Nico Voigtländer

University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) - Anderson School of Management

Assistant Professor

110 Westwood Plaza

Los Angeles, CA 90095-1481

United States

http://www.anderson.ucla.edu/faculty/nico.v/

National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)

Faculty Research Fellow

1050 Massachusetts Avenue

Cambridge, MA 02138

United States

Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR)

London

United Kingdom

SCHOLARLY PAPERS

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Persecution Perpetuated: The Medieval Origins of Anti-Semitic Violence in Nazi Germany

Quarterly Journal of Economics 2012, 127(3): 1339-1392
Number of pages: 48 Posted: 27 Apr 2011 Last Revised: 11 Oct 2012
Nico Voigtländer and Hans-Joachim Voth
University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) - Anderson School of Management and University of Zurich - UBS International Center of Economics in Society
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Persecution Perpetuated: The Medieval Origins of Anti-Semitic Violence in Nazi Germany

CEPR Discussion Paper No. DP8365
Number of pages: 57 Posted: 04 May 2011
Nico Voigtländer and Hans-Joachim Voth
University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) - Anderson School of Management and University of Zurich - UBS International Center of Economics in Society
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Anti-Semitism, Cultural Persistence, Discrimination, Hate Crime, Intergenerational Transmission of Preferences, Nazi Party, Pogroms, Violence

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Highway to Hitler

University of Zurich, Department of Economics, Working Paper No. 156
Number of pages: 38 Posted: 21 May 2014 Last Revised: 05 Jun 2014
Nico Voigtländer and Hans-Joachim Voth
University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) - Anderson School of Management and University of Zurich - UBS International Center of Economics in Society
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political economy, infrastructure spending, establishment of dictatorships, pork‐barrel politics, Nazi regime

Highway to Hitler

Number of pages: 46 Posted: 01 Nov 2015
Nico Voigtländer and Hans-Joachim Voth
University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) - Anderson School of Management and University of Zurich - UBS International Center of Economics in Society
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political economy, entrenchment of dictatorships, infrastructure spending

Bowling for Fascism: Social Capital and the Rise of the Nazi Party in Weimar Germany, 1919-33

Journal of Political Economy, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 58 Posted: 27 Jun 2013 Last Revised: 01 Nov 2015
Shanker Satyanath, Nico Voigtländer and Hans-Joachim Voth
New York University (NYU) - Wilf Family Department of Politics, University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) - Anderson School of Management and University of Zurich - UBS International Center of Economics in Society
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social capital, democracy, political economy, Weimar Germany, Nazi Party

Bowling for Fascism: Social Capital and the Rise of the Nazi Party

NBER Working Paper No. w19201
Number of pages: 48 Posted: 03 Jul 2013 Last Revised: 19 Jun 2023
Shanker Satyanath, Nico Voigtländer and Hans-Joachim Voth
New York University (NYU) - Wilf Family Department of Politics, University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) - Anderson School of Management and University of Zurich - UBS International Center of Economics in Society
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Bowling for Fascism: Social Capital and the Rise of the Nazi Party in Weimar Germany: 1919-33

CEPR Discussion Paper No. DP9595
Number of pages: 58 Posted: 13 Aug 2013
Shanker Satyanath, Nico Voigtländer and Hans-Joachim Voth
New York University (NYU) - Wilf Family Department of Politics, University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) - Anderson School of Management and University of Zurich - UBS International Center of Economics in Society
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democracy, extremism, social capital

The Three Horsemen of Riches: Plague, War and Urbanization in Early Modern Europe

Review of Economic Studies (2013), Forthcoming
Number of pages: 41 Posted: 12 Nov 2007 Last Revised: 13 May 2013
Nico Voigtländer and Hans-Joachim Voth
University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) - Anderson School of Management and University of Zurich - UBS International Center of Economics in Society
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Malthus to Solow, Long-run Growth, Great Divergence, Epidemics, Demographic Regime

The Three Horsemen of Growth: Plague, War and Urbanization in Early Modern Europe

CEPR Discussion Paper No. DP7275
Number of pages: 59 Posted: 19 May 2009
Nico Voigtländer and Hans-Joachim Voth
University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) - Anderson School of Management and University of Zurich - UBS International Center of Economics in Society
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Demographic Regime, Epidemics, Great Divergence, Long-run Growth, Malthus to Solow

Forced Migration and Human Capital: Evidence from Post-WWII Population Transfers

American Economic Review
Number of pages: 106 Posted: 07 May 2018 Last Revised: 20 Sep 2023
Monash University - Department of Economics, Paris School of Economics, UNSW Business School, School of Economics, University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) - Anderson School of Management and Paris School of Economics (PSE)
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Poland, Forced Migration, Uprootedness, Human Capital

Forced Migration and Human Capital: Evidence from Post-Wwii Population Transfers

NBER Working Paper No. w24704
Number of pages: 47 Posted: 18 Jun 2018 Last Revised: 03 Jul 2022
Monash University - Department of Economics, Paris School of Economics, UNSW Business School, School of Economics, University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) - Anderson School of Management and Paris School of Economics (PSE)
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Forced Migration and Human Capital: Evidence from Post-Wwii Population Transfers

