Dr Belinda Archibong

Associate Professor of Economics, Barnard College
Barnard College Milstein Center 1003 New York, New York 10027 USA

BIOGRAPHY:

Belinda Archibong is an Associate Professor of Economics at Barnard College, Columbia University. Her research areas include development economics, political economy, economic history and environmental economics with an African regional focus. Her research investigates the role of historical institutions and environment in inequality of access to public services and the development of human capital, particularly in the areas of education, labor and health. Some current research studies the effects of epidemics on gender gaps in human capital investment, the economics of epidemics and vaccination, and the impacts of air pollution from gas flaring on human capital outcomes; with a focus on the ways in which institutions mitigate or exacerbate the impacts of climate change and environment on inequalities around gender and marginalized groups. Other works study the economics of prisons, the effects of protests on taxation and gender gaps in political participation, and how to reduce gender inequality in online labor markets. She is a Faculty Research Fellow at the National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) and a faculty affiliate at Columbia University's Center for Development Economics and Policy (CDEP), The Earth Institute at Columbia University, the Institute of African Studies, the Institute for Research in African-American Studies, the Columbia Population Research Center (CPRC), and the Center for Environmental Economics and Policy (CEEP), and is currently a Visiting Fellow at the Brookings Institution. She received a B.A. in Economics/Philosophy and a Ph.D. in Sustainable Development from Columbia University. Her CV and further information can also be found on her personal website.

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Name	Start Date	End Date
Air Pollution from Gas Flaring and Human Capital Outcomes	5/1/17	9/1/20
Climate Change, Disease and Human Capital Outcomes	1/1/17	9/1/20

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Name	Published Date
Shocking Offers: Gender, Wage Inequality, and Recessions in Online Labor Markets	2023
Climate Change, Epidemics and Inequality	2022
Protest Matters: The Effects of Protests on Economic Redistribution	2022
The Value of Communication for Mental Health	2021
'We Are Not Guinea Pigs': The Effects of Negative News on Vaccine Compliance	2021
Prison Labor: The Price of Prisons and the Lasting Effects of Incarceration	2020
Schooling in Sickness and in Health: The Effects of Epidemic Disease on Gender Inequality	2020
The Epidemic Effect: Epidemics, Institutions and Human Capital Development	2020
The Epidemic Effect: On the Politics and Economic Burden of Infectious Disease	2020
Washington Consensus Reforms and Economic Performance in Sub-Saharan Africa: Lessons From the Past Four Decades	2020
'An Ill Wind that Blows No Girl Any Good': The Impacts of Climate-Induced Disease on Gender Inequality	2019
Convict Labor and the Costs of Colonial Infrastructure: Evidence from Prisons in British Nigeria, 1920-1938	2019
Convict Labor and the Costs of Colonial Infrastructure: Evidence from Prisons in British Nigeria, 1920-1938	2018
Disease and Gender Gaps in Human Capital Investment: Evidence from Niger's 1986 Meningitis Epidemic	2017
Where Local Kings Rule: Long-Term Impacts of Precolonial Institutions and Geography on Access to Public Infrastructure Services in Nigeria	2016
Essays on the Impacts of Geography and Institutions on Access to Energy and Public Infrastructure Services	2015
Where Local Kings Rule: Long-Term Impacts of Precolonial Institutions and Geography on Access to Public Infrastructure Services in Nigeria	2014

PUBLICATIONS

Archibong, B., (2019). “Explaining Divergence in the Long-Term Effects of Precolonial Centralization on Access to Public Infrastructure Services in Nigeria.” World Development, 121: 123-140

Archibong, B., (2018) “Historical Origins of Persistent Inequality in Nigeria.” Oxford Development Studies, 46(3): 325-347

Archibong, B., & Annan, F., (2017). "Disease and Gender Gaps in Human Capital Investment: Evidence from Niger's 1986 Meningitis Epidemic." American Economic Review: Papers and Proceedings, 107(5): 530-35

Archibong, B., Modi, V., & Sherpa, S. (2015). “Geography of Infrastructure Functionality at Schools in Nigeria: Evidence From Spatial Data Analysis Across Local Government Areas.” Papers in Applied Geography, 1(2), 176-183

Archibong, B., & Annan, F. (2020). Climate Change, Disease and Gender Gaps in Human Capital Investment. In Women and Sustainable Human Development (pp. 15-35). Palgrave Macmillan, Cham.

Sethi, R., Siddarth, D., Holland, A., Archibong, B., Annan, F., Somanathan, R., Cardenas Camilo, J. (2020). “Toward Global Pandemic Resilience.” COVID-19 Rapid Response Impact Initiative. White Paper 11 Harvard University Edmond J. Safra Center for Ethics

Archibong, B., Dekker, H., Grawe, N., Olney, M., Rutz, C., & Weiman, D. (2017). “Forging On-Campus Connections to Enhance Undergraduate Student Reasoning, Writing, and Research Skills.” The Journal of Economic Education, 48(4): 317-326

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Dr Belinda Archibong

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