Steven Nafziger
Assistant Professor of Economics
On leave 2009 – 2010 academic year
E-mail: Steven.E.Nafziger@williams.edu
Tel: (413) 597-2101
Fax: (413)-597-4045
Department of Economics
Williams College
24 Hopkins Hall Drive
Williamstown, MA 01267
Education
B.A. Economics and History, Northwestern University, 2000
Ph.D. Economics, Yale University,2006
Curriculum Vitae
Fields of Specialization
Economic History and Development Economics
Research
“Land Redistributions and the Russian Peasant Commune in the 19th Century,” Revise and re-submit, 2008
“Land Communes and Factor Markets: Micro-Evidence from Late 19th-Century Russia,” 2007
“Democracy Under the Tsars? The Case of the Zemstvo,” 2007
“Micro Perspectives on Russian Living Standards, 1750-1917,” (with Tracy Dennison, California Institute of Technology), 2007
“Democracy Under the Tsars? The Case of the Zemstvo,” Working paper, 2009
“Primary Schooling and Literacy in Tsarist Russia,” Working paper, 2009