Malik A. Hussain
@malikaltaf.bsky.social
Postdoctoral Fellow | Knee Center, WVU | Economic history & public health in colonial India
https://malikahussain.github.io/
https://malikahussain.github.io/
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Malik A. Hussain
@malikaltaf.bsky.social
· Dec 10
📊 New JMP: Religious resistance to smallpox vaccination in colonial India (1868-78): Districts with ⬆️ Hindu population had 0.89-1.98pp ⬇️ vaccination rates, with lasting demographic effects. Using temple desecration sites as IV.
Paper: malikahussain.github.io/job_market_p...
#EconHistory #EconSky
Paper: malikahussain.github.io/job_market_p...
#EconHistory #EconSky
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Now forthcoming at Quarterly Journal of Economics
Enlightenment Ideals and Belief in Progress in the Run-up to the Industrial Revolution: A Textual Analysis
Available at: digitalcommons.chapman.edu/esi_working_...
(See thread below for an overview)
Enlightenment Ideals and Belief in Progress in the Run-up to the Industrial Revolution: A Textual Analysis
Available at: digitalcommons.chapman.edu/esi_working_...
(See thread below for an overview)
November 19, 2025 at 4:22 PM
Now forthcoming at Quarterly Journal of Economics
Enlightenment Ideals and Belief in Progress in the Run-up to the Industrial Revolution: A Textual Analysis
Available at: digitalcommons.chapman.edu/esi_working_...
(See thread below for an overview)
Enlightenment Ideals and Belief in Progress in the Run-up to the Industrial Revolution: A Textual Analysis
Available at: digitalcommons.chapman.edu/esi_working_...
(See thread below for an overview)
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#Stata #geoboundary has been bumped to v1.22 to include #WorldBank 's latest official boundary data that now provides upto ADM2 level shapefiles.
Installations+code+more info on GitHub:
github.com/asjadnaqvi/s...
Up soon SSC!
Installations+code+more info on GitHub:
github.com/asjadnaqvi/s...
Up soon SSC!
November 2, 2025 at 5:45 PM
#Stata #geoboundary has been bumped to v1.22 to include #WorldBank 's latest official boundary data that now provides upto ADM2 level shapefiles.
Installations+code+more info on GitHub:
github.com/asjadnaqvi/s...
Up soon SSC!
Installations+code+more info on GitHub:
github.com/asjadnaqvi/s...
Up soon SSC!
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More than a decade of effort went into this magnificent dataset. What an incredible public good. People need to know how hard it is to do rigorous empirical work in political science.
Very happy to be able to share the polling-level dataset on Indian Parliamentary Elections 2009, 2014, 2019 that we have been working on for more than a decade. Both the data and the data descriptor are open access: rdcu.be/eujHH
@statsvitenskap.bsky.social @unioslo-svfak.bsky.social
@statsvitenskap.bsky.social @unioslo-svfak.bsky.social
October 8, 2025 at 12:01 PM
More than a decade of effort went into this magnificent dataset. What an incredible public good. People need to know how hard it is to do rigorous empirical work in political science.
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For our next seminar at the Demography Department at Cedeplar, UFMG, we have the extraordinary Ridhi Kashyap @ridhikashyap.bsky.social presenting. Don´t miss it! The Zoom link is below. We see you all tomorrow, October 8, at 2 pm Brazilian time 👇 💡
Zoom link: lnkd.in/e5UC-M54
#demography
Zoom link: lnkd.in/e5UC-M54
#demography
October 8, 2025 at 12:27 AM
For our next seminar at the Demography Department at Cedeplar, UFMG, we have the extraordinary Ridhi Kashyap @ridhikashyap.bsky.social presenting. Don´t miss it! The Zoom link is below. We see you all tomorrow, October 8, at 2 pm Brazilian time 👇 💡
Zoom link: lnkd.in/e5UC-M54
#demography
Zoom link: lnkd.in/e5UC-M54
#demography
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🚨New Working Paper 🚨
Did Catholic missions have an impact on American Indigenous communities? Were the effects different depending on the origin of the missionaries? These are things I examine in this paper: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.... (1/6)
Did Catholic missions have an impact on American Indigenous communities? Were the effects different depending on the origin of the missionaries? These are things I examine in this paper: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.... (1/6)
The Heterogeneous Effects of Historical Mission Exposure and Indigenous Development
The colonization of the New World was heavily intertwined with the Catholicization of the Americas. This paper seeks to understand the interactions between Nati
papers.ssrn.com
July 16, 2025 at 12:38 AM
🚨New Working Paper 🚨
Did Catholic missions have an impact on American Indigenous communities? Were the effects different depending on the origin of the missionaries? These are things I examine in this paper: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.... (1/6)
Did Catholic missions have an impact on American Indigenous communities? Were the effects different depending on the origin of the missionaries? These are things I examine in this paper: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.... (1/6)
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I am proud to announce that my book "As Gods Among Men. A History of the Rich in the West" has been awarded the Ranki Biennial Prize by the Economic History Association!😊👇
October 2, 2025 at 2:24 PM
I am proud to announce that my book "As Gods Among Men. A History of the Rich in the West" has been awarded the Ranki Biennial Prize by the Economic History Association!😊👇
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Now on Early View: 'Wealth inequality and epidemics in the Republic of Venice (1400–1800)'.
