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'''Nathan Nunn''' (born July 9, 1974) is a Canadian economist and the Frederic E. Abbe Professor of Economics at [[Harvard University]]. Being one of the world's most prominent [[economic historian]]s,<ref>[https://ideas.repec.org/top/top.his.html Nunn belongs to the top 2% of economic historians on IDEAS/RePEc. Retrieved February 16th, 2018.]</ref> he is perhaps best known for his research on the long-term effects of slave trade on Africa. Other research interests include [[economic development]], [[cultural economics]], [[political economy]] and [[international trade]].<ref>[https://scholar.harvard.edu/nunn/home Webpage of Nathan Nunn at Harvard University. Retrieved February 16th, 2018.]</ref>
'''Nathan Nunn''' (born July 9, 1974) is an economist and Professor in the [[Vancouver School of Economics]] at the [[University of British Columbia]].<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.instagram.com/p/CXiSThPLRAu/ | title=Santa J. Ono on Instagram: "We are thrilled that Nathan Nunn, the Frederic e. Abbe Professor of Economics at Harvard University will be leaving Harvard to join the University of British Columbia faculty in our Vancouver School of Economics." }}</ref> He is best known for his research on the long-term effects of slave trade on Africa. His research interests include [[economic development]], [[cultural economics]], [[political economy]] and [[international trade]].<ref>[https://scholar.harvard.edu/nunn/home Webpage of Nathan Nunn at Harvard University. Retrieved February 16th, 2018.]</ref>


== Biography ==
== Biography ==


A native of Canada, Nathan Nunn earned first a [[Bachelor of Arts|B.A.]] in economics from [[Simon Fraser University]] in 1998 and then a [[Master of Arts|M.A.]] and PhD in economics from the [[University of Toronto]] in 2000 and 2005, respectively. After his graduation, Nunn worked as an assistant professor at the [[University of British Columbia]] before moving to [[Harvard University]] in 2007. There, he was promoted to the Paul Sack Associate Professorship in Political Economy in 2011, became full professor in 2012, and has held the position of Frederic E. Abbe Professor of Economics since 2016. Nunn maintains affiliations with [[National Bureau of Economic Research|NBER]], [[Bureau for Research and Economic Analysis of Development|BREAD]], the Weatherhead Center for International Affairs, the Center for African Studies, and the Center for the Environment. Moreover, Nunn currently serves as co-editor of the ''[[Journal of Development Economics]]'' and has performed editorial duties at the ''[[Journal of Comparative Economics]]'', ''[[Review of Economics and Statistics]]'', ''[[Journal of International Economics]]'', and the ''[[Canadian Journal of Economics]]'' in the past.<ref>[https://scholar.harvard.edu/files/nunn/files/cv_nathan_nunn_jan2018.pdf Curriculum vitae of Nathan Nunn. Retrieved February 16th, 2018.]</ref>
A native of Canada, Nathan Nunn earned first a [[Bachelor of Arts|B.A.]] in economics from [[Simon Fraser University]] in 1998 and then a [[Master of Arts|M.A.]] and Ph.D. in economics from the [[University of Toronto]] in 2000 and 2005, respectively. After his graduation, Nunn worked as an assistant professor at the [[University of British Columbia]] before moving to [[Harvard University]] in 2007. There, he was promoted to the Paul Sack Associate Professorship in Political Economy in 2011, became full professor in 2012, and held the position of Frederic E. Abbe Professor of Economics from 2016 to 2022, prior to returning to the [[University of British Columbia]]. Nunn maintains affiliations with [[National Bureau of Economic Research|NBER]], [[Bureau for Research and Economic Analysis of Development|BREAD]], and the [[Center for Effective Global Action|CEGA]]. He is currently a Fellow of the Boundaries, Membership & Belonging of the [[Canadian Institute for Advanced Research]]. Moreover, Nunn currently serves as an Editor of the ''[[Quarterly Journal of Economics]]'' and was an Editor of the ''[[Journal of Development Economics]]'' from 2013 to 2019. He has also been an associate editor at the ''[[Journal of Comparative Economics]]'', ''[[Review of Economics and Statistics]]'', ''[[Journal of International Economics]]'', and the ''[[Canadian Journal of Economics]]'' in the past.<ref>[https://scholar.harvard.edu/files/nunn/files/cv_nathan_nunn_jan2018.pdf Curriculum vitae of Nathan Nunn. Retrieved February 16th, 2018.]</ref>


