Jared Rubin
@jaredcrubin.com
Economics Professor at Chapman University. President of ASREC. Author of Rulers, Religion and Riches http://amzn.to/3luy5qe and How the World Became Rich http://amzn.to/2ZZJetD
https://www.jaredcrubin.com/
https://www.howtheworldbecamerich.com/
https://www.jaredcrubin.com/
https://www.howtheworldbecamerich.com/
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We wrote a survey on gender 🚻 and religion 🛐
Such a pleasure to work with @jeanetbentzen.bsky.social and @chuncheekokecon.bsky.social ❤️
Such a pleasure to work with @jeanetbentzen.bsky.social and @chuncheekokecon.bsky.social ❤️
1/ 🚨 New working paper alert. We (@essobecker.bsky.social @jeanetbentzen.bsky.social and myself) thought there is still much to learn about the link between religion and gender, so we write a survey 🥁
“Gender and Religion: A Survey" 👉 warwick.ac.uk/fac/soc/econ...
“Gender and Religion: A Survey" 👉 warwick.ac.uk/fac/soc/econ...
November 11, 2025 at 2:48 PM
We wrote a survey on gender 🚻 and religion 🛐
Such a pleasure to work with @jeanetbentzen.bsky.social and @chuncheekokecon.bsky.social ❤️
Such a pleasure to work with @jeanetbentzen.bsky.social and @chuncheekokecon.bsky.social ❤️
DEADLINE FOR ASREC SUMBISSIONS IS FRIDAY!
Join us in Orange in March - it should be an amazing event
Join us in Orange in March - it should be an amazing event
2026 ASREC Conference
Orange, CA
March 20-21, 2026
Keynote: James Robinson
Submission Deadline: November 7
Join us at Chapman for what should be an amazing event! Seeking papers at the intersection of religion/culture & the social sciences
Submit proposals here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Orange, CA
March 20-21, 2026
Keynote: James Robinson
Submission Deadline: November 7
Join us at Chapman for what should be an amazing event! Seeking papers at the intersection of religion/culture & the social sciences
Submit proposals here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
November 3, 2025 at 6:25 PM
DEADLINE FOR ASREC SUMBISSIONS IS FRIDAY!
Join us in Orange in March - it should be an amazing event
Join us in Orange in March - it should be an amazing event
ASREC Graduate Student Workshop
19-21 March 2026
Orange CA
Join me, @avitallivny.bsky.social, Dan Hungerman, and Jonathan Schulz for one day of lectures overviewing the field followed by attending the ASREC conference
Deadline: 14 November
Apply here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
19-21 March 2026
Orange CA
Join me, @avitallivny.bsky.social, Dan Hungerman, and Jonathan Schulz for one day of lectures overviewing the field followed by attending the ASREC conference
Deadline: 14 November
Apply here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
October 23, 2025 at 6:35 PM
ASREC Graduate Student Workshop
19-21 March 2026
Orange CA
Join me, @avitallivny.bsky.social, Dan Hungerman, and Jonathan Schulz for one day of lectures overviewing the field followed by attending the ASREC conference
Deadline: 14 November
Apply here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
19-21 March 2026
Orange CA
Join me, @avitallivny.bsky.social, Dan Hungerman, and Jonathan Schulz for one day of lectures overviewing the field followed by attending the ASREC conference
Deadline: 14 November
Apply here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Now, this may not pass current standards of causal inference, but it seems like the fastest path to the Nobel is to write a blurb for How the World Become Rich
October 13, 2025 at 9:04 PM
Now, this may not pass current standards of causal inference, but it seems like the fastest path to the Nobel is to write a blurb for How the World Become Rich
2026 ASREC Conference
Orange, CA
March 20-21, 2026
Keynote: James Robinson
Submission Deadline: November 7
Join us at Chapman for what should be an amazing event! Seeking papers at the intersection of religion/culture & the social sciences
Submit proposals here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Orange, CA
March 20-21, 2026
Keynote: James Robinson
Submission Deadline: November 7
Join us at Chapman for what should be an amazing event! Seeking papers at the intersection of religion/culture & the social sciences
Submit proposals here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
October 13, 2025 at 4:12 PM
2026 ASREC Conference
Orange, CA
March 20-21, 2026
Keynote: James Robinson
Submission Deadline: November 7
Join us at Chapman for what should be an amazing event! Seeking papers at the intersection of religion/culture & the social sciences
Submit proposals here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Orange, CA
March 20-21, 2026
Keynote: James Robinson
Submission Deadline: November 7
Join us at Chapman for what should be an amazing event! Seeking papers at the intersection of religion/culture & the social sciences
Submit proposals here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Three years in a row the Nobel has been awarded for historical work!
