Research

Publications

The Bounty of the Sea and Long-Run Development (with Carl-Johan Dalgaard and Pablo Selaya)
Journal of Economic Growth, 2020
[Link] [Pdf] [Appendix] [Replication files]
Media: Weekendavisen

Working Papers

Those Who Stayed: Selection and Cultural Change in the Age of Mass Migration
Revise & Resubmit at Review of Economic Studies
[Pdf]
Media : The Economist, SlateWeekendavisen, Nada es Gratis, Minerva, PolitologernaFinancial Times Alphaville

Work in Progress

“From Interdependence to Independence: Cultural Change During the Second Industrial Revolution” (with Anke Becker and Gustav Agneman) ***draft coming soon***

“A New Look at the Role of Cultural Factors in the Fertility Decline: Sweden 1880-1910” (with Martin Dribe and Björn Eriksson) ***draft coming soon***

“Religiosity and Risk-Taking” (with Jeanet S. Bentzen and Ekaterina Travova)

“Cultural Learning in the Industrial Revolution”

“It Took a Village: Cultural Transmission in a Historical Perspective”

“Internal (Selective) Migration, Urbanization, and Growth: Evidence from 19th Century Sweden” (with Kerstin Enflo and Jakob Molinder)