CEPR Discussion Paper No. DP12975
Number of pages: 110 Posted: 11 Jun 2018 Last Revised: 17 Oct 2019
Monash University - Department of Economics, Paris School of Economics, UNSW Business School, School of Economics, University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) - Anderson School of Management and Paris School of Economics (PSE)
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Forced Migration, Human Capital, Poland, Uprootedness

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Why England? Demographic Factors, Structural Change and Physical Capital Accumulation During the Industrial Revolution

Journal of Economical Growth, Vol. 11, No. 4, 2006
Number of pages: 43 Posted: 08 Aug 2006 Last Revised: 12 Oct 2012
Nico Voigtländer and Hans-Joachim Voth
University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) - Anderson School of Management and University of Zurich - UBS International Center of Economics in Society
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Industrial Revolution, Unified Growth Theory, Endogenous Growth, Transition, Calibration

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How the West 'Invented' Fertility Restriction

American Economic Review, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 40 Posted: 21 Dec 2008 Last Revised: 20 Jul 2013
Nico Voigtländer and Hans-Joachim Voth
University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) - Anderson School of Management and University of Zurich - UBS International Center of Economics in Society
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European fertility pattern, fertility decline, Malthus, demography

Technology Adoption and Productivity Growth: Evidence from Industrialization in France

Number of pages: 78 Posted: 10 Jan 2020 Last Revised: 15 Oct 2020
Réka Juhász, Mara Squicciarini and Nico Voigtländer
University of British Columbia (UBC), Bocconi University and University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) - Anderson School of Management
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Industrialization, Technology Adoption, Firm Productivity

Technology Adoption and Productivity Growth: Evidence from Industrialization in France

NBER Working Paper No. w27503
Number of pages: 42 Posted: 14 Jul 2020 Last Revised: 26 May 2023
Réka Juhász, Mara Squicciarini and Nico Voigtländer
University of British Columbia (UBC), Bocconi University and University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) - Anderson School of Management
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Technology Adoption and Productivity Growth: Evidence from Industrialization in France

CEPR Discussion Paper No. DP14970
Number of pages: 92 Posted: 27 Jul 2020 Last Revised: 31 Mar 2021
Réka Juhász, Mara Squicciarini and Nico Voigtländer
University of British Columbia (UBC), Bocconi University and University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) - Anderson School of Management
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Bowling for Fascism: Social Capital and the Rise of the Nazi Party

University of Zurich, UBS International Center of Economics in Society, Working Paper No. 7
Number of pages: 56 Posted: 10 Jul 2014
Shanker Satyanath, Nico Voigtländer and Hans-Joachim Voth
New York University (NYU) - Wilf Family Department of Politics, University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) - Anderson School of Management and University of Zurich - UBS International Center of Economics in Society
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Social capital, democracy, institutions, associations, networks

Bowling for Fascism: Social Capital and the Rise of the Nazi Party

University of Zurich, Department of Economics, Working Paper No. 147
Number of pages: 64 Posted: 28 Mar 2014
Shanker Satyanath, Nico Voigtländer and Hans-Joachim Voth
New York University (NYU) - Wilf Family Department of Politics, University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) - Anderson School of Management and University of Zurich - UBS International Center of Economics in Society
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Social capital, democracy, institutions, associations, networks

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Skill Bias Magnified: Intersectoral Linkages and White-Collar Labor Demand in U.S. Manufacturing

Review of Economics and Statistics, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 35 Posted: 12 Nov 2007 Last Revised: 13 May 2013
Nico Voigtländer
University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) - Anderson School of Management
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Skill-Biased Technical Change, Intermediate Linkages, Multiplier, Input-Output, Complementarity

Exporting and Plant-Level Efficiency Gains: It's in the Measure

Number of pages: 34 Posted: 14 May 2013
Alvaro Garcia Marin and Nico Voigtländer
University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) - Anderson School of Management and University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) - Anderson School of Management
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International Trade, Productivity, Learning by Exporting

Exporting and Plant-Level Efficiency Gains: It's in the Measure

NBER Working Paper No. w19033
Number of pages: 55 Posted: 11 May 2013 Last Revised: 05 Jul 2023
Alvaro Garcia Marin and Nico Voigtländer
University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) - Anderson School of Management and University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) - Anderson School of Management
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Imported Inputs, Quality Complementarity, and Skill Demand

Number of pages: 49 Posted: 14 May 2013
Diego Saravia and Nico Voigtländer
Central Bank of Chile and University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) - Anderson School of Management
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International Trade, Skill-Biased Technical Change, Intermediate Linkages, Input- Output, Complementarity

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Married to Intolerance: Attitudes Towards Intermarriage in Germany, 1900-2006

Number of pages: 12 Posted: 15 Jan 2013
Nico Voigtländer and Hans-Joachim Voth
University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) - Anderson School of Management and University of Zurich - UBS International Center of Economics in Society
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How Merchant Towns Shaped Parliaments: From the Norman Conquest of England to the Great Reform Act

