Economic History
Economic history is the academic study of economies or economic events of the past. Research is conducted using a combination of historical methods, statistical methods and the application of economic theory to historical situations and institutions. The field can encompass a wide variety of topics, including equality, finance, technology, labor, and business. It emphasizes historicizing the economy itself, analyzing it as a dynamic force and attempting to provide insights into the way it is structured and conceived. Using both quantitative data and qualitative sources, economic historians emphasize understanding the historical context in which major economic events take place. They often …
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CIGS: Canon Institute for Global Studies · 21 November 2023 Japanese
To endogenize the intermediary’s initial endowment, and also to make the medium of ex- change explicit, in Section 3, we insert the baseline model to a standard monetary framework of …
Credit Cooperatives, 1883-1914.” The Journal of Economic History, Vol. 61 (2001), 366–389. 38 KOUVELIS, P. …
TJM: Trade Justice Movement · 16 November 2023 English
together coalitions to create fairer, more equal and of outsourced and privatised public services being 2 Timeline Brexit and The Trade Justice Solidarity with our new Movement is born the …
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DIIS: Dansk Institut for Internationale Studier · 16 November 2023 English
In the current 'Decade of action' for Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and climate action, the battleground for success or failure lies in lower-income countries. Equally evident now is that this …
Affiliated with Lund University (Department of Economic History), Copenhagen University (Centre for African … perspective, c. 1865–1910. European Review of Economic History, 26(3), 340-369. Harrison, C. and L. Muething …
LEAD · 15 November 2023 English
Changing form and function in the ceremonial and the colonial port city in India: an historical analysis of Madurai and Madras. [...] Colonial urbanism: the development of Madras city in …
of Madras City, 1905-1914. In Third World Economic History and Development Conference, University of …
IPPR: Institute for Public Policy Research · 15 November 2023 English
We need to counter the entrenched view that government is innately bad at things, and instead, with the right information, capabilities, and an understanding of the tools at its disposal, …
possible to ‘do’ industrial strategy blind to the economic history of people and places. Arguably, the collapse …
World Bank Group · 14 November 2023 English
This paper analyzes gender gaps in the Colombian labor market, with a particular focus on the impact of the COVID-19 shock and the economic recovery. Using household survey and administrative …
Force Function in Economic Development and Economic History (No. 4707; NBER Working Paper Series). Goldstein …
World Bank Group · 14 November 2023 English
To identify transactions at risk of tariff evasion, this paper matches export transaction data from France with import transaction data from Madagascar using container identifiers. Reporting discrepancies between exporters and …
liberalization, 1792–2006,” Explorations in Economic History, 70, 1–24. CARRÈRE, C., AND C. GRIGORIOU (2015): …
IDDRI: Institut du Développement Durable et des Relations Internationales · 10 November 2023 French
And the second started inward-looking growth in fast growing emerging economies, in in the 1960s, with an acceleration in the 1990s and 2000s a context of rising trade restrictive measures …
unfold at different pace in Journal of European Economic History 5, no. 2: 273-340. different places. A diverging … Chain Development Report 2017. Latin America Economic History, Vol 37, n.1. https://doi.org/10.1017/ The … “Overseas Trade and Empire 1700- 1800.” In The Economic History of Britain since 1700, edited by Floud, Roderick …
NBER: National Bureau of Economic Research · 9 November 2023 English
Unions play a crucial role in determining wages and employment outcomes. However, union bargaining power may also have important effects on non-pecuniary working conditions. We study the effects of right-to-work …
the American Labor Movement. Explorations in Economic History 68, 95–118. 19 Callaway, B., Sant’Anna, P …
NBER: National Bureau of Economic Research · 9 November 2023 English
We develop measures of labor-saving and labor-augmenting technology exposure using textual analysis of patents and job tasks. Using US administrative data, we show that both measures negatively predict earnings growth …
applications of the approach we develop here to economic history. 14 gathering, processing, and reporting data …
