Sukkoo Kim

Associate Professor of Economics
Research Associate, NBER

Department of Economics
Campus Box 1208
Washington University in St. Louis
One Brookings Drive
St. Louis, MO 63130-4899


Office: Seigle 389
Telephone: 314.935.4961
Fax: 314.935.4156
Email: soks@artsci.wustl.edu


Curriculum Vitae










Research




Space and Time: Understanding the Changes in the American Landscape
Manuscript Outline

The Law of the Primate City in the Americas
(joint with Sebastian Galiani)
Prepared for Understanding Long-Run Economic Growth: A Conference Honoring the Contributions of
Kenneth Sokoloff, NBER

Kinship Institutions and Sex Ratios in India
(joint with Tanika Chakraborty)
Forthcoming in Demography.
For an earlier version, see Caste, Kinship and Sex Ratios in India, NBER WP #13828

Immigration, Industrial Revolution and Urban Growth in the United States, 1820-1920: Factor Endowments, Technology and Geography
NBER Working Paper #12900

British Colonial Institutions and Economic Development in India
(joint with Shilpi Kapur)
Revised version of NBER Working Paper #12613

Institutions and U.S. Regional Development: A Study of Massachusetts and Virginia
Journal of Institutional Economics, 2009
An earlier version is available as NBER Working Paper #13431

Spatial Inequality and Development: Theories, Facts and Policies
Urbanization and Growth, edited by R. Buckley, P. Annez and M. Spence, International Bank for Reconstruction and Development and World Bank (On behalf of the Commission on Growth and Development), 2009
Also available as Commission for Growth and Development Working Paper #16

Urbanization
The New Palgrave Dictionary of Economics, 2nd Edition, 2008

Changes in the Nature of Urban Spatial Structures in the United States, 1890-2000
Journal of Regional Science, 2007

An earlier version is available as NBER Working Paper #8857

Division of Labor and the Rise of Cities: Evidence from U.S. Industrialization, 1850-1880
Journal of Economic Geography, 2006

Specialization and Regulation: The Rise of Professionals and the Emergence of Occupational Licensing Regulation in America (joint with Marc Law)
Journal of Economic History, 2005

Industrialization and Urbanization: Did the Steam Engine Contribute to the Growth of Cities in the United States?
Explorations in Economic History, 2005

Historical Perspectives on U.S. Economic Geography
(joint with Robert Margo)
Handbook of Regional and Urban Economics, Volume 4, North-Holland, 2004

Markets and Multiunit Firms from an American Historical Perspectives
Advances in Strategic Management, 2001

Urban Development in the United States, 1690-1990
Southern Economic Journal, 2000

The Growth of Modern Business Enterprises in the Twentieth Century
Research in Economic History, 1999


The Rise of Multiunit Firms in U.S. Manufacturing
Explorations in Economic History, 1999

Regions, Resources and Economic Geography: The Sources of U.S. Regional Comparative Advantage, 1880-1987
Regional Science and Urban Economics, 1999

Economic Integration and Convergence: U.S. Regions, 1840-1990
Journal of Economic History, 1998

Expansion of Markets and the Geographic Distribution of Economic Activities: The Trends in U.S. Regional Manufacturing Structure, 1860-1987
Quarterly Journal of Economics, 1995