Lena Edlund
Associate Professor
Department of Economics
Columbia University · MC 3308
420 West 118th Street
New York, NY 10027
le93 [at] columbia [dot] edu


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New

  • "Sex Ratios and Crime: Evidence from China's One-Child Policy"
    • (joint with Junjian Yi, Hongbin Li and Junsen Zhang)
    Available as IZA Discussion Paper no. 3214

  • "Long-Term Effects of The 1959-1961 China Famine: Mainland China and Hong Kong"
    • (joint with Douglas Almond, Hongbin Li and Junsen Zhang)
    Available as NBER Working Paper no. 13384

  • "Chernobyl's subclinical legacy: Prenatal exposure to radioactive fallout and school outcomes in Sweden"
    • (joint with Douglas Almond and Marten Palme)
    Available as NBER Working Paper no. 13347 and Columbia University Working Paper
    Commented on in Viewpoint article: ``Radiation, retardation and the developing brain: time is the crucial variable" by Richard S Nowakowski, Nancy L Hayes Acta Paediatrica 2008, May, pages 527–531.
    Popular press: Chemistry World , The Register, New York Times Magazine, Sept. 16, 2007

    Published or Accepted

  • "Son Biased Sex Ratios in the US 2000 Census"
    • (joint with Douglas Almond)
    PNAS on line early edition March 31, 2008.
    Press coverage: NPR -- All Things Considered (interview with Michele Norris), AP (including the New York Times, Herald Tribune, LA Times, Boston Globe), Times of India , CBC Canada , Slate, Boston Globe Op-Ed.

  • "Women, Wealth, and Mobility"
    • (joint with Wojciech Kopczuk)
    Accepted
    The American Economic Review

  • "Trivers-Willard at Birth and One Year: Evidence from U.S. Natality Data 1983-2001"
    (joint with Douglas Almond)
    The Proceedings of the Royal Society: Series B
    (2007) 274, 2491-2496.
    Press coverage: Daily Telegraph

  • "Marriage: Past, Present, Future?"
    CESifo Economic Studies December 2006, vol. 52, no. 4, pp. 621-639.
    Abstract: If they existed, markets for sex and markets for children would share a common feature: women sell and men demand. No society allows the trade in children, instead we have marriage. This paper discusses biological and legal aspects of reproduction, and their implications for gender roles and family forms.

  • "Hermaphroditism: What's not to Like?"
    • (joint with Evelyn Korn)
    The Journal of Theoretical Biology vol. 245, no. 3, 7 April 2007, pp. 520-527.

  • "Individual vs. Parental Consent in Marriage: Implications for Intra-household Resource Allocation and Growth"
    (Joint with Nippe Lagerlof) Shorter version in
    The American Economic Review, P&P May 2006, vol. 96, no. 2, pp. 304-307.

  • "The Price of Marriage: Net vs. Gross Flows and the South Indian Dowry Debate"
    The Journal of the European Economic Association, P&P April-May 2006, vol. 4, no. 2-3, pp. 542-551.

  • "Sex and the City"
    The Scandinavian Journal of Economics March 2005, vol. 107 issue 1, pp. 25-44.

  • "Unmarried Parenthood and Redistributive Politics" (with Rohini Pande and Laila Haider)
    The Journal of the European Economic Association vol. 3, no. 1 (January 2005), pp. 95-119.

  • "Why have Women Become Left-Wing: the Political Gender Gap and the Decline in Marriage" (with Rohini Pande)
    The Quarterly Journal of Economics August 2002, vol. 117, pp. 917-961.

  • "A Theory of Prostitution" (with Evelyn Korn)
    The Journal of Political Economy February 2002, vol. 110, pp. 181-214.
    Third most downloaded paper September 2002: LogEc
    For a recent write up ABC News (May 2006). Also, see Forbes (Feb 2006), The Idea Shop (May 2004).
    Featured in Economic Intuition, fall 2001; and BusinessWeek, March 11, 2002

  • "Marriage Squeeze Interpretation of Dowry Inflation: A Comment"
    The Journal of Political Economy December 2000, vol. 108, pp. 1327-1333.

  • "Son Preference, Sex Ratios and Marriage Patterns"
    The Journal of Political Economy December 1999, vol. 107, pp. 1275-1304.
    Featured in Economic Intuition, spring 2000.

    In progress

  • "From Sex to Gender"
    • (joint with Evelyn Korn)

  • "Why are Immature Males and Females So Alike?"

  • "Household Structure and Child Outcomes: Nuclear vs. Extended Families -- Evidence from Bangladesh"
    • (Joint with Aminur Rahman, UCL).

  • "Implications of Marriage Institutions for Redistribution and Growth"
    • (Joint with Nippe Lagerlof) (formerly "Growth: What's Love Got to do with It?").

    Mater semper certa est, pater est, quem nuptiae demonstrant
    Roman dictum