Research Papers
Published Papers
Expressway to Votes: Infrastructure Projects and Voter Persuasion (2024) [with Mevlude Akbulut-Yuksel, Dalhousie University and Belgi Turan, TOBB University] (The Economic Journal, Volume 134, Issue 657, January 2024, Pages 48–94, doi:https://doi.org/10.1093/ej/uead065)
Welfare Comparisons Within Countries Beyond GDP: An Application to Nigeria (2024) [with Sujita Pandey, Dalhousie University] (Economic Modelling, 140 (2024): 106831, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.econmod.2024.106831)
On-Farm Composting Using Two Different Windrow Methods: A Stochastic Budgeting Analysis (2023) [with Qiaojie Chen, Emmanuel K. Yiridoe, Ryan Munroe and Alexandra Grygorczyk], (Compost Science & Utilization, 29(3–4), 75–94. https://doi.org/10.1080/1065657X.2023.2264297)
Political Bargaining, Religion, and Educational Development: The Nigerian Experience from The Takeover of Schools from Christian Missions [with Chidi Ezegwu] (International Journal of Educational Development, 2024, 106, p.103000, doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijedudev.2024.103000)
Missions, Fertility Transition, and the Reversal of Fortunes: Evidence from Border Discontinuities in the Emirates of Nigeria [with Roland Pongou] ( Journal of Economic Growth, 2023, https://doi.org/10.1007/s10887-023-09231-x)
Education for Control and Liberation in Africa and Among the Black Diaspora [with Leonard Wantchekon, Guilherme Lambais, and Shourya Sen], (Comparative Education Review, 2023, 67:4, 861-883, doi: https://doi.org/10.1086/726617)
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, doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.5325/jafrideve.18.2.0041)
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, doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eap.2015.12.002)
Working Papers
Parental Education and Gender Inequality: Evidence from Colonial Schools in Nigeria [with Leonard Wantchekon, Gábor Nyéki]
Parental Investments, Learning Losses and Recovery: Evidence from COVID-19 Related School Closures [with Leonard Wantchekon, Adedeji Adeniran, and Mahounan Yedomiffi]
Gendered and Geographical Differential Effects of Airborne Fine Particulate Matter on Noncommunicable Diseases: Evidence from the Global Atmospheric Emissions and WHO SAGE Data (with Godfred O Boateng, Gabriel J Dusing, Eyram Agbe, Stella T Lartey, Reginald Quansah) Revise and Resubmit at Scientific Reports, Nature Publishing Group
Increasing Ambient Temperature Disrupts Sleep and Impairs Cognitive Function among Older Adults (with Godfred O Boateng, Gabriel J Dusing, Shaira Shafiquzzaman, Stella T Lartey, Eyram Agbe, Reginald Quansah)
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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