== Research ==
== Research ==


Nathan Nunn's research focuses on [[economic history]], [[economic development]], [[cultural economics]], [[political economy]] and [[international trade]]. A recurrent theme in Nunn's research is the long-term impact of historical processes on economic development, often mediated through institutions, culture, knowledge and technology.<ref>[https://ideas.repec.org/a/anr/reveco/v1y2009p65-92.html Nunn, N. (2009). The Importance of History for Economic Development. ''Annual Review of Economics'', 1(1), pp. 65-92.]</ref> According to [[IDEAS/RePEc]], Nathan Nunn belongs to the 2% of most cited economists.<ref>[https://ideas.repec.org/top/top.person.all.html#pnu17 Ranking of economists at IDEAS/RePEc. Retrieved February 16th, 2018.]</ref> Key findings of his research include the following:
Nathan Nunn's research focuses on [[economic history]], [[economic development]], [[cultural economics]], [[political economy]] and [[international trade]]. A recurrent theme in Nunn's research is the long-term impact of historical processes on economic development, often mediated through institutions, culture, knowledge and technology.<ref>{{Cite journal|url=https://ideas.repec.org/a/anr/reveco/v1y2009p65-92.html|title=The Importance of History for Economic Development|first=Nathan|last=Nunn|date=September 21, 2009|journal=Annual Review of Economics|volume=1|issue=1|pages=65–92|doi=10.1146/annurev.economics.050708.143336 |s2cid=39442091 |via=ideas.repec.org}}</ref> According to [[IDEAS/RePEc]], Nathan Nunn belongs to the 2% of most cited economists.<ref>[https://ideas.repec.org/top/top.person.all.html#pnu17 Ranking of economists at IDEAS/RePEc. Retrieved February 16th, 2018.]</ref> Key findings of his research include the following:
* Countries' ability to enforce contracts is possibly a more important determinant of their [[comparative advantage]] than skilled labour and physical capital ''combined''.<ref>{{cite journal |last=Nunn |first=N. |year=2007 |title=Relationship-Specificity, Incomplete Contracts, and the Pattern of Trade |journal=[[Quarterly Journal of Economics]] |volume=122 |issue=2 |pages=569–600 |doi=10.1162/qjec.122.2.569 |url=http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:HUL.InstRepos:4686801 }}</ref>
* Countries' ability to enforce contracts is possibly a more important determinant of their [[comparative advantage]] than skilled labour and physical capital ''combined''.<ref>{{cite journal |last=Nunn |first=N. |year=2007 |title=Relationship-Specificity, Incomplete Contracts, and the Pattern of Trade |journal=[[Quarterly Journal of Economics]] |volume=122 |issue=2 |pages=569–600 |doi=10.1162/qjec.122.2.569 |s2cid=4788472 |url=http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:HUL.InstRepos:4686801 }}</ref>
* A substantial part of Africa's current underdevelopment appears to be caused by the long-term effects of the [[Atlantic slave trade|Atlantic]] and [[Arab slave trade]]s.<ref>{{cite journal |last=Nunn |first=N. |year=2008 |title=The Long-term Effects of Africa's Slave Trades |journal=Quarterly Journal of Economics |volume=123 |issue=1 |pages=139–176 |doi=10.1162/qjec.2008.123.1.139 |url=http://www.nber.org/papers/w13367.pdf }}</ref>
* A substantial part of Africa's current underdevelopment appears to be caused by the long-term effects of the [[Atlantic slave trade|Atlantic]], [[Indian Ocean slave trade|Indian Ocean]], [[Trans-Saharan slave trade|Trans-Saharan]] and Red sea slave trades.<ref>{{cite journal |last=Nunn |first=N. |year=2008 |title=The Long-term Effects of Africa's Slave Trades |journal=Quarterly Journal of Economics |volume=123 |issue=1 |pages=139–176 |doi=10.1162/qjec.2008.123.1.139 |s2cid=324199 |url=http://www.nber.org/papers/w13367.pdf }}</ref>
* Current differences in trust levels within Africa are attributable to the impact of the Atlantic and Arab slave trades, which have caused the emergence of low-trust cultural norms, beliefs, and values in ethnic groups heavily affected by slavery (with [[Leonard Wantchekon]]).<ref>{{cite journal |last=Nunn |first=N. |last2=Wantchekon |first2=L. |year=2011 |title=The Slave Trade and the Origins of Mistrust in Africa |journal=[[American Economic Review]] |volume=101 |issue=7 |pages=3221–3252 |doi=10.1257/aer.101.7.3221 |url=https://dash.harvard.edu/bitstream/1/11986331/1/nunn-slave-trade.pdf }}</ref>
