Publications

WASH and Women’s Empowerment in Haiti. (with Alexandra Bernasek, Niroj Bhattarai, Wisnu Nugroho, and Arisa Thongngam). 2026 Sustainable Development (Forthcoming)

Promoting Unorthodox Money Doctoring: Arthur Bloomfield and the West Indian Federation. (with Guy Numa). 2026. History of Political Economy, 58 (1), 35–58.Link

Abolishing the colour line: W.E.B. Du Bois’s theory of dynamic social equilibrium. (with Guy Numa). 2025 Economy and Society, 54(3), 549-572. Link

Group Conflict, Inequality, and Stratification. (with Daniele Tavani). 2024. Review of Black Political Economy (Online First). Link

A Decline in International Income Inequality? Cross-National Income Convergence Revisited. (with Anthony Roberts). 2023. Sociology of Development, 9 (4), 408–432. Link

Working Papers

Theoretical Approaches in Stratification Economics. (with Dan McGee and Daniele Tavani). 2026. NBER Working Paper series Link

Optimism and Pitfalls of a Development Doctor: W. Arthur Lewis in Ghana (with Oyindoubra Gbeworo and Guy Numa)

The Persistent Effects of Compensation for Abolition. Job Market Paper. PDF

Uneven Development with an Unlimited Supply of Labor. Revisions Requested.

Works in Progress

Natural Disasters and Economic Recovery: 2010 Haiti Earthquake

Stuck in the Swamp: Automation and the Everglades Agricultural Area

Arthur Lewis across contexts: West Indies vs. West Africa (with Oyindoubra Gbeworo and Guy Numa)