Remi Jedwab

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• George Washington University / Department of Economics (weight: 98%)
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• George Washington University / Elliott School of International Affairs / Institute for International Economic Policy (IIEP) (weight: 1%)
  • EDIRC entry
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• George Washington University / Elliott School of International Affairs (weight: 1%)
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Research profile

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• The Value of Democracy: Evidence from Road Building in Kenya (repec:aea:aecrev:v:105:y:2015:i:6:p:1817-51)
  by Robin Burgess & Remi Jedwab & Edward Miguel & Ameet Morjaria & Gerard Padró i Miquel
• The Urban Mortality Transition and Poor-Country Urbanization (repec:aea:aejmac:v:11:y:2019:i:1:p:223-75)
  by Remi Jedwab & Dietrich Vollrath
• Human Capital Accumulation at Work: Estimates for the World and Implications for Development (repec:aea:aejmac:v:15:y:2023:i:3:p:191-223)
  by Remi Jedwab & Paul Romer & Asif M. Islam & Roberto Samaniego
• The Economic Impact of the Black Death (repec:aea:jeclit:v:60:y:2022:i:1:p:132-78)
  by Remi Jedwab & Noel D. Johnson & Mark Koyama
• The Permanent Effects of Transportation Revolutions in Poor Countries: Evidence from Africa (repec:auu:hpaper:031)
  by Remi Jedwab & Alexander Moradi
• Exciting, boring, and nonexistent skylines: Vertical building gaps in global perspective (repec:bla:reesec:v:51:y:2023:i:6:p:1512-1546)
  by Jason Barr & Remi Jedwab
• The Economics of Missionary Expansion:Evidence from Africa and Implications for Development (repec:bzn:wpaper:bemps78)
  by Remi Jedwab & Felix Meier zu Selhausen & Alexander Moradi
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• The skyscraper revolution: Global economic development and land savings (repec:cep:cepdps:dp1959)
  by Gabriel M. Ahlfeldt & Nathaniel Baum-Snow & Remi Jedwab
• The Value of Democracy: Evidence from Road Building in Kenya (repec:cep:stieop:045)
  by Robin Burgess & Remi Jedwab & Edward Miguel & Ameet Morjaria & Gerard Padro i Miquel
• The Skyscraper Revolution: Global Economic Development and Land Savings (repec:ces:ceswps:_10784)
  by Gabriel M. Ahlfeldt & Nathaniel Baum-Snow & Remi Jedwab & Gabriel Ahlfeldt
• Pandemics, places, and populations: evidence from the Black Death (repec:ces:ceswps:_7524)
  by Remi Jedwab & Noel D. Johnson & Mark Koyama
• Cities without Skylines: Worldwide Building-Height Gaps and Their Implications (repec:ces:ceswps:_8511)
  by Remi Jedwab & Jason Barr & Jan K. Brueckner
• Commodity Price Shocks and Child Outcomes: The 1990 Cocoa Crisis in Côte d'Ivoire (repec:cpm:docweb:1018)
  by Cogneau, Denis & Jedwab, Rémi
• Pandemics, Places, and Populations: Evidence from the Black Death (repec:cpr:ceprdp:13523)
  by Koyama, Mark & Jedwab, Remi & Johnson, Noel
• Medieval Cities Through the Lens of Urban Economic Theories (repec:cpr:ceprdp:14828)
  by Koyama, Mark & Jedwab, Remi & Johnson, Noel
• The Economic Impact of the Black Death (repec:cpr:ceprdp:15132)
  by Koyama, Mark & Johnson, Noel & Jedwab, Remi
• The Skyscraper Revolution: Global Economic Development and Land Savings (repec:cpr:ceprdp:18604)
  by Ahlfeldt, Gabriel & Baum-Snow, Nathaniel & Jedwab, Remi
• The Value of Democracy: Evidence from Road Building in Kenya (repec:cpr:ceprdp:9627)
  by Miguel, Edward & Padró i Miquel, Gerard & Morjaria, Ameet & Jedwab, Remi
• Transportation Technology and Economic Change: The Impact of Colonial Railroads on City Growth in Africa (repec:csa:wpaper:2013-17)
  by Remi Jedwab & Alexander Moradi
• History, Path Dependence and Development: Evidence from Colonial Railroads, Settlers and Cities in Kenya (repec:csa:wpaper:2014-04)
  by Remi Jedwab & Edward Kerby & Alexander Moradi
• The Economics of Missionary Expansion: Evidence from Africa and Implications for Development (repec:csa:wpaper:2018-07)
  by Remi Jedwab & Felix Meier zu Selhausen & Alexander Moradi
• Family income and child outcomes: the 1990 cocoa price shock in Cote d’Ivoire (repec:dia:wpaper:dt200805)
  by Denis Cogneau & Rémi Jedwab
• Family Income and Child Outcomes:The 1990 Cocoa Price Shock in Cote d'Ivoire (repec:edb:cedidp:08-13)
  by Denis Cogneau & Remi Jedwab
• Urbanization without growth in historical perspective (repec:eee:exehis:v:58:y:2015:i:c:p:1-21)
  by Jedwab, Remi & Vollrath, Dietrich
• Christianization without economic development: Evidence from missions in Ghana (repec:eee:jeborg:v:190:y:2021:i:c:p:573-596)
  by Jedwab, Remi & Meier zu Selhausen, Felix & Moradi, Alexander
• Cities Without Skylines: Worldwide Building-Height Gaps and their Possible Determinants and Implications (repec:eee:juecon:v:132:y:2022:i:c:s0094119022000833)
  by Jedwab, Remi & Barr, Jason & Brueckner, Jan K.
