Journal Publications
Economics
[10] ‘How Child Costs and Survival Shaped the Industrial Revolution and the Demographic Transition’ with Holger Strulik
Macroeconomic Dynamics (forthcoming 2012) [PDF] [WP]
[9] ‘The Determinants of Income in a Malthusian Equilibrium’ with Paul Sharp and Holger Strulik
Journal of Development Economics (2012) 97:1, pp. 112-117 [PDF] [WP]
[8] ‘The Neolithic Revolution from a Price-Theoretic Perspective’ with Ricardo Guzman
Journal of Development Economics (2011) 96:2, pp. 209-219 [PDF] [WP]
[7] ‘The Origins of Governments: From Anarchy to Hierarchy’ with Matthew Baker and Erwin Bulte
Journal of Institutional Economics (2010) 6:2, pp. 215-242 [PDF] [WP]
[6] ‘Product Variety and the Demographic Transition’ with Ricardo Guzman
Economics Letters (2010) 107:1, pp. 74–76 [PDF] [WP]
[5] ‘Population, Food, and Knowledge: A Simple Unified Growth Theory’ with Holger Strulik
Journal of Economic Growth (2008) 13:3, pp. 195-216 [PDF] [WP]
[4] ‘Malthus Revisited: Fertility Decision Making based on Quasi-Linear Preferences’
Economics Letters (2008) 99, pp. 127-130 [PDF] [WP]
[3] ‘From Domestic Manufacture to Industrial Revolution: Long-Run Growth and Agricultural Development’
Oxford Economic Papers (2006) 58:2, pp. 264-287 [PDF] [WP]
[2] ‘From Foraging to Farming: Explaining the Neolithic Revolution’
Journal of Economic Surveys (2005) 19:4, pp. 561-586 [PDF] [WP]
[1] ‘From Stagnation to Growth: Revisiting Three Historical Regimes’
Journal of Population Economics (2004) 17:3, pp. 455-472 [PDF]
Economic History
[8] ‘The Lasting Damage to Mortality of Early-Life Adversity: Evidence from England's Famine of the Late 1720's’ with Marc Klemp
European Review of Economic History (forthcoming 2012) [PDF] [WP]
[7] ‘Citation Success: Evidence from Economic History Journal Publications’ with Gianfranco Di Vaio and Daniel Waldenström
Explorations in Economic History (2012) 49:1, pp. 92–104 [PDF] [WP]
[6] ‘French Revolution or Industrial Revolution? A Note on the Contrasting Experiences of England and France up to 1800’ with Paul Sharp
Cliometrica 6:1, pp. 79-88 [PDF] [WP]
[5] ‘Survival of the Richest? Social Status, Fertility, and Social Mobility in England 1541-1824’ with Nina Boberg-Fazlic and Paul Sharp
European Review of Economic History (2011) 15:3, pp. 365-392 [PDF] [WP]
[4] ‘Was there an 'Industrious Revolution' before the Industrial Revolution?’ with Robert C. Allen
Economic History Review (2011) 64:3, pp. 715–729 [PDF] [WP]
[3] ‘Ranking Economic History Journals: A Citation-Based Impact Factor Analysis’ with Gianfranco Di Vaio
Cliometrica (2010) 4:1, pp. 1-17 [PDF] [WP]
[2] ‘Why did the First Farmers Toil? Human Metabolism and the Origins of Agriculture’
European Review of Economic History (2009) 13, pp. 157-172 [PDF] [WP]
[1] ‘From Preventive to Permissive Checks’ with Paul Sharp
Cliometrica (2009) 3:1, pp. 55-70 [PDF] [WP]
Working Papers
‘The Child Quantity-Quality Trade-Off during the Industrial Revolution in England’ with Marc Klemp
University of Copenhagen, Discussion Paper 11-16 (2011) [WP]
‘Stone Age Economics: The Origins of Agriculture and the Emergence of Non-Food Specialists’
University of Copenhagen Discussion Paper No 03-34 (2003) [WP]
Work in Progress
‘Human Capital Formation from Occupations: The Deskilling Hypothesis Revisited’ with Nina Boberg-Fazlic [PDF]