The European Historical Economics Society
theehes.bsky.social
The European Historical Economics Society
@theehes.bsky.social
Historical Economics, Economic History and everything in between. European Review of Economic History. Repost does not imply publication offer. Posts by Benjamin Chatterton.
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We're catching up on blog posts for our latest publications. There will be a few every couple of days untill we're caught back up. The X account is also going inactive as we build back up here.
A new article and blog post

"Historical Monetary Strategies: Achieving Long-Term Price Stability in Medieval Sweden"

By R. Edvinsson and R. Svensson
November 10, 2025 at 8:52 AM
A new article and blog post:

"Inequality in Child Mortality Persists Between Generations in the Netherlands, 1835–1919"

From Ingrid van Dijk (@ingridvandijk.bsky.social)
November 6, 2025 at 11:07 AM
New article and blog post now available:

Women’s Union Awakening: Early Impacts on Gender Wage Gaps (Yecla, Spain, 1895-1935)

P Beneito, J J García-Gómez & A Martínez-Soto show unions raised men’s wages—but not women’s, widening the gap. Early unions were ineffective advocates for female workers.
October 17, 2025 at 1:29 PM
A new article and blog post!

"Procuring Promising Provisions: the British Patent System and the Navy Proviso, 1794–1831"

By Stephen Billington (@steve-bill-econ.bsky.social) and Joe Lane

doi.org/10.1093/ereh...
Procuring Promising Provisions: the British Patent System and the Navy Proviso, 1794–1831
Abstract. In 1794, the British State intervened in the patent system by introducing the Navy proviso, a legal proviso targeted at select patents compelling
doi.org
October 2, 2025 at 6:16 AM
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Thrilled to announce that I've been elected as a Trustee of the European Historical Economics Society (@theehes.bsky.social)! 🎉

Grateful for this opportunity to serve our scholarly community.

#HistoricalEconomics #EHES #AcademicService
September 9, 2025 at 7:58 AM
New paper and blog post!

"The Edwardian Property Slump: An Historical Analysis (1895-1914)"

By A. M. Samy

doi.org/10.1093/ereh...
Measuring the Edwardian Property Slump: House Prices and Rents in Residential London, 1895–1914
Abstract. The Edwardian property slump was a major housing downturn that affected London before the First World War; however, existing house price indices
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September 8, 2025 at 12:37 PM
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This workshop is co-organised by
@pmaneuvre.bsky.social, @victorgayeco.bsky.social, @jeanlacroix.bsky.social, @thomasbaudin.bsky.social, @mariebgl.bsky.social‬.

Members of #econhist, @echistsoc.bsky.social, @theehes.bsky.social — please circulate! Many of you may be interested 🙌
August 26, 2025 at 8:48 AM
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Now on Early View:
'The disappearance of malaria from Denmark, 1862–1900'.
By Mathias Mølbak Ingholt, Maarten van Wijhe, Lone Simonsen & Daniel Weinberger.
@camunicampop.bsky.social @roskildeuni.bsky.social ‪@yaleemd.bsky.social‬
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
<em>The Economic History Review</em> | EHS Journal | Wiley Online Library
The reason for malaria's disappearance from northwestern Europe in the early twentieth century has long been discussed but remains an unresolved conundrum. This is partially due to a previous focus o...
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June 26, 2025 at 3:58 PM
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At long last, my full book manuscript is off to the publisher for the final time. 18 months of 5am wake-ups have resulted in 110,000 words about Americans long, contentious struggle to come to terms with George Washington and slavery. Forthcoming from @uncpress.bsky.social in 2026!
June 25, 2025 at 11:41 AM
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🚨PhD in Quantitative Sociology @tcdsociology.bsky.social
Join me for a project on “The Economics of Late-Life Divorce”
📌 €25,000/year + fees
📌 Strong quant skills & soc background needed
📌 Deadline: July 21, 2025

👉 www.tcd.ie/sociology/ab...

#PhD #Sociology #Demography #QuantMethods #AcademicJobs
June 25, 2025 at 8:43 AM
⏰ Deadline Approaching – Gino Luzzatto Dissertation Award ⏰
The European Historical Economics Society invites submissions for the Gino Luzzatto Dissertation Award for outstanding doctoral work in economic history.
🗓 Deadline: 30 June 2025
June 26, 2025 at 8:39 AM
New paper and blog post:

"The Land of Opportunity? Social Class, Returns to Migration, and Occupational Mobility of Swedish Immigrants, 1880–1910"