By Guido Alfani, Matteo Di Tullio & Mattia Fochesato.
@guidoalfani.bsky.social @stone-lis.bsky.social
@uni-of-warwick.bsky.social
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
By Guido Alfani, Matteo Di Tullio & Mattia Fochesato.
@guidoalfani.bsky.social @stone-lis.bsky.social
@uni-of-warwick.bsky.social
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
<em>The Economic History Review</em> | EHS Journal | Wiley Online Library
This article analyses wealth inequality in the Republic of Venice during 1400–1800. The availability of a large database of homogeneous inequality measurements allows us to produce the most in-depth ...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
September 15, 2025 at 1:56 PM
Now on Early View: 'Wealth inequality and epidemics in the Republic of Venice (1400–1800)'.
By Guido Alfani, Matteo Di Tullio & Mattia Fochesato.
@guidoalfani.bsky.social @stone-lis.bsky.social
@uni-of-warwick.bsky.social
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
By Guido Alfani, Matteo Di Tullio & Mattia Fochesato.
@guidoalfani.bsky.social @stone-lis.bsky.social
@uni-of-warwick.bsky.social
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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Why was the Irish Famine was so severe? Why did the North and South develop differently? Is Ireland ‘rich’?
If you want to find out, CEPH is pleased to announce that registration is open for our online course, "The Development of the Irish Economy". Register here:
ceph.ie/the-developm...
If you want to find out, CEPH is pleased to announce that registration is open for our online course, "The Development of the Irish Economy". Register here:
ceph.ie/the-developm...
Open Online Economic History Course - CEPH - Centre for Economics, Policy and History
The Development of the Irish Economy Can economics help us understand why the Irish Famine was so severe? What explains Ireland's long economic boom of the eighteenth century? Why did the North an...
ceph.ie
September 15, 2025 at 11:31 AM
Why was the Irish Famine was so severe? Why did the North and South develop differently? Is Ireland ‘rich’?
If you want to find out, CEPH is pleased to announce that registration is open for our online course, "The Development of the Irish Economy". Register here:
ceph.ie/the-developm...
If you want to find out, CEPH is pleased to announce that registration is open for our online course, "The Development of the Irish Economy". Register here:
ceph.ie/the-developm...
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I'm excited to launch a YouTube channel about econometrics and practical coding / productivity tools. Please consider subscribing so that others can more easily find these resources!
www.youtube.com/@structurale...
www.youtube.com/@structurale...
The Structural Econ Guy
Hi, I’m Tyler Ransom, an associate professor of economics at the University of Oklahoma. On this channel, I share my knowledge and experience on doing economics research and estimating structural econ...
www.youtube.com
September 16, 2025 at 2:29 AM
I'm excited to launch a YouTube channel about econometrics and practical coding / productivity tools. Please consider subscribing so that others can more easily find these resources!
www.youtube.com/@structurale...
www.youtube.com/@structurale...
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My interview on The Visible Hand podcast is now live!
www.thevisiblehand.uk/episodes/epi...
www.thevisiblehand.uk/episodes/epi...
Episode 95: Andrea Matranga on the Causes of the Neolithic Revolution — The Visible Hand
www.thevisiblehand.uk
September 16, 2025 at 2:50 PM
My interview on The Visible Hand podcast is now live!
www.thevisiblehand.uk/episodes/epi...
www.thevisiblehand.uk/episodes/epi...
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Whoa! Elsevier fired @richardtol.bsky.social, longstanding Editor-in-Chief of the journal Energy Economics. Richard's side of the story should be ringing alarm bells. #EconSky
Fraud and cover-up
richardtol.substack.com/p/fraud-and-...
Fraud and cover-up
richardtol.substack.com/p/fraud-and-...