October 13, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Three years in a row the Nobel has been awarded for historical work!
Trivia question: what do the following numbers mean in the context of US political history? (Note - order matters)
51.93
9.27
14.77
16.43
19.99
21.88
21.70
18.62
61.78 (and counting)
51.93
9.27
14.77
16.43
19.99
21.88
21.70
18.62
61.78 (and counting)
September 2, 2025 at 9:52 PM
Trivia question: what do the following numbers mean in the context of US political history? (Note - order matters)
51.93
9.27
14.77
16.43
19.99
21.88
21.70
18.62
61.78 (and counting)
51.93
9.27
14.77
16.43
19.99
21.88
21.70
18.62
61.78 (and counting)
Massively updated version of:
Enlightenment Ideals and Belief in Progress in the Run-up to the Industrial Revolution: A Textual Analysis
Now available at: digitalcommons.chapman.edu/esi_working_...
Enlightenment Ideals and Belief in Progress in the Run-up to the Industrial Revolution: A Textual Analysis
Now available at: digitalcommons.chapman.edu/esi_working_...
August 22, 2025 at 4:33 PM
Massively updated version of:
Enlightenment Ideals and Belief in Progress in the Run-up to the Industrial Revolution: A Textual Analysis
Now available at: digitalcommons.chapman.edu/esi_working_...
Enlightenment Ideals and Belief in Progress in the Run-up to the Industrial Revolution: A Textual Analysis
Now available at: digitalcommons.chapman.edu/esi_working_...
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Our Luther vs Erasmus paper is now published in Social Forces 🎉
"Competing social influence in contested diffusion: contention and the spread of the early Reformation" academic.oup.com/sf/article/d...
with @jaredcrubin.com Yuan Hsiao, Steve Pfaff
"Competing social influence in contested diffusion: contention and the spread of the early Reformation" academic.oup.com/sf/article/d...
with @jaredcrubin.com Yuan Hsiao, Steve Pfaff
Competing social influence in contested diffusion: contention and the spread of the early reformation1
Abstract. The spread of radical institutional change does not often result from one-sided pro-innovation influence; countervailing influence networks in su
academic.oup.com
June 24, 2025 at 7:39 AM
Our Luther vs Erasmus paper is now published in Social Forces 🎉
"Competing social influence in contested diffusion: contention and the spread of the early Reformation" academic.oup.com/sf/article/d...
with @jaredcrubin.com Yuan Hsiao, Steve Pfaff
"Competing social influence in contested diffusion: contention and the spread of the early Reformation" academic.oup.com/sf/article/d...
with @jaredcrubin.com Yuan Hsiao, Steve Pfaff
The Turkish translation of How the World Became Rich is now available!
June 7, 2025 at 7:07 PM
The Turkish translation of How the World Became Rich is now available!
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The 1st paper in a sociology journal I read ca. 20 years ago was Delacroix & Nielsen (2001) in Social Forces 👉 doi.org/10.1353/sof....
Today, our paper (with @jaredcrubin.com, Yuan Hsiao and Steve Pfaff) on Erasmus vs Luther was accepted in Social Forces 🎉 🥂 😇
Today, our paper (with @jaredcrubin.com, Yuan Hsiao and Steve Pfaff) on Erasmus vs Luther was accepted in Social Forces 🎉 🥂 😇
May 9, 2025 at 7:38 PM
The 1st paper in a sociology journal I read ca. 20 years ago was Delacroix & Nielsen (2001) in Social Forces 👉 doi.org/10.1353/sof....
Today, our paper (with @jaredcrubin.com, Yuan Hsiao and Steve Pfaff) on Erasmus vs Luther was accepted in Social Forces 🎉 🥂 😇
Today, our paper (with @jaredcrubin.com, Yuan Hsiao and Steve Pfaff) on Erasmus vs Luther was accepted in Social Forces 🎉 🥂 😇
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Also please share / repost / reskeet! 🙌
@paulinegrosjean.bsky.social @sgehlbach.bsky.social @jaredcrubin.com @essobecker.bsky.social
Etc
@paulinegrosjean.bsky.social @sgehlbach.bsky.social @jaredcrubin.com @essobecker.bsky.social
Etc
Just a reminder, the awards deadline is APRIL 15th.
Please send in those nominations!
Especially if you have a student whose dissertation is on ANY aspect of institutions or orgs (econ, polisci, law, management etc)
One more excuse to go to Sydney!
www.sioe.org/news/2025-si...
Please send in those nominations!
