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Remi Jedwab

Citations

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Blog mentions

As found by EconAcademics.org, the blog aggregator for Economics research:
  1. Remi Jedwab & Jason Barr & Jan K. Brueckner, 2020. "Cities without Skylines: Worldwide Building-Height Gaps and Their Implications," CESifo Working Paper Series 8511, CESifo.

    Mentioned in:

    1. Skyscrapers and Housing Affordability: Debunking Misconceptions
      by Jason Barr in Skynomics Blog on 2021-03-23 12:10:58
  2. Rémi Jedwab & Alexandre Moradi, 2011. "Transportation Infrastructure and Development in Ghana," PSE Working Papers halshs-00607207, HAL.

    Mentioned in:

    1. Four lessons from railways in Ghana
      by Johan Fourie in Johan Fourie's Blog on 2012-11-28 01:29:39
    2. High-speed rail in South Africa: too costly to consider
      by Johan Fourie in Johan Fourie's Blog on 2013-06-02 12:57:55

RePEc Biblio mentions

As found on the RePEc Biblio, the curated bibliography of Economics:
  1. Remi Jedwab & Noel D. Johnson & Mark Koyama, 2019. "Pandemics, places, and populations: evidence from the Black Death," CESifo Working Paper Series 7524, CESifo.

    Mentioned in:

    1. > Economics of Welfare > Health Economics > Economics of Pandemics > Specific pandemics > Black Death
    2. > Economics of Welfare > Health Economics > Economics of Pandemics > Consequences > Fertility
    3. > Economics of Welfare > Health Economics > Economics of Pandemics > Specific pandemics > Black Death
  2. Koyama, Mark & Jedwab, Remi & Johnson, Noel, 2019. "Pandemics, Places, and Populations: Evidence from the Black Death," CEPR Discussion Papers 13523, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers.

    Mentioned in:

    1. > Economics of Welfare > Health Economics > Economics of Pandemics > Specific pandemics > Black Death
    2. > Economics of Welfare > Health Economics > Economics of Pandemics > Consequences > Fertility
    3. > Economics of Welfare > Health Economics > Economics of Pandemics > Specific pandemics > Black Death
  3. 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.

    Mentioned in:

    1. > Economics of Welfare > Health Economics > Economics of Pandemics > Specific pandemics > Black Death

Wikipedia or ReplicationWiki mentions

(Only mentions on Wikipedia that link back to a page on a RePEc service)
  1. 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.

    Mentioned in:

    1. The Value of Democracy: Evidence from Road Building in Kenya (AER 2015) in ReplicationWiki ()
  2. 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.

    Mentioned in:

    1. The Permanent Effects of Transportation Revolutions in Poor Countries: Evidence from Africa (REStat 2016) in ReplicationWiki ()

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.

    Cited by:

    1. 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.
    2. Klaus W. Deininger & Thea Hilhorst & Zevenbergen,Jaap & Nkurunziza,Emmanuel, 2025. "Capitalizing on Digital Transformation to Enhance the Effectiveness of Property Institutions : Conceptual Background and Evidence from 85 Countries," Policy Research Working Paper Series 11100, The World Bank.

  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.

    Cited by:

    1. Redding, Stephen J., 2024. "Quantitative urban economics," LSE Research Online Documents on Economics 126838, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library.
    2. Donovan, Stuart & Maltman, Matthew, 2025. "Dispelling myths: Reviewing the evidence on zoning reforms in Auckland," Land Use Policy, Elsevier, vol. 151(C).
    3. Greenaway-McGrevy, Ryan, 2025. "Evaluating the long-run effects of zoning reform on urban development," Regional Science and Urban Economics, Elsevier, vol. 111(C).
    4. Esch, Thomas & Deininger, Klaus & Jedwab, Remi & Palacios-Lopez, Daniela, 2025. "Outward and upward construction: A 3D analysis of the global building stock," World Development, Elsevier, vol. 188(C).
    5. Harari, Mariaflavia & Wong, Maisy, 2025. "Colonial legacy and land market formality," Journal of Urban Economics, Elsevier, vol. 149(C).
    6. Henderson, J. Vernon & Thisse, Jacques-François, 2024. "Urban and spatial economics after 50 years," LSE Research Online Documents on Economics 125675, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library.
    7. Harari, Mariaflavia & Wong, Maisy, 2024. "Colonial Legacy and Land Market Formality," MPRA Paper 121334, University Library of Munich, Germany.

  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.

    Cited by:

    1. Jedwab, Remi & Blankespoor, Brian & Masaki, Takaaki & Rodríguez-Castelán, Carlos, 2025. "Estimating the spillover economic effects of foreign conflict shocks: Evidence from Boko Haram," World Development, Elsevier, vol. 193(C).

  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.

    Cited by:

    1. 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.
    2. Esch, Thomas & Deininger, Klaus & Jedwab, Remi & Palacios-Lopez, Daniela, 2025. "Outward and upward construction: A 3D analysis of the global building stock," World Development, Elsevier, vol. 188(C).

  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.

    Cited by:

    1. Grover, Arti & Lall, Somik & Timmis, Jonathan, 2023. "Agglomeration economies in developing countries: A meta-analysis," Regional Science and Urban Economics, Elsevier, vol. 101(C).
    2. Luke Heath Milsom, 2023. "Moving OpportunityLocal Connectivity and Spatial Inequality," CEPREMAP Working Papers (Docweb) 2303, CEPREMAP.
    3. Tianyu Fan & Michael Peters & Fabrizio Zilibotti, 2023. "Growing Like India—the Unequal Effects of Service‐Led Growth," Econometrica, Econometric Society, vol. 91(4), pages 1457-1494, July.
    4. Esch, Thomas & Deininger, Klaus & Jedwab, Remi & Palacios-Lopez, Daniela, 2025. "Outward and upward construction: A 3D analysis of the global building stock," World Development, Elsevier, vol. 188(C).
    5. Kunal Sen, 2024. "The political economy of structural transformation in African cities: Insights from the Deals and Development framework," WIDER Working Paper Series wp-2024-50, World Institute for Development Economic Research (UNU-WIDER).

  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.

    Cited by:

    1. 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.
    2. Chen, Liming & Hasan, Rana & Jiang, Yi & Parkhomenko, Andrii, 2024. "Faster, taller, better: Transit improvements and land use policies," Journal of Development Economics, Elsevier, vol. 171(C).
    3. Brueckner, Jan K. & Leather, David & Zerecero, Miguel, 2024. "Bunching in real-estate markets: Regulated building heights in New York City," Journal of Urban Economics, Elsevier, vol. 143(C).
    4. Esch, Thomas & Deininger, Klaus & Jedwab, Remi & Palacios-Lopez, Daniela, 2025. "Outward and upward construction: A 3D analysis of the global building stock," World Development, Elsevier, vol. 188(C).
    5. Jedwab, Remi & Blankespoor, Brian & Masaki, Takaaki & Rodríguez-Castelán, Carlos, 2025. "Estimating the spillover economic effects of foreign conflict shocks: Evidence from Boko Haram," World Development, Elsevier, vol. 193(C).

  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.

    Cited by:

    1. Benjamin Bridgman, 2025. "A Century of Super–Rich Longevity," BEA Papers 0135, Bureau of Economic Analysis.
    2. Remi Jedwab & Noel D. Johnson & Mark Koyama, 2020. "Medieval Cities Through the Lens of Urban Economic Theories," Working Papers 2020-9, The George Washington University, Institute for International Economic Policy.
    3. 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).
    4. Rafael González‐Val & Javier Silvestre, 2023. "War and city size: The asymmetric effects of the Spanish Civil War," Journal of Regional Science, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 63(4), pages 898-921, September.

  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.

    Cited by:

    1. Nicola Fuchs-Schündeln, 2022. "Covid-Induced School Closures in the US and Germany: Long-Term Distributional Effects," CESifo Working Paper Series 9698, CESifo.
    2. Azevedo,Joao Pedro Wagner De & Cojocaru,Alexandru & Montalva Talledo,Veronica Sonia & Narayan,Ambar, 2023. "COVID-19 School Closures, Learning Losses and Intergenerational Mobility," Policy Research Working Paper Series 10381, The World Bank.

  9. Remi Jedwab & Federico Haslop & Takaaki Masaki & Carlos Rodríguez-Castelán, 2021. "Lake Chad Regional Economic Memorandum," World Bank Publications - Reports 36573, The World Bank Group.

    Cited by:

    1. Uche T. Okpara & Sulaiman Yunus, 2025. "The nexus of climate and conflict in the Lake Chad Region: what we know, don’t know and need to know," Climatic Change, Springer, vol. 178(10), pages 1-21, October.
    2. Jedwab, Remi & Blankespoor, Brian & Masaki, Takaaki & Rodríguez-Castelán, Carlos, 2025. "Estimating the spillover economic effects of foreign conflict shocks: Evidence from Boko Haram," World Development, Elsevier, vol. 193(C).

  10. 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.

    Cited by:

    1. Meier zu Selhausen, Felix, 2019. "Missions, Education and Conversion in Colonial Africa," African Economic History Working Paper 48/2019, African Economic History Network.
    2. Menon, Nidhiya & McQueeney, Kathleen, 2020. "Christianity and girl child health in India," World Development, Elsevier, vol. 136(C).
    3. Hector Galindo-Silva, 2026. "Colonial Rule and Religious Change: Evidence from Africa's Colonial Borders," Papers 2604.04777, arXiv.org.
    4. Sascha O. Becker & Jared Rubin & Ludger Woessmann, 2020. "Religion in Economic History: A Survey," CESifo Working Paper Series 8365, CESifo.
    5. Crawfurd, Lee, 2019. "Does temporary migration from rich to poor countries cause commitment to development? Evidence from quasi-random Mormon mission assignments," SocArXiv 3hwga, Center for Open Science.
    6. Selhausen, Felix Meier zu & Weisdorf, Jacob, 2024. "Gender Inequality and the Colonial Economy: Evidence from Anglican Marriage Registers in Urban British Africa," CAGE Online Working Paper Series 711, Competitive Advantage in the Global Economy (CAGE).
    7. Ananyev, Maxim & Poyker, Michael, 2021. "Christian missions and anti-gay attitudes in Africa," Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, Elsevier, vol. 184(C), pages 359-374.
    8. Klocke, Sascha, 2024. "Skill, race, and wage inequality in British Tanganyika," Explorations in Economic History, Elsevier, vol. 94(C).
    9. Edward Kerby & Alexander Moradi & Hanjo Odendaal, 2022. "African time travellers: what can we learn from 500 years of written accounts?," Oxford Economic and Social History Working Papers _201, University of Oxford, Department of Economics.
    10. Martina Miotto, 2023. "Colonialism, Cash Crops and Women in Africa," CERGE-EI Working Papers wp750, The Center for Economic Research and Graduate Education - Economics Institute, Prague.
    11. Deng, Jiapin & Liu, Qiao & Yan, Se, 2025. "Fostering social capital: The long-term effects of Protestant activities on corporate tax avoidance in modern China," Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, Elsevier, vol. 234(C).
    12. Becker, Sascha O. & Won, Cheongyeon, 2021. "Jesus speaks Korean: Christianity and Literacy in Colonial Korea," CEPR Discussion Papers 15640, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers.
    13. Ewout Frankema & Marlous van Waijenburg, 2023. "What about the race between education and technology in the Global South? Comparing skill premiums in colonial Africa and Asia," Economic History Review, Economic History Society, vol. 76(3), pages 941-978, August.
    14. Dozie Okoye & Roland Pongou, 2024. "Missions, fertility transition, and the reversal of fortunes: evidence from border discontinuities in the emirates of Nigeria," Journal of Economic Growth, Springer, vol. 29(2), pages 251-325, June.
    15. Fenske, James & Wang, Shizhuo, 2023. "Tradition and mortality: Evidence from twin infanticide in Africa," Journal of Development Economics, Elsevier, vol. 163(C).
    16. Cappelli, Gabriele & Baten, Joerg, 2021. "Numeracy development in Africa: New evidence from a long-term perspective (1730–1970)," Journal of Development Economics, Elsevier, vol. 150(C).
    17. Congdon Fors, Heather & Isaksson, Ann-Sofie & Lindskog, Annika, 2024. "Changing local customs: The long run impacts of Christian missions on female genital cutting in Africa," Journal of Development Economics, Elsevier, vol. 166(C).
    18. Pablo Álvarez-Aragón & Jean-Marie Baland & Catherine Guirkinger & Paola Villar, 2026. "The Legacy of the Catholic Missionary Sisters: Effects on Women's Human Capital in the Democratic Republic of the Congo," DeFiPP Working Papers 2601, University of Namur, Development Finance and Public Policies.
    19. Alberto Alesina & Sebastian Hohmann & Stelios Michalopoulos & Elias Papaioannou, 2019. "Intergenerational Mobility in Africa," NBER Working Papers 25534, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
    20. Okoye, Dozie & Pongou, Roland & Yokossi, Tite, 2019. "New technology, better economy? The heterogeneous impact of colonial railroads in Nigeria," Journal of Development Economics, Elsevier, vol. 140(C), pages 320-354.
    21. Becker, Bastian & Schmitt, Carina, 2023. "License to educate: The role of national networks in colonial empires," World Development, Elsevier, vol. 169(C).
    22. Lee Crawfurd, 2021. "Contact and Commitment to Development: Evidence from quasi‐random missionary assignments," Kyklos, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 74(1), pages 3-18, February.
    23. Philip Roessler & Yannick I Pengi & Robert Marty & Kyle Sorlie Titlow & Nicolas Van de Walle, 2020. "The Cash Crop Revolution, Colonialism and Legacies of Spatial Inequality: Evidence from Africa," CSAE Working Paper Series 2020-12, Centre for the Study of African Economies, University of Oxford.
    24. Catherine Guirkinger & Paola Villar, 2022. "Pro-birth policies, missions and fertility : historical evidence from Congo," DeFiPP Working Papers 2204, University of Namur, Development Finance and Public Policies.
    25. Stephen Baffour Adjei & Anthony Mpiani, 2023. "Decolonising Mind and Being Associated with Marriage: Perspectives from Ghana," Psychology and Developing Societies, , vol. 35(1), pages 87-109, March.
    26. Neha Deopa & Daniele Rinaldo, 2023. "Sacred Ecology," Papers 2401.13673, arXiv.org, revised Dec 2025.
    27. Amelie Allegre & Oana Borcan & Christa Brunnschweiler, 2025. "Gendered Impacts of Colonial Education: the Role of Access and Norms Transmission in French Morocco," University of East Anglia School of Economics Working Paper Series 2025-02, School of Economics, University of East Anglia, Norwich, UK..
    28. 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.
    29. Congdon Fors, Heather & Isaksson, Ann-Sofie & Annika, Lindskog, 2023. "Changing local customs: Long-run impacts of the earliest campaigns against female genital cutting," Working Papers in Economics 831, University of Gothenburg, Department of Economics.
    30. Juergen Bitzer & Bernhard C. Dannemann & Erkan Goeren, 2025. "Foreign Aid and Local Conflict Dynamics: A Monthly Grid-Cell-Level Analysis in Africa," Working Papers V-452-25, University of Oldenburg, Department of Economics, revised May 2025.
    31. Leone Walters & Carolyn Chisadza & Matthew W. Clance, 2020. "The Effect of Colonial and Pre-Colonial Institutions on Contemporary Education in Africa," Working Papers 2020102, University of Pretoria, Department of Economics.
    32. Pablo Álvarez-Aragón & Catherine Guirkinger & Paola Villar, 2025. "School Clustering and Religious Competition:Persistence of Educational Inequality in Colonial and Post-colonial D.R. Congo," DeFiPP Working Papers 2502, University of Namur, Development Finance and Public Policies.
    33. Ali, Merima & Fjeldstad, Odd‐Helge & Shifa, Abdulaziz B., 2020. "European colonization and the corruption of local elites: The case of chiefs in Africa," Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, Elsevier, vol. 179(C), pages 80-100.
    34. Joerg Baten & Michiel de Haas & Elisabeth Kempter & Felix Meier zu Selhausen, 2021. "Educational Gender Inequality in Sub‐Saharan Africa: A Long‐Term Perspective," Population and Development Review, The Population Council, Inc., vol. 47(3), pages 813-849, September.
    35. Mhamed Ben Salah & Cédric Chambru & Maleke Fourati, 2024. "The colonial legacy of education: Evidence from Tunisia," Post-Print hal-05004027, HAL.
    36. Yasar Ersan & Ilhan Can Ozen, 2022. "Once Upon a Time in Anatolia: The Long Run Development Effects of American Missions in Anatolia," ERC Working Papers 2201, ERC - Economic Research Center, Middle East Technical University, revised Jan 2022.
    37. 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.
    38. Okoye, Dozie, 2021. "Things fall apart? Missions, institutions, and interpersonal trust," Journal of Development Economics, Elsevier, vol. 148(C).
    39. André, Pierre & Dupraz, Yannick, 2023. "Education and polygamy: Evidence from Cameroon," Journal of Development Economics, Elsevier, vol. 162(C).
    40. Nikolova, Elena & Polansky, Jakub, 2020. "Conversionary Protestants do not cause democracy," GLO Discussion Paper Series 480, Global Labor Organization (GLO).
    41. Laura Maravall & Jörg Baten & Johan Fourie, 2023. "Leader selection and why it matters: Education and the endogeneity of favouritism in 11 African countries," Review of Development Economics, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 27(3), pages 1562-1604, August.
    42. Alpino,Matteo & Hammersmark,Eivind Moe, 2020. "The Role of Historical Christian Missions in the Location of World Bank Aid in Africa," Policy Research Working Paper Series 9146, The World Bank.
    43. Dozie & Roland Pongou, 2021. "Missions and Heterogeneous Social Change: Evidence from Border Discontinuities in the Emirates of Nigeria," Working Papers 2112E Classification-I20,, University of Ottawa, Department of Economics.
    44. Julia Cage & Valeria Rueda, 2019. "Sex and the Mission: The Conflicting Effects of Early Christian Missions on HIV in sub-Saharan Africa," Working Papers hal-03393101, HAL.
    45. Izumi, Yutaro & Park, Sangyoon & Yang, Hyunjoo, 2023. "The effects of South Korean Protestantism on human capital and female empowerment, 1930–2010," Journal of Comparative Economics, Elsevier, vol. 51(2), pages 422-438.

  11. 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.

    Cited by:

    1. 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.
    2. Hiroyuki Usui, 2024. "Relative spatial variability in building heights and its spatial association: Application for the spatial clustering of harmonious and inharmonious building heights in Tokyo," Environment and Planning B, , vol. 51(4), pages 987-1002, May.
    3. Chen, Ziyang & Chen, Ting & Lin, Yatang & Wang, Jin, 2025. "Building tall, falling short: An empirical assessment of Chinese skyscrapers," Journal of Urban Economics, Elsevier, vol. 145(C).
    4. Esch, Thomas & Deininger, Klaus & Jedwab, Remi & Palacios-Lopez, Daniela, 2025. "Outward and upward construction: A 3D analysis of the global building stock," World Development, Elsevier, vol. 188(C).
    5. Kroc, Edward & Blight, Louise K. & Cao, Min Hai, 2024. "More than just a roof under their feet: How spatial and structural features of a coastal city predict nest site selection in the urban-nesting Glaucous-winged Gull (Larus glaucescens)," Ecological Modelling, Elsevier, vol. 496(C).

  12. 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.

    Cited by:

    1. Islam, Asadul & Pakrashi, Debayan & Vlassopoulos, Michael & Wang, Liang Choon, 2020. "Stigma and Misconceptions in the Time of the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Field Experiment in India," IZA Discussion Papers 13995, IZA Network @ LISER.
    2. David E. Bloom & Michael Kuhn & Klaus Prettner, 2020. "Modern Infectious Diseases: Macroeconomic Impacts and Policy Responses," Working Papers 2020-17, The George Washington University, Institute for International Economic Policy.

  13. 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.

    Cited by:

    1. Ferrando, Mery & Katzkowicz, Noemi & Le Barbanchon, Thomas & Ubfal, Diego, 2025. "The Lasting Effects of Working While in School: A Long-Term Follow-Up," IZA Discussion Papers 18238, IZA Network @ LISER.
    2. Decerf, Benoit Marie A & Friedman, Jed & Galego Mendes, Arthur & Pennings, Steven Michael & Yonzan, Nishant, 2024. "Lives, Livelihoods, and Learning : A Global Perspective on the Well-Being Impacts of the COVID-19 Pandemic," Policy Research Working Paper Series 10728, The World Bank.
    3. Bart van Ark & Dirk Pilat & Klaas de Vries, 2023. "Are Pro-Productivity Policies Fit for Purpose? Productivity Drivers and Policies in G-20 Economies," Working Papers 038, The Productivity Institute.
    4. Chernina, Eugenia & Gimpelson, Vladimir, 2022. "Do Wages Grow with Experience? Deciphering the Russian Puzzle," IZA Discussion Papers 15068, IZA Network @ LISER.
    5. Madeira, Carlos, 2026. "Identification of earnings dynamics using rotating samples over short periods: the case of Chile," World Development, Elsevier, vol. 199(C).
    6. Albanese, Mattia & Aliberti, Manfredi, 2024. "Workplace Training Unpacked: Labor Market Competition and Investment in General Skills," SocArXiv 4ugq5, Center for Open Science.
    7. Jedwab, Remi & Ianchovichina, Elena & Haslop, Federico, 2025. "The employment profile of cities around the world: Consumption vs. production cities and economic development," World Development, Elsevier, vol. 188(C).
    8. David Dorn & Florian Schoner & Moritz Seebacher & Lisa Simon & Ludger Woessmann, 2025. "Multidimensional Skills on LinkedIn Profiles: Measuring Human Capital and the Gender Skill Gap," CESifo Working Paper Series 11846, CESifo.
    9. Chernina, Eugenia & Gimpelson, Vladimir, 2023. "Do wages grow with experience? Deciphering the Russian puzzle," Journal of Comparative Economics, Elsevier, vol. 51(2), pages 545-563.
    10. Nebiler, Metin & Park, Kyunglin, 2026. "The Effects of Digital Literacy on Wages in Europe and Central Asia," Policy Research Working Paper Series 11308, The World Bank.
    11. David Deming & Mikko Silliman, 2025. "Skills and human capital in the labor market," RFBerlin Discussion Paper Series 2520, ROCKWOOL Foundation Berlin (RFBerlin).
    12. Federico Maggio & Dominic Rohner & Alessandro Saia, 2024. "The Democracy Dividend: ˗How Early Exposure to Democracy Shapes Health Outcomes˗," CESifo Working Paper Series 11307, CESifo.
    13. Alexeev, Michael & Chernina, Yevgenia & Gimpelson, Vladimir & Zinchenko, Darya, 2025. "Wage Profiles in STEM and Non-STEM Careers," IZA Discussion Papers 17875, IZA Network @ LISER.
    14. Maksym Bryukhanov & Dmytro Hryshko, 2024. "Inequality in Russia over time and over the life cycle," Scandinavian Journal of Economics, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 126(2), pages 289-319, April.
    15. Jedwab,Remi Camille & Romer,Paul M & Islam,Asif Mohammed & Samaniego,Roberto, 2021. "Human Capital Accumulation at Work : Estimates for the World and Implications for Development," Policy Research Working Paper Series 9786, The World Bank.
    16. Bart van Ark & Klaas de Vries & Dirk Pilat, 2024. "Are pro‐productivity policies fit for purpose?," Manchester School, University of Manchester, vol. 92(2), pages 191-208, March.

  14. 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.

    Cited by:

    1. Melanie Krause & André Seidel, 2020. "Land Scarcity and Urban Density within Cities," CESifo Working Paper Series 8660, CESifo.
    2. Katarzyna Łakomy, 2021. "Site-Specific Determinants and Remains of Medieval City Fortifications as the Potential for Creating Urban Greenery Systems Based on the Example of Historical Towns of the Opole Voivodeship," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 13(13), pages 1-25, June.
    3. 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. Koyama, Mark & Johnson, Noel & Jedwab, Remi, 2020. "The Economic Impact of the Black Death," CEPR Discussion Papers 15132, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers.

    Cited by:

    1. Wang, Li & Wang, Qing & Zhang, Yufei & Hori, Nobuaki, 2025. "Two kinds of centralization: Divergences between China and Europe," Economic Modelling, Elsevier, vol. 153(C).
    2. Beniamino Callegari & Christophe Feder, 2026. "Selection pressure and institutional adaptation: An evolutionary comparison of the 1340 and 1348 epidemics in Florence, Italy," Journal of Evolutionary Economics, Springer, vol. 36(2), pages 1-28, August.
    3. Madsen, Jakob B. & Robertson, Peter E. & Ye, Longfeng, 2024. "Lives versus livelihoods in the middle ages: The impact of the plague on trade over 400 years," European Economic Review, Elsevier, vol. 162(C).
    4. 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).
    5. Claridge, Jordan & Delabastita, Vincent & Gibbs, Spike, 2024. "(In-kind) Wages and labour relations in the Middle Ages: It’s not (all) about the money," Explorations in Economic History, Elsevier, vol. 94(C).
    6. Claridge, Jordan & Delabastita, Vincent & Gibbs, Spike, 2023. "Wages and labour relations in the Middle Ages: it's not (all) about the money," Economic History Working Papers 120307, London School of Economics and Political Science, Department of Economic History.
    7. Guillaume Morel & Magali Jaoul-Grammare, 2023. "A Cliometric Reappraisal of the Impacts of Plague Outbreaks on Pre-Industrial France," Working Papers 01-23, Association Française de Cliométrie (AFC).
    8. Wang, Jingrui & Li, Juan & Wang, Zhen, 2025. "Impact of infectious sources on the vaccination dilemma in networked population," Chaos, Solitons & Fractals, Elsevier, vol. 200(P1).
    9. Joshua Hendrickson, 2025. "Usury enforcement as an alternative to capital taxation in pre-modern states," Public Choice, Springer, vol. 203(3), pages 397-422, June.
    10. Edward L Glaeser, 2022. "Reflections on the post-Covid city [Does working from home work? Evidence from a Chinese Experiment]," Cambridge Journal of Regions, Economy and Society, Cambridge Political Economy Society, vol. 15(3), pages 747-755.
    11. Gaddy, Hampton & Gargiulo, Maria, 2025. "Can we estimate crisis death tolls by subtracting total population estimates? a critical review and appraisal," LSE Research Online Documents on Economics 128030, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library.
    12. Doran, Áine & Colvin, Christopher L. & McLaughlin, Eoin, 2023. "What can we learn from historical pandemics? A systematic review of the literature," QUCEH Working Paper Series 23-10, Queen's University Belfast, Queen's University Centre for Economic History.
    13. Ilan Noy & Tomáš Uher, 2022. "Four New Horsemen of an Apocalypse? Solar Flares, Super-volcanoes, Pandemics, and Artificial Intelligence," Economics of Disasters and Climate Change, Springer, vol. 6(2), pages 393-416, July.
    14. Prados de la Escosura, Leandro & Rodríguez-Caballero, C. Vladimir, 2022. "War, pandemics, and modern economic growth in Europe," Explorations in Economic History, Elsevier, vol. 86(C).
    15. Amjad Muhammad Khan & Hogeun Park & Mark Roberts & Putu Sanjiwacika Wibisana, 2023. "Lights out: The economic impacts of Covid‐19 on cities globally," Journal of Regional Science, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 63(5), pages 1251-1283, November.
    16. David E. Bloom & Michael Kuhn & Klaus Prettner, 2020. "Modern Infectious Diseases: Macroeconomic Impacts and Policy Responses," Working Papers 2020-17, The George Washington University, Institute for International Economic Policy.
    17. De Magalhaes, Leandro & Giovannoni, Francesco, 2022. "War and the rise of parliaments," European Economic Review, Elsevier, vol. 148(C).
    18. Broadberry, Stephen & Lennard, Jason, 2024. "European business cycles and economic growth, 1300–2000," Explorations in Economic History, Elsevier, vol. 94(C).
    19. Lindskog, Annika & Olsson, Ola, 2023. "Conditional Persistence? Historical Disease Exposure and Government Response to COVID-19," Working Papers in Economics 835, University of Gothenburg, Department of Economics, revised 11 Dec 2024.
    20. Koyama, Mark, 2022. "Introduction to the special issue on culture, institutions, and religion in economic history," Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, Elsevier, vol. 201(C), pages 105-114.
    21. Zhang, Zehui & Zhu, Kangci & Wang, Fang & Liu, Lilin & Wang, Lin, 2025. "Effects of isolation and information dissemination on epidemic dynamics in multiplex networks," Chaos, Solitons & Fractals, Elsevier, vol. 199(P3).
    22. Wang, Jun & Ang, James B., 2024. "Epidemics, disease control, and China’s long-term development," Journal of Comparative Economics, Elsevier, vol. 52(1), pages 93-112.
    23. Mark Koyama, 2023. "Epidemic disease and the state: Is there a tradeoff between public health and liberty?," Public Choice, Springer, vol. 195(1), pages 145-167, April.
    24. M. Aykut Attar, 2023. "Technology and survival in preindustrial England: a Malthusian view," Journal of Population Economics, Springer;European Society for Population Economics, vol. 36(4), pages 2071-2110, October.
    25. Noy, Ilan & Uher, Tomáš, 2021. "Economic consequences of pre-COVID-19 epidemics: A literature review," Working Paper Series 21107, Victoria University of Wellington, School of Economics and Finance.
    26. Claridge, Jordan & Delabastita, Vincent & Gibbs, Spike, 2024. "(In-kind) wages and labour relations in the Middle Ages: it’s not (all) about the money," LSE Research Online Documents on Economics 125597, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library.
    27. Elizabeth C. Klee & Adair Morse & Chaehee Shin, 2024. "Auto Finance in the Electric Vehicle Transition," Finance and Economics Discussion Series 2024-065, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (U.S.).
    28. Hampton Gaddy & Maria Gargiulo, 2025. "Can we estimate crisis death tolls by subtracting total population estimates? A critical review and appraisal," Demographic Research, Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research, Rostock, Germany, vol. 52(23), pages 741-796.
    29. Khan,Amjad Muhammad & Park,Hogeun & Roberts,Mark & Wibisana,Putu Sanjiwacika, 2022. "When the Lights Go Out : The Economic Impacts of Covid-19 on Cities Globally," Policy Research Working Paper Series 10189, The World Bank.
    30. Rajpal, Akanksha & Bhatia, Sumit Kaur & Goel, Shashank & Tyagi, Sanyam & Kumar, Praveen, 2025. "Epidemic and unemployment interplay through bi-level multi delayed mathematical model," Mathematics and Computers in Simulation (MATCOM), Elsevier, vol. 229(C), pages 758-788.
    31. Arnaud Deseau, 2023. "Speed of Convergence in a Malthusian World: Weak or Strong Homeostasis?," LIDAM Discussion Papers IRES 2023010, Université catholique de Louvain, Institut de Recherches Economiques et Sociales (IRES).
    32. Paul Romer & Roberto Samaniego & Remi Jedwab & Asif M. Islam, 2025. "Scars of pandemics from lost schooling and experience: aggregate implications and gender differences through the lens of COVID-19," Journal of Economic Growth, Springer, vol. 30(1), pages 1-47, March.
    33. Fraser Summerfield & Livio Di Matteo, 2024. "Influenza pandemics and macroeconomic fluctuations 1871–2016," Cliometrica, Springer;Cliometric Society (Association Francaise de Cliométrie), vol. 18(2), pages 405-451, May.
    34. Didenko, Dmitry, 2023. "How demographic shocks affected the productionfactor income and the institutional path of the Russian pre-industrial economy," Russian Peasant Studies, Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration, vol. 8, pages 6-20.
    35. Alfani, Guido & Gierok, Victoria & Schaff, Felix, 2025. "Poverty in Germany from the Black Death until the Beginning of Industrialization," Explorations in Economic History, Elsevier, vol. 95(C).
    36. Fluegge, Robert B., 2025. "Death, destruction, and growth in cities: Entrepreneurial capital and economic geography after the 1918 influenza," Journal of Urban Economics, Elsevier, vol. 150(C).
    37. McKibbin, Warwick & Fernando, Roshen, 2023. "The global economic impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic," Economic Modelling, Elsevier, vol. 129(C).
    38. David Chilosi & Carlo Ciccarelli, 2021. "Southern and Northern Italy in the Great Divergence: New Perspectives from the Occupational Structure," Quaderni di storia economica (Economic History Working Papers) 47, Bank of Italy, Economic Research and International Relations Area.
    39. Hou, Wenxuan & Li, Mao & Main, Brian G.M. & Liu, Xiaofan, 2023. "Pandemics and financial development: A lesson from the 1918 influenza pandemic," Journal of Corporate Finance, Elsevier, vol. 83(C).
    40. 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).
    41. Benjamin Schneider & Hillary Vipond, 2023. "The Past and Future of Work: How History Can Inform the Age of Automation," CESifo Working Paper Series 10766, CESifo.
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    43. Emile Esmaili & Michael J. Puma & Francis Ludlow & Poul Holm & Eva Jobbova, 2024. "Warfare Ignited Price Contagion Dynamics in Early Modern Europe," Papers 2411.18978, arXiv.org, revised Dec 2024.
    44. 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).
    45. Schneider, Benjamin & Vipond, Hillary, 2023. "The past and future of work: how history can inform the age of automation," Economic History Working Papers 119282, London School of Economics and Political Science, Department of Economic History.

  16. Remi Jedwab & Jason Barr & Jan K. Brueckner, 2020. "Cities without Skylines: Worldwide Building-Height Gaps and Their Implications," CESifo Working Paper Series 8511, CESifo.

    Cited by:

    1. Wadjidou Boukari & Fenjie Long, 2023. "Reducing urban sprawl by optimizing housing production," Growth and Change, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 54(2), pages 529-549, June.
    2. Ahlfeldt, Gabriel M. & Barr, Jason, 2022. "Viewing urban spatial history from tall buildings," Regional Science and Urban Economics, Elsevier, vol. 94(C).
    3. Gabriel M. Ahlfeldt & Jason Barr, 2020. "The economics of skyscrapers: a synthesis," CEP Discussion Papers dp1704, Centre for Economic Performance, LSE.
    4. Michael D. Eriksen & Anthony W. Orlando, 2022. "Returns to Scale in Residential Construction: The Marginal Impact of Building Height," Real Estate Economics, American Real Estate and Urban Economics Association, vol. 50(2), pages 534-564, June.
    5. Jedwab,Remi Camille & Barr,Jason, 2023. "Exciting, Boring, and Nonexistent Skylines : Vertical Building Gaps in Global Perspective," Policy Research Working Paper Series 10365, The World Bank.
    6. 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).

  17. 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.

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    1. Frederik Wild & David Stadelmann, 2021. "Coastal Proximity and Individual Living Standards: Econometric Evidence from Geo-Referenced Household Surveys," CREMA Working Paper Series 2021-22, Center for Research in Economics, Management and the Arts (CREMA).
    2. Richard Bluhm & Axel Dreher & Andreas Fuchs & Bradley C. Parks & Austin M. Strange & Michael J. Tierney, 2020. "Connective Financing: Chinese Infrastructure Projects and the Diffusion of Economic Activity in Developing Countries," SoDa Laboratories Working Paper Series 2020-06, Monash University, SoDa Laboratories.
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    4. Chanda, Areendam & Kabiraj, Sujana, 2020. "Shedding light on regional growth and convergence in India," World Development, Elsevier, vol. 133(C).
    5. Assunção,Juliano & Carlquist Rabelo De Araujo,Rafael & Amorim Braganca,Arthur, 2023. "The Effects of Transportation Infrastructure on Deforestation in the Amazon : A GeneralEquilibrium Approach," Policy Research Working Paper Series 10415, The World Bank.
    6. Yasuharu Shimamura & Satoshi Shimizutani & Eiji Yamada & Hiroyuki Yamada, 2023. "On the inclusiveness of rural road improvement: Evidence from Morocco," Review of Development Economics, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 27(3), pages 1721-1745, August.
    7. DJEMAI, Elodie, 2018. "Roads and the spread of HIV in Africa," Journal of Health Economics, Elsevier, vol. 60(C), pages 118-141.
    8. Valentin Lindlacher & Moritz Goldbeck, "undated". "Digital Infrastructure and Local Economic Development: Early Internet in Sub-Saharan Africa," ERSA Working Paper Series v::y:2025:i::id:217, Economic Research Southern Africa.
    9. Lebrand,Mathilde Sylvie Maria, 2022. "Infrastructure and Structural Change in the Lake Chad Region," Policy Research Working Paper Series 9899, The World Bank.
    10. Cucu, Florin, 2025. "Roads, internal migration and the spatial sorting of U.S. high-skill workers," Journal of Urban Economics, Elsevier, vol. 146(C).
    11. Barnaba Trinca, 2022. "Disuguaglianza E Microfinanza Ai Tempi Del Covid," Working Papers - Economics wp2022_01.rdf, Universita' degli Studi di Firenze, Dipartimento di Scienze per l'Economia e l'Impresa.
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    23. Juan Soto & Milena Vargas & Julio A. Berdegu�, 2018. "How Large Are the Contributions of Cities to the Development of Rural Communities? A Market Access Approach for a Quarter Century of Evidence from Chile," Documentos de Trabajo 17060, The Latin American and Caribbean Economic Association (LACEA).
    24. Alberto Alesina & Sebastian Hohmann & Stelios Michalopoulos & Elias Papaioannou, 2019. "Intergenerational Mobility in Africa," NBER Working Papers 25534, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
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    26. Krantz, Sebastian, 2025. "Optimal investments in Africa's road network," Kiel Working Papers 2272, Kiel Institute for the World Economy, revised 2025.
    27. Bartkus, Viva Ona & Brooks, Wyatt & Kaboski, Joseph P. & Pelnik, Carolyn, 2022. "Big fish in thin markets: Competing with the middlemen to increase market access in the Amazon," Journal of Development Economics, Elsevier, vol. 155(C).
    28. Ciccarelli, Carlo & Fenske, James & Martí Henneberg, Jordi, 2023. "Railways and the European Fertility Transition," CAGE Online Working Paper Series 686, Competitive Advantage in the Global Economy (CAGE).
    29. Moritz Goldbeck & Valentin Lindlacher, 2024. "Digital Infrastructure and Local Economic Development: Early Internet in Sub-Saharan Africa," CESifo Working Paper Series 11308, CESifo.
    30. Lipscomb, Molly & Montalvo, Cesar & Novak, Brendan, 2025. "The impact of infrastructure investment on resilience to environmental shocks: Evidence from Ecuador," World Development, Elsevier, vol. 188(C).
    31. Frederik Wild & David Stadelmann, 2022. "Coastal proximity and individual living standards: Econometric evidence from georeferenced household surveys in sub‐Saharan Africa," Review of Development Economics, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 26(4), pages 1883-1901, November.
    32. 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.
    33. Zhiying Ji & Yuting Huang, 2023. "The Impact of Highway Infrastructure on Population Mobility: Evidence from a Sample of 800 Counties and Districts (2000–2019) in China," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 15(20), pages 1-17, October.
    34. Despina Gavresi & Anastasia Litina & Georgios Tsiachtsiras, 2022. ""Railways and Roadways to Trust"," IREA Working Papers 202214, University of Barcelona, Research Institute of Applied Economics, revised Oct 2022.
    35. Wu, Mingqin & Yu, Linhui & Zhang, Junsen, 2023. "Road expansion, allocative efficiency, and pro-competitive effect of transport infrastructure: Evidence from China," Journal of Development Economics, Elsevier, vol. 162(C).
    36. Manabu Nose & Yasuyuki Sawada & Tung Nguyen, 2025. "From Battlefield to Marketplace: Industrialization via Interregional Highway Investments in the Greater Mekong Sub-Region," CIRJE F-Series CIRJE-F-1251, CIRJE, Faculty of Economics, University of Tokyo.
    37. Berger, Thor, 2019. "Railroads and Rural Industrialization: evidence from a Historical Policy Experiment," Explorations in Economic History, Elsevier, vol. 74(C).
    38. Jose Asturias & Marco Sanfilippo & Asha Sundaram, 2024. "Foreign Direct Investment, Geography, and Welfare," Working Papers 24-45, Center for Economic Studies, U.S. Census Bureau.
    39. Bluhm, Richard & Lessmann, Christian & Schaudt, Paul, 2021. "The Political Geography of Cities," Economics Working Paper Series 2111, University of St. Gallen, School of Economics and Political Science.
    40. Stephan Maurer & Ferdinand Rauch, 2023. "Economic geography aspects of the Panama Canal," Oxford Economic Papers, Oxford University Press, vol. 75(1), pages 142-162.
    41. Taylor Jaworski & Carl T. Kitchens, 2019. "National Policy for Regional Development: Historical Evidence from Appalachian Highways," The Review of Economics and Statistics, MIT Press, vol. 101(5), pages 777-790, December.
    42. 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.
    43. Krantz, Sebastian, 2024. "Mapping Africa's infrastructure potential with geospatial big data and causal ML," Kiel Working Papers 2276, Kiel Institute for the World Economy.
    44. Luisito Bertinelli & Evie Graus & Jean-François Maystadt & Silvia Peracchi, 2025. "Roads and child health in Sub-Saharan Africa," LIDAM Discussion Papers IRES 2025017, Université catholique de Louvain, Institut de Recherches Economiques et Sociales (IRES).
    45. Mo, Jiawei, 2023. "Heterogeneous effects of urban transport infrastructure on population distribution: The role of educational access," Regional Science and Urban Economics, Elsevier, vol. 101(C).
    46. Alder, Simon, 2025. "Chinese roads in India: The effect of transport infrastructure on economic development," Journal of International Economics, Elsevier, vol. 157(C).
    47. Marein, Brian, 2022. "Colonial Roads and Regional Inequality," Journal of Urban Economics, Elsevier, vol. 131(C).
    48. David Canning & Marie Christelle Mabeu & Roland Pongou, 2022. "Colonial Origins and Fertility: Can the Market Overcome History?," Working Papers 2201E Classification-I12,, University of Ottawa, Department of Economics.
    49. Garcia-López, Miquel-Àngel & Herranz-Loncán, Alfonso & Tassinari, Filippo & Viladecans-Marsal, Elisabet, 2023. "Paving the way to modern growth: The Spanish Bourbon roads," Explorations in Economic History, Elsevier, vol. 90(C).
    50. Ricardo Reboredo, 2021. "Disaggregating Development: A Critical Analysis of Sino-African Megaprojects," Progress in Development Studies, , vol. 21(1), pages 86-104, April.
    51. Amarasinghe, Ashani & Hodler, Roland & Raschky, Paul A. & Zenou, Yves, 2024. "Key players in economic development," Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, Elsevier, vol. 223(C), pages 40-56.
    52. TANAKA,Kiyoyasu, 2024. "From Walking to Driving: Economic Impact of Mountain Roads," IDE Discussion Papers 949, Institute of Developing Economies, Japan External Trade Organization(JETRO).
    53. Wang, Changyan & Wu, Shuping & Zheng, Jiaxin, 2025. "Administrative division adjustments, road infrastructure integration, and traffic flow equalization: Evidence from city–county mergers in China," Journal of Asian Economics, Elsevier, vol. 100(C).
    54. Krantz, Sebastian Martin, 2024. "Optimal Investments in Africa’s Road Network," Policy Research Working Paper Series 10893, The World Bank.
    55. Mao, Ning & Sun, Weizeng & Zhang, Liuqin, 2024. "The innovation effects of transportation infrastructure: Evidence from highways in China," Economics of Transportation, Elsevier, vol. 38(C).
    56. Herrera Dappe,Matias & Lebrand,Mathilde Sylvie Maria, 2021. "Infrastructure and Structural Change in the Horn of Africa," Policy Research Working Paper Series 9870, The World Bank.
    57. Fenske, James & Kala, Namrata & Wei, Jinlin, 2023. "Railways and cities in India," Journal of Development Economics, Elsevier, vol. 161(C).
    58. 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.
    59. Provenzano, Sandro, 2024. "Accountability failure in isolated areas: The cost of remoteness from the capital city," Journal of Development Economics, Elsevier, vol. 167(C).
    60. Schmidt, Maika & Moradi, Alexander, 2026. "Community effects of electrification: Evidence from Burkina Faso’s grid extension," Journal of Development Economics, Elsevier, vol. 178(C).
    61. Raffaele Scuderi & Giuseppe Tesoriere & Vincenzo Fasone, 2021. "Does Location Matter for Micro Shops Resilience? Evidence from Uganda," International Regional Science Review, , vol. 44(1), pages 10-32, January.
    62. Yakubu Suleiman & Adeyemi Ajayi & Sule Abass & Ogunbajo Rukaiyyat, 2020. "The Relationship Between Road Infrastructure Budgetary Expenditures and Commercial Property Investment Returns. Case Study of Fadikpe Area Minna, Nigeria," Baltic Journal of Real Estate Economics and Construction Management, Sciendo, vol. 8(1), pages 187-196, January.
    63. Araujo, Rafael & Assunção, Juliano & Bragança, Arthur, 2025. "Transportation infrastructure and deforestation in the Amazon," Journal of Development Economics, Elsevier, vol. 177(C).
    64. Bonfatti, Roberto & Gu, Yuan & Poelhekke, Steven, 2020. "Priority Roads: the Political Economy of Africa's Interior-to-Coast Roads," CEPR Discussion Papers 15354, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers.
    65. Yoshifumi Konishi & Akari Ono, 2024. "Do Winners Win More from Transport Megaprojects? Evidence from the Great Seto Bridges in Japan," Keio-IES Discussion Paper Series 2024-003, Institute for Economics Studies, Keio University.
    66. Jedwab, Remi & Blankespoor, Brian & Masaki, Takaaki & Rodríguez-Castelán, Carlos, 2025. "Estimating the spillover economic effects of foreign conflict shocks: Evidence from Boko Haram," World Development, Elsevier, vol. 193(C).
    67. Pkhikidze,Nino, 2024. "Connectivity, Road Quality, and Jobs : Evidence from Armenia," Policy Research Working Paper Series 10847, The World Bank.
    68. William W. Olney, 2022. "Intra-African trade," Review of World Economics (Weltwirtschaftliches Archiv), Springer;Institut für Weltwirtschaft (Kiel Institute for the World Economy), vol. 158(1), pages 25-51, February.
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  18. 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.

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    1. Jackie Parker & Greg D. Simpson, 2020. "A Theoretical Framework for Bolstering Human-Nature Connections and Urban Resilience via Green Infrastructure," Land, MDPI, vol. 9(8), pages 1-20, July.
    2. Bluhm, Richard & Krause, Melanie, 2022. "Top lights: Bright cities and their contribution to economic development," Journal of Development Economics, Elsevier, vol. 157(C).

  19. 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.

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    1. Mr. Emre Alper & Michal Miktus, 2019. "Bridging the Mobile Digital Divide in Sub-Saharan Africa: Costing under Demographic Change and Urbanization," IMF Working Papers 2019/249, International Monetary Fund.
    2. Atolia, Manoj & Loungani, Prakash & Marquis, Milton & Papageorgiou, Chris, 2020. "Rethinking development policy: What remains of structural transformation?," World Development, Elsevier, vol. 128(C).

  20. Remi Jedwab & Noel D. Johnson & Mark Koyama, 2019. "Pandemics, places, and populations: evidence from the Black Death," CESifo Working Paper Series 7524, CESifo.

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    1. Testa, Patrick A., 2021. "Shocks and the spatial distribution of economic activity: The role of institutions," Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, Elsevier, vol. 183(C), pages 791-810.
    2. Cervellati, Matteo & Lazzaroni, Sara & Prarolo, Giovanni & Vanin, Paolo, 2022. "An Economic Theory of the Evolution of the States System, and Evidence for Europe 1000-1800," CEPR Discussion Papers 13719, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers.
    3. 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.
    4. Raphaël Franck, 2022. "Labor Scarcity, Technology Adoption and Innovation: Evidence from the Cholera Pandemics in 19th Century France," CESifo Working Paper Series 9528, CESifo.
    5. Pol Antras & Stephen J Redding & Esteban Rossi Hansberg, 2020. "Globalization and Pandemics," Working Papers 267, Princeton University, Department of Economics, Center for Economic Policy Studies..
    6. Gan Jin & Günther G. Schulze, 2024. "Historical Legacies and Urbanization: Evidence from Chinese Concessions," CESifo Working Paper Series 10976, CESifo.
    7. Fabian Siuda & Uwe Sunde, 2021. "Disease and demographic development: the legacy of the plague," Journal of Economic Growth, Springer, vol. 26(1), pages 1-30, March.
    8. Peter A.G. van Bergeijk, 2021. "Pandemic Economics," Books, Edward Elgar Publishing, number 20401, June.
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    10. Alfani, Guido, 2020. "Epidemics, inequality and poverty in preindustrial and early industrial times," CAGE Online Working Paper Series 520, Competitive Advantage in the Global Economy (CAGE).
    11. Wang, Han & Rodríguez-Pose, Andrés, 2021. "Local institutions and pandemics: city autonomy and the Black Death," LSE Research Online Documents on Economics 112483, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library.
    12. Bosker, Maarten, 2022. "City origins," Regional Science and Urban Economics, Elsevier, vol. 94(C).
    13. Cédric Chambru, 2020. "Weather shocks, poverty and crime in 18th-century Savoy," Post-Print hal-05029782, HAL.
    14. Edward L. Glaeser, 2021. "Urban Resilience," NBER Working Papers 29261, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
    15. Koyama, Mark & Desierto, Desiree, 2020. "The Political Economy of Status Competition: Sumptuary Laws in Preindustrial Europe," CEPR Discussion Papers 14407, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers.
    16. Koyama, Mark, 2022. "Introduction to the special issue on culture, institutions, and religion in economic history," Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, Elsevier, vol. 201(C), pages 105-114.
    17. Carlos Álvarez-Nogal & Leandro Prados de la Escosura & Carlos Santiago-Caballero, 2020. "Economic Effects of the Black Death: Spain in European Perspective," Working Papers 0184, European Historical Economics Society (EHES).
    18. Giovanni Federico & Alessandro Nuvolari & Michelangelo Vasta, 2023. "Inequality in Pre‐Industrial Europe (1260–1850): New Evidence From the Labor Share," Review of Income and Wealth, International Association for Research in Income and Wealth, vol. 69(2), pages 347-375, June.
    19. Mark Koyama, 2023. "Epidemic disease and the state: Is there a tradeoff between public health and liberty?," Public Choice, Springer, vol. 195(1), pages 145-167, April.
    20. Maciej Stefański, 2022. "GDP effects of pandemics: a historical perspective," Empirical Economics, Springer, vol. 63(6), pages 2949-2995, December.
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    23. Lin, Jeffrey & Rauch, Ferdinand, 2022. "What future for history dependence in spatial economics?," Regional Science and Urban Economics, Elsevier, vol. 94(C).
    24. Cemal Eren Arbatlı & Gunes Gokmen, 2023. "Human capital transfers and sub-national development: Armenian and Greek legacy in post-expulsion Turkey," Journal of Economic Growth, Springer, vol. 28(1), pages 1-43, March.
    25. 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).

  21. 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.

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    6. 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.
    7. Gan Jin & Günther G. Schulze, 2024. "Historical Legacies and Urbanization: Evidence from Chinese Concessions," CESifo Working Paper Series 10976, CESifo.
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    12. Koyama, Mark & Johnson, Noel & Jedwab, Remi, 2020. "The Economic Impact of the Black Death," CEPR Discussion Papers 15132, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers.
    13. 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).
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    16. Hornung, Erik, 2019. "Diasporas, diversity, and economic activity: Evidence from 18th-century Berlin," Explorations in Economic History, Elsevier, vol. 73(C), pages 1-1.
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    24. Remi Jedwab & Noel D. Johnson & Mark Koyama, 2019. "Pandemics, Places, and Populations: Evidence from the Black Death," Working Papers 2019-3, The George Washington University, Institute for International Economic Policy.
    25. Belmonte, Alessandro & Ticchi, Davide & Ubaldi, Michele, 2025. "Re-exhuming the old hatchet: The effects of affirmative action policies on political preferences in post-apartheid South Africa," GLO Discussion Paper Series 1626, Global Labor Organization (GLO).
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    27. Michael Christian Lehmann, 2023. "Macroeconomic volatility and anti‐refugee violence in developing countries: Evidence from commodity price shocks," Review of Development Economics, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 27(2), pages 992-1012, May.
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    29. Mark Koyama, 2023. "Epidemic disease and the state: Is there a tradeoff between public health and liberty?," Public Choice, Springer, vol. 195(1), pages 145-167, April.
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    32. Xinyan Hu & Xiangpo Chen & Siqi Yao & Gaiqing Zhang, 2022. "The Great Chinese Famine (1959–1961) and farm households’ adoption of technology: evidence from China," Australian Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics, Australian Agricultural and Resource Economics Society, vol. 66(1), pages 93-117, January.
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    38. Alessandro Belmonte & Davide Ticchi & Michele Ubaldi, 2025. "Affirmative Actions, Economic Insecurity, and Ethnic Conflicts: Evidence from South Africa Post-Apartheid," Working Papers 496, Universita' Politecnica delle Marche (I), Dipartimento di Scienze Economiche e Sociali.
    39. David de la Croix & Rossana Scebba & Chiara Zanardello, 2026. "Flora, Cosmos, Salvatio: Pre-modern Academic Institutions and the Spread of Ideas," LIDAM Discussion Papers IRES 2026008, Université catholique de Louvain, Institut de Recherches Economiques et Sociales (IRES).
    40. Bray, Kerry & Braakmann, Nils & Wildman, John, 2024. "Austerity, welfare cuts and hate crime: Evidence from the UK's age of austerity," Journal of Urban Economics, Elsevier, vol. 141(C).
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  22. 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.

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  23. 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.

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    2. Aslanidis, Nektarios & Martínez Ibáñez, Oscar & Tadei, Federico, 2020. "The Integration of West Africa in the Global Economy, 1842-1938," Working Papers 2072/417678, Universitat Rovira i Virgili, Department of Economics.
    3. Remi Jedwab & Adam Storeygard, 2020. "The Average and Heterogeneous Effects of Transportation Investments: Evidence from Sub-Saharan Africa 1960-2010," NBER Working Papers 27670, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
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  24. 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.

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    1. 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.
    2. Juan Pablo Chauvin & Edward Glaeser & Yueran Ma & Kristina Tobio, 2016. "What is Different about Urbanization in Rich and Poor Countries? Cities in Brazil, China, India and the United States," Working Papers 2016.03, International Network for Economic Research - INFER.
    3. Evert Meijers & Martijn Burger & Gilles Duranton, 2016. "Determinants of city growth in Colombia," Papers in Regional Science, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 95(1), pages 101-131, March.
    4. Bosker, Maarten & Deichmann, Uwe & Roberts, Mark, 2018. "Hukou and highways the impact of China's spatial development policies on urbanization and regional inequality," Regional Science and Urban Economics, Elsevier, vol. 71(C), pages 91-109.
    5. Douglas Gollin & Remi Jedwab & Dietrich Vollrath, 2016. "Urbanization with and without industrialization," Journal of Economic Growth, Springer, vol. 21(1), pages 35-70, March.
    6. Mahumane, Gilberto & Mulder, Peter, 2022. "Urbanization of energy poverty? The case of Mozambique," Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, Elsevier, vol. 159(C).

  25. 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.

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    1. Tandon, Sharad & Landes, Maurice & Christensen, Cheryl & LeGrand, Steven & Broussard, Nzinga & Farrin, Katie & Thome, Karen, "undated". "Progress and Challenges in Global Food Security," Economic Information Bulletin 262131, United States Department of Agriculture, Economic Research Service.
    2. Tschirley, David & Reardon, Thomas, 2016. "Impact on Employment and Migration of Structural and Rural Transformation," Food Security International Development Working Papers 245895, Michigan State University, Department of Agricultural, Food, and Resource Economics.
    3. Li, Xun & Hui, Eddie Chi-man & Lang, Wei & Zheng, Shali & Qin, Xiaozhen, 2020. "Transition from factor-driven to innovation-driven urbanization in China: A study of manufacturing industry automation in Dongguan City," China Economic Review, Elsevier, vol. 59(C).
    4. Kanbur, Ravi & Christiaensen, Luc, 2017. "Secondary Towns and Poverty Reduction: Refocusing the Urbanization Agenda," CEPR Discussion Papers 12072, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers.
    5. 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.
    6. Adriana Kocornik-Mina & Thomas K.J. McDermott & Guy Michaels & Ferdinand Rauch, 2015. "Flooded Cities," CEP Discussion Papers dp1398, Centre for Economic Performance, LSE.
    7. Tione, Sarah E. & Holden, Stein T., 2020. "Urban proximity, demand for land and land shadow prices in Malawi," Land Use Policy, Elsevier, vol. 94(C).
    8. David Castells-Quintana, 2015. "“Malthus living in a slum: urban concentration, infrastructures and economic growth”," AQR Working Papers 201505, University of Barcelona, Regional Quantitative Analysis Group, revised Jan 2015.
    9. Cai,Yongyang & Selod,Harris & Steinbuks,Jevgenijs, 2015. "Urbanization and property rights," Policy Research Working Paper Series 7486, The World Bank.
    10. Kamei,Akito & Nakamura,Shohei, 2020. "Urban Agglomerations and Employment Transitions in Ethiopia," Policy Research Working Paper Series 9184, The World Bank.
    11. Pueyo, Salvador, 2020. "Jevons' paradox and a tax on aviation to prevent the next pandemic," SocArXiv vb5q3, Center for Open Science.
    12. Totin, Edmond & Segnon, Alcade & Roncoli, Carla & Thompson-Hall, Mary & Sidibé, Amadou & Carr, Edward R., 2021. "Property rights and wrongs: Land reforms for sustainable food production in rural Mali," Land Use Policy, Elsevier, vol. 109(C).
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    14. 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.
    15. 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.
    16. Priscila MÉNDEZ & Sheila GUARNIZO & Rafael ALVARADO, 2019. "Nexo Causal Entre La Urbanización Y La Producción Regional: Evidencia Para Ecuador Usando Vi En Econometría Espacial," Regional and Sectoral Economic Studies, Euro-American Association of Economic Development, vol. 19(1), pages 63-76.
    17. Chao Wu & Guolong Wang & Simon Hu & Yue Liu & Hong Mi & Ye Zhou & Yi-ke Guo & Tongtong Song, 2020. "A data driven methodology for social science research with left-behind children as a case study," PLOS ONE, Public Library of Science, vol. 15(11), pages 1-28, November.
    18. 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.
    19. Sagarika Patowary & Arup Kumar Sarma, 2018. "Model-based analysis of urban settlement process in eco-sensitive area of developing country: a study with special reference to hills of an Indian city," Environment, Development and Sustainability: A Multidisciplinary Approach to the Theory and Practice of Sustainable Development, Springer, vol. 20(4), pages 1777-1795, August.
    20. Ashira Menashe‐Oren & Philippe Bocquier, 2021. "Urbanization Is No Longer Driven by Migration in Low‐ and Middle‐Income Countries (1985–2015)," Population and Development Review, The Population Council, Inc., vol. 47(3), pages 639-663, September.
    21. Andrés Rodríguez‐Pose & Jamie Griffiths, 2021. "Developing intermediate cities," Regional Science Policy & Practice, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 13(3), pages 441-456, June.
    22. Remi Jedwab & Noel D. Johnson & Mark Koyama, 2020. "The Economic Impact of the Black Death," Working Papers 2020-14, The George Washington University, Institute for International Economic Policy.
    23. Ellen M Hoffmann & Verena Konerding & Sunil Nautiyal & Andreas Buerkert, 2019. "Is the push-pull paradigm useful to explain rural-urban migration? A case study in Uttarakhand, India," PLOS ONE, Public Library of Science, vol. 14(4), pages 1-22, April.
    24. Guangliang Yang & Lixing Li & Shihe Fu, 2020. "Do rural migrants benefit from labor market agglomeration economies? Evidence from Chinese cities," Growth and Change, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 51(3), pages 910-931, September.
    25. Raffaele Scuderi & Giuseppe Tesoriere & Vincenzo Fasone, 2021. "Does Location Matter for Micro Shops Resilience? Evidence from Uganda," International Regional Science Review, , vol. 44(1), pages 10-32, January.
    26. Rahel Hamad & Kamal Kolo & Heiko Balzter, 2018. "Land Cover Changes Induced by Demining Operations in Halgurd-Sakran National Park in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 10(7), pages 1-15, July.
    27. 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).
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    3. Maravall Buckwalter, Laura, 2018. "Build It, and They Will Come? Secondary Railways and Population Density in French Algeria," IFCS - Working Papers in Economic History.WH 26738, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid. Instituto Figuerola.
    4. Testa, Patrick A., 2021. "Shocks and the spatial distribution of economic activity: The role of institutions," Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, Elsevier, vol. 183(C), pages 791-810.
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    5. Margaret S. McMillan & William A. Masters & Harounan Kazianga, 2014. "Demographic Pressure and Institutional Change: Village-Level Response to Rural Population Growth in Burkina Faso," NBER Chapters, in: African Successes, Volume I: Government and Institutions, pages 103-143, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
    6. Zheming Liu & Bin Li & Saixing Zeng & Hongquan Chen, 2020. "Spillovers from transport infrastructures onto firm productivity: An analytical and empirical study," Review of Development Economics, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 24(4), pages 1583-1609, November.
    7. Morten Jerven, 2014. "A West African experiment: constructing a GDP series for colonial Ghana, 1891–1950," Economic History Review, Economic History Society, vol. 67(4), pages 964-992, November.
    8. Strobl, Eric & Valfort, Marie-Anne, 2013. "The effect of weather-induced internal migration on local labor markets : evidence from Uganda," Policy Research Working Paper Series 6600, The World Bank.
    9. Admasu Shiferaw & M�ns S�derbom & Eyerusalem Siba & Getnet Alemu, 2015. "Road Infrastructure and Enterprise Dynamics in Ethiopia," Journal of Development Studies, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 51(11), pages 1541-1558, November.
    10. Leander Heldring & James A. Robinson, 2012. "Colonialism and Economic Development in Africa," NBER Working Papers 18566, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.

  36. 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.

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    2. Berman, Nicolas & Rotunno, Lorenzo & Ziparo, Roberta, 2020. "Sweet child of mine: Income, health and inequality," CEPR Discussion Papers 14444, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers.
    3. Lazzaroni, Sara & Wagner, Natascha, 2016. "Misfortunes never come singly: Structural change, multiple shocks and child malnutrition in rural Senegal," Economics & Human Biology, Elsevier, vol. 23(C), pages 246-262.
    4. Bellemare, Marc F. & Fajardo-Gonzalez, Johanna & Gitter, Seth R., 2018. "Foods and fads: The welfare impacts of rising quinoa prices in Peru," World Development, Elsevier, vol. 112(C), pages 163-179.
    5. Bonilla Mejía, Leonardo, 2020. "Mining and human capital accumulation: Evidence from the Colombian gold rush," Journal of Development Economics, Elsevier, vol. 145(C).
    6. Habtamu Ali Beshir & Jean-François Maystadt, 2022. "Price shocks and human capital: Timing matters," LIDAM Discussion Papers IRES 2022020, Université catholique de Louvain, Institut de Recherches Economiques et Sociales (IRES).
    7. Cogneau, Denis & Mesple-Somps, Sandrine & Spielvogel, Gilles, 2013. "Development at the border : policies and national integration in Cote d'Ivoire and its neighbors," Policy Research Working Paper Series 6626, The World Bank.
    8. James Fenske & Achyuta Adhvaryu & Anant Nyshadham, 2014. "Early Life Circumstance and Adult Mental Health," Economics Series Working Papers 698, University of Oxford, Department of Economics.
    9. Ralitza Dimova, 2015. "The welfare impact of rising food prices," World of Labour, LISER, pages 135-135, March.
    10. Camelia Minoiu & Olga N. Shemyakina, 2012. "Armed conflict, household victimization, and child health in Côte d'Ivoire," Working Papers 245, ECINEQ, Society for the Study of Economic Inequality.
    11. Francisco M. P. Mugizi, 2022. "Stronger together? Shocks, educational investment, and self-help groups in Tanzania," Journal of Social and Economic Development, Springer;Institute for Social and Economic Change, vol. 24(2), pages 511-548, December.
    12. James Fenske & Igor Zurimendi, 2015. "Oil and ethnic inequality in Nigeria," CSAE Working Paper Series 2015-02, Centre for the Study of African Economies, University of Oxford.
    13. Joseph Cummins, 2013. "On the Use and Misuse of Child Height-for-Age Z-score in the Demographic and Health Surveys," Working Papers 201417, University of California at Riverside, Department of Economics.
    14. Mahamadou Roufahi Tankari, 2017. "Cash crops reduce the welfare of farm households in Senegal," Food Security: The Science, Sociology and Economics of Food Production and Access to Food, Springer;The International Society for Plant Pathology, vol. 9(5), pages 1105-1115, October.
    15. Leonardo Bonilla-Mejía, 2019. "Illegal Mining and Human Capital Accumulation: Evidence from the Colombian Gold Rush," Documentos de trabajo sobre Economía Regional y Urbana 280, Banco de la Republica de Colombia.
    16. Eric V. Edmonds & Maheshwor Shrestha, 2013. "You Get What You Pay For: Schooling Incentives and Child Labor," NBER Working Papers 19279, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
    17. Denis Cogneau & Kenneth Houngbedji & Sandrine Mesplé-Somps, 2013. "The fall of the elephant. Two decades of poverty increase in Côte d’Ivoire (1988 - 2008)," Post-Print hal-01517394, HAL.
    18. Andinet Woldemichael & Kidane Daniel & Shimeles Abebe, 2017. "Working Paper 276 - A Tax on Children? Food Price Inflation and Health," Working Paper Series 2393, African Development Bank.
    19. Nicolas Berman & Lorenzo Rotunno & Roberta Ziparo, 2022. "Sweet child of mine: Parental income, child health and inequality," Working Papers halshs-02499192, HAL.
    20. Luisito Bertinelli & Arnaud Bourgain, 2021. "Impact of mining boom on the quality of public goods in Sub-Saharan Africa," DEM Discussion Paper Series 21-13, Department of Economics at the University of Luxembourg.
    21. Wang, Dongqin & Wang-Lu, Huaxin, 2025. "Land expropriation, child schooling, and child housework: Evidence from China," Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, Elsevier, vol. 234(C).
    22. Denis Cogneau & Lionel Kesztenbaum, 2016. "Short and long-term impacts of famines: The case of the siege of Paris 1870-1871," Working Papers halshs-01321939, HAL.
    23. Sowmya Dhanaraj & Smit Gade & Christy Mariya Paul, 2018. "Household Income Dynamics and Investment in Children: Evidence from India," Working Papers 2018-177, Madras School of Economics,Chennai,India.
    24. Digvijay S. Negi, 2022. "Global food price surge, in-kind transfers, and household welfare evidence from India," Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research, Mumbai Working Papers 2022-006, Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research, Mumbai, India.
    25. Eva O. Arceo-Gómez & Danae Hernández-Cortés & Alejandro López-Feldman, 2020. "Droughts and rural households’ wellbeing: evidence from Mexico," Climatic Change, Springer, vol. 162(3), pages 1197-1212, October.
    26. Esther Delesalle, 2019. "Good Or Bad Timing? The Effects Of Productivity Shocks On Education And On Schooling Performance," LIDAM Discussion Papers IRES 2019021, Université catholique de Louvain, Institut de Recherches Economiques et Sociales (IRES).
    27. Coral, Claudia & Carcamo, Robert & Ollendorf, Franziska & Tokou, Bonna Antoinette & Yves Adou Yao, Constant & Sieber, Stefan & Löhr, Katharina, 2024. "Elongating the causes of social vulnerability: Historical analysis of social sustainability dimensions in the Ivorian cocoa sector," World Development, Elsevier, vol. 183(C).
    28. Ulrik Beck & Saurabh Singhal & Finn Tarp, 2016. "Coffee price volatility and intra-household labour supply: Evidence from Vietnam," WIDER Working Paper Series wp-2016-16, World Institute for Development Economic Research (UNU-WIDER).
    29. Rohen d'AIGLEPIERRE et Laurent Wagner, 2017. "Macroeconomic Crisis, Primary Education and Aid Effectiveness," Working Paper def86062-d26a-4379-af8d-c, Agence française de développement.
    30. Jaah, Mkupete & Fintel, Dieter von & Burger, Ronelle, 2021. "Maize Price Shock, Agriculture Production and Children Nutrition Outcomes in Tanzania," 2021 Conference, August 17-31, 2021, Virtual 314974, International Association of Agricultural Economists.
    31. Nsababera, Olive, 2020. "Refugee camps – A lasting legacy? Evidence on long-term health impact," Economics & Human Biology, Elsevier, vol. 39(C).
    32. Santos, Rafael J., 2018. "Blessing and curse. The gold boom and local development in Colombia," World Development, Elsevier, vol. 106(C), pages 337-355.
    33. Achyuta Adhvaryu & James Fenske & Anant Nyshadham, 2014. "Early Life Circumstance and Mental Health in Ghana," CSAE Working Paper Series 2014-03, Centre for the Study of African Economies, University of Oxford.
    34. Md. Rayhanul Islam & Huang Xiaoling, 2022. "Impact of Everything But Arms (EBA) on the Dhaka Stock Exchange," International Journal of Science and Business, IJSAB International, vol. 7(1), pages 34-52.
    35. Mekasha, Tseday J. & Molla, Kiflu G. & Tarp, Finn & Aikaeli, Jehovaness, 2022. "Commodity price fluctuations and child malnutrition," World Development, Elsevier, vol. 158(C).
    36. Nordman, Christophe Jalil & Sharma, Smriti & Sunder, Naveen, 2020. "Here Comes the Rain Again: Productivity Shocks, Educational Investments and Child Work," IZA Discussion Papers 13405, IZA Network @ LISER.
    37. Alexander B. Lippert, 2014. "Spill-Overs of a Resource Boom: Evidence from Zambian Copper Mines," OxCarre Working Papers 131, Oxford Centre for the Analysis of Resource Rich Economies, University of Oxford.

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    1. Marta Menéndez & Jérémie Gignoux, 2012. "Critical periods and the long-run effects of income shocks on education: evidence from Indonesia," Post-Print hal-01617427, HAL.
    2. Dumas, Christelle, 2015. "Shocks and child labor: the role of markets," FSES Working Papers 458, Faculty of Economics and Social Sciences, University of Freiburg/Fribourg Switzerland.
    3. Denis Cogneau & Léa Rouanet, 2009. "Living Conditions in Côte d'Ivoire, Ghana and Western Africa 1925-1985: What Do Survey Data on Height Stature Tell Us?," Working Papers DT/2009/12, DIAL (Développement, Institutions et Mondialisation).
    4. Youyou BAENDE BOFOTA, 2013. "The impact of social capital on children educational outcomes: The case of Tanzania," LIDAM Discussion Papers IRES 2013003, Université catholique de Louvain, Institut de Recherches Economiques et Sociales (IRES).
    5. Dumas Christelle, 2011. "Market imperfections and child labor," Thema Working Papers 2011-04, THEMA (Théorie Economique, Modélisation et Applications), CY Cergy-Paris University, ESSEC and CNRS.
    6. Debebe, Z.Y., 2010. "Child labor, agricultural shocks and labor sharing in rural Ethiopia," ISS Working Papers - General Series 18702, International Institute of Social Studies of Erasmus University Rotterdam (ISS), The Hague.
    7. Florencia L�pez B�o, 2012. "In School or at Work? Evidence from a Crisis," Oxford Development Studies, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 40(3), pages 381-404, September.
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Articles

  1. Paul Romer & Roberto Samaniego & Remi Jedwab & Asif M. Islam, 2025. "Scars of pandemics from lost schooling and experience: aggregate implications and gender differences through the lens of COVID-19," Journal of Economic Growth, Springer, vol. 30(1), pages 1-47, March.
    See citations under working paper version above.
  2. Jedwab, Remi & Blankespoor, Brian & Masaki, Takaaki & Rodríguez-Castelán, Carlos, 2025. "Estimating the spillover economic effects of foreign conflict shocks: Evidence from Boko Haram," World Development, Elsevier, vol. 193(C).

    Cited by:

    1. Gravesen, M.L. & Albrecht, P. & Yding, M., 2026. "Scarcity reimagined: global green imaginaries, frontier-making, and resource conflict in Africa," World Development, Elsevier, vol. 198(C).

  3. Esch, Thomas & Deininger, Klaus & Jedwab, Remi & Palacios-Lopez, Daniela, 2025. "Outward and upward construction: A 3D analysis of the global building stock," World Development, Elsevier, vol. 188(C).
    See citations under working paper version above.
  4. 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).

    Cited by:

    1. Natalya Naumenko, 2024. "Economic Consequences of the 1933 Soviet Famine," Working Papers 0270, European Historical Economics Society (EHES).

  5. 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.
    See citations under working paper version above.
  6. 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.
    See citations under working paper version above.
  7. 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.
    See citations under working paper version above.
  8. 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.
    See citations under working paper version above.
  9. 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).
    See citations under working paper version above.
  10. 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).

    Cited by:

    1. Hanlon, W.Walker & Heblich, Stephan, 2022. "History and urban economics," Regional Science and Urban Economics, Elsevier, vol. 94(C).
    2. Krause, Melanie & Seidel, André, 2024. "Unlocking neighborhood density," Journal of Urban Economics, Elsevier, vol. 144(C).
    3. 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).

  11. 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.
    See citations under working paper version above.
  12. 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.
    See citations under working paper version above.
  13. 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).