• Pandemics and cities: Evidence from the Black Death and the long-run (repec:eee:juecon:v:139:y:2024:i:c:s0094119023000980)
  by Jedwab, Remi & Johnson, Noel D. & Koyama, Mark
• Demography, urbanization and development: Rural push, urban pull and…urban push? (repec:eee:juecon:v:98:y:2017:i:c:p:6-16)
  by Jedwab, Remi & Christiaensen, Luc & Gindelsky, Marina
• Comparing cities in developed and developing countries: Population, land area, building height and crowding (repec:eee:regeco:v:86:y:2021:i:c:s0166046220302945)
  by Jedwab, Remi & Loungani, Prakash & Yezer, Anthony
• Cities of workers, children or seniors? Stylized facts and possible implications for growth in a global sample of cities (repec:eee:regeco:v:87:y:2021:i:c:s0166046220302957)
  by Jedwab, Remi & Pereira, Daniel & Roberts, Mark
• Medieval cities through the lens of urban economics (repec:eee:regeco:v:94:y:2022:i:c:s0166046220302830)
  by Jedwab, Remi & Johnson, Noel D. & Koyama, Mark
• Epidemics, pandemics, and social conflict: Lessons from the past and possible scenarios for COVID-19 (repec:eee:wdevel:v:147:y:2021:i:c:s0305750x21002448)
  by Jedwab, Remi & Khan, Amjad M. & Russ, Jason & Zaveri, Esha D.
• Outward and upward construction: A 3D analysis of the global building stock (repec:eee:wdevel:v:188:y:2025:i:c:s0305750x24003279)
  by Esch, Thomas & Deininger, Klaus & Jedwab, Remi & Palacios-Lopez, Daniela
• The employment profile of cities around the world: Consumption vs. production cities and economic development (repec:eee:wdevel:v:188:y:2025:i:c:s0305750x24003541)
  by Jedwab, Remi & Ianchovichina, Elena & Haslop, Federico
• Estimating the spillover economic effects of foreign conflict shocks: Evidence from Boko Haram (repec:eee:wdevel:v:193:y:2025:i:c:s0305750x25001019)
  by Jedwab, Remi & Blankespoor, Brian & Masaki, Takaaki & Rodríguez-Castelán, Carlos
• The skyscraper revolution: global economic development and land savings (repec:ehl:lserod:121293)
  by Ahlfeldt, Gabriel M. & Baum-Snow, Nathaniel & Jedwab, Remi
• The value of democracy: evidence from road building in Kenya (repec:ehl:lserod:61947)
  by Burgess, Robin & Jedwab, Remi & Miguel, Edward & Morjaria, Ameet & Padró i Miquel, Gerard
• Revolutionising transport: modern infrastructure, agriculture and development in Ghana (repec:ehs:wpaper:12010)
  by Alexander Moradi & Remi Jedwab
• Economic shocks, inter-ethnic complementarities and the persecution of minorities: Evidence from the Black Death (repec:ehs:wpaper:17012)
  by Noel Johnson & Mark Koyama & Remi Jebwab
• Urbanization with and without Industrialization (repec:gwi:wpaper:2014-01)
  by Remi Jedwab & Douglas Gollin & Dietrich Vollrath
• History, Path Dependence and Development: Evidence from Colonial Railroads, Settlers and Cities in Kenya (repec:gwi:wpaper:2014-02)
  by Remi Jedwab & Edward Kerby & Alexander Moradi
• Transportation Technology and Economic Change: The Impact of Colonial Railroads on City Growth in Africa (repec:gwi:wpaper:2014-03)
  by Remi Jedwab & Alexander Moradi
• Rural Push, Urban Pull and... Urban Push? New Historical Evidence from Developing Countries (repec:gwi:wpaper:2014-04)
  by Remi Jedwab & Luc Christiaensen & Marina Gindelsky
• The Mortality Transition, Malthusian Dynamics, and the Rise of Poor Mega-Cities (repec:gwi:wpaper:2015-6)
  by Remi Jedwab & Dietrich Vollrath
