
Jacob Moscona
Prize Fellow in Economics, History, and Politics, Harvard University
Jacob Moscona is a Prize Fellow in Economics, History, and Politics at Harvard and a postdoctoral fellow at J-PAL at MIT. Jacob’s research focuses on development economics, political economy, and the economics of innovation and the environment. He received his PhD from MIT in 2021 and AB from Harvard in 2016.
Recent work by Jacob Moscona
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Inappropriate technology: Evidence from global agriculture
The rich-world bias of agricultural innovation explains a large share of global disparities in technology adoption and agricultural productivity
Articles : Technology & Innovation
Published 30.03.23
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The impact of the Green Revolution on structural change
The introduction of high-yield crop varieties led to greater entrenchment in the agricultural sector, while reducing urban and industrial growth
Published 29.01.18
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Social structure and conflict in sub-Saharan Africa
Ethnic groups with a social structure based on lineage and strong allegiances to distant relatives show a greater propensity for violent conflict
Articles : Institutions & Political Economy
Jacob Moscona Nathan Nunn James Robinson
Published 09.01.18