NBER Working Paper No. w23606
Number of pages: 59 Posted: 25 Jul 2017 Last Revised: 07 Oct 2022
Charles Angelucci, Simone Meraglia and Nico Voigtländer
MIT Sloan, University of Exeter and University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) - Anderson School of Management
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Human Capital and Industrialization: Evidence from the Age of Enlightenment

NBER Working Paper No. w20219
Number of pages: 55 Posted: 16 Jun 2014 Last Revised: 01 Apr 2023
Mara Squicciarini and Nico Voigtländer
KU Leuven - Centre for Institutions and Economic Performance (LICOS) and University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) - Anderson School of Management
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Response to Guinnane and Hoffman: Medieval Anti-Semitism, Weimar Social Capital, and the Rise of the Nazi Party: A Reconsideration

CESifo Working Paper No. 10180
Number of pages: 20 Posted: 03 Jan 2023
Nico Voigtländer and Hans-Joachim Voth
University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) - Anderson School of Management and University of Zurich - UBS International Center of Economics in Society
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Persecution Perpetuated: The Medieval Origins of Anti-Semitic Violence in Nazi Germany

NBER Working Paper No. w17113
Number of pages: 58 Posted: 12 Jun 2011 Last Revised: 06 Apr 2023
Nico Voigtländer and Hans-Joachim Voth
University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) - Anderson School of Management and University of Zurich - UBS International Center of Economics in Society
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History's Masters: The Effect of European Monarchs on State Performance

NBER Working Paper No. w28297
Number of pages: 47 Posted: 04 Jan 2021 Last Revised: 27 Apr 2023
Sebastian Ottinger and Nico Voigtländer
Charles University in Prague - CERGE-EI, a joint workplace of Charles University and the Economics Institute of the Czech Academy of Sciences and University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) - Anderson School of Management
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Away from Home and Back: Coordinating (Remote) Workers in 1800 and 2020

NBER Working Paper No. w28251
Number of pages: 12 Posted: 21 Dec 2020 Last Revised: 12 Mar 2023
Réka Juhász, Mara Squicciarini and Nico Voigtländer
University of British Columbia (UBC), Bocconi University and University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) - Anderson School of Management
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Away from Home and Back: Coordinating (Remote) Workers in 1800 and 2020

CEPR Discussion Paper No. DP15578
Number of pages: 18 Posted: 23 Dec 2020 Last Revised: 14 May 2021
Réka Juhász, Mara Squicciarini and Nico Voigtländer
University of British Columbia (UBC), Bocconi University and University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) - Anderson School of Management
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Highway to Hitler

NBER Working Paper No. w20150
Number of pages: 52 Posted: 26 May 2014 Last Revised: 22 Jan 2023
Nico Voigtländer and Hans-Joachim Voth
University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) - Anderson School of Management and University of Zurich - UBS International Center of Economics in Society
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How the West 'Invented' Fertility Restriction

NBER Working Paper No. w17314
Number of pages: 77 Posted: 29 Aug 2011 Last Revised: 24 Apr 2022
Nico Voigtländer and Hans-Joachim Voth
University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) - Anderson School of Management and University of Zurich - UBS International Center of Economics in Society
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Knowledge Elites and Modernization: Evidence from Revolutionary France

NBER Working Paper No. w22779
Number of pages: 32 Posted: 31 Oct 2016 Last Revised: 30 Mar 2023
Mara Squicciarini and Nico Voigtländer
Northwestern University - Department of Economics and University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) - Anderson School of Management
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Input Diffusion and the Evolution of Production Networks

NBER Working Paper No. w20025
Number of pages: 54 Posted: 07 Apr 2014 Last Revised: 20 Mar 2023
Vasco M. Carvalho and Nico Voigtländer
Universitat Pompeu Fabra/CREI and University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) - Anderson School of Management
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Input Diffusion and the Evolution of Production Networks

CEPR Discussion Paper No. DP10498
Number of pages: 55 Posted: 24 Mar 2015
Vasco M. Carvalho and Nico Voigtländer
Universitat Pompeu Fabra/CREI and University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) - Anderson School of Management
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directed network search, dynamics of production networks, input adoption

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Married to Intolerance: Attitudes Towards Intermarriage in Germany, 1900-2006

NBER Working Paper No. w18813
Number of pages: 14 Posted: 16 Feb 2013 Last Revised: 29 May 2022
Nico Voigtländer and Hans-Joachim Voth
University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) - Anderson School of Management and University of Zurich - UBS International Center of Economics in Society
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Cities, Productivity, and Trade

NBER Working Paper No. w28309
Number of pages: 46 Posted: 04 Jan 2021 Last Revised: 08 May 2023
Alvaro Garcia, Andrei Potlogea, Nico Voigtländer and Yang Yang
Universidad de Los Andes - Chile, School of Economics, University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) - Anderson School of Management and International Monetary Fund (IMF)
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(Re-) Shaping Hatred: Anti-Semitic Attitudes in Germany, 1890-2006

CEPR Discussion Paper No. DP8935
Number of pages: 59 Posted: 25 May 2012
Nico Voigtländer and Hans-Joachim Voth
University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) - Anderson School of Management and University of Zurich - UBS International Center of Economics in Society
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anti-Semitism, attitudes, cultural transmission