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Mesay Melese Gebresilasse

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Economics Department
Amherst College

Amherst, Massachusetts (United States)
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Working papers

  1. Samuel Bazzi & Martin Fiszbein & Mesay Gebresilasse, 2020. "Rugged Individualism and Collective (In)action During the COVID-19 Pandemic," Boston University - Department of Economics - The Institute for Economic Development Working Papers Series dp-351, Boston University - Department of Economics.
  2. Samuel Bazzi & Martin Fiszbein & Mesay Gebresilasse, 2018. "Frontier Culture: The Roots and Persistence of “Rugged Individualism†in the United States," Boston University - Department of Economics - The Institute for Economic Development Working Papers Series dp-302, Boston University - Department of Economics.
  3. Bazzi, Samuel & Fiszbein, Martin & Gebresilasse, Mesay, 2017. "Frontier Culture: The Roots and Persistence of Rugged Individualism in the United States," CEPR Discussion Papers 12406, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers.

Articles

  1. Gebresilasse, Mesay, 2023. "Rural roads, agricultural extension, and productivity," Journal of Development Economics, Elsevier, vol. 162(C).
  2. Bazzi, Samuel & Fiszbein, Martin & Gebresilasse, Mesay, 2021. "“Rugged individualism” and collective (in)action during the COVID-19 pandemic," Journal of Public Economics, Elsevier, vol. 195(C).
  3. Soule Sow & Mesay Gebresilasse, 2020. "Effect of VAT Adoption on Manufacturing Firms in Ethiopia," International Journal of Economics and Finance, Canadian Center of Science and Education, vol. 12(10), pages 1-75, October.
  4. Samuel Bazzi & Martin Fiszbein & Mesay Gebresilasse, 2020. "Frontier Culture: The Roots and Persistence of “Rugged Individualism” in the United States," Econometrica, Econometric Society, vol. 88(6), pages 2329-2368, November.

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  1. Samuel Bazzi & Martin Fiszbein & Mesay Gebresilasse, 2020. "Rugged Individualism and Collective (In)action During the COVID-19 Pandemic," Boston University - Department of Economics - The Institute for Economic Development Working Papers Series dp-351, Boston University - Department of Economics.

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    1. > Economics of Welfare > Health Economics > Economics of Pandemics > Specific pandemics > Covid-19 > Health > Distancing and Lockdown > Compliance

Working papers

  1. Samuel Bazzi & Martin Fiszbein & Mesay Gebresilasse, 2020. "Rugged Individualism and Collective (In)action During the COVID-19 Pandemic," Boston University - Department of Economics - The Institute for Economic Development Working Papers Series dp-351, Boston University - Department of Economics.

    Cited by:

    1. Sharon Lamb & Marta Pagán-Ortiz & Sara Bonilla, 2021. "How to Provide Sexual Education: Lessons from a Pandemic on Masculinity, Individualism, and the Neoliberal Agenda," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 18(8), pages 1-15, April.
    2. Anastasios Papanastasiou & Bradley J. Ruffle & Angela L. Zheng, 2020. "Compliance with Social Distancing: Theory and Empirical Evidence from Ontario during COVID-19," Working Paper series 20-24, Rimini Centre for Economic Analysis.
    3. Li Huang & Oliver Zhen Li & Baiqiang Wang & Zilong Zhang, 2022. "Individualism and the fight against COVID-19," Palgrave Communications, Palgrave Macmillan, vol. 9(1), pages 1-20, December.
    4. Sergei Guriev & Elias Papaioannou, 2022. "The Political Economy of Populism," Journal of Economic Literature, American Economic Association, vol. 60(3), pages 753-832, September.
    5. Shuguang Jiang & Qian Wei & Luyao Zhang, 2022. "Individualism Versus Collectivism and the Early-Stage Transmission of COVID-19," Social Indicators Research: An International and Interdisciplinary Journal for Quality-of-Life Measurement, Springer, vol. 164(2), pages 791-821, November.
    6. Demirguc-Kunt,Asli & Lokshin,Michael M. & Torre,Ivan, 2020. "Opening-up Trajectories and Economic Recovery : Lessons after the First Wave of the COVID-19 Pandemic," Policy Research Working Paper Series 9480, The World Bank.
    7. Laura Alfaro & Ester Faia & Nora Lamersdorf & Farzad Saidi, 2022. "Health Externalities and Policy: The Role of Social Preferences," Management Science, INFORMS, vol. 68(9), pages 6751-6761, September.
    8. Ming Liu & Haomin Wu & Bingxuan Lin & Jingxia Zhang, 2023. "A small global village: the effects of collectivist, tight and Confucian cultures on the spread of COVID-19," Palgrave Communications, Palgrave Macmillan, vol. 10(1), pages 1-9, December.
    9. Andor, Mark A. & Bauer, Thomas K. & Eßer, Jana & Schmidt, Christoph M. & Tomberg, Lukas, 2023. "Who Gets Vaccinated? Cognitive and Non-cognitive Predictors of Individual Behavior in Pandemics," IZA Discussion Papers 15897, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA).
    10. Deopa, Neha & Fortunato, Piergiuseppe, 2021. "Coronagraben in Switzerland: Culture and social distancing in times of COVID-19," GLO Discussion Paper Series 857, Global Labor Organization (GLO).
    11. Lindskog, Annika & Olsson, Ola, 2023. "Conditional Persistence? Historical Disease Exposure and Government Response to COVID-19," Working Papers in Economics 835, University of Gothenburg, Department of Economics.
    12. Besley, Tim & Dray, Sacha, 2022. "The Political Economy of Lockdown: Does Free Media Matter?," CEPR Discussion Papers 17143, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers.
    13. Neha Deopa & Piergiuseppe Fortunato, 2021. "Coronagraben in Switzerland: culture and social distancing in times of COVID-19," Journal of Population Economics, Springer;European Society for Population Economics, vol. 34(4), pages 1355-1383, October.
    14. Vincent Miozzi & Benjamin Powell, 2023. "The pre-pandemic political economy determinants of lockdown severity," Public Choice, Springer, vol. 197(1), pages 167-183, October.
    15. Bird, Matthew D. & Arispe, Samuel & Muñoz, Paula & Freier, Luisa Feline, 2023. "Trust, social protection, and compliance: Moral hazard in Latin America during the COVID-19 pandemic," Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, Elsevier, vol. 206(C), pages 279-295.
    16. Kebin Deng & Zhong Ding & Xu Liu, 2023. "Clan loyalty and COVID‐19 diffusion: Evidence from China," Health Economics, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., vol. 32(4), pages 910-938, April.
    17. Miguel, Edward & Mobarak, Ahmed Mushfiq, 2022. "The Economics of the COVID-19 Pandemic in Poor Countries," Department of Economics, Working Paper Series qt0191q2qs, Department of Economics, Institute for Business and Economic Research, UC Berkeley.
    18. Koon, Adam D. & Mendenhall, Emily & Eich, Lori & Adams, Abby & Borus, Zach A., 2021. "A spectrum of (Dis)Belief: Coronavirus frames in a rural midwestern town in the United States," Social Science & Medicine, Elsevier, vol. 272(C).
    19. Chen, Chinchih & Frey, Carl Benedikt & Presidente, Giorgio, 2021. "Culture and contagion: Individualism and compliance with COVID-19 policy," Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, Elsevier, vol. 190(C), pages 191-200.
    20. Glenn L. Furton, 2023. "The pox of politics: Troesken’s tradeoff reexamined," Public Choice, Springer, vol. 195(1), pages 169-191, April.
    21. Hadi Alizadeh & Ayyoob Sharifi & Safiyeh Damanbagh & Hadi Nazarnia & Mohammad Nazarnia, 2023. "Impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on the social sphere and lessons for crisis management: a literature review," Natural Hazards: Journal of the International Society for the Prevention and Mitigation of Natural Hazards, Springer;International Society for the Prevention and Mitigation of Natural Hazards, vol. 117(3), pages 2139-2164, July.

  2. Samuel Bazzi & Martin Fiszbein & Mesay Gebresilasse, 2018. "Frontier Culture: The Roots and Persistence of “Rugged Individualism†in the United States," Boston University - Department of Economics - The Institute for Economic Development Working Papers Series dp-302, Boston University - Department of Economics.

    Cited by:

    1. Ottaviano, Gianmarco & Campo, Francesco & Mendola, Mariapia & Morrison, Andrea, 2020. "Immigrant Inventors and Diversity in the Age of Mass Migration," CEPR Discussion Papers 14916, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers.
    2. Samuel Bazzi & Arya Gaduh & Alexander D. Rothenberg & Maisy Wong, 2019. "Unity in Diversity? How Intergroup Contact Can Foster Nation Building," NBER Working Papers 25683, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
    3. Giuliano, Paola & Tabellini, Marco, 2020. "The Seeds of Ideology: Historical Immigration and Political Preferences in the United States," CEPR Discussion Papers 14784, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers.
    4. James B. Ang, 2019. "Agricultural legacy and individualistic culture," Journal of Economic Growth, Springer, vol. 24(4), pages 397-425, December.
    5. Sandra Sequeira & Nathan Nunn & Nancy Qian, 2020. "Immigrants and the Making of America," The Review of Economic Studies, Review of Economic Studies Ltd, vol. 87(1), pages 382-419.
    6. Abel Brodeur & Joanne Haddad, 2018. "Institutions, Attitudes and LGBT: Evidence from the Gold Rush," Working Papers 1808E, University of Ottawa, Department of Economics.
    7. Rapoport, Hillel & Sardoschau, Sulin & Silve, Arthur, 2021. "Migration and Cultural Change," IZA Discussion Papers 14772, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA).
    8. Facchini, Giovanni & Biavaschi, Costanza, 2020. "Immigrant franchise and immigration policy: Evidence from the Progressive Era," CEPR Discussion Papers 14684, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers.
    9. Fenske, James & Wang, Shizhou, 2020. "Tradition and mortality: Evidence from twin infanticide in Africa," The Warwick Economics Research Paper Series (TWERPS) 1317, University of Warwick, Department of Economics.
    10. Gary D. Libecap, 2018. "Property Rights to Frontier Land and Minerals: US Exceptionalism," NBER Working Papers 24544, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
    11. Nathan Nunn, 2020. "History as Evolution," NBER Working Papers 27706, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
    12. Ferrara, Andreas & Testa, Patrick A., 2020. "Resource Blessing? Oil, Risk, and Religious Communities as Social Insurance in the U.S. South," CAGE Online Working Paper Series 513, Competitive Advantage in the Global Economy (CAGE).
    13. Jon C. Thompson & Jiabin Wu, 2018. "Legal institution and the evolution of moral conduct," Journal of Public Economic Theory, Association for Public Economic Theory, vol. 20(5), pages 725-741, October.

  3. Bazzi, Samuel & Fiszbein, Martin & Gebresilasse, Mesay, 2017. "Frontier Culture: The Roots and Persistence of Rugged Individualism in the United States," CEPR Discussion Papers 12406, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers.

    Cited by:

    1. Paolo Buonanno & Giacomo Plevani & Marcello Puca, 2021. "Earthquake Hazard and Civic Capital," CSEF Working Papers 612, Centre for Studies in Economics and Finance (CSEF), University of Naples, Italy.
    2. Alberto Alesina & Marco Tabellini, 2022. "The Political Effects of Immigration: Culture or Economics?," NBER Working Papers 30079, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
    3. Ottaviano, Gianmarco & Campo, Francesco & Mendola, Mariapia & Morrison, Andrea, 2020. "Immigrant Inventors and Diversity in the Age of Mass Migration," CEPR Discussion Papers 14916, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers.
    4. Anne Sofie Beck Knudsen, 2019. "Those Who Stayed: Individualism, Self-Selection and Cultural Change during the Age of Mass Migration," Discussion Papers 19-01, University of Copenhagen. Department of Economics.
    5. Samuel Bazzi & Arya Gaduh & Alexander D. Rothenberg & Maisy Wong, 2019. "Unity in Diversity? How Intergroup Contact Can Foster Nation Building," NBER Working Papers 25683, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
    6. Carlos, Ann M. & Feir, Donna L. & Redish, Angela, 2022. "Indigenous Nations and the Development of the U.S. Economy: Land, Resources, and Dispossession," The Journal of Economic History, Cambridge University Press, vol. 82(2), pages 516-555, June.
    7. Giuliano, Paola & Tabellini, Marco, 2020. "The Seeds of Ideology: Historical Immigration and Political Preferences in the United States," CEPR Discussion Papers 14784, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers.
    8. Elena Esposito & Tiziano Rotesi & Alessandro Saia & Mathias Thoenig, 2023. "Reconciliation Narratives: The Birth of a Nation after the US Civil War," American Economic Review, American Economic Association, vol. 113(6), pages 1461-1504, June.
    9. Sandra Sequeira & Nathan Nunn & Nancy Qian, 2020. "Immigrants and the Making of America," The Review of Economic Studies, Review of Economic Studies Ltd, vol. 87(1), pages 382-419.
    10. Alex Armand & Paul Atwell & Joseph F. Gomes & Yannik Schenk, 2023. "It's a bird, it's a plane, it's Superman! Using mass media to fight intolerance," NOVAFRICA Working Paper Series wp2302, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Nova School of Business and Economics, NOVAFRICA.
    11. Hou, Xiaolong & Jiao, Yang & Shen, Leilei & Chen, Zhuo, 2024. "The Lasting Impact of the Tuskegee Syphilis Study: COVID-19 Vaccination Hesitation among African Americans," GLO Discussion Paper Series 1397, Global Labor Organization (GLO).
    12. Barry Eichengreen, 2020. "Individualism, Polarization and Recovery from the COVID-19 Crisis," Intereconomics: Review of European Economic Policy, Springer;ZBW - Leibniz Information Centre for Economics;Centre for European Policy Studies (CEPS), vol. 55(6), pages 371-374, November.
    13. Abel Brodeur & Joanne Haddad, 2018. "Institutions, Attitudes and LGBT: Evidence from the Gold Rush," Working Papers 1808E, University of Ottawa, Department of Economics.
    14. Mauro Lanati & Alessandra Venturini, 2018. "Cultural Change and the Migration Choice," Discussion Papers 49, Central European Labour Studies Institute (CELSI).
    15. Alexander Donges & Jean-Marie Meier & Rui C. Silva, 2023. "The Impact of Institutions on Innovation," Management Science, INFORMS, vol. 69(4), pages 1951-1974, April.
    16. Michael Fritsch & Martin Obschonka & Fabian Wahl & Michael Wyrwich, 2021. "Cultural Imprinting: Ancient Origins of Entrepreneurship and Innovation in Germany," Jena Economics Research Papers 2021-012, Friedrich-Schiller-University Jena.
    17. Daria Denti & Alessandro Crociata & Alessandra Faggian, 2023. "Knocking on Hell’s door: dismantling hate with cultural consumption," Journal of Cultural Economics, Springer;The Association for Cultural Economics International, vol. 47(2), pages 303-349, June.
    18. Kuhn, Andreas & Schweri, Jürg & Wolter, Stefan C., 2022. "Local norms describing the role of the state and the private provision of training," European Journal of Political Economy, Elsevier, vol. 75(C).
    19. Rapoport, Hillel & Sardoschau, Sulin & Silve, Arthur, 2021. "Migration and Cultural Change," IZA Discussion Papers 14772, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA).
    20. De Haas, Ralph & Baranov, Victoria & Grosjean, Pauline, 2020. "Male-biased Sex Ratios and Masculinity Norms: Evidence from Australia's Colonial Past," CEPR Discussion Papers 14493, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers.
    21. Facchini, Giovanni & Biavaschi, Costanza, 2020. "Immigrant franchise and immigration policy: Evidence from the Progressive Era," CEPR Discussion Papers 14684, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers.
    22. Daria Denti & Alessandro Crociata & Alessandra Faggian, 2021. "Knocking on Hell’s door. Dismantling hate with cultural consumption," Papers in Evolutionary Economic Geography (PEEG) 2131, Utrecht University, Department of Human Geography and Spatial Planning, Group Economic Geography, revised Oct 2021.
    23. Barber, Luke & Jetter, Michael & Krieger, Tim, 2023. "Foreshadowing Mars: Religiosity and pre-Enlightenment warfare," Discussion Paper Series 2023-03, University of Freiburg, Wilfried Guth Endowed Chair for Constitutional Political Economy and Competition Policy.
    24. Fenske, James & Wang, Shizhou, 2020. "Tradition and mortality: Evidence from twin infanticide in Africa," The Warwick Economics Research Paper Series (TWERPS) 1317, University of Warwick, Department of Economics.
    25. Samuel Bazzi & Martin Fiszbein & Mesay Gebresilasse, 2020. "Frontier Culture: The Roots and Persistence of “Rugged Individualism” in the United States," Econometrica, Econometric Society, vol. 88(6), pages 2329-2368, November.
    26. Baranov, Victoria & de Haas, Ralph & Grosjean, Pauline, 2018. "Men. Roots and Consequences of Masculinity Norms," Discussion Paper 2018-041, Tilburg University, Center for Economic Research.
    27. Anke Becker, 2019. "On the Economic Origins of Restrictions on Women's Sexuality," CESifo Working Paper Series 7770, CESifo.
    28. Feir, Donn. L. & Gillezeau, Rob & Jones, Maggie E. C., 2022. "The Slaughter of the Bison and Reversal of Fortunes on the Great Plains," IZA Discussion Papers 15498, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA).
    29. Gary D. Libecap, 2018. "Property Rights to Frontier Land and Minerals: US Exceptionalism," NBER Working Papers 24544, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
    30. Marguerite Obolensky & Marco Tabellini & Charles Taylor, 2024. "Homeward Bound: How Migrants Seek Out Familiar Climates," RF Berlin - CReAM Discussion Paper Series 2401, Rockwool Foundation Berlin (RF Berlin) - Centre for Research and Analysis of Migration (CReAM).
    31. Ilia Murtazashvili, 2021. "Ilya Somin, Free to Move: Foot Voting, Migration, and Political Freedom. New York, NY: Oxford University Press, 2020. 272 Pages. USD 29.95 (hardback)," Public Choice, Springer, vol. 189(3), pages 603-606, December.
    32. Bogatzki, Tamara, 2021. "Heterogeneity in migration network effects across cultures," Discussion Papers, Research Unit: Migration, Integration, Transnationalization SP VI 2021-102, WZB Berlin Social Science Center.
    33. Raphael Corbi & Fabio Miessi Sanches, 2022. "What Drives Religiosity in America? Evidence from an Empirical Hotelling Model of Church Competition," Working Papers, Department of Economics 2022_08, University of São Paulo (FEA-USP).
    34. Joanne Haddad, 2022. "Settlers and Norms," Working Papers ECARES 2022-02, ULB -- Universite Libre de Bruxelles.
    35. Ferrara, Andreas & Testa, Patrick A., 2020. "Resource Blessing? Oil, Risk, and Religious Communities as Social Insurance in the U.S. South," CAGE Online Working Paper Series 513, Competitive Advantage in the Global Economy (CAGE).
    36. Obolensky, Marguerite & Tabellini, Marco & Taylor, Charles A., 2024. "Homeward Bound: How Migrants Seek Out Familiar Climates," IZA Discussion Papers 16710, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA).
    37. Jon C. Thompson & Jiabin Wu, 2018. "Legal institution and the evolution of moral conduct," Journal of Public Economic Theory, Association for Public Economic Theory, vol. 20(5), pages 725-741, October.
    38. Hoang-Anh Ho & Peter Martinsson & Ola Olsson, 2022. "The origins of cultural divergence: evidence from Vietnam," Journal of Economic Growth, Springer, vol. 27(1), pages 45-89, March.
    39. Choi, Jaerim & Lim, Sunghun, 2023. "Ostrom Meets the Pandemic: Lessons from Asian Rice Farming Traditions," 97th Annual Conference, March 27-29, 2023, Warwick University, Coventry, UK 334543, Agricultural Economics Society - AES.
    40. Sefa Awaworyi Churchill & Russell Smyth & Trong-Anh Trinh, 2024. "The Long-Run Effects of Male-Biased Sex Ratios on Mateship and Social Capital," Monash Economics Working Papers 2024-02, Monash University, Department of Economics.
    41. Ho, Hoang-Anh & Martinsson, Peter & Olsson, Ola, 2017. "The Origins of Cultural Divergence: Evidence from a Developing Country," Working Papers in Economics 714, University of Gothenburg, Department of Economics, revised Jun 2018.

