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Economic History Society @echistsoc.bsky.social · 6h

Finally, we are increasingly recognising that cyclical and structural unemployment interact and that worker reallocation across industries during economic downturns shapes aggregate unemployment.

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Economic History Society @echistsoc.bsky.social · 6h

Second, we have a better understanding that the effects of structural change on labour markets are unequal throughout the workforce. The shifting types of jobs in the economy displace some workers and help others, and it is important to remember that these effects are often unpredictable.

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Economic History Society @echistsoc.bsky.social · 6h

First, it is critical that workers can move between industries in response to changes. Many economists have studied the efficacy of various active labour market policies to facilitate these transitions.

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Economic History Society @echistsoc.bsky.social · 6h

While the effects of artificial intelligence (AI) on the labour market are still unpredictable, this new technology may cause even further structural shifts in the balance of industries and occupations within services.

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Economic History Society @echistsoc.bsky.social · 6h

Research on job polarisation highlights the rise of high- and low-skill occupations at the expense of middle-level routine occupations since the late 1980s, leading to the decline of occupations such as bank tellers and travel agents.

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Economic History Society @echistsoc.bsky.social · 6h

But some of these broad shifts happened at the margins, for example, as young people chose different careers and older workers retired.

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Economic History Society @echistsoc.bsky.social · 6h

To the extent that deindustrialisation displaced manufacturing workers, it created structural unemployment, especially in periods in which the move towards a service-based economy occurred more rapidly.

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Economic History Society @echistsoc.bsky.social · 6h

Over the past century, the UK has experienced broad shifts in the locus of economic activity, having moved away from agriculture towards manufacturing, then shifting from manufacturing to services.

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Economic History Society @echistsoc.bsky.social · 6h

Unemployment has fallen over the last century, although it is currently rising once again. These figures are driven by both the performance of the economy and the match between workers’ skills and the vacancies that are available.

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Economic History Society @echistsoc.bsky.social · 6h

How has unemployment in the UK changed over the past 100 years? Meredith Paker considers this as part of a series of articles in the Economics Observatory exploring economic and social changes since 1926, to mark the centenary of the EHS. www.economicsobservatory.com/how-has-unem...

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Economic History Society @echistsoc.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

The EHS Research Fund for Graduate Students, next application deadline 1st November. The EHS considers applications for grants of up to £1,000 to help postgraduate students gather research data and source materials, including travel and accommodation expenses. ehs.org.uk/award/resear...

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Economic History Society @echistsoc.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Between 1995 and 2004, the percentage of English children who were defined as ‘obese’ increased from 12% to 19%, and the share has remained between 14% and 17% since 2008. These trends bring worrying implications for potentially life-threatening diseases, such as cancer and type-2 diabetes.

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Economic History Society @echistsoc.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

More recent studies suggest that although height is inversely related to mortality from diseases such as cardiovascular disease, whose overall significance is declining, it may be positively related to deaths from diseases such as cancer, whose relative significance is increasing.

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Economic History Society @echistsoc.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Several studies suggest that changes in average height are associated with both cognitive development and economic productivity. Others show that there is a close relationship between the heights of children and health in later life, although some of these relationships may also be changing.

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Economic History Society @echistsoc.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

In 1976, the medical scientist Thomas McKeown identified a number of potential reasons for the decline in infectious disease mortality. These included a reduction in the virulence of certain infections, therapeutic intervention, better sanitation and improved nutrition (McKeown, 1976).

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Economic History Society @echistsoc.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Children’s health is a powerful reflection of economic and social conditions more generally. In turn, better health outcomes among children also influence a range of other indicators.

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Economic History Society @echistsoc.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

These figures bear witness to the extent of improvements in children’s physical health since 1926. But we also need to recognise the importance of earlier advances. Indeed, child mortality rates began to improve in England and Wales from the 1850s, and infant mortality started to fall after 1900.

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Economic History Society @echistsoc.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Children are now better nourished, exposed to fewer life-threatening infections and able to access better medical provision. But children in 2026 are also at greater risk of obesity and associated health conditions.

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Economic History Society @echistsoc.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

How has children’s health in the UK changed over the past 100 years? Bernard Harris considers this as part of a series of articles in the Economics Observatory exploring economic and social changes since 1926, to mark the centenary of the EHS. www.economicsobservatory.com/how-has-chil...

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Economic History Society @echistsoc.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Ultimately, it has been the past couple of decades of anaemic economic growth in the UK, with the resulting stagnation of wages and middle-class wealth, that are likely to be responsible for the rise of zero-sum thinking in economics and politics of late.

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Economic History Society @echistsoc.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Income and wealth inequality, as measured by the shares held by the top 1%, declined consistently in the UK from 1914. But there was an abrupt halt in both declines in the early 1980s. Since then, income inequality has risen while wealth inequality has appeared steady for over four decades.

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Economic History Society @echistsoc.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Globally, there were dramatic and apparently permanent declines in almost all measures of economic inequality within countries across the 20th century. The UK too experienced these global trends.

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Economic History Society @echistsoc.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Have economic inequalities in the UK narrowed over the past 100 years? Neil Cummins considers this, as part of a series of articles in the Economics Observatory exploring economic and social changes since 1926, to mark the centenary of the EHS. www.economicsobservatory.com/have-economi...

