Research Papers
Missions, Fertility Transition, and the Reversal of Fortunes: Evidence from Border Discontinuities in the Emirates of Nigeria [with Roland Pongou] (Accepted at Journal of Economic Growth)
Expressway to Votes: Infrastructure Projects and Voter Persuasion [with Mevlude Akbulut-Yuksel, Dalhousie University and Belgi Turan, TOBB University], IZA DP 13795 (Conditionally Accepted at The Economic Journal)
Education for Control and Liberation in Africa and Among the Black Diaspora [with Leonard Wantchekon, Guilherme Lambais, and Shourya Sen], (Forthcoming at Comparative Education Review)
Parental Investments, Learning Losses and Recovery: Evidence from COVID-19 Related School Closures [with Leonard Wantchekon, Adedeji Adeniran, and Mahounan Yedomiffi], (Draft Coming Soon)
Welfare Comparisons Within African Countries Beyond GDP: An Application [with Sujita Pandey, Dalhousie University] (Revise and Resubmit )
Historical Christian Missions and African Societies Today: Perspectives from Economic History (Economic History of Developing Regions, 37:3, 315-332, doi: 10.1080/20780389.2022.2103306)
Things Fall Apart? Missions, Institutions, and Interpersonal Trust (Journal of Development Economics 148 (2021): 102568, doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jdeveco.2020.102568)
New technology, better Economy? The heterogeneous impact of colonial railroads in Nigeria [with Roland Pongou and Tite Yokossi] (Journal of Development Economics, Volume 140, September 2019, Pages 320-354. doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jdeveco.2019.06.009)
Six decades after independence: the enduring influence of missionary activities on regional wealth inequalities in Ghana [with Godfred Boateng, Jonathan Amoyaw, and Isaac Luginaah] (Journal of Economic Geography, Volume 20, Issue 1, January 2020, Pages 93–122, doi: https://doi.org/10.1093/jeg/lby067)
Social Changes in Impressionable Years and Political Attitudes: Evidence from Jewish Expulsions in Nazi Germany [with Mevlude Akbulut-Yuksel and Mutlu Yuksel] (Economic Inquiry, 58: 184-208. doi:10.1111/ecin.12843)
Appropriate Technology and Income Differences (International Economic Review (2016), 57: 955–996, doi: https://doi.org/10.1111/iere.12182)
Economic Growth, Health Care Reform, and Child Nutrition in Ghana [with Jemima Frimpong and Roland Pongou] (Journal of African Development (2016), 18 (2): 41-60)
Can Brain Drain Be Good For Human Capital Growth? Evidence From Cross-Country Skill Premiums and Education Costs (Economic Analysis and Policy (2016), 49: 74-99)
Education Policy and Rate of Return Estimates
Works in Progress
Involuntary Entrepreneurs and Economic Growth
Productivity Differences in a Model of Appropriate Technology and Skill Choice
Ethnic Diversity and Economic Development in Africa
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