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@ingridvandijk.bsky.social shows strong inequality in under-five child mortality marked by intergenerational persistence of child mortality in Zeeland, 1835-1919. The intergenerational similarities are not explained by socioeconomic status or place of residence.
November 6, 2025 at 11:07 AM
@ingridvandijk.bsky.social shows strong inequality in under-five child mortality marked by intergenerational persistence of child mortality in Zeeland, 1835-1919. The intergenerational similarities are not explained by socioeconomic status or place of residence.
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European Historical Economics Society | Women’s Union Awakening: Early Impacts on Gender Wage Gaps (Yecla, Spain, 1895-1935)
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October 17, 2025 at 1:29 PM
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This case shows how labour institutions can reinforce gender inequality—even when aiming for justice.
Understanding these early dynamics helps us ask:
What kind of equity do today’s unions promote?
Understanding these early dynamics helps us ask:
What kind of equity do today’s unions promote?
October 17, 2025 at 1:29 PM
This case shows how labour institutions can reinforce gender inequality—even when aiming for justice.
Understanding these early dynamics helps us ask:
What kind of equity do today’s unions promote?
Understanding these early dynamics helps us ask:
What kind of equity do today’s unions promote?
Why?
Early unions—led by men—often marginalised women’s demands to prioritise the male breadwinner model.
Even where women organised, like in Yecla, their wage outcomes lagged behind.
Early unions—led by men—often marginalised women’s demands to prioritise the male breadwinner model.
Even where women organised, like in Yecla, their wage outcomes lagged behind.
October 17, 2025 at 1:29 PM
Why?
Early unions—led by men—often marginalised women’s demands to prioritise the male breadwinner model.
Even where women organised, like in Yecla, their wage outcomes lagged behind.
Early unions—led by men—often marginalised women’s demands to prioritise the male breadwinner model.
Even where women organised, like in Yecla, their wage outcomes lagged behind.
Results?
✅ Unionisation raised men’s wages—sometimes substantially.
❌ Women’s wages did not improve.
The gender wage gap widened after unions emerged.
✅ Unionisation raised men’s wages—sometimes substantially.
❌ Women’s wages did not improve.
The gender wage gap widened after unions emerged.
October 17, 2025 at 1:29 PM
Results?
✅ Unionisation raised men’s wages—sometimes substantially.
❌ Women’s wages did not improve.
The gender wage gap widened after unions emerged.
✅ Unionisation raised men’s wages—sometimes substantially.
❌ Women’s wages did not improve.
The gender wage gap widened after unions emerged.
We built sector-level panel data: wages, union membership (by gender), and control groups from non-unionised sectors.
Using a difference-in-differences approach, we tested the effects of unionisation on wages.
Using a difference-in-differences approach, we tested the effects of unionisation on wages.
October 17, 2025 at 1:29 PM
We built sector-level panel data: wages, union membership (by gender), and control groups from non-unionised sectors.
Using a difference-in-differences approach, we tested the effects of unionisation on wages.
Using a difference-in-differences approach, we tested the effects of unionisation on wages.
We analysed Yecla (1895–1935), a rural yet industrialising town in south-east Spain.
It was dynamic, politically active, and home to one of the few rural feminist labour movements of the time.
It was dynamic, politically active, and home to one of the few rural feminist labour movements of the time.
October 17, 2025 at 1:29 PM
We analysed Yecla (1895–1935), a rural yet industrialising town in south-east Spain.
It was dynamic, politically active, and home to one of the few rural feminist labour movements of the time.
It was dynamic, politically active, and home to one of the few rural feminist labour movements of the time.
At the dawn of the 20th century, women in a small Spanish agro-town formed a feminist workers' group.
Unions were emerging. Wages were rising.
But not for everyone.
Our study asks: did early unions help close the gender wage gap—or widen it?
Unions were emerging. Wages were rising.
But not for everyone.
Our study asks: did early unions help close the gender wage gap—or widen it?
October 17, 2025 at 1:29 PM
At the dawn of the 20th century, women in a small Spanish agro-town formed a feminist workers' group.
Unions were emerging. Wages were rising.
But not for everyone.
Our study asks: did early unions help close the gender wage gap—or widen it?
Unions were emerging. Wages were rising.
But not for everyone.
Our study asks: did early unions help close the gender wage gap—or widen it?
The study examines State intervention into the British patent system during the Napoleonic Wars, and finds that the British military used the patent system to secure access to experimental technologies.
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European Historical Economics Society | Procuring Promising Provisions: the British Patent System and the Navy Proviso, 1794-1831
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October 2, 2025 at 6:16 AM
The study examines State intervention into the British patent system during the Napoleonic Wars, and finds that the British military used the patent system to secure access to experimental technologies.
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Find the blog post on our website!
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The Edwardian property slump, a significant yet underexplored event in British economic history, saw a dramatic decline in house prices in London between 1900 and 1914. A recent study by Antoninus M. Samy uses novel data sources to shed light on the extent and implications of this downturn.
September 8, 2025 at 12:37 PM
The Edwardian property slump, a significant yet underexplored event in British economic history, saw a dramatic decline in house prices in London between 1900 and 1914. A recent study by Antoninus M. Samy uses novel data sources to shed light on the extent and implications of this downturn.
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Members of #econhist, @echistsoc.bsky.social, @theehes.bsky.social — please circulate! Many of you may be interested 🙌
August 26, 2025 at 8:48 AM
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 🙌
@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 🙌