So proud that our wealth data for Germany 1895-2018 (with ThiloNH.Albers Moritz Schularick ) are part of this fantastic project!

Calling all recent economic history PhDs! Submit your thesis now for the 2023 Luzzato Prize -- awarded at the EHES meeting in Sept. in Vienna. Submissions close on 30 June. NeilJCummins Albrecht Ritschl Leah Boustan John Turner Mark Koyama Melanie Meng Xue ehesconference.org/gino-luzzatto-…

👇🏼we look forward to your submission!

🌍New AEHN Article Summary on how much have states in Africa raised in taxes, now and in the past? "The Fiscal State in Africa: Evidence from one Century of Growth, 1900-2015" by Marvin Suesse Morten Jerven ThiloNH.Albers 👇🏿 aehnetwork.org/blog/the-fisca…

I am hiring a full-time Pre-Doctoral Research Assistant at Yale starting in the Fall of 2024. Details: tobin.yale.edu/opportunities/…

📆 29 Nov @ 16:00 BST - Intern. Macro History Online Seminar Series #IMHOS ThiloNH.Albers (Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin) will present a paper entitled "Industrialization, returns, inequality". The seminar will be chaired by Kerstin Enflo (Lund University). ✍️ To attend: ow.ly/OLSo50Q9MCv

📆 29 Nov @ 16:00 BST - Intern. Macro History Online Seminar Series #IMHOS ThiloNH.Albers (Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin) will present a paper entitled "Industrialization, returns, inequality". The seminar will be chaired by Kerstin Enflo (Lund University). ✍️ To attend: ow.ly/OLSo50Q9MCv

How does revolutionary #TechnologicalChange impact wealth #inequality?  ThiloNH.Albers, @f_kersting, & Timo Stieglitz delves into the mother of all technological shocks — the #IndustrialRevolution — to investigate this question by combining empirics & theory. A 🧵 [1/4]

It is out - new work on industrailization and wealth inequality. Concise paper summary below & for some econ trivia knowledge (e.g. do why top-1 wealth graphs peak around 1900), theory, and empirics tune in tomorrow CEPR #IMHOS seminar (cepr.org/multimedia/imh…)

📢📢📢If you want to do a PhD in spatial economics, apply to the @BSE_Berlin programme! 📢📢📢There will be at least two fully funded positions. Apply here: berlinschoolofeconomics.de Pls also tell your friends and retweet! 🙏

Coming soon! With Nela Mrchkovska 🎉

📢📢📢Looking for a MSc student research/teaching assistant (studentische Hilfskraft) to join the team at Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin. Interest applied econometrics and spatial economics would be a plus. Pls apply, retweet, tell friends📢📢📢 hu-berlin.stellenticket.de/de/offers/1795…

New in JHPE: Kim Oosterlinck & coauthors argue that PE are key determinants of creditor countries’ commercial policy responses to sovereign debt defaults - with a case focus on 1930s Germany. Ask your uni librarian to subscribe to JHPE! nowpublishers.com/article/Detail…

So it finally arrived. This is a book about the history of globalization. It is also an example of globalization. Written by an American, published by a UK-based co., typeset in Philippines, printed in USA and available to all! I hope there are positive welfare effects. 1/N

🚨Job Opening: PhD student economic history/historical political economy Universität Münster 🚨 - you have a background in history, economics, political science? - you love research? Apply! More info on my website (& link to job ad): sites.google.com/site/tnhalbers/ PM me your questions

Funded and supported by CESifo and CRC Rationality & Competition , with ThiloNH.Albers, Kalle Kappner, and Monique Reiske To apply, please upload your extended abstract or paper at tinyurl.com/microdata2024 until August 15, 2024. So what is this workshop all about? New Data Methods!

Hi those interested in/working on big data applications in econ history! @mathiasbuehler, Kalle Kappner, and Monique Reiske, and I put together a workshop where you can present your research! Feat Joachim Voth & Stephan Heblich as keynotes! CFP here: mathiasiwanowsky.com/MicroDataEH.pdf

I’ve wanted to do this episode for so long with Prof. Kevin O’Rourke on trade, globalization and the populist response. We only scratch the surface of the large body of Kevin’s work, but I hope you enjoy it as much as I did! buzzsprout.com/1065133/episod…

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