Fraud and cover-up
Fraud and cover-up
richardtol.substack.com
September 15, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Whoa! Elsevier fired @richardtol.bsky.social, longstanding Editor-in-Chief of the journal Energy Economics. Richard's side of the story should be ringing alarm bells. #EconSky
Fraud and cover-up
richardtol.substack.com/p/fraud-and-...
Fraud and cover-up
richardtol.substack.com/p/fraud-and-...
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Come and check out our next Formal Demography Working Group meeting with @phbocquier.bsky.social ! Sign up on our website to receive the link. If you have an ideia/paper/ work in progress you would like to present please feel free to reach out to us!
formaldemography.github.io/working_group/
formaldemography.github.io/working_group/
September 10, 2025 at 10:15 PM
Come and check out our next Formal Demography Working Group meeting with @phbocquier.bsky.social ! Sign up on our website to receive the link. If you have an ideia/paper/ work in progress you would like to present please feel free to reach out to us!
formaldemography.github.io/working_group/
formaldemography.github.io/working_group/
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Come check out our panel on Bureaucratic Performance in the Developing World at APSA (Thu, September 11, 12:00 to 1:30pm PDT in East Meeting Level, East 12. I'll be presenting some new work on how farmers and officials in India learned to game satellite-based environmental enforcement.....
September 10, 2025 at 5:51 PM
Come check out our panel on Bureaucratic Performance in the Developing World at APSA (Thu, September 11, 12:00 to 1:30pm PDT in East Meeting Level, East 12. I'll be presenting some new work on how farmers and officials in India learned to game satellite-based environmental enforcement.....
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Please apply!! RA for research on culture and development. employment.ucsd.edu/research-ass...
Research Assistant - 135955
Research Assistant - 135955 | Careers at UC San Diego
employment.ucsd.edu
August 27, 2025 at 3:49 PM
Please apply!! RA for research on culture and development. employment.ucsd.edu/research-ass...
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Just wanted to say clearly that Gautam Gambhir's comments to the Oval groundsman (heard over the mic) were arrogant, obnoxious and unacceptable. It represents the upper caste privileged Indian mentality.
July 30, 2025 at 6:06 PM
Just wanted to say clearly that Gautam Gambhir's comments to the Oval groundsman (heard over the mic) were arrogant, obnoxious and unacceptable. It represents the upper caste privileged Indian mentality.
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If anybody is heading to Lund for WEHC next week, come see me present new research with @malikaltaf.bsky.social on "The Great Revolt and its Legacy: Understanding Vaccine
Hesitancy in Colonial India". www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/om1q6...
Hesitancy in Colonial India". www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/om1q6...
www.dropbox.com
July 25, 2025 at 1:05 AM
If anybody is heading to Lund for WEHC next week, come see me present new research with @malikaltaf.bsky.social on "The Great Revolt and its Legacy: Understanding Vaccine
Hesitancy in Colonial India". www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/om1q6...
Hesitancy in Colonial India". www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/om1q6...
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✨Did markets make Americans more cooperative❓🔍
✅YES‼️
Between 1850 and 1920, the US became the largest and most integrated economy in the world 📶🌎
We show that this shift didn’t just move goods and affect prices—it fundamentally changed culture and behavior
🧵 👇 1/17
✅YES‼️
Between 1850 and 1920, the US became the largest and most integrated economy in the world 📶🌎
We show that this shift didn’t just move goods and affect prices—it fundamentally changed culture and behavior
🧵 👇 1/17
July 17, 2025 at 7:22 AM
✨Did markets make Americans more cooperative❓🔍
✅YES‼️
Between 1850 and 1920, the US became the largest and most integrated economy in the world 📶🌎
We show that this shift didn’t just move goods and affect prices—it fundamentally changed culture and behavior
🧵 👇 1/17
✅YES‼️
Between 1850 and 1920, the US became the largest and most integrated economy in the world 📶🌎
We show that this shift didn’t just move goods and affect prices—it fundamentally changed culture and behavior
🧵 👇 1/17
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The keynote recordings from the 7th EBRD–CEPR Symposium on the Economics of Demographic Change are now online!
Talks by:
Jesús Fernández-Villaverde (@upenn.edu): www.youtube.com/watch?v=f7_e...
@mdoepke.bsky.social (LSE): www.youtube.com/watch?v=6FRE...
Talks by:
Jesús Fernández-Villaverde (@upenn.edu): www.youtube.com/watch?v=f7_e...
@mdoepke.bsky.social (LSE): www.youtube.com/watch?v=6FRE...
The Demographic Future of Humanity
YouTube video by CEPR & VideoVox Economics
www.youtube.com
July 3, 2025 at 2:31 PM
The keynote recordings from the 7th EBRD–CEPR Symposium on the Economics of Demographic Change are now online!
Talks by:
Jesús Fernández-Villaverde (@upenn.edu): www.youtube.com/watch?v=f7_e...
@mdoepke.bsky.social (LSE): www.youtube.com/watch?v=6FRE...
Talks by:
Jesús Fernández-Villaverde (@upenn.edu): www.youtube.com/watch?v=f7_e...
@mdoepke.bsky.social (LSE): www.youtube.com/watch?v=6FRE...
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How culture and policy shape each other—and why paying attention to local context is key for development policies' success, from Natalie Bau, Sara Lowes, and Eduardo Montero https://www.nber.org/papers/w33947
July 1, 2025 at 6:00 PM
How culture and policy shape each other—and why paying attention to local context is key for development policies' success, from Natalie Bau, Sara Lowes, and Eduardo Montero https://www.nber.org/papers/w33947
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Read this, bookmark it, download it (& print it, too, if you want to go all out). But make sure you & yours know that medical history ( #histmed) has a solid response to the nonsense our HHS secretary is spouting. nursingclio.org/2025/06/30/m... 🧪🗃️ And follow @nursingclio.bsky.social. #MiasmaTheory
Miasma Theory: A Primer
I recently received an unusual request—could I explain miasma theory to an NPR reporter? Miasma theory is suddenly newsworthy, roughly 150 years after germ theory displaced this explanation for the…
nursingclio.org
June 30, 2025 at 8:50 PM
Read this, bookmark it, download it (& print it, too, if you want to go all out). But make sure you & yours know that medical history ( #histmed) has a solid response to the nonsense our HHS secretary is spouting. nursingclio.org/2025/06/30/m... 🧪🗃️ And follow @nursingclio.bsky.social. #MiasmaTheory
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Delighted that after many years of hard work, Barriers to Global Capital Allocation (written jointly with Bruno Pellegrino and Enrico Spolaore), will be coming out in the QJE. academic.oup.com/qje/article-...
Barriers to Global Capital Allocation*
Abstract. Observed international investment positions and cross-country heterogeneity in rates of return to capital are hard to reconcile with frictionless
academic.oup.com
June 30, 2025 at 6:11 AM
Delighted that after many years of hard work, Barriers to Global Capital Allocation (written jointly with Bruno Pellegrino and Enrico Spolaore), will be coming out in the QJE. academic.oup.com/qje/article-...
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The annual EHS Residential Training Course for Postgraduate Students will be held 3-6 December 2025.
12 part-funded places are available on this course, primarily designed to raise the quality of dissertations.
Deadline for applications: 16:00 (UK) Friday 12 September
ehs.org.uk/society/stud...
12 part-funded places are available on this course, primarily designed to raise the quality of dissertations.
Deadline for applications: 16:00 (UK) Friday 12 September
ehs.org.uk/society/stud...
Residential Training Course for Postgraduate Students - Economic History Society
University of Warwick Radcliffe Conference Centre 3 – 6 December 2025 The Economic History Society offers 12 part-funded places on an intensive residential course designed to raise the quality and ana...
ehs.org.uk
June 16, 2025 at 11:31 AM
The annual EHS Residential Training Course for Postgraduate Students will be held 3-6 December 2025.
12 part-funded places are available on this course, primarily designed to raise the quality of dissertations.
Deadline for applications: 16:00 (UK) Friday 12 September
ehs.org.uk/society/stud...
12 part-funded places are available on this course, primarily designed to raise the quality of dissertations.
Deadline for applications: 16:00 (UK) Friday 12 September
ehs.org.uk/society/stud...
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Some personal/professional news: I am excited to be joining the Economics Department @upenn.bsky.social and the Penn Initiative for the Study of Markets as a Postdoc in Fall 2025!
June 13, 2025 at 6:52 PM
Some personal/professional news: I am excited to be joining the Economics Department @upenn.bsky.social and the Penn Initiative for the Study of Markets as a Postdoc in Fall 2025!
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This is intriguing -- Language Dialect boundaries block the transmission of Pertussis, but not Measles or Smallpox.
www.cell.com/iscience/ful...
#linguistics
www.cell.com/iscience/ful...
#linguistics
June 12, 2025 at 11:41 PM
This is intriguing -- Language Dialect boundaries block the transmission of Pertussis, but not Measles or Smallpox.
www.cell.com/iscience/ful...
#linguistics
www.cell.com/iscience/ful...
#linguistics