2020-13, The George Washington University, Institute for International Economic Policy.
  12. Remi Jedwab & Asif Islam & Paul Romer & Robert Samaniego, 2020. "Human Capital Accumulation at Work: Estimates for the World and Implications for Development," Working Papers 2020-3, The George Washington University, Institute for International Economic Policy.
  13. Koyama, Mark & Jedwab, Remi & Johnson, Noel, 2020. "Medieval Cities Through the Lens of Urban Economic Theories," CEPR Discussion Papers 14828, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers.
  14. Koyama, Mark & Johnson, Noel & Jedwab, Remi, 2020. "The Economic Impact of the Black Death," CEPR Discussion Papers 15132, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers.
  15. Remi Jedwab & Jason Barr & Jan K. Brueckner, 2020. "Cities without Skylines: Worldwide Building-Height Gaps and Their Implications," CESifo Working Paper Series 8511, CESifo.
  16. Remi Jedwab & Adam Storeygard, 2019. "The Average and Heterogeneous Effects of Transportation Investments: Evidence from sub-Saharan Africa 1960-2010," Working Papers 2019-8, The George Washington University, Institute for International Economic Policy.
  17. Remi Jedwab & Daniel Pereira & Mark Roberts, 2019. "Cities of Workers, Children or Seniors? Age Structure and Economic Growth in a Global Cross-Section of Cities," Working Papers 2019-13, The George Washington University, Institute for International Economic Policy.
  18. Remi Jedwab & Prakash Loungani & Anthony Yezer, 2019. "How Should We Measure City Size? Theory and Evidence Within and Across Rich and Poor Countries," Working Papers 2019-11, The George Washington University, Institute for International Economic Policy.
  19. Remi Jedwab & Noel D. Johnson & Mark Koyama, 2019. "Pandemics, places, and populations: evidence from the Black Death," CESifo Working Paper Series 7524, CESifo.
  20. Remi Jedwab & Mark Koyama & Noel Johnson, 2017. "Negative Shocks and Mass Persecutions: Evidence from the Black Death," Working Papers 2017-4, The George Washington University, Institute for International Economic Policy.
  21. Noel Johnson & Mark Koyama & Remi Jebwab, 2017. "Economic shocks, inter-ethnic complementarities and the persecution of minorities: Evidence from the Black Death," Working Papers 17012, Economic History Society.
  22. Remi Jedwab & Adam Storeygard, 2017. "Economic and Political Factors in Infrastructure Investment: Evidence from Railroads and Roads in Africa 1960–2015," Working Papers 2017-3, The George Washington University, Institute for International Economic Policy.
  23. Remi Jedwab & Dietrich Vollrath, 2015. "The Mortality Transition, Malthusian Dynamics, and the Rise of Poor Mega-Cities," Working Papers 2015-6, The George Washington University, Institute for International Economic Policy.
  24. Jedwab,Remi Camille & Christiaensen,Luc & Gindelsky,Marina, 2015. "Demography, urbanization and development : rural push, urban pull and... urban push ?," Policy Research Working Paper Series 7333, The World Bank.
  25. Remi Jedwab & Alexander Moradi, 2015. "The Permanent Effects of Transportation Revolutions in Poor Countries: Evidence from Africa," CEH Discussion Papers 031, Centre for Economic History, Research School of Economics, Australian National University.
  26. Remi Jedwab & Dietrich Vollrath, 2015. "Urbanization without Growth in Historical Perspective," Working Papers 2015-7, The George Washington University, Institute for International Economic Policy.
  27. Remi Jedwab & Luc Christiaensen & Marina Gindelsky, 2014. "Rural Push, Urban Pull and... Urban Push? New Historical Evidence from Developing Countries," Working Papers 2014-04, The George Washington University, Institute for International Economic Policy.
  28. Remi Jedwab & Douglas Gollin & Dietrich Vollrath, 2014. "Urbanization with and without Industrialization," Working Papers 2014-01, The George Washington University, Institute for International Economic Policy.
