I am an Assistant Professor in Economic History at the University of Southern Denmark (SDU). My research fields are Economic History, Labor Economics and Economics of Gender.

I hold a Ph.D. in Economics from Boston University and a B.A. in Economics from New York University and New York University Shanghai.

You can reach me at soli [at] sam.sdu.dk

My CV is here.

Working Papers

The Effect of a Woman-Friendly Occupation on Employment: U.S. Postmasters Before WWII, Reject and Resubmit at the Journal of Economic History [Draft]

• IPUMS Excellence in Research Award, 2023

• Rosenstein-Rodan Prize for Best Graduate Student Paper, Boston University, 2023

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

Selected Work in Progress

Germ Theory at Home: Health Information and Child Mortality during the Epidemiological Transition (with James Feigenbaum and Lauren Hoehn-Velasco) [Abstract]

Wartime Medical Education and Disruptions to Physician Labor Supply: Impacts on Physician Quality, the Health Transition, and Innovation (with Christian Møller Dahl, Melissa A. Thomasson, and Anthony Wray)

Teaching Experience

Instructor for Statistics, University of Southern Denmark, Fall 2024, Spring 2025

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

• Gitner Prize for Excellence in Teaching Undergraduates, 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