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Jared Rubin @jaredcrubin.com · 16/03/2026

Annual update: Economics and Political Science of Religion Articles Published in Top Journals, 2000-present

Jared Rubin @jaredcrubin.com · 16/03/2026

New working paper! “On the Origins of Modern East Asia: Knowledge and the Economic Transformation of Japan and China in the Late 19th Century” with Debin Ma and Weiwen Yin Available at: digitalcommons.chapman.edu/esi_working_...

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Jared Rubin @jaredcrubin.com · 23/10/2025

ASREC Graduate Student Workshop 19-21 March 2026 Orange CA Join me, @avitallivny.bsky.social, Dan Hungerman, and Jonathan Schulz for one day of lectures overviewing the field followed by attending the ASREC conference Deadline: 14 November Apply here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

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Jared Rubin @jaredcrubin.com · 13/10/2025

Now, this may not pass current standards of causal inference, but it seems like the fastest path to the Nobel is to write a blurb for How the World Become Rich

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Jared Rubin @jaredcrubin.com · 13/10/2025

2026 ASREC Conference Orange, CA March 20-21, 2026 Keynote: James Robinson Submission Deadline: November 7 Join us at Chapman for what should be an amazing event! Seeking papers at the intersection of religion/culture & the social sciences Submit proposals here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

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Jared Rubin @jaredcrubin.com · 22/08/2025

Massively updated version of: Enlightenment Ideals and Belief in Progress in the Run-up to the Industrial Revolution: A Textual Analysis Now available at: digitalcommons.chapman.edu/esi_working_...

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Jared Rubin @jaredcrubin.com · 07/06/2025

The Turkish translation of How the World Became Rich is now available!

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Jared Rubin @jaredcrubin.com · 04/04/2025

I rarely have work that has direct and clear implications for the present, but this new working paper may be just that I conceptualize how *ideology* affects political legitimacy. I focus on historical examples, but the application to the present is clear digitalcommons.chapman.edu/esi_working_...

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Jared Rubin @jaredcrubin.com · 21/03/2025

Deadline is TODAY for our graduate student workshop! Graduate students working at the intersection of religion and the social sciences: come join us in Southern California in May! For more details, visit asrec.org

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Jared Rubin @jaredcrubin.com · 04/03/2025

The current issue of JEL includes @durlauf.bsky.social’s excellent essay on How the World Became Rich (w/ Mark Koyama) and Slouching Towards Utopia (@delong.social)!

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Jared Rubin @jaredcrubin.com · 07/02/2024

The Oxford Handbook of Historical Political Economy is finally out … it looks great!! Yes, five copies stacked on each other come in at 9.5” Jeff and I our so proud of how it turned out. Thank you to all the contributors for helping to make a wonderful volume!!

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Jared Rubin @jaredcrubin.com · 19/12/2023

**NEW WORKING PAPER** Enlightenment Ideals and Belief in Progress in the Run-up to the Industrial Revolution: A Textual Analysis w/ Ali Almelhem, Murat Iyigun & Austin Kennedy Available at: docs.iza.org/dp16674.pdf Short 🧵 below… 1/7

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Jared Rubin @jaredcrubin.com · 15/12/2023

Adding some new verbiage to my European Economic History syllabus. Trying to find a middle ground ... hoping this works!

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Jared Rubin @jaredcrubin.com · 07/12/2023

If you are attending ASSA in San Antonio, stop by the ASREC session on Friday (Jan 5) at 1015am. It will be amazing!! Session: Evolution of Religion, Culture, and Beliefs Including fantastic papers from Nathan Nunn, Charles Efferson & Ingela Alger Chaired by Vicky Fouka

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Jared Rubin @jaredcrubin.com · 28/10/2023

Joel Mokyr getting religion in a public lecture at Beloit College

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Jared Rubin @jaredcrubin.com · 19/10/2023

The Oxford Handbook of Historical Political Economy will be out in print next month! Just got the proofs of the front and back covers ... looks great!

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Jared Rubin @jaredcrubin.com · 09/10/2023

With Claudia Goldin's extremely well-deserved Nobel, time to update this figure *Note: books and handbook chapters not included **Congrats Claudia!!!

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Jared Rubin @jaredcrubin.com · 29/09/2023

***ASREC Graduate Student Workshop*** February 29-March 2, 2024 Chapman University Orange, CA An excellent introduction to the economics of religion by Jared Rubin, Jeanet Bentzen, Jean-Paul Carvalho & Avital Livny Apply here by November 10: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

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Jared Rubin @jaredcrubin.com · 27/09/2023

***ASREC 2024*** Orange, CA Chapman University March 1-2, 2024 Join us in Southern California for ASREC 2024! We seek social science papers on religion & culture Keynote: Anna Grzymala-Busse Submission deadline: November 10, 2023 Apply here: forms.gle/ZXCXk5aKn5JE...

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Jared Rubin @jaredcrubin.com · 25/09/2023

Very excited to be co-organizing (with Taylor Jaworski) the *FIRST* ever Chapman Economic History Seminar Series We have a fantastic slate - let us know if you are in southern California and would like to attend!

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Jared Rubin @jaredcrubin.com · 22/09/2023

Chapter 45 Church, State, and Historical Political Economy Sascha O. Becker and Steven Pfaff

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Jared Rubin @jaredcrubin.com · 22/09/2023

Chapter 44 Culture in Historical Political Economy Sara Lowes

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Jared Rubin @jaredcrubin.com · 22/09/2023

Chapter 43 Health in Historical Political Economy James J. Feigenbaum

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Jared Rubin @jaredcrubin.com · 22/09/2023

Chapter 42 The Historical Political Economy of Education Agustina S. Paglayan

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Jared Rubin @jaredcrubin.com · 22/09/2023

Chapter 41 Market and Government Provision of Safety Nets and Social Welfare Spending in Historical Political Economy Price Fishback

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Jared Rubin @jaredcrubin.com · 22/09/2023

Chapter 40 Immigration in Historical Political Economy Margaret E. Peters

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Jared Rubin @jaredcrubin.com · 22/09/2023

Chapter 39 The Urban-Rural Divide in Historical Political Economy Jonathan A. Rodden

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Jared Rubin @jaredcrubin.com · 22/09/2023

Chapter 38 Historical Political Economy of Migration Volha Charnysh

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Jared Rubin @jaredcrubin.com · 22/09/2023

Chapter 37 Identity in Historical Political Economy Pavithra Suryanarayan and Steven White

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Jared Rubin @jaredcrubin.com · 22/09/2023

Chapter 36 In Search of Gender in Historical Political Economy Dawn L. Teele and Pauline A. Grosjean

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Jared Rubin @jaredcrubin.com · 22/09/2023

Chapter 35 Race and Historical Political Economy David Bateman, Jacob M. Grumbach, and Chloe Thurston (Yes, the authors names are spelled incorrectly in the proofs … this will be fixed!)