Especially if you have a student whose dissertation is on ANY aspect of institutions or orgs (econ, polisci, law, management etc)
One more excuse to go to Sydney!
www.sioe.org/news/2025-si...
April 9, 2025 at 4:55 PM
Also please share / repost / reskeet! 🙌
@paulinegrosjean.bsky.social @sgehlbach.bsky.social @jaredcrubin.com @essobecker.bsky.social
Etc
@paulinegrosjean.bsky.social @sgehlbach.bsky.social @jaredcrubin.com @essobecker.bsky.social
Etc
I rarely have work that has direct and clear implications for the present, but this new working paper may be just that
I conceptualize how *ideology* affects political legitimacy. I focus on historical examples, but the application to the present is clear
digitalcommons.chapman.edu/esi_working_...
I conceptualize how *ideology* affects political legitimacy. I focus on historical examples, but the application to the present is clear
digitalcommons.chapman.edu/esi_working_...
April 4, 2025 at 9:27 PM
I rarely have work that has direct and clear implications for the present, but this new working paper may be just that
I conceptualize how *ideology* affects political legitimacy. I focus on historical examples, but the application to the present is clear
digitalcommons.chapman.edu/esi_working_...
I conceptualize how *ideology* affects political legitimacy. I focus on historical examples, but the application to the present is clear
digitalcommons.chapman.edu/esi_working_...
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What were the most important drivers of the Global Islamic Revival?
- politicians’ seeking legitimacy?
- economic stagnation?
- religious club goods?
- the Arab-Israeli war?
- Saudi funded Wahhabism?
- technology & mass education?
My new paper examines ALL the evidence 👇
- politicians’ seeking legitimacy?
- economic stagnation?
- religious club goods?
- the Arab-Israeli war?
- Saudi funded Wahhabism?
- technology & mass education?
My new paper examines ALL the evidence 👇
What caused the Global Islamic Revival?
My new paper evaluates each of the contending theories, explores interconnections, and presents a new theory - “The Prestige-Piety Feedback Loop”.
Critique is always welcome.
drive.google.com/file/d/1lnlK...
My new paper evaluates each of the contending theories, explores interconnections, and presents a new theory - “The Prestige-Piety Feedback Loop”.
Critique is always welcome.
drive.google.com/file/d/1lnlK...
March 24, 2025 at 7:55 PM
What were the most important drivers of the Global Islamic Revival?
- politicians’ seeking legitimacy?
- economic stagnation?
- religious club goods?
- the Arab-Israeli war?
- Saudi funded Wahhabism?
- technology & mass education?
My new paper examines ALL the evidence 👇
- politicians’ seeking legitimacy?
- economic stagnation?
- religious club goods?
- the Arab-Israeli war?
- Saudi funded Wahhabism?
- technology & mass education?
My new paper examines ALL the evidence 👇
Reposted by Jared Rubin
March 24, 2025 at 7:01 PM
Deadline is TODAY for our graduate student workshop!
Graduate students working at the intersection of religion and the social sciences: come join us in Southern California in May!
For more details, visit asrec.org
Graduate students working at the intersection of religion and the social sciences: come join us in Southern California in May!
For more details, visit asrec.org
March 21, 2025 at 1:49 PM
Deadline is TODAY for our graduate student workshop!
Graduate students working at the intersection of religion and the social sciences: come join us in Southern California in May!
For more details, visit asrec.org
Graduate students working at the intersection of religion and the social sciences: come join us in Southern California in May!
For more details, visit asrec.org
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i want @draliceevans.bsky.social energy and enthusiasm. i want her to narrate everything from now on.
this is a fun place to learn things from wise people with insight and i highly recommend it. thanks also to @jaredcrubin.com
(will go buy some books now😎)
this is a fun place to learn things from wise people with insight and i highly recommend it. thanks also to @jaredcrubin.com
(will go buy some books now😎)
Was the Islamic revival inevitable?
It was such a joy to chat to @jaredcrubin.com
www.youtube.com/watch?v=pu5Y...
It was such a joy to chat to @jaredcrubin.com
www.youtube.com/watch?v=pu5Y...
March 20, 2025 at 10:03 PM
i want @draliceevans.bsky.social energy and enthusiasm. i want her to narrate everything from now on.
this is a fun place to learn things from wise people with insight and i highly recommend it. thanks also to @jaredcrubin.com
(will go buy some books now😎)
this is a fun place to learn things from wise people with insight and i highly recommend it. thanks also to @jaredcrubin.com
(will go buy some books now😎)
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Why did the Middle East & North Africa really fall behind?
And what caused the Islamic revival?