By M. Castillo

doi.org/10.1093/ereh...
The Land of Opportunity? Social Class, Returns to Migration, and Occupational Mobility of Swedish Immigrants, 1880–1910
Abstract. I study the economic returns to migration among Swedish immigrants in the United States in 1900 and 1910, by social class. Using linked data from
doi.org
June 5, 2025 at 3:12 PM
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July 1 is the deadline for submissions to the SJ Butlin Prize ($1000) for the best PhD or Masters thesis on Australian or New Zealand economic history accepted from 1 July 2022 to 30 June 2025. Enquiries to the selection committee chair at martin.shanahan@unisa.edu.au
📉📈🗃📗🍎 #history #AcademicSky
Awards/Prizes
S. J. Butlin Prize The S.J. Butlin Prize is awarded for the best PhD or Masters thesis in Australian and New Zealand economic history.
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June 5, 2025 at 2:09 PM
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#Skystorians! Join me & the @historylabplus.bsky.social‬ team online on 19 June @12:30 to explore how historical researchers (across all periods) can make themselves more visible to UK policy makers. For details👉 www.history.ac.uk/events/historical-research-and-policy-making & 🧵
Historical Research and Policy Making
www.history.ac.uk
May 23, 2025 at 12:22 PM
New blog post!

Why did wages remain stagnant in Ottoman state textile factories during the second half of the nineteenth century? Tamer Güven (@tmrguven.bsky.social) constructs a new wage series for Ottoman state textile factories using unexplored archival records from the Ottoman Archives.
May 23, 2025 at 1:46 PM
New article by Èric Gómez-i-Aznar:

📜🧮 Numeracy in 18th-Century Catalonia: A Key to Understanding the Role of Human Capital in Early Industrialisation?

Published in EHES, exploring arithmetic capacity as an indicator of human capital before the Industrial Revolution. 👇 #EconomicHistory #Catalonia
May 12, 2025 at 7:30 AM
📢 New paper alert! "The determinants of the skill premium in late medieval and early modern Europe, 1400-1800" by @BrioschiA (@QUBelfast and @ceph_ie) & Mattia Fochesato (@Unibocconi and @DondenaCentre) is now available for early view. Findings below! 🧵⬇️ #EconHistory #SkillPremium
May 12, 2025 at 7:09 AM
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I am happy to announce that my paper has been published as an advance article in the European Review of Economic History. @theehes.bsky.social academic.oup.com/ereh/advance...
Stagnant Wages in the Ottoman State Textile Factories in the Nineteenth Century: Comparison with European Wages
Abstract. This study presents a new wage series for the textile factories established by the Ottoman state between 1848 and 1900. The data reveal that the
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May 9, 2025 at 5:47 AM
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Any great PhD or postdoctoral researchers out there who fulfil the attached criteria and who are interested in:

1) Formal logical models of electoral systems
2) Multilevel regression + poststratification
3) Digitising comparative elections data

Please let me know! I want to get you to Manchester!
April 24, 2025 at 10:18 AM
New blog post and upcoming article:

"The political economy of skills, occupational entitlements, and social mobility: evidence from industrialising Coventry, 1790-1850"

By Henderson, L. and Kaiser, M.

ehes.org/2025/04/11/t...
European Historical Economics Society | The political economy of skills, occupational entitlements, and social mobility: evidence from industrialising Coventry, 1790-1850
European Historical Economics Society Conference. All information about the upcoming EHES Conference
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April 15, 2025 at 9:44 AM
New advanced article:

The Effects of Italy’s Unification on Its Dual Development: A Synthetic Control Approach

By G. Barone, D. Chilosi, C. Ciccarelli (@carciccar.bsky.social) and G. de Blasio.

doi.org/10.1093/ereh...
The Effects of Italy’s Unification on Its Dual Development: A Synthetic Control Approach
Abstract. There is a long-standing debate on the effect of Italian unification (1861) on the country’s dual development. We estimate the causal impact of u
doi.org
March 25, 2025 at 1:13 PM
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There's a golden job to join us as a research fellow with @rikkidean.bsky.social on democratic process preferences in Europe, funded by the ERC

✅ 3 years
📊 Mixed methods
💰 Resources for data & conferences
👥 Good group of people working on similar things

www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DMI418/r...
Research Fellow in Political Process Preferences in Europe (PoPPiE) at University of Southampton
Looking for a new job opportunity in academia? Check out this job opening for a Research Fellow in Political Process Preferences in Europe (PoPPiE) on jobs.ac.uk!
www.jobs.ac.uk
March 18, 2025 at 10:17 AM
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Healthcare jobs have grown 2x faster than the overall labor market since 1980

Healthcare overtook retail to become largest industry by employment in 2009

New working paper w/ @gottliebecon.bsky.social, @kevinrinz.bsky.social and @victoriaudalova.bsky.social on the rise of healthcare jobs
March 17, 2025 at 10:23 AM