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Working Papers​

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"Folklore", with S. Michalopoulos

Quarterly Journal of Economics, Forthcoming

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• Coverage: Barron's, Boston Globe, EnDevEcon, Policy Implications

• Slides  Data

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"High-Value Work and the Rise of Women: The Cotton Revolution and Gender Equality in China", 2020    Online Appendix

Revise and Resubmit, Review of Economic Studies

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• Coverage: Aeon,  BBC Radio 4, Dissenter, Economics Detective

• First WP Version (2016)  Discussion

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"Autocratic Rule and Social Capital: Evidence from Imperial China", 2021

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• Coverage: ChinaEconTalk, Quantitative History Blog, Washington Post​​​

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Work in Progress​

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Women and Asylums

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Extreme Poverty and a Culture of Violence

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The Short- and Long-Run Effects of Affirmative Action: Evidence from Imperial China, with B. Zhang

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Publications

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"Friends from Afar: Migration, Cultural Proximity and Primary Schooling in Lower Yangzi,1850-1949", with Y. Hao

Explorations in Economic History 63 (2017): 44-69.

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Book Reviews

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Book Review for "M. Tanimoto and R. B. Wong, Public Goods Provision in the Early Modern Economy: Comparative Perspectives from Japan, China, and Europe"

Economic History Review 73 (2020): 335-336.

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Older Working Papers

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​"Raising Dragon", 2014, with J. V. C. Nye

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• Coverage: Freakonomics