Working Paper

War, Socialism and the Rise of Fascism: An Empirical Exploration

We revisit the rise of Fascism in Italy and explore the link between the threat of socialism and Mussolini’s rise to power. We find a strong association between the Red Scare in Italy and the subsequent local support for the Fascist Party in the early 1920s

Regulating Child Labor: Evidence from the US Progressive Era

In this paper, we show that US child labor laws and compulsory schooling laws did reduce child labor rates

Mass Media and Cultural Assimilation: Broadcasting the American Dream on Radio

How does media shape identity? I show that access to radio networks affected American naming patterns increasing the use of popular white names