Current Projects:

• "Historical Anti-Fascism and Right-Wing Voting in Italy" 

Working Paper [August 2022], w/ L. Panza, M. Lecci, and G. Zanella | Casellario Politico Centrale | Tribunale Speciale | Eligendo Archivio

• "Is an Ounce of Prevention Worth a Pound of Cure? Evidence from a Large-Scale Vaccination Experiment in China"

Working Paper [November 2023], w/ Y. Chen, H. Wang, and Q. Zong

• "The Long Run Consequences of Excess Men"

Work in progress | PSFD

Publications:

• "Farewell President! Political Favoritism, Economic Inequality, and Political Polarization"

European Journal of Political Economy, 81, 102483, w/ H. Cheng | Online Appendix | TFIES | TEDS

• "Little Emperors in the Workplace: Labor Market Consequences of China's One-Child Policy"

China Economic Review, 80, 101985, w/ Y. Chen and H. Wang | CFPS | CHIP

• "Fanning The Flames: Rainfall Shocks, Inter-Ethnic Income Inequality, and Conflict Intensification in Mandate Palestine"

Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, 206, 71-94, w/ L. Panza | Online Appendix | Reports on Palestine Administration

• "Do Perceptions of Economic Well-Being Predict the Onset of War and Peace?"

Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Economics, 95, 101765, w/ N. Powdthavee and H. Zhan | Online Appendix | INSEC | NLSS

• "Getting Ahead in Singapore: How Neighborhoods, Gender, and Ethnicity Affect Enrollment into Elite Schools"

Sociology of Education, 92(2), 176-198, w/ V. Chua and B. Wellman | NLB | Singstat

• "Out of the Ashes, Into the Fire: The Consequences of U.S. Weapons Sales for Political Violence"

European Economic Review, 107, 133-156, w/ A. Magesan | Online Appendix | UCDP/PRIO | CIRI | DSCA

• "Migrant Networks and Job Search: Evidence from Thailand"

Economic Development and Cultural Change, 66(1), 113-146 | Nang Rong Projects

• "Good Geography, Good Institutions? Historical Evidence from Nineteenth-Century British Colonies"

European Economic Review, 89, 264-283, w/ L. Panza | Online Appendix | British India Statistical Abstracts | HCPP

• "For the Student: Economics of Civil War"

Australian Economic Review, 49(1), 105-111

• "On War Intensity and Schooling Attainment: The Case of Bosnia and Herzegovina"

European Journal of Political Economy, 40, 158-172 | Online Appendix | Bosnian Book of Dead | LSMS

• "Together or Separate? Post-Conflict Partition, Ethnic Homogenization, and the Provision of Public Schooling"

Journal of Public Economics, 128, 1-15 (lead article) | Online Appendix A | Online Appendix B | Theory | FBiH Data | RS Data

• "Quantifying the Microeconomic Effects of War using Panel Data: Evidence from Nepal"

World Development, 66(2), 308-321, w/ M. Pivovarova | INSEC | NLSS