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HEDG (Historical Economics and Development Group)

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HEDG (Historical Economics and Development Group) is a research group at the University of Southern Denmark working on development, growth, and economic history. www.sdu.dk/en/forskning/forskningse…

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HEDG (Historical Economics and Development Group) @sdueconhist.bsky.social · 22/06/2025
EHES has an insightful new working paper by FabioGatti and Joel Huesler. The paper is "Text Analysis Methods for Historical Letters, The case of Michelangelo Buonarrotti" 👉Read all EHES working papers here: ehes.org/working-pape...
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European Historical Economics Society | Working papers
European Historical Economics Society Conference. All information about the upcoming EHES Conference
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Julius Koschnick @juliuskoschnick.bsky.social · 21/06/2025
🚨Only 10 days left to sign-up to our summer school in Odense on historical economics. Highlights: Keynote lectures by Christopher Meissner on the global economy in the past. Further expect courses on project design, ML methods for data processing, and the recent DiD literature
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HEDG (Historical Economics and Development Group) @sdueconhist.bsky.social · 20/06/2025
📘 New release coming soon! "Et land, der kom fri – En økonomisk historie om Danmark" by Paul Sharp & Markus Lampe will soon be published. An accessible and insightful journey through Denmark’s economic history. Get yourself a copy: 🔗 www.universitypress.dk/shop/et-land...
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Et land, der flyder med mælk og smør
Et land, der flyder med mælk og smør. Eliter og grundlæggelsen af det moderne danske mejeribrug. Paul Sharp, Markus Lampe. ISBN 978-87-408-3360-7
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HEDG (Historical Economics and Development Group) @sdueconhist.bsky.social · 20/06/2025
📢 Coming soon! Paul Sharp, alongside coauthors Gunnar Persson and Markus Lampe, will soon publish the third edition of their book: "An Economic History of Europe". Get yourself a copy: 🔗 www.cambridge.org/highereducat...
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An Economic History of Europe | Higher Education from Cambridge University Press
Discover An Economic History of Europe, 3rd Edition, Karl Gunnar Persson, HB ISBN: 9781009613989 on Higher Education from Cambridge
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HEDG (Historical Economics and Development Group) @sdueconhist.bsky.social · 14/05/2025
We’re looking forward to joining Nobel Laureate Joseph Stiglitz at SDU on **14 May** for his talk *Freedom, Inequality, and the Economy of the Future*. Thanks to @sdu.dk and DIAS, Word Festival, and the Center for American Studies for organizing this timely event.
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HEDG (Historical Economics and Development Group) @sdueconhist.bsky.social · 13/05/2025
HEDG PhD-student Christian Nielsen and Lasse Aaskoven have an interesting new essay on Danish political dynasties as part of the Magtudredningen project.🇩🇰 👉Check it out here (Danish only): ps.au.dk/fileadmin/St...
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Anthony Wray @anthonywray.bsky.social · 08/05/2025
🚨 We're hiring (again)! @sdueconhist.bsky.social is looking for both a Predoc and a Postdoc (3-yr fixed-term AP) to join our growing team. Predoc: 👉 Apply by May 16 here: bit.ly/hedg-predoc Postdoc / Assistant Professor 👉 Apply for by May 22 here: bit.ly/hedg-ap #EconSky #EconRA
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HEDG (Historical Economics and Development Group) @sdueconhist.bsky.social · 12/05/2025
Torben Johansen will present "Optimal Treatment Allocation Under Constraints" at the Nation Scale Project workshop in Copenhagen (May 15) and at the Danish Econometric Society meeting at Sandbjerg Gods (May 22–23).
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HEDG (Historical Economics and Development Group) @sdueconhist.bsky.social · 06/05/2025
EHES has an insightful new working paper by Attila Ulrich👏 The paper is "The Rákóczi family’s estate wine production, wine trade, and wine prices at the end of the 17th century"🍷🇭🇺 👉Read all EHES working papers here: ehes.org/working-pape...
