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Very happy to share our paper on state-building after the French Revolution, joint with the amazing Cédric Chambru and the legendary Emeric Henry. We study how a radical reform shaped investments in state capacity and development in the short and long run shorturl.at/dpCX6

Happy that my article with Pim de Zwart (Wageningen U&R) and Auke Rijpma (Utrecht University) landed in the Journal of Economic History (EHA). We look at the demographic effects of Dutch colonialism in Java during the 19th century. A short thread! #econhist cambridge.org/core/journals/…

On #Savitribai #Phule’s birth anniversary here is a thread on her contribution to the social transformation. The thread relies on the research paper I had jointly written with Jana Tschurenev. Link for downloading the paper. bit.ly/31kk2z3 #1 #SavitriBaiPhuleJayanti

New CEPR Discussion Paper - DP16957 Trade Persistence and Trader Identity - Evidence from the Demise of the Hanseatic League Maximilian Marczinek University of Oxford, Stephan E Maurer Stephan Maurer Universität Konstanz, Ferdinand Rauch University of Oxford ow.ly/AQku50HGqoh #CEPR_EH, #CEPR_ITRE

A review of the theory and empirics of intergenerational mobility, drawing on both economics and sociology, from Neil A. Cholli and Steven N. Durlauf nber.org/papers/w29760

New DIAL Working paper : "The Origins of #Elite Persistence: Evidence from #Political #Purges in post-World War II #France" by Toke S. Aidt, Jean Lacroix Jean Lacroix , Pierre-Guillaume Méon Pierre-Guillaume Méon ideas.repec.org/p/dia/wpaper/d… #RePEc via St. Louis Fed Economic Research

The Origins of Elite Persistence: Evidence from Political Purges in Post-World War II France | Aidt, Toke / Jean Lacroix / Pierre-Guillaume Méon | #EconTwitter cesifo.org/en/publikation…

🚨New 📜"Superstar Teams" 🔗bit.ly/lbfTeams22 ❓Does it matter for the macroeconomy who works with whom? 🔧Model of firm organization + micro data (🇩🇪+🇵🇹) 👉Yes! Importance of coworker interdependencies has ⬆️ & this helps explain⬆️between-firm inequality 👇Summary-🧵

#STEG project using machine learning to build a NEW dataset on industrial policy around the world! Reka Juhasz UBC Economics Nathan Lane, Oehlsen Department of Economics, Oxford Verónica C Pérez Columbia Economics ow.ly/zqVC50MrwKW #STEGWorkingPapers #EconTwitter FCDO Research, Science and Technology

Newly available paper in the Journal of Development Economics today! 📚 The paper demonstrates how globalization can indirectly affect education inequality by raising English proficiency requirements! ⚖️📉 This has implications for social mobility! doi.org/10.1016/j.jdev…

Cyril Thomson (Padua) is now presenting his paper "Friends or Rivals? Social Capital and Upward Mobility in Colonial Schools" 👇

EHS 2024 Conference, New Researcher Posters: Cyril Thomson (Padova). Cyril Thomson 'Friends or rivals? Social capital and intergenerational mobility in colonial India'. ehs.org.uk/multimedia/nr-…

Zurich PhD student Guohui Jiang (gjiang-economics.github.io) is on the market (yay!) and has a kick-ass JMP. He shows that fairness REALLY matters for voluntary, costly actions. Using data from the WW2 draft, he first shows that Americans thought conscription was implemented

Our PhD candidate Cyril Thomson is on the #EconJobMarket this year! Cyril’s research spans economic history, political economy, and development economics. Learn more about Cyril’s profile and research here: sites.google.com/view/cyrilthom…

📢 #MUES research seminar On Monday, Cyril Thomson (Cyril Thomson) from Università di Bologna will present a paper on social capital and upward mobility in India between 1894 and 1921. Join us ⏩ mues.econ.muni.cz/research-semin…

Last Friday, our PhD student Cyril Thomson successfully defended his thesis "Essays in Economic History: Trade Protection, Political Economy, and Social Mobility" dSEA Unipd Università di Padova! Congratulations and best wishes! Learn more about Cyril's research unipd.link/Cyril_Thomson

The World Cup needs to pull out of the United States for 2026. It is not safe here, especially for foreign visitors.