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Sex and the mission: the conflicting effects of early Christian missions on HIV in sub-Saharan Africa (2020)
Journal Article
Cagé, J., & Rueda, V. (2020). Sex and the mission: the conflicting effects of early Christian missions on HIV in sub-Saharan Africa. Journal of Demographic Economics, 86(3), 213-257. https://doi.org/10.1017/dem.2019.16

This article investigates the long-term impact of historical missionary activity on HIV in sub-Saharan Africa. On the one hand, missionaries were the first to invest in modern medicine in the region. On the other hand, Christianity influenced sexual... Read More about Sex and the mission: the conflicting effects of early Christian missions on HIV in sub-Saharan Africa.

The Long-Term Effects of the Printing Press in sub-Saharan Africa (2016)
Journal Article
Cagé, J., & Rueda, V. (2016). The Long-Term Effects of the Printing Press in sub-Saharan Africa. American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, 8(3), 69-99. https://doi.org/10.1257/app.20140379

This article investigates the long-term consequences of the printing press in the nineteenth century sub-Saharan Africa on social capital nowadays. Protestant missionaries were the first to import the printing press and to allow the indigenous popula... Read More about The Long-Term Effects of the Printing Press in sub-Saharan Africa.