European Historical Economics Society (registered with the Charity Commissioners for England and Wales)
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Paper No. 269:
Demographic crises during the Maoist period. A case study of the Great Flood of 1975 and the forgotten famine
by Roser Alvarez-Klee, Universitat Pompeu Fabra and Ramon Ramon Muñoz, Universitat de Barcelona
October 2024.
Paper No. 268:
Flooding Away the Economic Gains from Transport Infrastructure: Evidence from Colonial Jamaica
by Joel Huesler, University of Bern and Eric Strobl, University of Bern
October 2024.
Paper No. 267:
Did living standards actually improve under state socialism? Real wages in Bulgaria, 1924-1989
by Matthias Morys, University of York and Martin Ivanov, Sofia University
October 2024.
Paper No. 266:
How extractive was Russian Serfdom? Income inequality in Moscow Province in the early 19th century
by Elena Korchmina, University of Bologna and Mikolaj Malinowski, Groningen University
September 2024.
Paper No. 265:
US and Japan rivalry in Philippine interwar import manufactures market. Power politics, trade cost and competitiveness
by Alejandro Ayuso-Díaz, Universidad Pública de Navarra, and INARBE and Antonio Tena-Junguito, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid
August 2024.
Paper No. 264:
Impact of Natural Disasters on School Attendance: A Comparative Study from Colonial Jamaica
by Joel Huesler, University of Bern
August 2024.
Paper No. 263:
The Long-term Effects of Charity Nurseries: Evidence from Early 20th Century New York
by Philipp Ager, University of Mannheim and CEPR and Viktor Malein, Lund University
August 2024.
Paper No. 262:
A Perfect Storm: First-Nature Geography and Economic Development
by Christian Vedel, University of Southern Denmark
August 2024.
Paper No. 261:
When London Burned to Sticks: The Economic Impact of the Great Fire of 1666
by Philipp Ager, University of Mannheim and CEPR, Maja U. Pedersen, University of Southern Denmark, Paul Sharp, University of Southern Denmark, CAGE, and CEPR, and Xanthi Tsoukli, University of Bamberg
July 2024.
Paper No. 260:
Lobbying for Industrialization: Theory and Evidence
by Dmitry Veselov, HSE University and Alexander Yarkin, Brown University
June 2024.
Paper No. 259:
How did the European Marriage Pattern persist? Social versus Familial Inheritance: England and Quebec, 1650-1850
by Gregory Clark, University of Southern Denmark, LSE, CEPR, Neil Cummins, LSE, CEPR, and Matthew Curtis, University of Southern Denmark
April 2024.
Paper No. 258:
Quantifying Trade from Renaissance Merchant Letters
by Fabio Gatti, University of Bern
April 2024.
Paper No. 257:
Of the bovine ilk: Quantifying the welfare of dairy cattle in history, 1750-1900
by Markus Lampe, Vienna University of Economics & Business, CEPR and Paul Sharp, University of Southern Denmark, CAGE, CEPR
April 2024.
Paper No. 256:
Retaining population with water? Irrigation policies and depopulation in Spain over the long term
by Ignacio Cazcarro, Universidad de Zaragoza, ARAID, Miguel Martín-Retortillo, Universidad de Alcalá, Guillermo Rodríguez-López, Universidad de Zaragoza, Ana Serrano, Universidad de Zaragoza, IA2, and Javier Silvestre, Universidad de Zaragoza, IEDIS
April 2024.
Paper No. 255:
Breaking the HISCO Barrier: Automatic Occupational Standardization with OccCANINE
by Christian Møller Dahl, University of Southern Denmark, Torben Johansen, University of Southern Denmark, and Christian Vedel, University of Southern Denmark
April 2024.
Paper No. 254:
Birth Order and Social Outcomes, England, 1680-2024
by Gregory Clark, University of Southern Denmark and LSE Neil Cummins, LSE
April 2024.
Paper No. 253:
Assimilate for God: The Impact of Religious Divisions on Danish American Communities
by Jeanet Sinding Bentzen, University of Copenhagen, CAGE, CEPR, Nina Boberg-Fazlic, TU Dortmund University, CEPR, Paul Sharp, University of Southern Denmark, CAGE, CEPR, Christian Volmar Skovsgaard, University of Southern Denmark, and Christian Vedel, University of Southern Denmark
March 2024.