* Current differences in trust levels within Africa are attributable to the impact of the slave trades, which have caused the emergence of low-trust cultural norms, beliefs, and values in ethnic groups heavily affected by slavery (with [[Leonard Wantchekon]]).<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Nunn |first1=N. |last2=Wantchekon |first2=L. |year=2011 |title=The Slave Trade and the Origins of Mistrust in Africa |journal=[[American Economic Review]] |volume=101 |issue=7 |pages=3221–3252 |doi=10.1257/aer.101.7.3221 |s2cid=219336147 |url=https://dash.harvard.edu/bitstream/1/11986331/1/nunn-slave-trade.pdf }}</ref>
* By impeding not only trade and technological diffusion but also the depredations of slave traders, the ruggedness of certain African regions' terrain had a significant positive impact on these regions' development (with Diego Puga).<ref>{{cite journal |last=Nunn |first=N. |last2=Puga |first2=D. |year=2012 |title=Ruggedness: The Blessing of Bad Geography in Africa |journal=[[Review of Economics and Statistics]] |volume=94 |issue=1 |pages=20–36 |doi=10.1162/REST_a_00161 |url=http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:HUL.InstRepos:29412035 }}</ref>
* By impeding not only trade and technological diffusion but also the depredations of slave traders, the ruggedness of certain African regions' terrain had a significant positive impact on these regions' development (with Diego Puga).<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Nunn |first1=N. |last2=Puga |first2=D. |year=2012 |title=Ruggedness: The Blessing of Bad Geography in Africa |journal=[[Review of Economics and Statistics]] |volume=94 |issue=1 |pages=20–36 |doi=10.1162/REST_a_00161 |s2cid=16512034 |url=http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:HUL.InstRepos:29412035 }}</ref>
* The introduction of the potato within the Columbian exchange may have been responsible for at least a quarter of the population and urbanisation growth observed in the Old World between 1700 and 1900 (with [[Nancy Qian]]).<ref>{{cite journal |last=Nunn |first=N. |last2=Qian |first2=N. |year=2011 |title=The Potato's Contribution to Population and Urbanization: Evidence from a Historical Experiment |journal=Quarterly Journal of Economics |volume=126 |issue=2 |pages=593–650 |doi=10.1093/qje/qjr009 |pmid=22073408 |doi-access=free }}</ref>
* The introduction of the potato within the Columbian exchange may have been responsible for at least a quarter of the population and urbanisation growth observed in the Old World between 1700 and 1900 (with [[Nancy Qian]]).<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Nunn |first1=N. |last2=Qian |first2=N. |year=2011 |title=The Potato's Contribution to Population and Urbanization: Evidence from a Historical Experiment |journal=Quarterly Journal of Economics |volume=126 |issue=2 |pages=593–650 |doi=10.1093/qje/qjr009 |pmid=22073408 |doi-access=free |hdl=10.1093/qje/qjr009 |hdl-access=free }}</ref>
* In line with [[Ester Boserup|Boserup's hypothesis]], the introduction and historical use of [[plough agriculture]] appears to have given men a comparative advantage and made gender norms less equal, with historical differences in the plough use of immigrants' ancestral communities predicting their attitudes regarding [[gender equality]] (with [[Alberto Alesina]] and Paolo Giuliano).<ref>{{cite journal |last=Alesina |first=A. |last2=Giuliano |first2=P. |last3=Nunn |first3=N. |year=2013 |title=On the Origins of Gender Roles: Women and the Plough |journal=Quarterly Journal of Economics |volume=128 |issue=2 |pages=469–530 |doi=10.1093/qje/qjt005 |hdl=10419/51568 |hdl-access=free }}</ref>
* In line with [[Ester Boserup|Ester Boserup's hypothesis]], the introduction and historical use of [[plough agriculture]] gave men a comparative advantage in work outside of the home and made gender norms less equal. Historical differences in the plough use of immigrants' ancestral communities predict contemporary attitudes regarding [[gender equality]] (with [[Alberto Alesina]] and [[Paola Giuliano]]).<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Alesina |first1=A. |last2=Giuliano |first2=P. |last3=Nunn |first3=N. |year=2013 |title=On the Origins of Gender Roles: Women and the Plough |journal=Quarterly Journal of Economics |volume=128 |issue=2 |pages=469–530 |doi=10.1093/qje/qjt005 |hdl=10419/51568 |hdl-access=free }}</ref>
* U.S. Food Aid is driven by U.S. objectives and can lead to increased conflict in recipient countries (with [[Nancy Qian]]).
* U.S. Food Aid is driven by U.S. objectives and can lead to increased conflict in recipient countries (with [[Nancy Qian]]).