    Cited by:

    1. 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.
    2. Exbrayat, Nelly & Stephane, Victor, 2025. "Does urbanization cause crime? Evidence from rural–urban migration in South Africa," Journal of Urban Economics, Elsevier, vol. 149(C).
    3. Arianna Salazar Miranda & Guangyu Du & Claire Gorman & Fabio Duarte & Washington Fajardo & Carlo Ratti, 2022. "Favelas 4D: Scalable methods for morphology analysis of informal settlements using terrestrial laser scanning data," Environment and Planning B, , vol. 49(9), pages 2345-2362, November.
    4. Liotta, Charlotte & Viguié, Vincent & Lepetit, Quentin, 2022. "Testing the monocentric standard urban model in a global sample of cities," Regional Science and Urban Economics, Elsevier, vol. 97(C).
    5. Amjad Muhammad Khan & Hogeun Park & Mark Roberts & Putu Sanjiwacika Wibisana, 2023. "Lights out: The economic impacts of Covid‐19 on cities globally," Journal of Regional Science, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 63(5), pages 1251-1283, November.
    6. Bhagawat Rimal & Sushila Rijal & Abhishek Tiwary, 2025. "Prediction of Urban Growth and Sustainability Challenges Based on LULC Change: Case Study of Two Himalayan Metropolitan Cities," Land, MDPI, vol. 14(8), pages 1-26, August.
    7. Lall,Somik V. & Lebrand,Mathilde Sylvie Maria & Soppelsa,Maria Edisa, 2021. "The Evolution of City Form : Evidence from Satellite Data," Policy Research Working Paper Series 9618, The World Bank.
    8. Mahn, Daniel & Best, Rohan & Wang, Cong & Abiona, Olukorede, 2024. "What drives solar energy adoption in developing countries? Evidence from household surveys across countries," Energy Economics, Elsevier, vol. 138(C).
    9. Khan,Amjad Muhammad & Park,Hogeun & Roberts,Mark & Wibisana,Putu Sanjiwacika, 2022. "When the Lights Go Out : The Economic Impacts of Covid-19 on Cities Globally," Policy Research Working Paper Series 10189, The World Bank.
    10. Jiang, Lu & Yan, Meng & Wang, Yong & Yang, Pu & Shi, Xiaonan, 2024. "Are we underestimating inner-megacity energy poverty in developing countries? Evidence from 2054 households in beijing, China," Energy, Elsevier, vol. 300(C).
    11. Nelly Exbrayat & Victor Stephane, 2024. "Does Urbanization Cause Crime? Evidence from Rural-Urban Migration in South Africa," Working Papers 2401, Groupe d'Analyse et de Théorie Economique Lyon St-Etienne (GATE Lyon St-Etienne), Université de Lyon.
    12. Esch, Thomas & Deininger, Klaus & Jedwab, Remi & Palacios-Lopez, Daniela, 2025. "Outward and upward construction: A 3D analysis of the global building stock," World Development, Elsevier, vol. 188(C).
    13. Ahlfeldt, Gabriel M. & Gobillon, Laurent, 2021. "Introduction to the Special issue: “Emerging Trends in Urban Economics”," Regional Science and Urban Economics, Elsevier, vol. 90(C).
    14. Jedwab, Remi & Blankespoor, Brian & Masaki, Takaaki & Rodríguez-Castelán, Carlos, 2025. "Estimating the spillover economic effects of foreign conflict shocks: Evidence from Boko Haram," World Development, Elsevier, vol. 193(C).
    15. Roy, Sanghamitra & Bailey, Ajay & van Noorloos, Femke, 2024. "Understanding the barriers affecting women's mobility in the first- and last-mile stretches in low- and middle-income countries: A systematic review," Journal of Transport Geography, Elsevier, vol. 121(C).
    16. Qiling Lu & Jing Hua, 2023. "Micro-Household Human Capital Investment Decisions and a Simulation Study from the Intergenerational Conflict Perspective," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 20(3), pages 1-21, January.

  14. 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).

    Cited by:

    1. Amjad Muhammad Khan & Hogeun Park & Mark Roberts & Putu Sanjiwacika Wibisana, 2023. "Lights out: The economic impacts of Covid‐19 on cities globally," Journal of Regional Science, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 63(5), pages 1251-1283, November.
    2. Hu, Qiyu & Shen, Wencang & Yan, Jinming & Kong, Weilong & Li, Wei & Zhang, Zhengfeng, 2024. "Does existing mixed land development promote the urban spatial composite function? Evidence from Beijing, China," Land Use Policy, Elsevier, vol. 143(C).
    3. Khan,Amjad Muhammad & Park,Hogeun & Roberts,Mark & Wibisana,Putu Sanjiwacika, 2022. "When the Lights Go Out : The Economic Impacts of Covid-19 on Cities Globally," Policy Research Working Paper Series 10189, The World Bank.
    4. Roberts,Mark, 2021. "Tracking Economic Activity in Response to the COVID-19 Crisis Using Nighttime Lights — The Case of Morocco," Policy Research Working Paper Series 9538, The World Bank.
    5. Paul Romer & Roberto Samaniego & Remi Jedwab & Asif M. Islam, 2025. "Scars of pandemics from lost schooling and experience: aggregate implications and gender differences through the lens of COVID-19," Journal of Economic Growth, Springer, vol. 30(1), pages 1-47, March.
    6. Ahlfeldt, Gabriel M. & Gobillon, Laurent, 2021. "Introduction to the Special issue: “Emerging Trends in Urban Economics”," Regional Science and Urban Economics, Elsevier, vol. 90(C).
    7. 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).

  15. 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).

    Cited by:

    1. Mario Lackner & Uwe Sunde & Rudolf Winter-Ebmer, 2023. "The Forces Behind Social Unrest: Evidence from the Covid-19 Pandemic," Economics working papers 2023-07, Department of Economics, Johannes Kepler University Linz, Austria.
    2. Anna Bokszczanin & Olga Gladysh & Anna Bronowicka & Marek Palace, 2023. "Experience of Ethnic Discrimination, Anxiety, Perceived Risk of COVID-19, and Social Support among Polish and International Students during the Pandemic," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 20(7), pages 1-15, March.
    3. Lackner, Mario & Sunde, Uwe & Winter-Ebmer, Rudolf, 2021. "COVID-19 and the Forces behind Social Unrest," IZA Discussion Papers 14884, IZA Network @ LISER.
    4. Chowdhury, Subhasish & Karmakar, Senjuti, 2022. "The Interrelationship between the COVID-19 Pandemic and Conflict Behavior: A Survey," MPRA Paper 113311, University Library of Munich, Germany.
    5. Ariadna Linda Bednarz & Marta Borkowska-Bierć & Marek Matejun, 2021. "Managerial Responses to the Onset of the COVID-19 Pandemic in Healthcare Organizations Project Management," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 18(22), pages 1-25, November.
    6. David D. Zhang & Qing Pei & Shengda Zhang & Leibin Wang & Mengyuan Qiu, 2025. "Cultural innovations were boosted under the pressure of epidemic outbreaks in European History," Humanities and Social Sciences Communications, Palgrave Macmillan, vol. 12(1), pages 1-8, December.
    7. Botezat, Alina & Incaltarau, Cristian & Nijkamp, Peter, 2024. "Nurse migration: Long-run determinants and dynamics of flows in response to health and economic shocks," World Development, Elsevier, vol. 174(C).
    8. Khan,Amjad Muhammad & Park,Hogeun & Roberts,Mark & Wibisana,Putu Sanjiwacika, 2022. "When the Lights Go Out : The Economic Impacts of Covid-19 on Cities Globally," Policy Research Working Paper Series 10189, The World Bank.
    9. Iwasaki Masaki, 2022. "Segmentation of Social Norms and Emergence of Social Conflicts Through COVID-19 Laws," Asian Journal of Law and Economics, De Gruyter, vol. 13(1), pages 1-36, April.
    10. Simona Andreea Apostu & Valentina Vasile & Razvan Vasile & Joanna Rosak-Szyrocka, 2022. "Do Smart Cities Represent the Key to Urban Resilience? Rethinking Urban Resilience," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 19(22), pages 1-21, November.
    11. Jeff Levin, 2022. "Human Flourishing in the Era of COVID-19: How Spirituality and the Faith Sector Help and Hinder Our Collective Response," Challenges, MDPI, vol. 13(1), pages 1-8, March.

  16. 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.

    Cited by:

    1. Congdon Fors, Heather & Isaksson, Ann-Sofie & Lindskog, Annika, 2024. "Changing local customs: The long run impacts of Christian missions on female genital cutting in Africa," Journal of Development Economics, Elsevier, vol. 166(C).
    2. Becker, Bastian & Schmitt, Carina, 2023. "License to educate: The role of national networks in colonial empires," World Development, Elsevier, vol. 169(C).
    3. Koyama, Mark, 2022. "Introduction to the special issue on culture, institutions, and religion in economic history," Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, Elsevier, vol. 201(C), pages 105-114.
    4. Neha Deopa & Daniele Rinaldo, 2023. "Sacred Ecology," Papers 2401.13673, arXiv.org, revised Dec 2025.
    5. Congdon Fors, Heather & Isaksson, Ann-Sofie & Annika, Lindskog, 2023. "Changing local customs: Long-run impacts of the earliest campaigns against female genital cutting," Working Papers in Economics 831, University of Gothenburg, Department of Economics.
    6. Ishise, Hirokazu, 2025. "Religion as an informal institution: A case of true pure land Buddhism and missing women in early modern Japan," Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, Elsevier, vol. 229(C).
    7. Joerg Baten & Michiel de Haas & Elisabeth Kempter & Felix Meier zu Selhausen, 2021. "Educational Gender Inequality in Sub‐Saharan Africa: A Long‐Term Perspective," Population and Development Review, The Population Council, Inc., vol. 47(3), pages 813-849, September.
    8. Becker, Sascha O. & Won, Cheongyeon, 2024. "Conquering Korea for Jesus: Protestant missionaries, local churches, and literacy in Colonial Korea," Labour Economics, Elsevier, vol. 91(C).
    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. Marazyan, Karine, 2022. "Documenting Inter-personal Conflicts in Senegal during the First Quarter the 20th Century using Dispute Registries from native courts," CEPREMAP Working Papers (Docweb) 2209, CEPREMAP.

  17. 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.
    See citations under working paper version above.
  18. 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.
    See citations under working paper version above.
  19. 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.

    Cited by:

    1. Christian Düben & Melanie Krause, 2021. "Population, light, and the size distribution of cities," Journal of Regional Science, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 61(1), pages 189-211, January.
    2. Dekai Tao & Wenli Zhou, 2022. "An Evaluation and Optimization of Green Development Strategy for the Nanjing-Hangzhou Eco-Economic Zone in China," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 14(24), pages 1-24, December.
    3. 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).
    4. Richard Bluhm & Melanie Krause, 2020. "Top Lights: Bright cities and their contribution to economic development," SoDa Laboratories Working Paper Series 2020-08, Monash University, SoDa Laboratories.
    5. James Duminy, 2023. "Critical Commentary: Beyond growth and density: Recentring the demographic drivers of urban health and risk in the global south," Urban Studies, Urban Studies Journal Limited, vol. 60(8), pages 1365-1376, June.
    6. Rivera-Padilla, Alberto, 2021. "Slums, allocation of talent, and barriers to urbanization," European Economic Review, Elsevier, vol. 140(C).
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    See citations under working paper version above.
  23. 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.
    See citations under working paper version above.
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    See citations under working paper version above.
  25. 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.
    See citations under working paper version above.
  26. 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.
    See citations under working paper version above.
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