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Eric Melander

@ericmelander.bsky.social
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Lecturer in Economics, University of Birmingham. Economic history & political economy.

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CAGE Research Centre @cagewarwick.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
New study suggests areas hit harder during the Blitz were more likely to back Brexit in 2016 - not simply because of economics or demography, but because wartime experience appears to have endured in local memory and political culture.
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WWII bombing may have helped shape the geography of Brexit, new study suggests
Areas hit harder during the Blitz were more likely to back Brexit in 2016 - not simply because of economics or demography, but because wartime experience appears to have endured in local memory and…
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Economic History Society @echistsoc.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
Now on the Long Run: 'Second City History and Economics Meeting (SCHEMe), Vol. 3' Eric Melander(Birmingham) summarises Volume 3 of the Second City History and Economics Meeting, which took place at Birmingham Business School in June 2026 & was supported by the EHS Initiatives & Conference Fund.
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Christian Vedel @christianvedel.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
Machine Learning is causing massive leaps everywhere. Also in Economic History. There is a conversation we need to have. What ought to be the new scientific standards? Together with two coauthors . Our argument: We should maybe care a bit less about accuracy 📝🧵
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Joe Cozens @joecozens.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
200 years ago the handloom weavers of Lancashire and the West Riding of Yorkshire engaged in a 10-day rising, destroying over 1,100 power looms. To learn more check out our interactive StoryMap: storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/9a84... #19thCentury #skystorians @sslh.bsky.social @esriuk.bsky.social
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Witnessing the Weavers’ Rising of 1826
A digital mapping project created by The National Archives and The Open University
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Julius Koschnick @juliuskoschnick.bsky.social · 07/07/2025
Our paper with @fcinnio.bsky.social @hornungerik.bsky.social “Flow of ideas: Economic societies and the rise of useful knowledge” is out in print @theeconjournal.bsky.social 🚨🚨🚨 In it, we investigate the effect of knowledge sharing societies from the 18th century on long-run innovation. Read on ->
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P David Boll @pdavidboll.bsky.social · 03/12/2025
PhD Students in Econ (and related fields): Join us at Warwick for a 3 day conference in May 2026! There will be sessions covering all major fields, along with two great keynotes and plenty of time to socialise with peers. We look forward to your submission (deadline: 31/01/2026), more info below.
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Rick Hornbeck @rickhornbeck.bsky.social · 06/11/2025
Hi all, please spread the word and we hope everyone can make good use of this new data drop: cmfdata.org The full surviving establishment-level Census of Manufactures manuscripts and digitized data from 1850, 1860, 1870, and 1880!
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Historical Census of Manufactures Microdata - Historical Census of Manufactures Microdata
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CAGE Research Centre @cagewarwick.bsky.social · 22/09/2025
Until the 18th century, navigation across the open seas was perilous. Sailors could travel long distances but faced an impossible task determining their position.🧭 Martina Miotto offers a new perspective for #Advantage on the way an advanced clock transformed global trade. 📰 buff.ly/ghuvypN
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Eric Melander @ericmelander.bsky.social · 17/07/2025
VoxEU column now up for my paper on "Wars, Taxation and Representation" with @essobecker.bsky.social, @andyferrara.bsky.social and @luigipascali.bsky.social. Full paper available here: doi.org/10.1093/jeea...
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Zoe Gardner @zoejardiniere.bsky.social · 02/07/2025
Great discussion on latest figures of people crossing the Channel in small boats, & how hostility towards them has us caught in a doom-loop that prevents the sane, humane management of immigration #r4today Thank you @bylinetimespod.bsky.social 😊
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CAGE Research Centre @cagewarwick.bsky.social · 03/07/2025
“.. welfare cuts are felt most strongly by those who are already economically vulnerable and can therefore exacerbate existing inequalities.” Research by @ericmelander.bsky.social and Martina Miotto analyses the impact of the 1834 reforms – the largest welfare cut in British history. buff.ly/5CdCJWw
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The impact of welfare reforms - lessons from history
Many in opposition to the government's proposed welfare cuts describe the bill as 'Dickensian' and 'from another era'. While the debate continues, we highlight the work of CAGE Research Associates Eri...
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jeeanews.bsky.social @jeeanews.bsky.social · 01/07/2025
Forthcoming article by @essobecker.bsky.social @andyferrara.bsky.social @ericmelander.bsky.social @luigipascali.bsky.social "Wars, Taxation and Representation: Evidence from Five Centuries of German History" @eeanews.bsky.social doi.org/10.1093/jeea...
