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👿Job Market Paper👿 "The consequences of a trade collapse: Economics and politics in Weimar Germany" (tinyurl.com/msj9jtwu) Ever wondered whether the Great Depression's trade collapse radicalized Germans to vote for Hitler? Spoiler: Internal trade linkages matter!

Has someone compiled a list of JMCs doing economic history?

🚨 I am excited to share my JMP! "Scale-Biased Technical Change and Inequality" I propose a new theory on why some technologies increase inequality, while others reduce it. I provide causal evidence from the adoption of steam engines and electric motors to support the theory.

We are searching for three research assistants to support the work of our faculty Timo Boppart, Konrad Burchardi and Kurt Mitman. The application deadlines are the 30/11 and 8/12. More info at link below. We would be grateful if you'd share this info. su.se/institute-for-…

Stockholm University is hiring a Senior Lecturer in Sociology. This is a permanent faculty position, which includes the opportunity for promotion to Full Professor. Deadline Feb 1. su.se/english/about-…

New CEPR Discussion Paper - DP18927 Cities and the Rise of Working #Women Thor Berger SwedishCollegium Uppsala University Lund University School of Economics and Management Lund University IFN, Mounir Karadja Department of Economics, Uppsala Uppsala University, Erik Prawitz Linnéuniversitetet Linnaeus University IFN ow.ly/uUZg50QVwCt #CEPR_EH

New paper out! Cities and the Rise of Working Women, with Thor Berger and Erik Prawitz. We show that women who moved to the very largest cities during industrialization saw substantial increases in employment and intergenerational mobility. Thread below with much more!

Now on Early View: 'Firm survival and the rise of the factory'. By Thor Berger and Vinzent Ostermeyer. Thor Berger Vinzent Ostermeyer Economic History SwedishCollegium CEPR onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/eh…

Starting a PhD? Our new Research Policy paper shows a higher risk of mental health issues for PhD students. 7% face depression and 5% anxiety annually, faring worse than non-PhD peers. Take care of your mental health! Read the full open-access paper here: doi.org/10.1016/j.resp…

Turns out people went insane well before the arrival of the smartphone.

Thor Berger Dude...

Demography is the one field of social science that gets too little credit for its rigor. In fact, I would argue that demographer are, on average, more rigorous than economists (and also use more fascinating mathematical tools).

Kind of interesting that Britain never was an industrial economy if one looks at the actual tasks carried out in the economy: