Curriculum Vitae

CURRICULUM VITAE

DR ARCANGELO DIMICO

Department of Economics, Queen’s University Belfast

Riddel Hall, 185 Stranmillis Road, Belfast BT9 5EE, UK

November 2023

APPOINTMENTS

Queen’s University Belfast. Reader, 2024 -

Queen's University Belfast. Senior Lecturer in Economics, 2018-2024

Queen’s University Belfast. Lecturer in Economics, 2011-2018

VISITING POSITIONS

University of Padua (Italy), Department of Economics, 2024

University of Padua (Italy), Department of Economics, 2022

Einaudi Institute of Economics and Finance (Italy), 2020.

University of Warwick (UK) - Department of Economics, 2019

University of Modena and Reggio Emilia (Italy) – Department of Economics, 2016

Brown University (USA) – Department of Economics, 2013

University of Gothenburg (Sweeden) - Department of Economics, 2012

ADMINISTRATIVE POSITIONS & PROFESSIONAL SERVICE

Co-Chair of the Network of Irish Development Economics (NIDE), 2024 -

Irish Economic Association Conference Organizer, 2024-25

Royal Economics Society Conference Programme Chair, 2023-24

Director of the Health and Human Development Initiative, 2023-

Royal Economics Society Conference Deputy Programme Chair, 2022-23

Director of Centre for Health Research at the Management School, 2021-23

MSc Economics Programme Director, 2018-20

Theme Leader for the Centre for Health Research at the Management School, 2015-2021

Adviser of Studies, 2011-2015

AFFILIATIONS

CEPH - Centre for Economics, Policy and History, 2023 –

IZA - Institute of Labor Economics, 2019 –

GLO - Global Labor Organization, 2019 –

QUCEH - Queens University Centre for Economics History, 2012 –

HEA - Higher Education Academy, 2012 –

EDUCATION

PhD in Economics; University of Nottingham, 2009

MSc in Economics; University of Essex, 2005

MA in European Studies and Economics; University of Bari (Italy), 2003                 

Laurea in Economics; University of Bari (Italy), 2001

PUBLICATIONS

Strangers and Foreigners: Trust and Attitudes toward Citizenship in Sub-Saharan Africa (with Graziella Bertocchi and Gian Luca Tedeschi) –World Bank Economics Review, 2024,

COVID-19, Race, and Gender (with Graziella Bertocchi), Journal of Urban Economics (Insight), 2022, 103484

Youth Enfranchisement, Political Responsiveness and Education Expenditure: Evidence from the US (with Graziella Bertocchi, Francesco Lancia and Alessia Russo), American Economic Journal: Economic Policy, 2020, 12(3): 76-106

The Long-Term Determinants of Female HIV Infection in Africa: The Slave Trade, Polygyny, and Sexual Behavior  (with Graziella Bertocchi), Journal of Development Economics, 2019, 140, 90-105

Origins of the Sicilian Mafia: The Market for Lemons (with Alessia Isopi and Ola Olsson), Journal of Economic History, 2017, 77(4): 1083-1115 (Runner Up for the Journal Award and Top 5% of all Research Output on Altimetric)

De Jure and de Facto Determinants of Power: Evidence from Mississippi (with Graziella Bertocchi), Constitutional Political Economy, 2017, 28(4):321-345

Ethnic Diversity and Conflict (with Michael Bleaney), Journal of Institutional Economics, 2017, 13(2): 357-78 (shortlisted for the Elinor Ostrom Prize)

Size Matters: The Effect of the Scramble for Africa on Institutions and Development, Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics, 2017, 79(3): 291-318

State History, Historical Legitimacy and Ethnic Fractionalization (with Michael Bleaney), European Journal of Political Economy, 2016, 43 . pp. 159-170

Slavery, Education, and Inequality (with Graziella Bertocchi), European Economic Review, 2014, 70: 197-209

The Racial Gap in Education and the Legacy of Slavery (with Graziella Bertocchi), Journal of Comparative Economics, 2012, 40(4): 581-95

Biogeographical Conditions, the Transition to Agriculture and Long-Run Growth  (with Michael Bleaney),  European Economic Review, 2011, 55(7): 943-954

How Different Are the Correlates of Onset and Continuation of Civil Wars?  (with Michael Bleaney), Journal of Peace Research, 2011, 48:145-155

Geographical Influences on Long-Run Development (with Michael Bleaney), Journal of African Economies, 2010, 19 (5): 635-656

WORKING PAPERS

The Effect of Abortion Policies on Health and Human Capital in Sub-Saharan Africa, QBS Working Papers 2024/06, Queen’s University Belfast

On the Effectiveness of Gender Politics (with Francesco Lancia and Alessia Russo), Working Papers 2023:34, Department of Economics, University of Venice "Ca' Foscari".

Bitter Sugar: Slavery and the African American Family (with Graziella Bertocchi), CEPR DP14837

WORK IN PROGRESS

Food Variability and Preference for Redistributions (with Graziella Bertocchi and Gian Luca Tedeschi) – Presented at the National Bureau of Economic Research Meeting in Boston, July 2023

Family Planning and Ethnic Heritage: Evidence from Sub-Saharan Africa (with Graziella Bertocchi and Chiara Falco)

The Effect of the Contingency Hotel Refugee Scheme on Short-Term Holiday Accommodations and the Housing Market in Northern Ireland (with Matthias Flueckiger)

The Forced Sterilization of Native American Women

CHAPTERS IN EDITED VOLUMES

Econometric Identification in Blum, Matthias and Christopher L. Colvin (Eds.), An Economist's Guide to Economic History; Palgrave Macmillian, 2018

BOOK REVIEWS

Dennis M.P. McCarthy, “An Economic History of Organized Crime: A National and Transnational Approach”. New York: Routledge, 2011; EH.Net  

NON-REFEREED PUBLICATIONS

COVID-19, Race, and Redlining (with Graziella Bertocchi), COVID Economics 38: 129–95.

Citrus Fruits, Scurvy and the Origins of the Sicilian Mafia (with Alessia Isopi), The Conversation, 7/02/2018

CURRENT & COMPLETED PHD SUPERVISION

Alessandro Brioschi (with John Turner),  CEPH PhD Student, 2023 -

Jason Flemming (with Duncan McVicar), Economics PhD Student, 2022 -

Craig Entwistle (with Heather Dickey), Economics PhD Student, 2022 -

Haicheng Jiang, Essays in Economic Development, Economics PhD Student - Completed in 2021

Ryan Kee (with John Turner), Essays in Economic Development, Economics PhD Student - Completed in 2018

EXTERNAL PHD EXAMINATION

Gianni Marciante (University of Warwick), Essays in Economic History, February 2023

Gayane Vardanyan (Trinity College Dublin), Essays in Economic History, December 2019

Martina Miotto (University of Warwick), Essays in Economic Development, October 2019

TEACHING

Principles of Economics (ECO1013) – UG, 2024 -

Quantitative Business Economics (ECO3039) - UG, 2021-

Undergraduate Economic Dissertation (ECO3021) - UG, 2021-2024

Applied Econometrics (ECO7011) - PG, 2015-2023

Applied Econometrics (ECO3015) - UG, 2011-2019

Principles of Economics (ECO1001) - UG, 2012-2016

Economic History (ECO3020) - UG, 2018-19

FUNDING

ESRC Rapid Impact Acceleration Fund, 2023 (£1,850)

NI Department of Health, 2016 (£ 2,000)

Economic History Society - Initiatives and Conference Fund, 2014 (£2,000),

ORGANIZATION OF WORKSHOPS & AND PUBLIC EVENTS

Workshop on Cultural Persistence and Transmission, Queen’s University Belfast, 2024

Workshop on Fertility, Health and Human Capital, Queen's University Belfast, 2023

Public Event on Evidence on the Treatment of Mother and Child Mental Health (with Sonia Bhalotra and Siobhan O’Neill), Queen's University Belfast, 2023 

The Economics and History of Health Crisis, Queen's University Belfast, 2022

CHARMS Workshop on Health Economics (with Declan French), Queen’s University of Belfast, 2016

Long-Run Perspective on Crime and Conflict (with Chris Colvin), QUCEH Crumlin Road Workshop, 2014

SELECTED SEMINARS & CONFERENCES

NICEP- Nottingham Interdisciplinary Centre for Economics and Politics (UK) 2024

NBER - National Bureau of Economic Research Meeting (US) 2023

ASREC - Association for the Study of Religion, Economics and Culture (US) 2023

Seminar at the University of Padua (Italy), 2022

RES - Royal Economic Society Conference (UK), 2021

AEA - American Economic Association Meeting (US), 2021

Seminar at the University of Bath (UK), 2020

Seminar at the Einaudi Institute for Economics and Finance (Italy), 2020

EEA - European Economic Association Meeting (UK), 2019

NBER - National Bureau of Economic Research Meeting (US), 2019

CEPR Economic History and Economic Growth (Denmark), 2019

Seminar at the University of Manchester (UK), 2018

NBER - National Bureau of Economic Research Meeting (US), 2016

REFEREEING SERVICE

Grants: The Economics and Social Research Council (UK); The National Science Foundation (US);  The Independent Research Fund (Denmark).

Economic Journals: The Quarterly Journal of Economics; Review of Economics and Statistics; Journal of the European Economic Association; The Economic Journal; European Economic Review; Journal of Economic Growth; Journal of Public Economics; Journal of Development Economics; Journal of Law, Economics and Organization; Exploration in Economic History; Journal of Comparative Economics; Oxford Economic Papers; European Review of Economic History; World Development; Journal of Institutions and Economics; Eastern Economic Journal; Bulletin of Economic Research; Journal of African Economies.