  29. Remi Jedwab & Edward Kerby & Alexander Moradi, 2014. "History, Path Dependence and Development: Evidence from Colonial Railroads, Settlers and Cities in Kenya," CSAE Working Paper Series 2014-04, Centre for the Study of African Economies, University of Oxford.
  30. Burgess, Robin & Jedwab, Remi & Miguel, Edward & Morjaria, Ameet & Padró i Miquel, Gerard, 2013. "The Value of Democracy: Evidence from Road Building in Kenya," Department of Economics, Working Paper Series qt32m4z70c, Department of Economics, Institute for Business and Economic Research, UC Berkeley.
  31. Douglas Gollin & Remi Jedwab & Dietrich Vollrath, 2013. "Urbanization with and without Structural Transformation," 2013 Meeting Papers 344, Society for Economic Dynamics.
  32. Remi Jedwab & Alexander Moradi, 2013. "Transportation Technology and Economic Change: The Impact of Colonial Railroads on City Growth in Africa," CSAE Working Paper Series 2013-17, Centre for the Study of African Economies, University of Oxford.
  33. Alexander Moradi & Remi Jedwab, 2012. "Revolutionising transport: modern infrastructure, agriculture and development in Ghana," Working Papers 12010, Economic History Society.
  34. Rémi Jedwab & Alexandre Moradi, 2011. "Transportation Infrastructure and Development in Ghana," PSE Working Papers halshs-00607207, HAL.
  35. Cogneau, Denis & Jedwab, Rémi, 2010. "Commodity Price Shocks and Child Outcomes: The 1990 Cocoa Crisis in Côte d'Ivoire," CEPREMAP Working Papers (Docweb) 1018, CEPREMAP.
  36. Denis Cogneau & Rémi Jedwab, 2008. "Family income and child outcomes: the 1990 cocoa price shock in Cote d’Ivoire," Working Papers DT/2008/05, DIAL (Développement, Institutions et Mondialisation).

Articles

  1. Jedwab, Remi & Johnson, Noel D. & Koyama, Mark, 2024. "Pandemics and cities: Evidence from the Black Death and the long-run," Journal of Urban Economics, Elsevier, vol. 139(C).
  2. Marina Gindelsky & Remi Jedwab, 2023. "Killer cities and industrious cities? New data and evidence on 250 years of urban growth," Journal of Economic Geography, Oxford University Press, vol. 23(1), pages 179-208.
  3. Jason Barr & Remi Jedwab, 2023. "Exciting, boring, and nonexistent skylines: Vertical building gaps in global perspective," Real Estate Economics, American Real Estate and Urban Economics Association, vol. 51(6), pages 1512-1546, November.
  4. Remi Jedwab & Paul Romer & Asif M. Islam & Roberto Samaniego, 2023. "Human Capital Accumulation at Work: Estimates for the World and Implications for Development," American Economic Journal: Macroeconomics, American Economic Association, vol. 15(3), pages 191-223, July.
  5. Rémi Jedwab & Adam Storeygard, 2022. "The Average and Heterogeneous Effects of Transportation Investments: Evidence from Sub-Saharan Africa 1960–2010," Journal of the European Economic Association, European Economic Association, vol. 20(1), pages 1-38.
  6. Jedwab, Remi & Barr, Jason & Brueckner, Jan K., 2022. "Cities Without Skylines: Worldwide Building-Height Gaps and their Possible Determinants and Implications," Journal of Urban Economics, Elsevier, vol. 132(C).
  7. Jedwab, Remi & Johnson, Noel D. & Koyama, Mark, 2022. "Medieval cities through the lens of urban economics," Regional Science and Urban Economics, Elsevier, vol. 94(C).
  8. Remi Jedwab & Noel D. Johnson & Mark Koyama, 2022. "The Economic Impact of the Black Death," Journal of Economic Literature, American Economic Association, vol. 60(1), pages 132-178, March.
  9. Remi Jedwab & Felix Meier zu Selhausen & Alexander Moradi, 2022. "The economics of missionary expansion: evidence from Africa and implications for development," Journal of Economic Growth, Springer, vol. 27(2), pages 149-192, June.