Podcast with the fantastic @jaredcrubin.com
Ps. It’s two hours, take snax
open.spotify.com/episode/4uvV...
And what caused the Islamic revival?
Podcast with the fantastic @jaredcrubin.com
Ps. It’s two hours, take snax
open.spotify.com/episode/4uvV...
What caused the Islamic Revival? Professor Jared Rubin
ROCKING OUR PRIORS · Episode
open.spotify.com
March 20, 2025 at 8:20 PM
Why did the Middle East & North Africa really fall behind?
And what caused the Islamic revival?
Podcast with the fantastic @jaredcrubin.com
Ps. It’s two hours, take snax
open.spotify.com/episode/4uvV...
And what caused the Islamic revival?
Podcast with the fantastic @jaredcrubin.com
Ps. It’s two hours, take snax
open.spotify.com/episode/4uvV...
Reposted by Jared Rubin
Was the Islamic revival inevitable?
It was such a joy to chat to @jaredcrubin.com
www.youtube.com/watch?v=pu5Y...
It was such a joy to chat to @jaredcrubin.com
www.youtube.com/watch?v=pu5Y...
March 20, 2025 at 9:18 PM
Was the Islamic revival inevitable?
It was such a joy to chat to @jaredcrubin.com
www.youtube.com/watch?v=pu5Y...
It was such a joy to chat to @jaredcrubin.com
www.youtube.com/watch?v=pu5Y...
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🚨 NEW WP ALERT
"Religion and Economic Development: Past, Present, and Future"
✍️ @essobecker.bsky.social @ammapanin.bsky.social Steven Pfaff & @jaredcrubin.com
⏳What role does religion play in economic development?
🔎 www.cesifo.org/en/publicati...
📚 www.cesifo.org/en/publicati...
"Religion and Economic Development: Past, Present, and Future"
✍️ @essobecker.bsky.social @ammapanin.bsky.social Steven Pfaff & @jaredcrubin.com
⏳What role does religion play in economic development?
🔎 www.cesifo.org/en/publicati...
📚 www.cesifo.org/en/publicati...
March 19, 2025 at 9:04 AM
🚨 NEW WP ALERT
"Religion and Economic Development: Past, Present, and Future"
✍️ @essobecker.bsky.social @ammapanin.bsky.social Steven Pfaff & @jaredcrubin.com
⏳What role does religion play in economic development?
🔎 www.cesifo.org/en/publicati...
📚 www.cesifo.org/en/publicati...
"Religion and Economic Development: Past, Present, and Future"
✍️ @essobecker.bsky.social @ammapanin.bsky.social Steven Pfaff & @jaredcrubin.com
⏳What role does religion play in economic development?
🔎 www.cesifo.org/en/publicati...
📚 www.cesifo.org/en/publicati...
Reposted by Jared Rubin
Jared's @broadstreetblog.bsky.social post 👇 about our chapter for the forthcoming Handbook of Culture and Economic Behaviour (edited by Ben Enke, Paola Giuliano, @nathannunn.bsky.social and Leonard Wantchekon)
The chapter (pdf) 👉
www.cesifo.org/en/publicati...
The chapter (pdf) 👉
www.cesifo.org/en/publicati...
March 18, 2025 at 4:13 AM
Jared's @broadstreetblog.bsky.social post 👇 about our chapter for the forthcoming Handbook of Culture and Economic Behaviour (edited by Ben Enke, Paola Giuliano, @nathannunn.bsky.social and Leonard Wantchekon)
The chapter (pdf) 👉
www.cesifo.org/en/publicati...
The chapter (pdf) 👉
www.cesifo.org/en/publicati...
My new @broadstreetblog.bsky.social post on "Religion and Development", building off a recent handbook chapter with @essobecker.bsky.social, @ammapanin.bsky.social, & Steve Pfaff
www.broadstreet.blog/p/religion-a...
www.broadstreet.blog/p/religion-a...
Religion and Development
It is almost self-evident that religion affects economic growth and development.
www.broadstreet.blog
March 17, 2025 at 4:53 PM
My new @broadstreetblog.bsky.social post on "Religion and Development", building off a recent handbook chapter with @essobecker.bsky.social, @ammapanin.bsky.social, & Steve Pfaff
www.broadstreet.blog/p/religion-a...
www.broadstreet.blog/p/religion-a...
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Very excited about the first installment of the Berkeley Econ History Mini Conference — first edition being on econ history x political economy. Looking forward to seeing everyone tomorrow!
March 14, 2025 at 4:05 AM
Very excited about the first installment of the Berkeley Econ History Mini Conference — first edition being on econ history x political economy. Looking forward to seeing everyone tomorrow!