Research

Publication

The Long Reach of Cotton in the U.S. South: Tenant Farming, Mechanization and Low-Skill Manufacturing, March 2020, Journal of Development Economics 

Formation of the Legacy of Slavery: Evidence from the US South, May 2023, European Economic Review


Trump vs. the GOP: Political Determinants of COVID-19 Vaccination, with Seungduck Lee, September 2023, Political Behavior


Working Papers


Agrarian Origins of Individualism and Collectivism, with Martin Fiszbein and Dietrich Vollrath [nber wp 29643]


Slavery and the Rise of Collectivism in the Postbellum South, Revise & Resubmit, Journal of Comparative Economics


The Shadow of Slavery on Industrial Innovation: Evidence from the US South", with Chungeun Yoon


Does More Democracy Encourage Individualism?: Evidence from Women's Suffrage in the US, Revise & Resubmit, Public Choice


Works in Progress

Long-Run Effects of Economic Crisis: Evidence from the Great Depression in the US


Women's Economic Rights and Investment in Child Education: Evidence from Historical Reforms in the US


Agricultural Production Patterns and Long-Run Economic Inequality


Miscellaneous


Natural disaster and fertility preference: evidence from the tsunami in Indonesia, May 2024, Biodemography and Social Biology

Does increasing reliance on China help the North Korean economy? Evidence from export composition, forthcoming, Eurasian Geography and Economics