Research
Publication
The Long Reach of Cotton in the U.S. South: Tenant Farming, Mechanization and Low-Skill Manufacturing, March 2020, Journal of Development EconomicsÂ
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
Natural disaster and fertility preference: evidence from the tsunami in Indonesia, April 2024, Biodemography and Social Biology
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
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"
Works in Progress
"Long-Run Effects of Economic Crisis: Evidence from the Great Depression in the US"
"Agricultural Production Patterns and Long-Run Economic Inequality"
"Slavery, Selective Migration, and Intergenerational Mobility"