Ewout Frankema : Citation Profile

Universiteit Utrecht (20% share)

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RESEARCH PRODUCTION:

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EDITOR:

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Books edited

RESEARCH ACTIVITY:

   20 years (2005 - 2025). See details.
   Cites by year: 24
   Journals where Ewout Frankema has often published
   Relations with other researchers
   Recent citing documents: 33.    Total self citations: 16 (3.21 %)

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Relations with other researchers

Works with:

Authors registered in RePEc who have co-authored more than one work in the last five years with Ewout Frankema.

Is cited by:

Gardner, Leigh (34)

Broadberry, Stephen (30)

Cogneau, Denis (23)

Baten, Joerg (20)

Meier zu Selhausen, Felix (17)

Fourie, Johan (16)

Weisdorf, Jacob (16)

Bertocchi, Graziella (15)

de Haas, Michiel (12)

Moradi, Alexander (11)

Piketty, Thomas (11)

Cites to:

Moradi, Alexander (15)

Cogneau, Denis (13)

Allen, Robert (13)

Galor, Oded (12)

van Zanden, Jan Luiten (11)

Bassino, Jean-Pascal (10)

Acemoglu, Daron (10)

Nunn, Nathan (8)

Broadberry, Stephen (8)

Lee, Jong-Wha (7)

Johnson, Simon (7)

Main data

Where Ewout Frankema has published?

Journals with more than one article published# docs
Economic History Review4
Revista de Historia Económica / Journal of Iberian and Latin American Economic History3
European Review of Economic History2
The Journal of Economic History2
Journal of Global History2

Working Papers Series with more than one paper published# docs
Working Papers / Utrecht University, Centre for Global Economic History6
African Economic History Working Paper / African Economic History Network5
GGDC Research Memorandum / Groningen Growth and Development Centre, University of Groningen4
CEPR Discussion Papers / Centre for Economic Policy Research3

Recent works citing Ewout Frankema (2025 and 2024)

YearTitle of citing document
2025The Socioeconomic determinants of foreign capital inflows in selected Sub-Saharan African Countries. (2025). Zerihun, Mulatu ; Nthangu, Noel ; Bulagi, Mushoni. In: International Journal of Business Ecosystem & Strategy (2687-2293). RePEc:adi:ijbess:v:7:y:2025:i:2:p:307-318.

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2024Rent–wage inequality in Mexico City, 1770–1930. (2024). Solares, Israel Garcia ; Gomezgalvarriato, Aurora ; Challu, Amilcar E. In: Economic History Review. RePEc:bla:ehsrev:v:77:y:2024:i:3:p:1035-1056.

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2024Income inequality and exportâ€oriented commercialization in colonial Africa: Evidence from six countries. (2024). de Haas, Michiel ; Bolt, Jutta ; Tadei, Federico ; Hillbom, Ellen. In: Economic History Review. RePEc:bla:ehsrev:v:77:y:2024:i:3:p:975-1004.

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2025From Chalkboards to Steam Engines: Early Adoption of Compulsory Schooling, Innovation, and Industrialization. (2025). Cinnirella, Francesco ; Harka, Elona. In: CESifo Working Paper Series. RePEc:ces:ceswps:_12043.

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2024Gender Inequality and the Colonial Economy: Evidence from Anglican Marriage Registers in Urban British Africa. (2024). Weisdorf, Jacob ; Zu, Felix Meier. In: CAGE Online Working Paper Series. RePEc:cge:wacage:711.

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2025Colonial Persistence. (2025). Mukhopadhyay, Anwesh ; Gupta, Bishnupriya ; Fenske, James. In: CAGE Online Working Paper Series. RePEc:cge:wacage:752.

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2026Cash Crops, Settlement Patterns, and Indigenous Population Growth: The Role of Wine in Colonial Algeria (1900-1950). (2026). Feliu, Jordi Domnech ; Mascaro, Sergi Basco ; Buckwalter, Laura Maravall. In: IFCS - Working Papers in Economic History.WH. RePEc:cte:whrepe:49839.

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2025Can we estimate crisis death tolls by subtracting total population estimates? A critical review and appraisal. (2025). Gargiulo, Maria ; Gaddy, Hampton. In: Demographic Research. RePEc:dem:demres:v:52:y:2025:i:23.

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2024Changing local customs: The long run impacts of Christian missions on female genital cutting in Africa. (2024). Lindskog, Annika ; Isaksson, Ann-Sofie ; Congdon Fors, Heather. In: Journal of Development Economics. RePEc:eee:deveco:v:166:y:2024:i:c:s0304387823001360.

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2025Wealth-income ratios in a small, open economy: The Netherlands, 1854–2019. (2025). van der Valk, Tim ; Toussaint, Simon J ; Moatsos, Michail ; de Vicq, Amaury. In: European Economic Review. RePEc:eee:eecrev:v:178:y:2025:i:c:s0014292125001497.

