Sophie Li

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I am an Assistant Professor in Economic History at the University of Southern Denmark. My research fields are Economic History, Labor Economics and Economics of Gender. I hold a PhD in Economics from Boston University. My CV is here.


Working Papers

The Effect of a Woman-Friendly Occupation on Employment: U.S. Postmasters Before WWII [Draft] [Slides]

Returns to Education for Women in the Mid-Twentieth Century: Evidence from Compulsory Schooling Laws [Draft]


Work in Progress

Germ Theory at Home: The Role of Private Action in Reducing Child Mortality during the Epidemiological Transition (with James Feigenbaum and Lauren Hoehn-Velasco) [Abstract]

Rebuilding the State: Confederate Post Offices After the Civil War

Gender Differences in Managerial Performance: Evidence from The Post Office


Teaching Experience

Instructor for Labor Economics, Boston University, Spring 2022, Spring 2023

Teaching Fellow for Introduction to Microeconomics, Boston University, Fall 2019, Spring 2020, Spring 2021, Fall 2022

Teaching Fellow for Empirical Economic Analysis, Boston University, Fall 2020, Spring 2024

Teaching Assistant for Intermediate Micro Analysis, Boston University, Fall 2023

Teaching Assistant for Economic Institutions in Historical Perspective, Boston University, Fall 2021