Paper No. 252:
Where are the Female Composers? Evidence on the Extent and Causes of Gender Inequality in Music History
by Karol Jan Borowiecki, University of Southern Denmark, Martin Hørlyk Kristensen, University of Southern Denmark, and Marc T. Law, University of Vermont
March 2024.
Paper No. 251:
Multigenerational Effects of Smallpox Vaccination
by Volha Lazuka, University of Southern Denmark, Lund University, IZA and Peter Sandholt Jensen, Linnaeus University
January 2024.
Paper No. 250:
Revealing the Diversity and Complexity Behind Long-term Income Inequality in Latin America, 1920-2011
by Pablo Astorga, Institut Barcelona d’Estudis Internacionals (IBEI)
January 2024.
Paper No. 249:
The Returns to Education: A Meta-study
by Gregory Clark, University of Southern Denmark and Christian Alexander Abildgaard Nielsen, University of Southern Denmark
January 2024.
Paper No. 248:
Matriline versus Patriline: Social Mobility in England, 1754-2023
by Gregory Clark, University of Southern Denmark and Neil Cummins, LSE
January 2024.
Paper No. 247:
The Global Sanitary Revolution in Historical Perspective
by Daniel Gallardo-Albarrán, Wageningen University
January 2024.
Paper No. 246:
The 1992-93 EMS Crisis and the South: Lessons from the Franc Zone System and the 1994 CFA Franc Devaluation
by Rodrigue Dossou-Cadja, Sapienza University of Rome, EHESS, PSE
January 2024.
Paper No. 245:
Holy Cows and Spilt Milk: The Impact of Religious Conflict on Firm-Level Productivity
by Jeanet Bentzen, University of Copenhagen, CAGE, CEPR, Nina Boberg-Fazlic, TU Dortmund University, Paul Sharp, University of Southern Denmark, CAGE, CEPR, Christian Volmar Skovsgaard, University of Southern Denmark, and Christian Vedel, University of Southern Denmark
November 2023.
Paper No. 244:
Income Share of the Top 10%, the Middle 50% and the Bottom 40% in Latin America: 1920-2011
by Pablo Astorga, Institut Barcelona d’Estudis Internacionals (IBEI)
November 2023.
Paper No. 243:
Wealth, inequality, and sex: the changes in female and male wealth and their consequences for the governance of the Russian Empire from 1700s to 1850s
by Elena Korchmina, University of Southern Denmark
November 2023.
Paper No. 242:
Not the Best Fillers in of Forms? The Danish and Norwegian Graduate Biographies and “Upper Tail Knowledge”
by Nicholas Martin Ford, Lund University, Kristin Ranestad, University of Oslo, and Paul Sharp, University of Southern Denmark, CAGE, CEPR
November 2023.
Paper No. 241:
Medical Technology and Life Expectancy: Evidence from the Antitoxin Treatment of Diphtheria
by Philipp Ager, University of Mannheim and CEPR, Casper Worm Hansen, University of Copenhagen and CEPR, and Peter Z. Lin, Western Kentucky University
October 2023.
Paper No. 240:
Life and Death under Son Preference: Economic stress, Fertility and Early-life Mortality in Rural Spain, 1800-1910
by Francisco J. Marco-Gracia, Universidad de Zaragoza, Francisco J. Beltrán Tapia, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, and Víctor A. Luque de Haro, University of Almería
October 2023.
Paper No. 239:
The Unequal Spirit of the Protestant Reformation: Particularism and Wealth Distribution in Early Modern Germany
by Felix S.F. Schaff, European University Institute
August 2023.
Paper No. 238:
The persistence of social inequality in adult mortality in rural Spain, death cohorts 1546-2010
by Francisco J. Marco-Garcia, Universidad de Zaragoza and Víctor A. Luque de Haro, University of Almería
August 2023.
Paper No. 237:
Capital, Productivity, and Human Welfare since 1870
by Daniel Gallardo-Albarrán, Wageningen University
August 2023.
Paper No. 236:
Economic Freedom in Retrospect
by Leandro Prados de la Escosura, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid
June 2023.
Paper No. 235:
Subjective Well-being in Spain's Decline
by Carlos Álvarez-Nogal, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid and Leandro Prados de la Escosura, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid
May 2023.
