Peter Z. Lin
@peterzxlin
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Assistant Professor, Economics, Western Kentucky University.
Bowling Green, KY
Joined October 2016
I made my annual list of all the #econhist job market candidates! More than 60 so far... #econtwitter #econjobmarket
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My working paper with @giov_peri of @UCDavisEcon is featured by @nberpubs in the NBER Digest. We examine how the forced removal of Japanese Americans during WWII affected U.S. farm productivity — finding significant losses.
Featured in the latest Digest: Expelling Japanese Americans Lowered US Farm Productivity https://t.co/JcqoTp2Yz9
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Forthcoming in AEJ: Economic Policy: "Medical Technology and Life Expectancy: Evidence from the Antitoxin Treatment of Diphtheria" by Philipp Ager, Casper W. Hansen, and Peter Z. Lin.
aeaweb.org
(Forthcoming Article) - We examine the impact of the free supply of diphtheria antitoxin, the first effective medical treatment for an infectious disease, on the historical health transition in...
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The 1942 Exclusion Act removed high-skilled farmers of Japanese ancestry near the West Coast. This significantly reduced long-run growth of agriculture in the affected counties, from Peter Zhixian Lin and @giov_peri
https://t.co/nmF7HjPnvI
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