  10. Jedwab, Remi & Loungani, Prakash & Yezer, Anthony, 2021. "Comparing cities in developed and developing countries: Population, land area, building height and crowding," Regional Science and Urban Economics, Elsevier, vol. 86(C).
  11. Jedwab, Remi & Pereira, Daniel & Roberts, Mark, 2021. "Cities of workers, children or seniors? Stylized facts and possible implications for growth in a global sample of cities," Regional Science and Urban Economics, Elsevier, vol. 87(C).
  12. Jedwab, Remi & Khan, Amjad M. & Russ, Jason & Zaveri, Esha D., 2021. "Epidemics, pandemics, and social conflict: Lessons from the past and possible scenarios for COVID-19," World Development, Elsevier, vol. 147(C).
  13. Jedwab, Remi & Meier zu Selhausen, Felix & Moradi, Alexander, 2021. "Christianization without economic development: Evidence from missions in Ghana," Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, Elsevier, vol. 190(C), pages 573-596.
  14. Remi Jedwab & Noel D. Johnson & Mark Koyama, 2019. "Negative shocks and mass persecutions: evidence from the Black Death," Journal of Economic Growth, Springer, vol. 24(4), pages 345-395, December.
  15. Remi Jedwab & Adam Storeygard, 2019. "Economic and Political Factors in Infrastructure Investment: Evidence from Railroads and Roads in Africa 1960–2015," Economic History of Developing Regions, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 34(2), pages 156-208, May.
  16. Remi Jedwab & Dietrich Vollrath, 2019. "The Urban Mortality Transition and Poor-Country Urbanization," American Economic Journal: Macroeconomics, American Economic Association, vol. 11(1), pages 223-275, January.
  17. Jedwab, Remi & Christiaensen, Luc & Gindelsky, Marina, 2017. "Demography, urbanization and development: Rural push, urban pull and…urban push?," Journal of Urban Economics, Elsevier, vol. 98(C), pages 6-16.
  18. Remi Jedwab & Edward Kerby & Alexander Moradi, 2017. "History, Path Dependence and Development: Evidence from Colonial Railways, Settlers and Cities in Kenya," Economic Journal, Royal Economic Society, vol. 127(603), pages 1467-1494, August.
  19. Douglas Gollin & Remi Jedwab & Dietrich Vollrath, 2016. "Urbanization with and without industrialization," Journal of Economic Growth, Springer, vol. 21(1), pages 35-70, March.
  20. Remi Jedwab & Alexander Moradi, 2016. "The Permanent Effects of Transportation Revolutions in Poor Countries: Evidence from Africa," The Review of Economics and Statistics, MIT Press, vol. 98(2), pages 268-284, May.
  21. Jedwab, Remi & Vollrath, Dietrich, 2015. "Urbanization without growth in historical perspective," Explorations in Economic History, Elsevier, vol. 58(C), pages 1-21.
  22. Robin Burgess & Remi Jedwab & Edward Miguel & Ameet Morjaria & Gerard Padró i Miquel, 2015. "The Value of Democracy: Evidence from Road Building in Kenya," American Economic Review, American Economic Association, vol. 105(6), pages 1817-1851, June.
  23. Denis Cogneau & Rémi Jedwab, 2012. "Commodity Price Shocks and Child Outcomes: The 1990 Cocoa Crisis in Côte d'Ivoire," Economic Development and Cultural Change, University of Chicago Press, vol. 60(3), pages 507-534.

