Associate Professor, Economics
Education
Ph.D. in Economics at York University (2017)
M.A. in Economics from the University of Toronto (2011)
B.Sc. in Economics from the University of Manitoba (2010)
Research Interests
Long-run growth, the political economy of development, economic history and culture
- Understanding Ethnolinguistic Differences: The Roles of Geography and Trade, The Economic Journal, 2022, 132(643), 953-980
- Ethnolinguistic Favorism in African Politics, American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, 2018, 10(3), 370-402.
- Population Relatedness and Cross-Country Idea Flows: Evidence from Book Translations, Journal of Economics Growth, 2018, 23(4), 367-386.
- The Historical Roots of Ethnic Differences: The Role of Geography and Trade
- Couch Potato or Social Butterfly? The Impact of Television Content on Social Capital (with Mathias Iwanowsky)
- SSHRC Insight Development Grant, 2019-2021
- Empirical Methods: Microeconometrics
- Intermediate Macroeconomics II