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European Historical Economics Society | Working papers
European Historical Economics Society Conference. All information about the upcoming EHES Conference
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HEDG (Historical Economics and Development Group) @sdueconhist.bsky.social · 05/05/2025
🎙️ Karol Borowiecki joined P1 K-Live to talk creativity, culture, and the unstoppable rise of the "meta express." Catch the full interview here: www.dr.dk/lyd/p1/k-liv...
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K-Live | "Meta-ekspressen buldrer forbi" | DR LYD
Forfatterne Kim Fupz Aakeson og Kaspar Colling Nielsen fortæller, hvordan det føles, når ens ord risikerer at blive brugt til at fodres Metas sprogmodeller. Rettighedsalliancen har før konfronteret de...
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HEDG (Historical Economics and Development Group) @sdueconhist.bsky.social · 05/05/2025
🎶 What makes a great musician? Professor Karol Borowieki took the stage at Science & Beers in Odense to explore 1,000 years of musical greatness through the lens of economic history. Cheers🍺 Details: www.studenterhus.dk/facebook-eve...
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Science and Beers: What makes a great musician? 1000 years of data | Studenterhus Odense
Details Start: april 11 - 19:00 End: april 11 - 21:00 Website: Event Website Venue Studenterhus Odense What makes a great musician? With one thousand years of data up his sleeve, Professor Karol Jan B...
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HEDG (Historical Economics and Development Group) @sdueconhist.bsky.social · 20/04/2025
📢 New publication alert! Paul Sharp, @christianvedel.bsky.social e, @xenia-tsoukli.bsky.social , and Eoin Mclaughting have published a new article: "Ireland in a Danish mirror: A microlevel comparison of the productivity of Danish and Irish creameries before the First World War"🇮🇪🇩🇰🐮
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HEDG (Historical Economics and Development Group) @sdueconhist.bsky.social · 14/04/2025
🚨📢 Gregory Clark in the media! 🚨📢 The “golddigger” myth gets a reality check! 💰📉 HEDG professor Gregory Clark is featured in Weekendavisen on social mobility and economic history. 👉 Read the article here: www.weekendavisen.dk/2025-15/idee... #EconHist #SocialMobility
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Golddiggermyten
Ægteskab. Det er en indgroet forestilling i samfundet, at kvinder i højere grad end mænd gifter sig til status og velstand. Men det er en myte, viser nyt studie.
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HEDG (Historical Economics and Development Group) @sdueconhist.bsky.social · 10/04/2025
EHES has an insightful new working paper by Ramon Ramon-Muñoz from @ub.edu, Guillermo Esteban-Oliver from @udl.cat and Josep-Maria Ramon-Muñoz from @um.es 👏 The paper is "Transport and Biological Living Standards: Evidence from Late 19th-Century Catalonia"🇪🇸
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HEDG (Historical Economics and Development Group) @sdueconhist.bsky.social · 10/04/2025
EHES has an insightful new working paper by @erikstrobl.bsky.social and Costanza Maria Fileccia👏 The paper is "Climate adaptation in early Australian wheat farming (1860-1960)"🇦🇺👨‍🌾 👉Read all EHES working papers here: ehes.org/working-pape...
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Julius Koschnick @juliuskoschnick.bsky.social · 03/04/2025
@sdueconhist.bsky.social also has made historical tariffs and their impact the topic of this year’s summer school -> see here for more: bsky.app/profile/juli...
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HEDG (Historical Economics and Development Group) @sdueconhist.bsky.social · 02/04/2025
🎶 Mentioned in the media: Classical composers created more music during wartime, especially under foreign attack. Hear HEDG Professor Karol Jan Borowiecki discuss his research on DR P2’s program Puls - "Han har fået lavet en usynlig statue af sig selv." 📻🇩🇰
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Anthony Wray @anthonywray.bsky.social · 01/04/2025
🚨Last week to apply for a fully funded PhD position @sdueconhist.bsky.social!
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HEDG (Historical Economics and Development Group) @sdueconhist.bsky.social · 01/04/2025
#SophieYiwenLi @christianvedel.bsky.social #PaulSharp #TorbenJohansen @mjdcurtis.bsky.social #SarahWashbrook #GregoryClark @juliuskoschnick.bsky.social are attending the @EcHistSoc conference at the University of Strathclyde on April 4-6.🇬🇧 #EHS2025
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HEDG (Historical Economics and Development Group) @sdueconhist.bsky.social · 26/03/2025
✨ Exciting News! Big congratulations to HEDG Professor #PaulSharp @Paul and #MarkusLampe from @wuvienna.bsky.social on their new paper, "Of the bovine ilk: quantifying the welfare of dairy cattle in history, 1750–1900"🐮🇩🇰 👉Read it here: link.springer.com/article/10.1... #EconHist #SDU
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Of the bovine ilk: quantifying the welfare of dairy cattle in history, 1750–1900 - Cliometrica
The costs, benefits, and ethical considerations regarding animal welfare are a central element in modern capitalist agriculture, yet systematic quantitative historical insights are lacking. To overcom...
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HEDG (Historical Economics and Development Group) @sdueconhist.bsky.social · 24/03/2025
Big congratulations to HEDG PhD student Christian Alexander Abildgaard Nielsen on being awarded an EHA Early-Stage Dissertation Grant for his project on persistence of Danish elites.👏🎉 Find him on scholar: scholar.google.com/citations?us...
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Christian Alexander Abildgaard Nielsen
‪PhD student, University of Southern Denmark‬ - ‪‪Cited by 3‬‬ - ‪Economic development‬ - ‪social mobility‬ - ‪democracy‬
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HEDG (Historical Economics and Development Group) @sdueconhist.bsky.social · 24/03/2025
EHES has an insightful new working paper by @juliuskoschnick.bsky.social 👏 The paper is "Teacher-directed scientific change: The case of the English Scientific Revolution"🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿👨‍🎓🧑‍🏫 👉Read all EHES working papers here: ehes.org/working-pape...
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European Historical Economics Society | Working papers
European Historical Economics Society Conference. All information about the upcoming EHES Conference
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HEDG (Historical Economics and Development Group) @sdueconhist.bsky.social · 24/03/2025
EHES has an insightful new working paper by Professor Gregory Clark and @martinhorlyk.bsky.social 👏 The paper is "The Myth of Nordic Mobility: Social Mobility Rates in Modern Denmark and Sweden"🇩🇰🇸🇪 👉Read all EHES working papers here: ehes.org/working-pape...
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Christian Vedel @christianvedel.bsky.social · 10/03/2025
Thursday and Friday was the 14th annual workshop on Growth, History and Development. But this year was different. This year marks the 150 year anniversary of women's access to university in Denmark. And what an obvious theme for a workshop on economic history. (1/x) @sdueconhist.bsky.social
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HEDG (Historical Economics and Development Group) @sdueconhist.bsky.social · 04/03/2025
🚨 PhD Opportunities at HEDG! 🚨 We’re excited to announce two fully funded PhD positions in Economics at the University of Southern Denmark! If you’re interested in cutting-edge research in applied economics, don’t miss these opportunities:
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HEDG (Historical Economics and Development Group) @sdueconhist.bsky.social · 03/03/2025
🚨📢 Gregory Clark in the media! 🚨📢 New research challenges the "marrying up" myth! 💍👰 HEDG professor Gregory Clark is featured in The Times. 👉 Read the article here: www.thetimes.com/uk/arts/arti... #EconHist
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Jane Austen was wrong: women don’t marry up for money and status
A new study debunks the myth of the gold-digging wife, finding that women are no more likely to marry above their social class than men
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HEDG (Historical Economics and Development Group) @sdueconhist.bsky.social · 21/02/2025
PhD Summer School📚 Historical Perspective on Current Economics Issues: Big Data and Applications 📅 11-22 August 2025 🇩🇰 University of Southern Denmark, Odense ⏰ Deadline for registration, 1 July Read more & register: www.sdu.dk/en/forskning...