• Urbanization without Growth in Historical Perspective (repec:gwi:wpaper:2015-7)
  by Remi Jedwab & Dietrich Vollrath
• Economic and Political Factors in Infrastructure Investment: Evidence from Railroads and Roads in Africa 1960–2015 (repec:gwi:wpaper:2017-3)
  by Remi Jedwab & Adam Storeygard
• Negative Shocks and Mass Persecutions: Evidence from the Black Death (repec:gwi:wpaper:2017-4)
  by Remi Jedwab & Mark Koyama & Noel Johnson
• The Economics of Missionary Expansion: Evidence from Africa and Implications for Development (repec:gwi:wpaper:2019-10)
  by Remi Jedwab & Felix Meier zu Selhausen & Alexander Moradi
• How Should We Measure City Size? Theory and Evidence Within and Across Rich and Poor Countries (repec:gwi:wpaper:2019-11)
  by Remi Jedwab & Prakash Loungani & Anthony Yezer
• Cities of Workers, Children or Seniors? Age Structure and Economic Growth in a Global Cross-Section of Cities (repec:gwi:wpaper:2019-13)
  by Remi Jedwab & Daniel Pereira & Mark Roberts
• Pandemics, Places, and Populations: Evidence from the Black Death (repec:gwi:wpaper:2019-3)
  by Remi Jedwab & Noel D. Johnson & Mark Koyama
• The Average and Heterogeneous Effects of Transportation Investments: Evidence from sub-Saharan Africa 1960-2010 (repec:gwi:wpaper:2019-8)
  by Remi Jedwab & Adam Storeygard
• Economic and Political Factors in Infrastructure Investment: Evidence from Railroads and Roads in Africa 1960--2015 (repec:gwi:wpaper:2019-9)
  by Remi Jedwab & Adam Storeygard
• Pandemics, Poverty, and Social Cohesion: Lessons from the Past and Possible Solutions for COVID-19 (repec:gwi:wpaper:2020-13)
  by Remi Jedwab & Amjad M. Khan & Richard Damania & Jason Russ & Esha D. Zaveri
• The Economic Impact of the Black Death (repec:gwi:wpaper:2020-14)
  by Remi Jedwab & Noel D. Johnson & Mark Koyama
• Human Capital Accumulation at Work: Estimates for the World and Implications for Development (repec:gwi:wpaper:2020-3)
  by Remi Jedwab & Asif Islam & Paul Romer & Robert Samaniego
• Medieval Cities Through the Lens of Urban Economic Theories (repec:gwi:wpaper:2020-9)
  by Remi Jedwab & Noel D. Johnson & Mark Koyama
• Cities Without Skylines: Worldwide Building-Height Gaps and their Possible Determinants and Implications (repec:gwi:wpaper:2021-15)
  by Remi Jedwab & Jason Barr & Jan Brueckner
• Killer Cities and Industrious Cities? New Data and Evidence on 250 Years of Urban Growth (repec:gwi:wpaper:2022-01)
  by Remi Jedwab & Marina Gindelsky
• Scars of Pandemics from Lost Schooling and Experience: Aggregate Implications and Gender Differences Through the Lens of COVID-19 (repec:gwi:wpaper:2022-02)
  by Remi Jedwab & Roberto Samaniego & Paul Romer & Asif Islam
• Consumption Cities vs. Production Cities: New Considerations and Evidence (repec:gwi:wpaper:2022-05)
  by Remi Jedwab & Elena Ianchovichina & Federico Haslop
• Exciting, Boring, and Non-Existent Skylines: Vertical Building Gaps in Global Perspective (repec:gwi:wpaper:2022-11)
  by Remi Jedwab & Jason Barr
• The Effects of Climate Change in the Poorest Countries: Evidence from the Permanent Shrinking of Lake Chad (repec:gwi:wpaper:2023-06)
  by Remi Jedwab & Federico Haslop & Roman Zarate & Carlos Rodriguez-Castelan
• Outward and Upward Construction: A 3D Analysis of the Global Building Stock (repec:gwi:wpaper:2023-09)
