From a new paper by @mjdcurtis.bsky.social, David de la Croix, et al. The Little Divergence in 'academic human capital' (kind of publications index) btw northern & southern Europe started ca 1500. Northern Germany diverged from central & southern German areas after the Thirty Years' War.
Academic Human Capital in European Countries and Regions, 1200-1793 - Marginal REVOLUTION
Isnβt unionized labor like 10% of the labor force? Still important for sure, but big mass?
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For Day 2 of our celebration of work using the Census Tree we highlight @lukestein.com & co's work on the gendered impacts of perceived skin tone. They find that among African Amer. sisters, women perceived to be darker-skinned were disadvantaged.
*They also cite a great QJE pub by Lisa Cook et al*
There are several recent papers which could fall under the heading βEconomic History of the Scientific Revolutionβ but this network analysis tracing how scientific ideas diffused amongst scholars in the period 1084-1793 is a real milestone, an βepidemiologicalβ model of how ideas spread like disease
New working paper from me & some colleagues on East Africa's maize markets from c. 1900 to today, based on a major data collection effort to fill in the long-run history of food prices in one of the world's poorest regions: www.aehnetwork.org/working-pape...
Civil servant / politician?
Bonus panel here: www.smbc-comics.com/comic/sad-6
Feel like I need to update this comic to add that both professor and student are using chatgpt www.smbc-comics.com/comic/teaching
Now on Early View:
'The disappearance of malaria from Denmark, 1862β1900'.
By Mathias MΓΈlbak Ingholt, Maarten van Wijhe, Lone Simonsen & Daniel Weinberger.
@camunicampop.bsky.social @roskildeuni.bsky.social βͺ@yaleemd.bsky.socialβ¬
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π¨ We have finalized our DID textbook!
Youβve run out of excuses for sketchy pre-trends and mysterious TWFE coefficients.
π Credible Answers to Hard Questions: Differences-in-Differences for Natural Experiments
By Chaisemartin & DβHaultfΕuille.
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π¨Only 10 days left to sign-up to our summer school in Odense on historical economics. Highlights: Keynote lectures by Christopher Meissner on the global economy in the past. Further expect courses on project design, ML methods for data processing, and the recent DiD literature
New @nber.org working paper from our colleague Kasey Buckles @kaseybuckles.bsky.social (along with Joe Price and Zach Ward), "Grandchild? Multigenerational Mobility in American History." Check it out:
www.nber.org/papers/w33923
Re-upping my advice about how to write a good title and abstract for an academic paper, appropriately called:
"How to Write a Title and Abstract"
Feel free to share this thread, which will focus on titles.
#EconSky #AcademicSky
Congrats!!
It happened before. The key question is if it makes non-wealthy people more efficient at their job, or if it replaces them.
The deadline for the Predoc and AP positions @sdueconhist.bsky.social has been extended! Apply by June 1.
π§΅How does perfect inequality look like?
π Zoom on the sugar-producing colonies in the Caribbean, and you will find inequality levels so close to perfect inequality and so persistent as it have never been estimated before.
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Maybe a combination of the slow recovery since '08 reducing total unemployment and recessions hitting non-college grads harder?
Looking for a PhD candidate to study how first names provided information about parental values and beliefs in historical Europe (circa 1750-1950). More info on the position here:
www.jobbnorge.no/en/available...
π Donβt miss out on the opportunity to join our wonderful unit in beautiful
GΓΆteborg, Sweden!
2-3 fully funded doctoral position in Economic/Business history
βοΈJoin a young and supportive bunch of researchers with the unique opportunity to develop your own research agenda!
π¨π’ Gregory Clark in the media! π¨π’
The βgolddiggerβ myth gets a reality check! π°π HEDG professor Gregory Clark is featured in Weekendavisen on social mobility and economic history.
π Read the article here: www.weekendavisen.dk/2025-15/idee...
#EconHist #SocialMobility
If you have questions about these vacancies, I'm happy to chat π
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Leto's popularity was in the Laandstrad. Too much Great House cooperation would be a threat.
Hi folks!
Will we see you in Copenhagen this September?
Call for ASREC conference is out!
Preceded by grad student workshop.
Relevant for all scholars interested in culture and religion.
Calls and submission (closes June 1): asrec.org
π¨We are recruiting!
If you consider a PhD in Economic/Business History this is for you!
π― Fully funded incl. social security
π― 2 position in Economic History, 1 in Business History
π― Friendly and supportive environment
Check out our research if youβd like to know more about us.
A student asking himself whether he should adopt the ideas of a traditional teacher or one working on the Scientific Revolution
Iβm happy to announce that my JMPπ¨π¨Teacher-directed change: The case of the English Scientific Revolutionβ is now out as a working paper. Finalising the draft has been a lot of work. So, very happy to share this. For lots of history, new micro-data &natural experiments, read on ->->->
Thursday and Friday was the 14th annual workshop on Growth, History and Development. But this year was different. This year marks the 150 year anniversary of women's access to university in Denmark. And what an obvious theme for a workshop on economic history. (1/x)
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