Paper No. 234:
Exploring the Drivers of Spain's Nutritional Transition: From Meat Shortages to Excess(1958-1990)
by Pablo Delgado, University of Zaragoza
April 2023.
Paper No. 233:
Risk Management in Traditional Agriculture: Intercropping in Italian Wine Production
by Giovanni Federico, New York University Abu Dhabi and CEPR Pablo Martinelli Lasheras, University Carlos III of Madrid and Figuerola Institute
April 2023.
Paper No. 232:
Spatial inequality in prices and wages: Town-level evidence from the First Globalisation
by Stefan Nikolic, Bocconi University
April 2023.
Paper No. 231:
Leviathan's Shadow: The Imperial Legacy of State Capacity and Economic Development in the Kingdom of Yugoslavia
by Magnus Neubert, Leibniz Institute of Agricultural Development in Transition Economies (IAMO), Martin-Luther- Universität Halle-Wittenberg.
February 2023.
Paper No. 230:
Demography and age heaping: solving Ireland's post-famine digit preference puzzle
by Eoin McLaughlin, University College Cork and Heriot-Watt University, Christopher L. Colvin, Queen's University Belfast, Stuart Henderson, Ulster University.
December 2022.
Paper No. 229:
Market access, the skill premium and human capital in Spain (1860-1930)
by Rafael González-Val, Universidad de Zaragoza and Institut d'Economia de Barcelona (IEB), Pau Insa-Sánchez, Universitat de València, Julio Martinez-Galarraga, Universitat de Barcelona, and Daniel A. Tirado-Fabregat, Universitat de València.
October 2022.
Paper No. 228:
Union, border effects, and market integration in Britain
by Daniel Cassidy, University of Galway and Nick Hanley, University of Glasgow.
October 2022.
Paper No. 227:
Welfare Reform and Repression in an Autocracy: Bismarck and the Socialists
by Felix Kersting, HU Berlin.
September 2022.
Paper No. 226:
Harmonious Relations: Quality transmission among composers in the very long run
by Karol Jan Borowiecki, Department of Economics, University of Southern Denmark; Nicholas Ford, Department of Economic History, Lund University; Maria Marchenko, Department of Economics, Vienna University of Economics and Business.
May 2022.
Paper No. 225:
Urban Political Structure and Inequality: Political Economy Lessons from Early Modern German Cities
by Felix Schaff, London School of Economics.
April 2022.
Paper No. 224:
Health, Income, and the Preston Curve: A Long View
by Leandro Prados de la Escosura, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid.
March 2022.
Paper No. 223:
Boomtowns: Local Shocks and Inequality in 1920s California
by Sarah Quincy, Vanderbilt University; Rowena Gray, University of California, Merced.
March 2022.
Paper No. 222:
Poverty in early modern Europe: New approaches to old problems
by Guido Alfani, Bocconi University; Francesco Ammannati, University of Florence; Wouter Ryckbosch, Vrije Universiteit Brussel.
January 2022.
Paper No. 221:
Human Capital and Industrialization: German Settlers in Late Imperial Russia
by Viktor Malein, University of Southern Denmark.
December 2021.
Paper No. 220:
Resilience, Adaptability and Transformability: Danish Butter Factories in the Face of Coal Shortages
by Sofia Teives Henriques, University of Porto, CEFUP, Portugal; Paul Sharp, University of Southern Denmark, CAGE, CEPR; Xanthi Tsoukli, University of Bamberg, Germany; Christian Vedel, University of Southern Denmark.
December 2021.
Paper No. 219:
Ireland in a Danish mirror: A microlevel comparison of the productivity of Danish and Irish creameries before the First World War
by Eoin McLaughlin, University College Cork; Paul Sharp, University of Southern Denmark, CAGE, CEPR; Xanthi Tsoukli, University of Bamberg; Christian Vedel, University of Southern Denmark.
November 2021.
Paper No. 218:
Interest Rates, Sanitation Infrastructure, and Mortality Decline in Nineteenth-Century England and Wales
by Jonathan Chapman, New York University Abu Dhabi.
October 2021.
Paper No. 217:
China, Europe, and the Great Divergence: Further Concerns about the Historical GDP Estimates for China
by Peter M. Solar, CEREC, Université Saint-Louis – Bruxelles and Faculty of History, University of Oxford.