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Latest revision as of 00:32, 18 November 2023

Nathan Nunn (born July 9, 1974) is an economist and Professor in the Vancouver School of Economics at the University of British Columbia.[1] He is best known for his research on the long-term effects of slave trade on Africa. His research interests include economic development, cultural economics, political economy and international trade.[2]

Biography[edit]

A native of Canada, Nathan Nunn earned first a B.A. in economics from Simon Fraser University in 1998 and then a M.A. and Ph.D. in economics from the University of Toronto in 2000 and 2005, respectively. After his graduation, Nunn worked as an assistant professor at the University of British Columbia before moving to Harvard University in 2007. There, he was promoted to the Paul Sack Associate Professorship in Political Economy in 2011, became full professor in 2012, and held the position of Frederic E. Abbe Professor of Economics from 2016 to 2022, prior to returning to the University of British Columbia. Nunn maintains affiliations with NBER, BREAD, and the CEGA. He is currently a Fellow of the Boundaries, Membership & Belonging of the Canadian Institute for Advanced Research. Moreover, Nunn currently serves as an Editor of the Quarterly Journal of Economics and was an Editor of the Journal of Development Economics from 2013 to 2019. He has also been an associate editor at the Journal of Comparative Economics, Review of Economics and Statistics, Journal of International Economics, and the Canadian Journal of Economics in the past.[3]

Research[edit]

Nathan Nunn's research focuses on economic history, economic development, cultural economics, political economy and international trade. A recurrent theme in Nunn's research is the long-term impact of historical processes on economic development, often mediated through institutions, culture, knowledge and technology.[4] According to IDEAS/RePEc, Nathan Nunn belongs to the 2% of most cited economists.[5] Key findings of his research include the following:

  • Countries' ability to enforce contracts is possibly a more important determinant of their comparative advantage than skilled labour and physical capital combined.[6]
  • A substantial part of Africa's current underdevelopment appears to be caused by the long-term effects of the Atlantic, Indian Ocean, Trans-Saharan and Red sea slave trades.[7]
  • Current differences in trust levels within Africa are attributable to the impact of the slave trades, which have caused the emergence of low-trust cultural norms, beliefs, and values in ethnic groups heavily affected by slavery (with Leonard Wantchekon).[8]
  • By impeding not only trade and technological diffusion but also the depredations of slave traders, the ruggedness of certain African regions' terrain had a significant positive impact on these regions' development (with Diego Puga).[9]
  • The introduction of the potato within the Columbian exchange may have been responsible for at least a quarter of the population and urbanisation growth observed in the Old World between 1700 and 1900 (with Nancy Qian).[10]
  • In line with Ester Boserup's hypothesis, the introduction and historical use of plough agriculture gave men a comparative advantage in work outside of the home and made gender norms less equal. Historical differences in the plough use of immigrants' ancestral communities predict contemporary attitudes regarding gender equality (with Alberto Alesina and Paola Giuliano).[11]
  • U.S. Food Aid is driven by U.S. objectives and can lead to increased conflict in recipient countries (with Nancy Qian).

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Santa J. Ono on Instagram: "We are thrilled that Nathan Nunn, the Frederic e. Abbe Professor of Economics at Harvard University will be leaving Harvard to join the University of British Columbia faculty in our Vancouver School of Economics."".
  2. ^ Webpage of Nathan Nunn at Harvard University. Retrieved February 16th, 2018.
  3. ^ Curriculum vitae of Nathan Nunn. Retrieved February 16th, 2018.
  4. ^ Nunn, Nathan (September 21, 2009). "The Importance of History for Economic Development". Annual Review of Economics. 1 (1): 65–92. doi:10.1146/annurev.economics.050708.143336. S2CID 39442091 – via ideas.repec.org.
  5. ^ Ranking of economists at IDEAS/RePEc. Retrieved February 16th, 2018.
  6. ^ Nunn, N. (2007). "Relationship-Specificity, Incomplete Contracts, and the Pattern of Trade". Quarterly Journal of Economics. 122 (2): 569–600. doi:10.1162/qjec.122.2.569. S2CID 4788472.
  7. ^ Nunn, N. (2008). "The Long-term Effects of Africa's Slave Trades" (PDF). Quarterly Journal of Economics. 123 (1): 139–176. doi:10.1162/qjec.2008.123.1.139. S2CID 324199.
  8. ^ Nunn, N.; Wantchekon, L. (2011). "The Slave Trade and the Origins of Mistrust in Africa" (PDF). American Economic Review. 101 (7): 3221–3252. doi:10.1257/aer.101.7.3221. S2CID 219336147.
  9. ^ Nunn, N.; Puga, D. (2012). "Ruggedness: The Blessing of Bad Geography in Africa". Review of Economics and Statistics. 94 (1): 20–36. doi:10.1162/REST_a_00161. S2CID 16512034.
  10. ^ Nunn, N.; Qian, N. (2011). "The Potato's Contribution to Population and Urbanization: Evidence from a Historical Experiment". Quarterly Journal of Economics. 126 (2): 593–650. doi:10.1093/qje/qjr009. hdl:10.1093/qje/qjr009. PMID 22073408.
  11. ^ Alesina, A.; Giuliano, P.; Nunn, N. (2013). "On the Origins of Gender Roles: Women and the Plough". Quarterly Journal of Economics. 128 (2): 469–530. doi:10.1093/qje/qjt005. hdl:10419/51568.

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