Growth Reading Group
Spring 2014
Mar 5 Anne Sofie Sanchez de la Sierra (2014) On the Origin of States: Stationary Bandits and Taxation in Eastern Congo
Apr 4 Jacob
May 2 Bertel
Fall 2013
Oct 21 Pablo Dell (2012) Path dependence in development: Evidence from the Mexican Revolution
Nov 15 Rasmus Abramson (2013) The Economic Origins of the Territorial State
Spring 2013
Feb 15 Abduroh Durante (2010) Risk, Cooperation and the Economic Origins of Social Trust: An Empirical Investigation
Mar 22 Jacob Alsan (2012) The Effect of the Tse Tse Fly on African Development
May 2 Jeanet Chaney (2012) Revolt on the Nile: Economic Shocks, Religion and Political Power
June 7 Nicolai Alesina and Easterly (2011) Artificial States
Fall 2012
Sep 14 Marc Michalopoulos and Papaioannou (2012) National Institutions and African Development: Evidence from Partitioned Ethnicities
Oct 11 Nicolai Michalopoulos and Papaioannou (2012) Pre-Colonial Ethnic Institutions and Contemporary African Development
Nov 2 Battista Dell, Jones, and Olken (2012) Temperature Shocks and Economic Growth: Evidence from the Last Half Century
Spring 2012
Feb 3 Jeanet Alesina, Giuliano, and Nunn (2011) On the Origins of Gender Roles: Women and the Plough.
Mar 16 Marianne Hidalgo et al (2007) The product Space Conditions the Development of Nations
Apr 27 Asger Lagakos and Waugh (2011) Selection, Agriculture, and Cross-Country Productivity Differences
June 29 CJ Banerjee, Duflo, and Qian (2012) On the road: Access to transportation infrastructure and economic growth in China
Fall 2011
Sep 16 Paul Economic Growth and Evolution: Parental Preferences for Quality and Quantity of Offspring
Oct 14 Pablo Feldman and van der Beek (2011) The effect of Technological Change on the Demand for Skills
Spring 2011
Jan 7 C-J Nunn (2010) Christians in Colonial Africa
Feb 11 Nina Algan and Cahuc (2010) Inherited Trust and Growth
Feb 25 Marie Feyrer (2009) Distance, Trade and Income
Fall 2010
Sep 3 Nicolai Nunn and Qian (2010) The Potato's contribution to population and urbanization
Oct 15 Paul Bozhong and van Zanden (2010) Before the Great Divergence?
Spring 2010
Feb 5 Battista Becker and Woessmann (2009) Was Weber Wrong?
Feb 19 Nina Life Expectancy and Human Capital Investments
Mar 12 Nicolai Is Newer Better? Penn World Tables Revisions and Their Impact on Growth Estimates
Apr 15 Paul Diet, Health and Work Intensity in England and Wales, 1700-1914
Apr 29 Jacob Acemoglu et al. (2009) Monopoly of Violence: Evidence from Columbia
Fall 2009
Sep 25 Sam Spolaore and Wacziarg (2009) The Diffusion of Development
Oct 9 Nicolai Jones and Romer (2009) The New Kaldor Facts
Oct 23 Jeanet Feyrer (2009) Trade and Income - Exploiting Time Series in Geography
Nov 6 C-J Ferrara et al. (2008) Soap Operas and Fertility: Evidence from Brazil
Nov 27 Pablo Buckles and Hungerman (2008) Season of Birth and Later Outcomes
Spring 2009
March 20 Pablo Dell (2008) The Persistent Effects of Peru's Mining Mita
April 30 Thomas Nunn (2008) The Long-Term Effects of Africa's Slave Trades
May 15 Jacob Nunn (2009) Ruggedness: The Blessing of Bad Geography in Africa
May 29 Joannes Acemoglu et al. (2009) The Consequences of Radical Reform
June 23 Marc Manuelli and Seshadri (2009) Explaining International Fertility Differences
Spring 2008
April 7 Joannes Ashraf and Galor (2008) Human Genetic Diversity and Comparative Economic Development
April 16 Nicolai Ngai and Pissarides (2006) Trends in Hours and Economic Growth
May 2 Nadja Cai and Treisman (2005) Does Competition for Capital Discipline Governments?
May 16 Pablo Moav and Neeman (2008) Bling Bling, Human Capital, and Poverty (ask Pablo for the paper)
May 30 Jeanet Olken (2008) Do Television and Radio Destroy Social Capital?