October 2021.
Paper No. 216:
Sovereign Debt and Supersanctions in Emerging Markets: Evidence from Four Southeast European Countries, 1878-1913
by Andreea-Alexandra Maerean, European Commission (DG Economic and Financial Affairs); Maja Pedersen, University of Southern Denmark; Paul Sharp, University of Southern Denmark.
September 2021.
Paper No. 215:
Fringe Banking and Financialisation: Pawnbroking in pre-famine and famine Ireland
by Eoin McLaughlin, University College Cork; Rowena Pecchenino, Maynooth University.
September 2021.
Paper No. 214:
Vanishing borders: ethnicity and trade costs at the origin of the Yugoslav market
by David Chilosi, King's College London; Stefan Nikolic, Bocconi University.
June 2021.
Paper No. 213:
The Sleeping Giant Who Left for America: The Determinants and Impact of Danish Emigration During the Age of Mass Migration
by Nina Boberg-Fazlic, University of Southern Denmark; Markus Lampe, WU Vienna University of Economics and Business, CEPR; Paul Sharp, University of Southern Denmark, CAGE, CEPR.
April 2021.
Paper No. 212:
The loss of human capital after the Spanish civil war
by Blanca Sánchez-Alonso, Universidad San Pablo-CEU (Madrid); Carlos Santiago-Caballero, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid.
March 2021.
Paper No. 211:
Testing Marx. Income Inequality, Concentration, and Socialism in late 19th century Germany
by Charlotte Bartels, DIW Berlin; Felix Kersting, Humboldt University Berlin; Nikolaus Wolf, Humboldt University Berlin.
March 2021.
Paper No. 210:
Inequality Beyond GDP: A Long View
by Leandro Prados de la Escosura, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid.
March 2021.
Paper No. 209:
Paving the way to modern growth. Evidence from Bourbon roads in Spain
by Miquel-Àngel Garcia-López, Autonomous University of Barcelona, Institut d'Economia de Barcelona (IEB); Alfonso Herranz-Loncan, University of Barcelona, 'Antoni de Capmany' Research Centre; Filippo Tassinari, University of Barcelona, Institut d'Economia de Barcelona (IEB); Elisabet Viladecans-Marsal, University of Barcelona, Institut d'Economia de Barcelona (IEB).
February 2021.
Paper No. 208:
Why Covid19 will not be gone soon: Lessons from the institutional economics of smallpox vaccination in 19th Century Germany
by Katharina Muhlhoff, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid.
February 2021.
Paper No. 207:
Leaving Their Mark: Using Danish Student Grade Lists to Construct a More Detailed Measure of Historical Human Capital
by Nicholas Ford, Lund University; Kristin Ranestad, Lund University; Paul Sharp, University of Southern Denmark, CAGE, CEPR.
February 2021.
Paper No. 206:
Violence in the Viking World: New Bioarchaeological Evidence
by Joerg Baten, University of Tübingen; Giacomo Benati, University of Tübingen; Anna Kjellström, University of Stockholm.
January 2021.
Paper No. 205:
Productivity, Mortality, and Technology in European and US Coal Mining, 1800-1913
by Javier Silvestre, Universidad de Zaragoza.
January 2021.
Paper No. 204:
Globalization and Empire: Market integration and international trade between Canada, the United States and Britain, 1750-1870
by Maja Uhre Pedersen, University of Southern Denmark; Vincent Geloso, King's University College; Paul Sharp, University of Southern Denmark.
December 2020.
Paper No. 203:
Opening the Black Box of the Danish Dairy Cooperatives: A Productivity Analysis
by Sofia Henriques, Lund University; Eoin McLaughlin, University College Cork; Paul Sharp, University of Southern Denmark, CAGE, CEPR; Xanthi Tsoukli, University of Southern Denmark; Christian Vedel, University of Southern Denmark.
December 2020.
Paper No. 202:
On the Origins of the Demographic Transition. Rethinking the European Marriage Pattern
by Faustine Perrin, BETA, University of Strasbourg, and Department of Economic History, Lund University.
December 2020.
Paper No. 201:
Did taller people live longer? Influence of height on life span in rural Spain, 1835-2019
by Francisco J. Marco-Gracia, Universidad de Zaragoza; Javier Puche, Universidad de Zaragoza.
December 2020.