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2025Real wages around the world: Insights from linear programming and accounting for climate differences. (2025). de Zwart, Pim ; Moatsos, Michail. In: Economics & Human Biology. RePEc:eee:ehbiol:v:59:y:2025:i:c:s1570677x25000772.

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2024Colonial legacies and wealth inequality in Kenya. (2024). Simson, Rebecca. In: Explorations in Economic History. RePEc:eee:exehis:v:94:y:2024:i:c:s0014498324000494.

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2024Skill, race, and wage inequality in British Tanganyika. (2024). Klocke, Sascha. In: Explorations in Economic History. RePEc:eee:exehis:v:94:y:2024:i:c:s0014498324000512.

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2024Labor coercion, fiscal modernization, and state capacity: Evidence from colonial Indonesia. (2024). Hup, Mark. In: Explorations in Economic History. RePEc:eee:exehis:v:94:y:2024:i:c:s0014498324000585.

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2026Living standards in Angola, 1760–197511This work is an output from the project “Measuring the Great Divergence: A study of global standards of living, 1500–1950″, supported by the Economic and Social Research Council (grant number ES/W001578/1). We thank Robert C. Allen, Gareth Austin, Stephen Broadberry, Rui Pedro Esteves, Bronwen Everill, James Fenske, Leigh Gardner, Michiel de Haas, Anthony G. Hopkins, Klas Rönnbäck, Filipa Ribeiro da Silva, William G. Clarence-Smith, Jelmer Vos, Rebecca Simson, Marlous van Waijenburg, Jacob Weisdorf, and speakers at several talks for comments. Leticia Arroyo Abad and Eric Schneider kindly shared data. Mariana Martins Cardoso provided research assistance. We are grateful to the Penha Foundation for financial support. (2026). Palma, Nuno ; Carvalhal, Hlder. In: Explorations in Economic History. RePEc:eee:exehis:v:99:y:2026:i:c:s0014498325000798.

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2025The impact of Peru’s land reform on national agricultural productivity: A synthetic control study. (2025). Espinoza Hermoza, Mauricio ; Escobal, Javier. In: Land Use Policy. RePEc:eee:lauspo:v:157:y:2025:i:c:s026483772500153x.

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2025Convergence in economic growth and institutional quality: Does convergence of institutions matter to catch-up rich economies?. (2025). Nawaz, Ahmad ; Safdar, Muhammad. In: Research in Economics. RePEc:eee:reecon:v:79:y:2025:i:3:s1090944325000523.

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2024International inequality in energy use and CO2 emissions (1820–2020). (2024). Malanima, Paolo. In: Structural Change and Economic Dynamics. RePEc:eee:streco:v:70:y:2024:i:c:p:233-244.

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2024Indigenous land and colonial institutions: how Aztec and Tupi landownership practices impacted the haciendas of New Spain and engenhos in Brazil. (2024). Gaino, Vitria Russo. In: LSE Research Online Documents on Economics. RePEc:ehl:lserod:125844.

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2025Can we estimate crisis death tolls by subtracting total population estimates?: a critical review and appraisal. (2025). Gaddy, Hampton ; Gargiulo, Maria. In: LSE Research Online Documents on Economics. RePEc:ehl:lserod:128030.

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2025The Pearl of the Empire? Private Capital and Concession Rubber in Indochina, 1910-1945. (2025). Bittmann, Simon ; Cornejo, Sebastian Garca. In: PSE Working Papers. RePEc:hal:psewpa:hal-04866671.

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2024Enforcing Colonial Rule: Blood Tax and Head Tax in French West Africa. (2024). Mo, Zhexun ; Cogneau, Denis. In: PSE Working Papers. RePEc:hal:psewpa:halshs-04823289.

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2025Colonial Governance and Resource Allocation in the British West Indies (1838–1938). (2025). Gatti, Fabio ; Strobl, Eric ; Bertinelli, Luisito. In: Working Papers. RePEc:hes:wpaper:0281.

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2024The differential effects of foreign aid to sub-Saharan Africa. (2024). Mavrotas, George ; Akame, Afuge. In: IOB Discussion Papers. RePEc:iob:dpaper:202401.

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2024Missions, fertility transition, and the reversal of fortunes: evidence from border discontinuities in the emirates of Nigeria. (2024). Pongou, Roland ; Okoye, Dozie. In: Journal of Economic Growth. RePEc:kap:jecgro:v:29:y:2024:i:2:d:10.1007_s10887-023-09231-x.

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2025PORTUGAL€™S EMPIRE IN AFRICA AND ASIA, 1415-1975. (2025). Palma, Nuno. In: Lewis Lab Working Papers Series. RePEc:man:allwps:0012.