  by Remi Jedwab & Thomas Esch & Klaus Deininger & Daniela Palacios-Lopez
• Commodity Price Shocks and Child Outcomes: The 1990 Cocoa Crisis in Cote d'Ivoire (repec:hal:gmonwp:halshs-00967328)
  by Denis Cogneau & Rémi Jedwab
• Commodity Price Shocks and Child Outcomes: The 1990 Cocoa Crisis in Côte d'Ivoire (repec:hal:journl:halshs-00754594)
  by Denis Cogneau & Rémi Jedwab
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• Commodity Price Shocks and Child Outcomes: The 1990 Cocoa Crisis in Côte d'Ivoire (repec:hal:pseptp:halshs-00754594)
  by Denis Cogneau & Rémi Jedwab
• Transportation Infrastructure and Development in Ghana (repec:hal:psewpa:halshs-00607207)
  by Rémi Jedwab & Alexandre Moradi
• Commodity Price Shocks and Child Outcomes: The 1990 Cocoa Crisis in Cote d'Ivoire (repec:hal:psewpa:halshs-00967328)
  by Denis Cogneau & Rémi Jedwab
• Groundwater, Climate Change and Conflict: Empirical Evidence from Africa (repec:hal:wpaper:hal-04956206)
  by Mathieu Couttenier & Remi Jedwab & Lucile Laugerette
• Transportation Infrastructure and Development in Ghana (repec:hal:wpaper:halshs-00607207)
  by Rémi Jedwab & Alexandre Moradi
• Commodity Price Shocks and Child Outcomes: The 1990 Cocoa Crisis in Cote d'Ivoire (repec:hal:wpaper:halshs-00967328)
  by Denis Cogneau & Rémi Jedwab
• The Economics of Missionary Expansion: Evidence from Africa and Implications for Development (repec:hhs:afekhi:2019_049)
  by Jedwab, Rémi & Meier zu Selhausen, Felix & Moradi, Alexander
• How Should We Measure City Size? Theory and Evidence Within and Across Rich and Poor Countries (repec:imf:imfwpa:2019/203)
  by Remi Jedwab & Mr. Prakash Loungani & Anthony Yezer
• The Effects of Climate Change in the Poorest Countries: Evidence from the Permanent Shrinking of Lake Chad (repec:iza:izadps:dp16396)
  by Jedwab, Remi & Haslop, Federico & Zarate, Roman David & Rodriguez Castelan, Carlos
• Urbanization with and without industrialization (repec:kap:jecgro:v:21:y:2016:i:1:d:10.1007_s10887-015-9121-4)
  by Douglas Gollin & Remi Jedwab & Dietrich Vollrath
• Urbanization with and without industrialization (repec:kap:jecgro:v:21:y:2016:i:1:p:35-70)
  by Douglas Gollin & Remi Jedwab & Dietrich Vollrath
• Negative shocks and mass persecutions: evidence from the Black Death (repec:kap:jecgro:v:24:y:2019:i:4:d:10.1007_s10887-019-09167-1)
  by Remi Jedwab & Noel D. Johnson & Mark Koyama
• The economics of missionary expansion: evidence from Africa and implications for development (repec:kap:jecgro:v:27:y:2022:i:2:d:10.1007_s10887-022-09202-8)
  by Remi Jedwab & Felix Meier zu Selhausen & Alexander Moradi
• Scars of pandemics from lost schooling and experience: aggregate implications and gender differences through the lens of COVID-19 (repec:kap:jecgro:v:30:y:2025:i:1:d:10.1007_s10887-024-09246-y)
  by Paul Romer & Roberto Samaniego & Remi Jedwab & Asif M. Islam
• The Value of Democracy: Evidence from Road Building in Kenya (repec:nbr:nberwo:19398)
  by Robin Burgess & Remi Jedwab & Edward Miguel & Ameet Morjaria & Gerard Padró i Miquel
• The Average and Heterogeneous Effects of Transportation Investments: Evidence from Sub-Saharan Africa 1960-2010 (repec:nbr:nberwo:27670)
  by Remi Jedwab & Adam Storeygard
• Killer cities and industrious cities? New data and evidence on 250 years of urban growth (repec:oup:jecgeo:v:23:y:2023:i:1:p:179-208.)