Articles

  1. Gebresilasse, Mesay, 2023. "Rural roads, agricultural extension, and productivity," Journal of Development Economics, Elsevier, vol. 162(C).

    Cited by:

    1. Arguello, R & Garcia-Suaza, A. F. & Bolivar, M. F. & Alzate, M., 2023. "Market access and agricultural land use: Does distance matter? Insights from Colombia," Documentos de Trabajo 20748, Universidad del Rosario.

  2. Bazzi, Samuel & Fiszbein, Martin & Gebresilasse, Mesay, 2021. "“Rugged individualism” and collective (in)action during the COVID-19 pandemic," Journal of Public Economics, Elsevier, vol. 195(C).
    See citations under working paper version above.
  3. Samuel Bazzi & Martin Fiszbein & Mesay Gebresilasse, 2020. "Frontier Culture: The Roots and Persistence of “Rugged Individualism” in the United States," Econometrica, Econometric Society, vol. 88(6), pages 2329-2368, November.
    See citations under working paper version above.

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NEP is an announcement service for new working papers, with a weekly report in each of many fields. This author has had 7 papers announced in NEP. These are the fields, ordered by number of announcements, along with their dates. If the author is listed in the directory of specialists for this field, a link is also provided.
  1. NEP-GRO: Economic Growth (4) 2017-12-03 2017-12-03 2018-02-19 2019-05-27. Author is listed
  2. NEP-HIS: Business, Economic and Financial History (3) 2017-12-03 2018-02-19 2019-05-27. Author is listed
  3. NEP-SOC: Social Norms and Social Capital (3) 2020-09-14 2020-09-28 2021-05-31. Author is listed
  4. NEP-EVO: Evolutionary Economics (2) 2017-12-03 2019-05-27. Author is listed
  5. NEP-HEA: Health Economics (2) 2020-09-28 2021-05-31. Author is listed
  6. NEP-MIG: Economics of Human Migration (1) 2017-12-03

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