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2024Enforcing Colonial Rule: Blood Tax and Head Tax in French West Africa. (2024). Mo, Zhexun ; Cogneau, Denis. In: SocArXiv. RePEc:osf:socarx:7wnsz.

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2024Unlocking Africa’s development potential: insights from the perspective of global hierarchy and competition. (2024). Gao, Jianbo ; Liu, Feiyan ; Wang, Fanglei. In: Palgrave Communications. RePEc:pal:palcom:v:11:y:2024:i:1:d:10.1057_s41599-024-03336-3.

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2025Development of Indian Tax System: Pre and Post-Colonial Influences. (2025). Kapoor, Shashi ; Singh, Amanpreet. In: FIIB Business Review. RePEc:sae:fbbsrw:v:14:y:2025:i:3:p:261-271.

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2024Life may be unfair, but do democracies make it any less burdensome?. (2024). Oyekola, Olayinka. In: The Journal of Economic Inequality. RePEc:spr:joecin:v:22:y:2024:i:3:d:10.1007_s10888-023-09607-4.

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2025COVID-19 pandemic exacerbated food insecurity in South American countries. (2025). Medeiros, Luiz Henrique ; Schettini, Francisco Luigi ; Silva, Marilene Vasconcelos ; Carrascal, Juan Carlos ; Honorato-Jnior, Jaime ; Chaves, Willandia A ; Tregidgo, Daniel ; Romero, Lucy Perera ; Santos, Ricardo Rodrigues ; Matte, Alessandra ; Aspilcueta, Marco A ; Jacob, Michelle ; Salas, Danilo A ; Ferreira, Felipe Silva ; Scofield, Alessandra ; Valle, Denis ; Garin, Daniel ; Oliveira, Marcela A ; Barros, Frederico Ozanan ; Gagliardi-Urrutia, Giussepe ; Lopes, Marcos Paulo ; Fonseca, Rebeca Mascarenhas ; Morcatty, Thais Q ; Menndez, Erick Rodolfo ; Beltrao-Mendes, Raone ; Afonso, Maria Isabel ; Fa, Julia E ; Polit-Vera, Mariela Lissette ; Pinto, Marcia F ; Lopes-Filho, Isaac Ibernon ; Gomes, Svio Marcelino ; el Bizri, Hani R ; Frederico, Carlos ; Santos-Fita, Ddac ; Rocha, Wldima Alves ; Mayor, Pedro ; Poblete, Roberto Gutirrez ; Forlano, Maria Dalila ; Sousa, Shirliane Arajo. In: Food Security: The Science, Sociology and Economics of Food Production and Access to Food. RePEc:spr:ssefpa:v:17:y:2025:i:4:d:10.1007_s12571-025-01538-4.

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2025Colonial Persistence. (2025). Fenske, James ; Mukhopadhyay, Anwesh ; Gupta, Bishnupriya. In: The Warwick Economics Research Paper Series (TWERPS). RePEc:wrk:warwec:1557.

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2024So rich, so poor. Household income and consumption in urban Spain in the early twentieth century (Zaragoza, 1924). (2024). Gracia, Javier Marco ; Delgado, Pablo. In: Documentos de Trabajo. RePEc:zar:wpaper:dt2024-01.

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Ewout Frankema has edited the books:

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Works by Ewout Frankema:

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2010The state and scope of the economic history of developing regions In: ANU Working Papers in Economics and Econometrics.
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2010The state and scope of the economic history of developing regions.(2010) In: Working Papers.
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2016Colonial adventures in tropical agriculture: new estimates of returns to investment in the Netherlands Indies, 1919–1938 In: Cliometrica, Journal of Historical Economics and Econometric History.
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2010The colonial roots of land inequality: geography, factor endowments, or institutions? In: Economic History Review.
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2014Writing history backwards or sideways: towards a consensus on African population, 1850–2010 In: Economic History Review.
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2018Gender, ethnicity, and unequal opportunity in colonial Uganda: European influences, African realities, and the pitfalls of parish register data In: Economic History Review.
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2023What about the race between education and technology in the Global South? Comparing skill premiums in colonial Africa and Asia In: Economic History Review.
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2025From the Great Divergence to South–South Divergence: New comparative horizons in global economic history In: Journal of Economic Surveys.
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2016Patterns of Manufacturing Growth in Sub-Saharan Africa: From Colonization to the Present In: CEPR Discussion Papers.
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2015Patterns of Manufacturing Growth in Sub-Saharan Africa: From Colonization to the Present.(2015) In: Working Papers.
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2017Rainfall Patterns and Human Settlement in Tropical Africa and Asia Compared. Did African Farmers Face Greater Insecurity? In: CEPR Discussion Papers.
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2019The Great Convergence. Skill Accumulation and Mass Education in Africa and Asia, 1870-2010 In: CEPR Discussion Papers.
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2012Structural Impediments to African Growth? New Evidence from Real Wages in British Africa, 1880–1965 In: The Journal of Economic History.
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2011Structural Impediments to African Growth? New Evidence from Real Wages in British Africa, 1880-1965.(2011) In: Working Papers.
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2018An Economic Rationale for the West African Scramble? The Commercial Transition and the Commodity Price Boom of 1835–1885 In: The Journal of Economic History.
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2020Pandemics that changed the world: historical reflections on COVID-19 In: Journal of Global History.
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2010Raising revenue in the British empire, 1870–1940: how ‘extractive’ were colonial taxes?* In: Journal of Global History.
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2018From coercion to compensation: institutional responses to labour scarcity in the Central African Copperbelt In: Journal of Institutional Economics.
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2009The Expansion of Mass Education in Twentieth Century Latin America: A Global Comparative Perspective* In: Revista de Historia Económica / Journal of Iberian and Latin American Economic History.
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2010Reconstructing labor income shares in Argentina, Brazil and Mexico, 1870-2000* In: Revista de Historia Económica / Journal of Iberian and Latin American Economic History.
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2016ENDOGENOUS PROCESSES OF COLONIAL SETTLEMENT. THE SUCCESS AND FAILURE OF EUROPEAN SETTLER FARMING IN SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA* In: Revista de Historia Económica / Journal of Iberian and Latin American Economic History.
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2025The deeper roots of human capital formation and economic development in Southeast Asia, 1900–2000 In: Journal of Development Economics.
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2011Colonial taxation and government spending in British Africa, 1880-1940: Maximizing revenue or minimizing effort? In: Explorations in Economic History.
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2015The Biogeographic Roots of World Inequality: Animals, Disease, and Human Settlement Patterns in Africa and the Americas Before 1492 In: World Development.
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2005The Colonial Origins of Inequality: Exploring the Causes and Consequences of Land Distribution In: Ibero America Institute for Econ. Research (IAI) Discussion Papers.
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2006The Colonial Origins of Inequality: Exploring the Causes and Consequences of Land Distribution.(2006) In: GGDC Research Memorandum.
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2010Comparing Productivity in the Netherlands, France, UK and US, ca. 1910:A new PPP benchmark and its implications for changing economic leadership In: GGDC Research Memorandum.
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2006Measuring and Analysing Educational Inequality: The Distribution of Grade Enrolment Rates in Latin America and Sub-Saharan Africa In: GGDC Research Memorandum.
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2007Was It Really “Growth with Equity†under Soeharto? A Theil Analysis of Indonesian Income Inequality, 1961-2002 In: GGDC Research Memorandum.
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2012Moving Forward in African Economic History: Bridging the Gap Between Methods and Sources In: African Economic History Working Paper.
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2012Moving Forward in African Economic History. Bridging the Gap Between Methods and Sources.(2012) In: Lund Papers in Economic History.
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2013Writing History Backwards or Sideways: Towards a Consensus on African Population, 1850-present In: African Economic History Working Paper.
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2016From coercion to comppensation: Institutional responses to labour scarcity in teh Central African copperbelt In: African Economic History Working Paper.
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2016Tracing the uneven diffusion of missionary education in colonial Uganda: European influences, African realities, and the pitfalls of church record data In: African Economic History Working Paper.
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2021Why Africa is not that poor In: African Economic History Working Paper.
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2009Was It Really “Growth with Equity†under Soeharto? A Theil Analysis of Indonesian Income Inequality, 1961-2002 In: Economics and Finance in Indonesia.
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2015An Economic Rationale for the African Scramble: The Commercial Transition and the Commodity Price Boom of 1845-1885 In: NBER Working Papers.
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2012The origins of formal education in sub-Saharan Africa: was British rule more benign? In: European Review of Economic History.
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2011The Origins of Formal Education in sub-Saharan Africa - Was British Rule More Benign?.(2011) In: Working Papers.
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2017Slave ship provisioning in the long 18th century. A boost to West African commercial agriculture? In: European Review of Economic History.
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2008Comparing the Distribution of Education Across the Developing World, 1960–2005: What Does the Grade Enrollment Distribution Tell about Latin America? In: Social Indicators Research: An International and Interdisciplinary Journal for Quality-of-Life Measurement.
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2015Labour-Intensive Industrialization in Global History: A Review Essay In: Economic History of Developing Regions.
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2011African Real Wages in Asian Perspective, 1880-1940 In: Working Papers.
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2012An Island Drifting Apart: Why Haiti mires in poverty while the Dominican Republic forges ahead In: Working Papers.
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2013Low Income Inequality, High Wealth Inequality.The Puzzle of the Rhineland Welfare States In: Working Papers.
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2014AN ISLAND DRIFTING APART. WHY HAITI IS MIRED IN POVERTY WHILE THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC FORGES AHEAD In: Journal of International Development.
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