Yannick Dupraz
@ydpz.bsky.social
Research Assistant Professor at Aix-Marseille University and CNRS (France). Economic history and development economics.
I just reviewed my first LLM written paper, with prompts left in the text and invented citations. LLMs are making the (unpaid) job of reviewer much harder. Of course, I could just have the paper reviewed by an LLM, and me and the authors and the other reviewers could go have a drink on the beach!
October 17, 2025 at 10:45 AM
I just reviewed my first LLM written paper, with prompts left in the text and invented citations. LLMs are making the (unpaid) job of reviewer much harder. Of course, I could just have the paper reviewed by an LLM, and me and the authors and the other reviewers could go have a drink on the beach!
New working paper out: A Century of Language Barriers to Migration in India, with Latika Chaudhary and James Fenske. warwick.ac.uk/fac/soc/econ...
October 8, 2025 at 11:11 AM
New working paper out: A Century of Language Barriers to Migration in India, with Latika Chaudhary and James Fenske. warwick.ac.uk/fac/soc/econ...
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I'm sorry, worldwide, irrevocable, non-exclusive, transferable permission to my voice and likeness? For what now? In any manner for any purpose???
This is in academia/.edu's new ToS, which you're prompted to agree to on login. Anyway I'll be jumping ship. You can find my stuff at hcommons.org.
This is in academia/.edu's new ToS, which you're prompted to agree to on login. Anyway I'll be jumping ship. You can find my stuff at hcommons.org.
September 17, 2025 at 5:16 PM
I'm sorry, worldwide, irrevocable, non-exclusive, transferable permission to my voice and likeness? For what now? In any manner for any purpose???
This is in academia/.edu's new ToS, which you're prompted to agree to on login. Anyway I'll be jumping ship. You can find my stuff at hcommons.org.
This is in academia/.edu's new ToS, which you're prompted to agree to on login. Anyway I'll be jumping ship. You can find my stuff at hcommons.org.
I am looking for a specialist in the Akkadian language. It is for a good cause: a friend has a daughter called Ishtar after the Akkadian goddess (Inanna in Sumer). He wants to confirm the graphic symbols in Akkadian for Ištar. (Yes it is for a tattoo, to avoid tattooing "lentil soup" in Akkadian).
August 13, 2025 at 2:37 PM
I am looking for a specialist in the Akkadian language. It is for a good cause: a friend has a daughter called Ishtar after the Akkadian goddess (Inanna in Sumer). He wants to confirm the graphic symbols in Akkadian for Ištar. (Yes it is for a tattoo, to avoid tattooing "lentil soup" in Akkadian).
I saw that Mamdani was in the news and initially though "oh! Ugandan political scientist Mahmood Mamdani is in the news!", but then I realized that the Mamdani in the news was Zohran Mamdani, American politician. But then I checked and one is the son of the other
June 25, 2025 at 2:47 PM
I saw that Mamdani was in the news and initially though "oh! Ugandan political scientist Mahmood Mamdani is in the news!", but then I realized that the Mamdani in the news was Zohran Mamdani, American politician. But then I checked and one is the son of the other
#StandUpForScience Les attaques contre la science aux Etats-Unis ont déjà des répercussions sur la science en Europe, et pourraient préfigurer ce qui nous attends. Il y a des événements organisés un peu partout en France 👉https://standupforscience.fr/tous-les-evenements/
March 5, 2025 at 11:08 AM
#StandUpForScience Les attaques contre la science aux Etats-Unis ont déjà des répercussions sur la science en Europe, et pourraient préfigurer ce qui nous attends. Il y a des événements organisés un peu partout en France 👉https://standupforscience.fr/tous-les-evenements/
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As of today, a new term has entered our language. A “rubio” is a spineless lump of nothing. Example: Don’t be such a rubio.
March 1, 2025 at 4:03 AM
As of today, a new term has entered our language. A “rubio” is a spineless lump of nothing. Example: Don’t be such a rubio.
Dear Bluesky community, I am looking for examples of empirical papers working with data organized in changing geographical admin units in two (or more) time periods and needing to aggregate the data up to consistent geographic units, in order to build panel data. 1/3
January 20, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Dear Bluesky community, I am looking for examples of empirical papers working with data organized in changing geographical admin units in two (or more) time periods and needing to aggregate the data up to consistent geographic units, in order to build panel data. 1/3
Picture a middle aged man waking up one morning in sweat, realizing he knows practically nothing on the history of China before the 20th century. What books should this man read first?
January 8, 2025 at 9:46 AM
Picture a middle aged man waking up one morning in sweat, realizing he knows practically nothing on the history of China before the 20th century. What books should this man read first?
Such an interesting read!
Here is my extremely brief (potted) history of institutions in macro-development thinking -- just before the AJR intervention. I had most of these thoughts prior to the Nobel week, but now they are crystallising.
October 19, 2024 at 6:13 AM
Such an interesting read!
New Working Paper: "Colonialism on the Cheap: The French Empire 1830-1962”, with Denis Cogneau, Elise Huillery & Sandrine Mesplé-Somps. French colonies did not cost French taxpayers much. Most of the cost was for the military, especially for the independence wars. shs.hal.science/halshs-04598...
Colonialism on the Cheap: The French Empire 1830-1962
How much did France pay for its colonial empire? Did colonies benefit from large transfers from French taxpayers and private investors, or were they on the contrary drained of their capital? So far, J...
shs.hal.science
June 13, 2024 at 1:38 PM
New Working Paper: "Colonialism on the Cheap: The French Empire 1830-1962”, with Denis Cogneau, Elise Huillery & Sandrine Mesplé-Somps. French colonies did not cost French taxpayers much. Most of the cost was for the military, especially for the independence wars. shs.hal.science/halshs-04598...
A summary of our recently published work with Yasmine Bekkouche on colonial origins and quality of education in Cameroon
www.aehnetwork.org/blog/colonia...
www.aehnetwork.org/blog/colonia...
Colonial Origins and Quality of Education: Evidence from Cameroon – African Economic History Netwo...
www.aehnetwork.org
February 5, 2024 at 10:12 AM
A summary of our recently published work with Yasmine Bekkouche on colonial origins and quality of education in Cameroon
www.aehnetwork.org/blog/colonia...
www.aehnetwork.org/blog/colonia...
Reposted by Yannick Dupraz
Communiqué de l'AFSE sur le projet de loi relatif à l'immigration voté par le Parlement le 19 décembre 2023
January 9, 2024 at 9:17 AM
Communiqué de l'AFSE sur le projet de loi relatif à l'immigration voté par le Parlement le 19 décembre 2023
Bravo to Claudia Goldin, who is not only a great economist (and economic historian!) But also a very funny public speaker! (Her keynote at WEHC 2017 in Boston was great)
October 9, 2023 at 5:01 PM
Bravo to Claudia Goldin, who is not only a great economist (and economic historian!) But also a very funny public speaker! (Her keynote at WEHC 2017 in Boston was great)
I'm sad to learn of the passing of Nick Crafts. I remember reading his work when I started studying econ history, then seeing him at the LSE library and feeling as if I had just seen Mick Jagger. Later, when I did a postdoc at Warwick, he was a very kind and generous mentor.
October 8, 2023 at 7:01 AM
I'm sad to learn of the passing of Nick Crafts. I remember reading his work when I started studying econ history, then seeing him at the LSE library and feeling as if I had just seen Mick Jagger. Later, when I did a postdoc at Warwick, he was a very kind and generous mentor.