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I am a doctoral student in Economic history at Lund University and I'm also a researcher at the Centre for Advanced Middle Eastern Studies and at the Centre for Economic Demography at Lund University. My research interests are the economic history of the Middle East, economic development, and the economics of immigrant integration.

You can find my CV here.

Research

Job market paper:

The Historical State and Economic Development: Evidence from Ottoman Syria’s Nomadic Frontier

Abstract: This paper investigates the long-term impacts of statelessness in Ottoman Syria, focusing on the regions demarcated by the 'desert line' - a boundary that separated areas under Ottoman state control from those subject to tribal raids. Using geocoded census data alongside historical data on Ottoman state control in the 19th century, I estimate the effect of historical statelessness on economic outcomes using a spatial regression discontinuity design. The results indicate that a history of statelessness is associated with lower incomes in the present, less developed infrastructure, a higher share of workers in the primary sector, as well as lower levels of human capital. The effect is partly driven by higher population density and urbanization rates in areas of historical state control. The effect is not driven by ethnic or religious differences and is robust to geographic controls.

Works in progress:

Premium or Penalty? Occupations and Earnings of Ottoman Immigrants and their Offspring in the United States, 1900–1940 (with Martin Dribe)

Ethnic and Religious Differences in Female Labor Force Participation: Evidence from Syrian Census Data

Leaving the Parental Home Among Immigrants and The Children of Immigrants in Sweden, 1980–2022 (with Anna Tegunimataka)

Teaching

Teaching assistant from 2022–2025 for courses including:

Skill Training I - Statistics and Data

Econometrics I

Economic History: Family and Work - Scandinavia in an International Perspective

Methods in Contemporary Middle Eastern Studies