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Economic History Society @echistsoc.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Upcoming Online RHS/EHS Lecture: 'The Charitable Corporation Scandal of 1732', with Amy Froide. December 4th, 4pm-5.30pm GMT. Sign up for the Royal Historical Society's annual International Fellows Lecture, with the subject and partner marking this year's centenary of the Economic History Society.

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Economic History Society @echistsoc.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Extended Deadline, Next Monday! The Call for Papers for the 2027 EHS Conference has been extended. The conference will take place at the University of Liverpool, 2 – 4 April 2027. The new deadline for academic papers, sessions and new researcher papers is 21 September 2026.

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Economic History Society @echistsoc.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Nominations are normally restricted to books published by authors who are more than 10 years beyond the award of their PhD, or who have previously published a monograph and are therefore no longer eligible for the First Monograph Prize.

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Economic History Society @echistsoc.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Upcoming Deadline! Nomination Deadline 30 September 2026. The EHS awards a prize of £1,000, on a biennial basis, for an outstanding book in Economic and/or Social History. The winner of the Outstanding Book Prize will be announced at the annual conference.

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Economic History Society @echistsoc.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Deadline Monday! The Call for Papers for the 2027 EHS Conference is open. The conference will take place at the University of Liverpool, 2 – 4 April 2027. The deadline for academic papers, sessions and new researcher papers is 14 September 2026.

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Economic History Society @echistsoc.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

The course will also prepare postgraduates for the job market, improve their communication skills, widen their approach to their subjects and encourage them to form networks with established scholars and fellow students in their areas of expertise. More info and to apply: ehs.org.uk/society/stud...

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Residential Training Course for Postgraduate Students - Economic History Society

University of Warwick Scarman Conference Centre 2 – 5 December 2026 The Economic History Society offers 12 part-funded places on an intensive residential course designed to raise the quality and analy...

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Economic History Society @echistsoc.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Application Deadline Friday! 16:00 (UK time), 11 September 2026. The EHS offers 12 part-funded places on an annual, intensive residential course designed to raise the quality and analytical rigour of doctoral dissertations. To be held this year 2–5 December 2026, at the University of Warwick.

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Economic History Society @echistsoc.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

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Research Fund for Graduate Students - Economic History Society

The Economic History Society will consider applications for grants – normally of up to £1,000 – to assist postgraduate students (Master’s Degree and PhD) in United Kingdom colleges and universities wi...

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Economic History Society @echistsoc.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

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Residential Training Course for Postgraduate Students - Economic History Society

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Economic History Society @echistsoc.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

The EHS offers 12 part-funded places on an annual, intensive residential course designed to raise the quality and analytical rigour of doctoral dissertations. To be held this year 2–5 December 2026, at the University of Warwick. Application Deadline: 16:00 (UK time) Friday, 11 September 2026.

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Economic History Society @echistsoc.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

This research received the support of the EHS through its Initiatives and Conferences Fund. ehs.org.uk/whatever-hap... ehs.org.uk/award/initia...

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Economic History Society @echistsoc.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

Now on the Long Run: 'Whatever Happened to Social History?' Richard Trainor (Oxford), with research assistance by Aris Grivokostopoulos (LSE), reflects on the EHS’ first century, from the Centenary Conference session on the history of the Society (LSE, 11 April 2026). #EHS100

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Economic History Society @echistsoc.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

Now on the Long Run: 'The Nature of Crime and its Relationship with Women in Northeast England, 1853-1888'. In this blog post Kerri Armstrong presents their research, which was supported by the EHS through its Research Fund for Graduate Students. ehs.org.uk/the-nature-o...

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The Nature of Crime and its Relationship with Women in Northeast England, 1853-1888 - Economic History Society

In this blog post Kerri Armstrong presents their research, which was supported by the EHS through its Research Fund for Graduate Students. — On a warm June afternoon in 1882, a woman is transferred to...

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Economic History Society @echistsoc.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

Now on the Long Run: 'A Millennium of Money Supply in China, 618–1911'. Yangyang Liu and Zoey Shen (LSE) present their research, which was supported by the EHS through the Carnevali Small Research Grants Scheme. ehs.org.uk/a-millennium...

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A Millennium of Money Supply in China, 618–1911 - Economic History Society

In this blog post Yangyang Liu and Zoey Shen (London School of Economics) present their research, which was supported by the EHS through the Carnevali Small Research Grants Scheme. — How much money c...

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Economic History Society @echistsoc.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

Deadline Friday! The application deadline for the EHS Bursary Scheme for PhD Students is Friday 31 July 2026. 1 year bursaries of up to £5,000 are available to assist full or part-time doctoral students in UK universities/colleges. More info and to apply: ehs.org.uk/award/bursar...

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Bursary Scheme for PhD Students - Economic History Society

The Economic History Society invites applications for one-year bursaries of up to £5,000 to assist doctoral students (PhD) in United Kingdom colleges and universities; scholars who are visiting studen...

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Economic History Society @echistsoc.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

More info and to submit: ehs.org.uk/conference/

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