We revisit the idea that colonized countries that were more (less) economically advanced in 1500 became poorer (richer, respectively) by the late 20th century. Using data on place of origin of today's country populations and the urbanization and population density measures used by Acemoglu et...

Global Economic Stratification and the Evolving Role of China in the Developing World This thesis examines global inequality through the lens of global economic stratification and explores how China's upward mobility has affected both the world-economic hierarchical structure and other...