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Born: September 19, 1957, Bellshill, Scotland.
Nationality: British. US Permanent Resident.
Education
Harvard University, Ph.D. Economics, 1985.
Cambridge University, B.A. Economics and Philosophy, 1979.
Employment
Danish National Research Council Professor, Economics, University of Southern Denmark
Chair, Danish Institute for Advanced Study
Visiting Professor, Department of Economic History, LSE
Distinguished Professor Emeritus, University of California, Davis
Recent Publications
Books
The Son Also Rises: Surnames and the History of Social
Mobility. Princeton University Press, 2014 (with
Neil Cummins et al.)
A Farewell to Alms: A Brief Economic History of the World. Princeton University Press, 2007.
Articles
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Working Papers