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PhD summer school
PhD Course: Historical Perspectives on Current Economics Issues: Big Data and Applications HEDG and Department of Economics, University of Southern Denmark 12–22 August 2024
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HEDG (Historical Economics and Development Group) @sdueconhist.bsky.social · 11/02/2025
EHES has an insightful new working paper by #KalleKapner👏 The paper is "The mortality impact of cholera in Germany"🇩🇪🤒🦠 👉Read all EHES working papers here: ehes.org/working-pape...
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HEDG (Historical Economics and Development Group) @sdueconhist.bsky.social · 30/01/2025
✨ Exciting News! Big congratulations to HEDG Professor @anthonywray.bsky.social and @chriskarbownik.bsky.social‬ on their new paper, "Lifetime and Intergenerational Consequences of Poor Childhood Health"🤒👩‍👧‍👦👷 Read it here: jhr.uwpress.org/content/60/1... #EconHist #SDU
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Lifetime and Intergenerational Consequences of Poor Childhood Health
Does childhood health capital affect long-run labor market success? We address this question using inpatient hospital records linked to population census records. Sibling fixed effects estimates indic...
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Anthony Wray @anthonywray.bsky.social · 17/12/2024
🚨Watch this space for job postings as I will be hiring 1 PhD student and 1 Post-Doc to join the project starting in September 2025. @sdu.dk @sdueconhist.bsky.social #EconSky
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Anthony Wray @anthonywray.bsky.social · 17/12/2024
🙏Thrilled to announce that my project "Private Foundations: Shaping Leadership in Medical Innovation and Addressing Inequalities in Health" is funded by the @carlsbergfondet.dk! Grateful for their support in advancing my research on EconHist of US healthcare 👇 www.carlsbergfondet.dk/en/what-we-h...
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Private Foundations: Shaping Leadership in Medical Innovation and Addressing Inequalities in Health | Carlsbergfondet.dk
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HEDG (Historical Economics and Development Group) @sdueconhist.bsky.social · 18/12/2024
📢 Exciting news! @AnthonySWray has received funding to explore how funding from charitable foundations for medical education and research, along with investments by private firms in medical technology, are driving forces for innovation! 🩺
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HEDG (Historical Economics and Development Group) @sdueconhist.bsky.social · 13/12/2024
Exciting news! HEDG professor Karol Borowiecki and co-authors José María, Martín Civantos, and Antonella Fresa have a new book: Innovative Cultural Tourism in European Peripheries 🌍 Discover how culture drives tourism and development in Europe’s less-traveled regions.
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Innovative Cultural Tourism in European Peripheries
Cultural tourism can play an important role in social and territorial cohesion. Focusing on European peripheral regions, this book illuminates the importance of local communities in heritage managemen...
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HEDG (Historical Economics and Development Group) @sdueconhist.bsky.social · 13/12/2024
Excited to share that HEDG professor Karol Borowiecki with coauthors Marc Law and Yichu Wang have published their new working paper "Struggles and Symphonies: Does Money Affect Creativity in the History of Western Classical Music?"🎶💸 👉Find the working paper here: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
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Struggles and Symphonies: Does Money Affect Creativity in the History of Western Classical Music?
How do financial constraints affect individual innovation and creativity? Understanding this relationship is essential, especially when innovation and creativit
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HEDG (Historical Economics and Development Group) @sdueconhist.bsky.social · 27/11/2024
CfP: 14th Annual Workshop on Growth, History, and Development 1/ 📚 Join us as we reflect on 150 Years of Women’s University Education in Denmark (1875–2025)! This year’s theme celebrates progress, explores ongoing challenges, and envisions future directions for women in academia and beyond.
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HEDG (Historical Economics and Development Group) @sdueconhist.bsky.social · 27/11/2024
We are now live in this place as well. Follow for updates on Economic History research from our group of curious economic historians and posts related to it.
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