Leticia Arroyo Abad
@larroyoabad.bsky.social
Economist, historian, (CUNY) professor, CEPR & Maddison research fellow, aspiring map-maker, dog lover, Argentinean, American by choice; not necessarily in that order.
New post on @broadstreetblog.bsky.social by yours truly and co-author José Antonio Espín-Sánchez. Check it out! #econhistory #colonialism #migration
www.broadstreet.blog/p/the-making...
www.broadstreet.blog/p/the-making...
The Making of America: migration in colonial times
By Leticia Arroyo-Abad (CUNY) and Jose-Antonio Espin-Sanchez (Yale)
www.broadstreet.blog
April 15, 2025 at 12:47 PM
New post on @broadstreetblog.bsky.social by yours truly and co-author José Antonio Espín-Sánchez. Check it out! #econhistory #colonialism #migration
www.broadstreet.blog/p/the-making...
www.broadstreet.blog/p/the-making...
Reposted by Leticia Arroyo Abad
New Broadstreet post! By @larroyoabad.bsky.social and Noel Maurer
www.broadstreet.blog/p/the-arm-of...
www.broadstreet.blog/p/the-arm-of...
March 24, 2025 at 2:14 PM
New Broadstreet post! By @larroyoabad.bsky.social and Noel Maurer
www.broadstreet.blog/p/the-arm-of...
www.broadstreet.blog/p/the-arm-of...
Reposted by Leticia Arroyo Abad
New Broadstreet post! By @larroyoabad.bsky.social and Noel Maurer
www.broadstreet.blog/p/the-arm-of...
www.broadstreet.blog/p/the-arm-of...
March 24, 2025 at 2:14 PM
New Broadstreet post! By @larroyoabad.bsky.social and Noel Maurer
www.broadstreet.blog/p/the-arm-of...
www.broadstreet.blog/p/the-arm-of...
Reposted by Leticia Arroyo Abad
HPE gang rejoice! Broadstreet Blog is now on Bluesky!!! We have a new & sparkling look at substack with an array of old and new editors. This week: a new post by one of our contributing editors @larroyoabad.bsky.social along with Noel Maurer on the historical persistence of labor coercion in Peru.
New Broadstreet post! By @larroyoabad.bsky.social and Noel Maurer
www.broadstreet.blog/p/the-arm-of...
www.broadstreet.blog/p/the-arm-of...
March 24, 2025 at 6:52 PM
HPE gang rejoice! Broadstreet Blog is now on Bluesky!!! We have a new & sparkling look at substack with an array of old and new editors. This week: a new post by one of our contributing editors @larroyoabad.bsky.social along with Noel Maurer on the historical persistence of labor coercion in Peru.
New post on Broadstreet by yours truly! Check it out. #econhistory #peru #laborcoercion
open.substack.com/pub/alexandr...
open.substack.com/pub/alexandr...
The arm of history is long, but not always strong: The effects of labor coercion in colonial and postcolonial Peru
Our project on the effects of forced labor in colonial Peru began years ago, when I, Leticia, was still a graduate student.
open.substack.com
March 24, 2025 at 2:13 PM
New post on Broadstreet by yours truly! Check it out. #econhistory #peru #laborcoercion
open.substack.com/pub/alexandr...
open.substack.com/pub/alexandr...
Check out Mark Koyama's post for Broadstreet! #Econhistory www.broadstreet.blog/p/feudalism-...
Feudalism as a Contested Concept in Historical Political Economy
“The tyrant feudalism must be declared once and for all deposed and its influence over students of the Middle Ages finally ended” (Elizabeth Brown, 1974)
www.broadstreet.blog
February 24, 2025 at 11:51 PM
Check out Mark Koyama's post for Broadstreet! #Econhistory www.broadstreet.blog/p/feudalism-...
Reposted by Leticia Arroyo Abad
Reposted by Leticia Arroyo Abad
we should lobby to get "endogenous" put in there along with "indigenous" and then we can all go home
February 4, 2025 at 2:40 AM
we should lobby to get "endogenous" put in there along with "indigenous" and then we can all go home
New post on Broadstreet: Understanding Digital History. Check it out!
www.broadstreet.blog/p/understand...
www.broadstreet.blog/p/understand...
Understanding Digital History
At Broadstreet, we occasionally sit down with other scholars to discuss their work.
www.broadstreet.blog
February 3, 2025 at 2:42 PM
New post on Broadstreet: Understanding Digital History. Check it out!
www.broadstreet.blog/p/understand...
www.broadstreet.blog/p/understand...
Reposted by Leticia Arroyo Abad
Case 2: Census Bureau shapefiles! These are in the public domain, so you should keep, and share, the files that you do have. www.census.gov/cgi-bin/geo/... (this is exactly why we always ask you to provide US Government files in the replication package, even when they are still available online....)
TIGER/Line® Shapefiles
www.census.gov
February 3, 2025 at 1:54 PM
Case 2: Census Bureau shapefiles! These are in the public domain, so you should keep, and share, the files that you do have. www.census.gov/cgi-bin/geo/... (this is exactly why we always ask you to provide US Government files in the replication package, even when they are still available online....)
Happy to announce that my paper with Noel Maurer on labor coercion in colonial Peru has finally been upgraded to "published" by the Journal of Economic Growth. Share it please with your family, friends, colleagues, and enemies! #econhistory link.springer.com/article/10.1...
The long shadow of history? the impact of colonial labor institutions on economic development in Peru - Journal of Economic Growth
We examine a canonical case of forced labor: the mita and the encomienda in colonial Peru. The mita was a labor draft designed to provide workers for mines, churches, and public works in colonial Peru...
link.springer.com
February 3, 2025 at 1:10 PM
Happy to announce that my paper with Noel Maurer on labor coercion in colonial Peru has finally been upgraded to "published" by the Journal of Economic Growth. Share it please with your family, friends, colleagues, and enemies! #econhistory link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Reposted by Leticia Arroyo Abad
First @larroyoabad.bsky.social presenting estimates of the population in the 16th century at the local level for the whole country
January 23, 2025 at 3:27 PM
First @larroyoabad.bsky.social presenting estimates of the population in the 16th century at the local level for the whole country