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Wars, Taxation and Representation: Evidence from Five Centuries of German History
Abstract. We provide causal evidence for the role of warfare in the development of medieval constitutionalism. Using novel data on the universe of German c
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Eric Melander @ericmelander.bsky.social · 12/06/2025
Excited for Volume 2 of the Second City History and Economics Meeting (SCHEMe), taking place over the next two days at @unibirmingham.bsky.social!
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Romain Wacziarg @romainwacziarg.bsky.social · 11/03/2025
My new paper with @guillaumeblanc.bsky.social is out as an NBER Working Paper. Demographic pressures have had lasting effects on the spread of diasporas. Malthusian migrations contributed to sustained improvements in living standards in Europe in the 19th century. www.nber.org/papers/w33542
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Malthusian Migrations
Founded in 1920, the NBER is a private, non-profit, non-partisan organization dedicated to conducting economic research and to disseminating research findings among academics, public policy makers, an...
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Sascha O. Becker @essobecker.bsky.social · 22/01/2025
🚨 New Working Paper 🚨 w/ @pdavidboll.bsky.social and @jvoth.bsky.social Do you run regressions on spatial data? Then keep reading! We present a guide and Stata package for methods by Müller and Watson (2024 ECTA) to deal with Spatial Unit Roots in Regressions. Link in 🧵 (1/n)
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Florian Ederer @florianederer.bsky.social · 16/12/2024
Move over WORMS, there is a new contender for SHORTEST ECON PAPER TITLE OF ALL TIME.
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Royal Economic Society @resmedia.bsky.social · 12/12/2024
📣FOUR WEEKS LEFT - Don't miss the deadline for the #RES2025 Annual Conference Call for Submissions! ⏰Deadline 13 January 2025 👉 bit.ly/4hku5q7 #EconSky #EconEvents #RESEvents #RESConference #EconPhD
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Paul Novosad @novosad.bsky.social · 06/12/2024
Last, this is why descriptive work is underrated. No preposterous IV, no incomprehensible structural black box, there is just a new fact about the world. If the descriptive work is done well — and it is not easy — the fact permanently enters everyone's headspace and must be contended with.
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Danae Arroyos-Calvera @danaeac.bsky.social · 26/11/2024
Hi Bluesky! 👋 You can connect with colleagues at my dept (Economics @unibirmingham.bsky.social) here: go.bsky.app/8UwyriL
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Sascha O. Becker @essobecker.bsky.social · 20/11/2024
Today and tomorrow we will celebrate the life and work of the late Nick Crafts ❤️ Nick was a fantastic colleague, friend, and founding director of @cagewarwick.bsky.social Today's Crafts Lecture will be given by the wonderful Leah Boustan. Full program 👇 warwick.ac.uk/fac/soc/econ...
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Guillaume Blanc @guillaumeblanc.bsky.social · 19/11/2024
Going to give this website a try - with a new profile picture! Definitely feels like an econ bubble, but I guess that’s the point. Expect a thread on my newest work, Malthusian Migrations (with @romainwacziarg.bsky.social), soon! 🚨 www.guillaumeblanc.com/files/theme/...
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Ben Schneider @benmschneider.bsky.social · 10/11/2024
Re-sharing the #econhist Starter Pack for new arrivals: go.bsky.app/U6KyhNv
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Prof Dynarski @dynarski.bsky.social · 18/11/2024
Holy crap this is an astounding piece of historical research Will post ungated link later today unless someone beats me to it www.nber.org/system/files...
The G.I. Bill, Standardized Testing, and Socioeconomic Origins of the U.S. Educational Elite Over a Century
Ran Abramitzky, Jennifer K. Kowalski, Santiago Pérez, and Joseph Price
NBER Working Paper No. 33164
November 2024
JEL No. 123, 124, N32
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We compile, transcribe, and standardize historical records for 2.5 million students at 65 elite (private and public) U.S. colleges. By combining these data with more recent survey and administrative data, we assemble the largest dataset on the socioeconomic backgrounds of students at American colleges spanning the last 100 years. We document the following: First, despite a large increase in the share of lower-income students in the overall college-going population, the representation of these students at elite private or public colleges has remained at similarly low levels throughout the last century. Second, the representation of upper-income students at elite colleges decreased after World War II, but this group has regained its high representation since the 1980s. Third, while there has been no increase in the economic diversity of elite private and public colleges, these colleges have become more racially and geographically diverse. Fourth, two major policy changes in the history of American higher education, namely the G.I. Bill after World War II and the introduction of standardized tests for admissions, had little success in increasing the representation of lower- and middle-income students at elite colleges.
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