  by Marina Gindelsky & Remi Jedwab
• The Average and Heterogeneous Effects of Transportation Investments: Evidence from Sub-Saharan Africa 1960–2010 (repec:oup:jeurec:v:20:y:2022:i:1:p:1-38.)
  by Rémi Jedwab & Adam Storeygard
• Urbanization with and without Structural Transformation (repec:red:sed013:344)
  by Douglas Gollin & Remi Jedwab & Dietrich Vollrath
• The Economics of Missionary Expansion: Evidence from Africa and Implications for Development (repec:sus:susewp:1019)
  by Remi Jedwab & Felix Meier zu Selhausen & Alexander Moradi
• Economic and Political Factors in Infrastructure Investment: Evidence from Railroads and Roads in Africa 1960–2015 (repec:taf:rehdxx:v:34:y:2019:i:2:p:156-208)
  by Remi Jedwab & Adam Storeygard
• The Permanent Effects of Transportation Revolutions in Poor Countries: Evidence from Africa (repec:tpr:restat:v:98:y:2016:i:2:p:268-284)
  by Remi Jedwab & Alexander Moradi
• The Average and Heterogeneous Effects of Transportation Investments: Evidence from sub-Saharan Africa 1960-2010 (repec:tuf:tuftec:0822)
  by Remi Jedwab & Adam Storeygard
• Commodity Price Shocks and Child Outcomes: The 1990 Cocoa Crisis in Côte d'Ivoire (repec:ucp:ecdecc:doi:10.1086/664017)
  by Denis Cogneau & Rémi Jedwab
• Lake Chad Regional Economic Memorandum (repec:wbk:wboper:36573)
  by Remi Jedwab & Federico Haslop & Takaaki Masaki & Carlos Rodríguez-Castelán
• Lake Chad Regional Economic Memorandum (repec:wbk:wboper:36574)
  by Remi Jedwab & Brian Blankespoor & Takaaki Masaki & Carlos Rodríguez-Castelán
• Consumption Cities versus Production Cities : New Considerations and Evidence (repec:wbk:wbrwps:10105)
  by Jedwab,Remi Camille & Ianchovichina,Elena & Haslop,Federico
• Exciting, Boring, and Nonexistent Skylines : Vertical Building Gaps in Global Perspective (repec:wbk:wbrwps:10365)
  by Jedwab,Remi Camille & Barr,Jason
• The Effects of Climate Change in the Poorest Countries : Evidence from the Permanent Shrinking of Lake Chad (repec:wbk:wbrwps:10561)
  by Jedwab,Remi Camille & Haslop,Federico & Zarate Vasquez,Roman David & Rodriguez Castelan,Carlos
• Outward and Upward Construction : A 3D Analysis of the Global Building Stock (repec:wbk:wbrwps:10866)
  by Esch,Thomas & Klaus W. Deininger & Jedwab,Remi & Palacios-Lopez,Daniela
• Demography, urbanization and development : rural push, urban pull and... urban push ? (repec:wbk:wbrwps:7333)
  by Jedwab,Remi Camille & Christiaensen,Luc & Gindelsky,Marina
• Cities of Workers, Children, or Seniors? Age Structure and Economic Growth in a Global Cross-Section of Cities (repec:wbk:wbrwps:9040)
  by Jedwab,Remi Camille & Pereira,Daniel & Roberts,Mark
• Human Capital Accumulation at Work : Estimates for the World and Implications for Development (repec:wbk:wbrwps:9786)
  by Jedwab,Remi Camille & Romer,Paul M & Islam,Asif Mohammed & Samaniego,Roberto
• Scars of Pandemics from Lost Schooling and Experience : Aggregate Implications and Gender DifferencesThrough the Lens of COVID-19 (repec:wbk:wbrwps:9932)
  by Samaniego,Roberto & Jedwab,Remi Camille & Romer,Paul M & Islam,Asif Mohammed
• History, Path Dependence and Development: Evidence from Colonial Railways, Settlers and Cities in Kenya (repec:wly:econjl:v:127:y:2017:i:603:p:1467-1494)
  by Remi Jedwab & Edward Kerby & Alexander Moradi