(Forthcoming Article) - We study how the legacy of WWI deaths affected British communities and the next generation of soldiers. Our instrumental-variable estimates show that servicemen from localities that suffered heavier losses in WWI were considerably more likely to die or win gallantry medals in WW2. To contextualise these findings, we show that the mortality shock increased communities’ inter-war civic capital as demonstrated by the creation of war memorials, veterans’ associations and charities, and increases in pro-social participation. Our results highlight the importance of past conflicts in fostering pro-social behaviours which, in turn, can shape the motivation of soldiers in future wars.

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(Forthcoming Article) - This paper examines the provision of official flood risk information in the United States and its distributional impacts on residential flood insurance take-up. Assembling all ...

Mississippi’s 1920 school finance equalization program failed to benefit many of the state’s Black students—an outcome emblematic of broader patterns …

We trace the evolution of the language of science, religion, and political economy in the centuries leading to the British Industrial Revolution. Using textual analysis of 264,443 works printed in Eng...

Shawn Kantor and Alexander Whalley discuss the long-term effects of public R&D investment made during the Cold War–era space race.

We use the new complete count Canadian Census records spanning from 1871 to 1901 to explore measures of socioeconomic status including income, occupation, and literacy, which scholars commonly use ...

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Assistant or Associate Professor in Industrial Organization or Regulatory Economics in Calgary, ...

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Trevon Logan and John Parman discuss the meaning of segregation and how it has shaped US history.

Suicide rates increased 37% in the US from 2000 to 2018; while structural factors are extensively studied, short-term triggers remain less understood.…

(Forthcoming Article) - We examine the impact of the free supply of diphtheria antitoxin, the first effective medical treatment for an infectious disease, on the historical health transition in Massac...