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  1. NEP-URE: Urban and Real Estate Economics (35) 2011-07-21 2012-05-29 2013-11-09 2014-02-02 2014-02-21 2014-02-21 2014-02-21 2015-05-09 2015-05-09 2015-06-27 2015-09-11 2015-09-26 2017-03-19 2017-06-11 2018-03-26 2018-10-08 2019-02-25 2019-03-11 2019-09-09 2019-09-16 2020-08-17 2020-09-07 2020-09-21 2021-02-08 2021-05-31 2021-06-28 2021-10-18 2022-01-17 2022-09-19 2022-10-31 2022-10-31 2023-11-06 2023-12-18 2024-01-08 2024-02-19. Author is listed
  2. NEP-HIS: Business, Economic and Financial History (29) 2012-05-29 2013-09-26 2013-11-09 2014-02-02 2014-02-21 2014-02-21 2014-02-21 2015-05-09 2015-05-09 2015-09-11 2015-09-26 2017-03-19 2017-06-11 2018-03-26 2018-08-20 2018-10-08 2019-02-25 2019-03-11 2019-09-09 2019-09-09 2019-09-16 2020-08-17 2020-09-07 2020-09-28 2021-03-08 2021-05-31 2021-06-28 2022-01-17 2022-02-14. Author is listed
  3. NEP-GRO: Economic Growth (19) 2014-02-21 2014-02-21 2014-02-21 2014-02-21 2015-05-09 2015-05-09 2015-06-27 2015-09-11 2018-08-20 2019-02-25 2019-03-11 2019-09-09 2019-09-16 2019-09-16 2020-07-27 2020-09-28 2021-05-31 2022-01-17 2022-11-07. Author is listed
  4. NEP-AFR: Africa (15) 2011-04-16 2011-07-21 2012-05-29 2013-09-26 2013-10-18 2013-11-09 2014-02-02 2014-02-21 2014-02-21 2015-09-11 2015-09-26 2018-08-20 2019-09-09 2021-03-08 2023-09-11. Author is listed
  5. NEP-GEO: Economic Geography (14) 2011-07-21 2013-11-09 2014-02-02 2014-02-21 2014-02-21 2015-05-09 2015-09-11 2019-09-09 2019-09-16 2020-08-17 2021-06-28 2022-09-19 2024-01-08 2024-02-19. Author is listed
  6. NEP-TRE: Transport Economics (11) 2012-05-29 2013-09-26 2013-11-09 2014-02-02 2014-02-21 2014-02-21 2015-09-11 2015-09-26 2017-03-19 2018-03-26 2020-09-07. Author is listed
  7. NEP-DEV: Development (8) 2008-09-20 2011-04-16 2011-07-21 2015-09-26 2018-03-26 2018-08-20 2021-03-08 2023-09-11. Author is listed
  8. NEP-ENV: Environmental Economics (6) 2020-09-21 2021-10-18 2023-09-11 2023-09-18 2023-12-18 2024-02-19. Author is listed
  9. NEP-EVO: Evolutionary Economics (6) 2015-05-09 2018-08-20 2019-02-25 2019-09-09 2020-09-28 2021-05-31. Author is listed
  10. NEP-LAB: Labour Economics (6) 2008-09-20 2008-10-07 2019-02-25 2019-09-16 2020-09-28 2022-02-14. Author is listed
  11. NEP-DEM: Demographic Economics (5) 2013-09-26 2014-02-21 2019-09-16 2020-09-28 2022-01-17. Author is listed
  12. NEP-AGR: Agricultural Economics (3) 2011-04-16 2023-09-11 2023-09-18
  13. NEP-POL: Positive Political Economics (3) 2013-09-26 2015-09-26 2017-03-19
  14. NEP-MAC: Macroeconomics (2) 2020-07-27 2022-02-14
  15. NEP-MIG: Economics of Human Migration (2) 2014-02-21 2015-06-27
  16. NEP-RES: Resource Economics (2) 2023-09-11 2023-09-18
  17. NEP-AGE: Economics of Ageing (1) 2019-09-16
  18. NEP-CDM: Collective Decision-Making (1) 2013-09-26
  19. NEP-ENE: Energy Economics (1) 2022-09-19
  20. NEP-GEN: Gender (1) 2022-11-07
  21. NEP-ISF: Islamic Finance (1) 2021-03-08
  22. NEP-IUE: Informal and Underground Economics (1) 2022-09-19
  23. NEP-PKE: Post Keynesian Economics (1) 2014-02-21
  24. NEP-SOC: Social Norms and Social Capital (1) 2020-09-28

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