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Suvi Heikkuri

@suviheikkuri.bsky.social
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Postdoc (economic history) at the University of Gothenburg interested in technological change, human capital, skills, and income inequality sites.google.com/view/suvi-heikkuri…

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DEPS Siena - Economics & Statistics @deps-siena.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Congratulations to our PhD student Laura Hastings Mela on receiving the 2026 Marcello De Cecco Prize for her paper “Geography of Power: Electrification, Industrial Location and Labour Conflict in Liberal Italy (1878–1911)”. Very well deserved! 👏🎓 Link: amdec.it
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Marcello De Cecco
L'Associazione Marcello de Cecco creata dopo la morte dell'economista, da colleghi e amici, per il dialogo tra economia, storia e società.
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Scandinavian Economic History Review @scandeconhistrev.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
We are on Bluesky now! SEHR is a journal publishing articles and reviews in the fields of economic, business and social history with a particular focus on the Nordic countries and the Baltic region. Here, we post about new publications and other important events.
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Finnish Centre of Excellence in Tax Systems Research FIT @verotutkimus.fi · 28/09/2026
📣Paper news! 📣 Tuuli Paukkeri, Terhi Ravaska, Pengpeng Xiao: Inequality and earnings dynamics in Finland: Regional and sectoral transitions 1987–2018 Journal of Macroeconomics, a part of special issue Global Trends in Income Inequality and Income Dynamics www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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Suvi Heikkuri @suviheikkuri.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Yesterday presented a poster at The Dynamics of Inequality: Long-Term Perspectives workshop at the University of Florence. It was great to hear so much encouraging feedback and good suggestions for something I have been working with such a long time. Thanks to the organisers for the opportunity!
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Per Engzell @pengzell.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
4-year postdoc(s) at Copenhagen Business School on project The Business of Corruption: Why Business Elites Collude or Combat Political Corruption, led by @mkjustesen.bsky.social. Start: summer 2027, deadline 18 September. www.cbs.dk/en/about-cbs...
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Finnish Centre of Excellence in Tax Systems Research FIT @verotutkimus.fi · 10/09/2026
Earnings inequality and earnings dynamics in Finland can now be compared with 25 other countries. VATT Institute for Economic Research and the Finnish Centre of Excellence in Tax Systems Research produced the Finnish statistics for the international GRID database. verotutkimus.fi/en/finnish-d...
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» Finnish data now included in the international GRID database
<p>Earnings inequality and earnings dynamics in Finland can now be compared with those in 25 other countries. Researchers from VATT Institute for Economic Research and the Finnish Centre of Excellence...
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Department of Economics, University of Gothenburg @gothenburg-econ.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
📢 We are hiring an Assistant Professor in Economics! The Department of Economics at the University of Gothenburg is recruiting an Assistant Professor as part of a major international initiative. 📅 Application deadline: 30 October 2026 👉 Read more and apply: web103.reachmee.com/ext/I005/103...
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Ben Schneider @benmschneider.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
❗Call for Papers: 5th Norwegian 🇳🇴 Winter Games in Economic History ☃️ ❄️ Host: @oslomet.bsky.social 28 January 2027 📄 CfP Deadline: 23 October 2026 Obligatorisk skitur til Bislingflaka på fredag 29. kommer i tillegg
Call for papers for the 5th Norwegian Winter Games in Economic History. The full call is available at: https://www.okonomiskhistorie.no/?p=1676
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Martin Andersson @martinhist.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
Vi letar ny doktorand i agrarhistoria till ett projekt om hur människor i det förindustriella Sverige fick tillgång till mat – Känner du någon som vill du forska om bröd, öl och gröt i fyra år!? www.slu.se/om-slu/jobba...
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Doktorand i agrarhistoria | slu.se
Vetenskap och utbildning för hållbart liv.
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Francisco J. Beltrán Tapia @fjbeltrantapia.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
PhD positions in the humanities at NTNU, history included. Join us in Trondheim! www.jobbnorge.no/en/available...
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Up to 7 PhD Research Fellow Positions (304877) | NTNU - Norwegian University of Science and Technology
Job title: Up to 7 PhD Research Fellow Positions (304877), Employer: NTNU - Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Deadline: Thursday, October 1, 2026
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Erik Bengtsson @bengtssonz.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
new working paper out today! we explore the role played by structural transformation in shaping the Swedish income distribution between 1870 and 1970 ehes.org/wp/EHES_305....
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DEPS Siena - Economics & Statistics @deps-siena.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
We are happy to announce that the application for the PhD in Economics at the University of Siena (in partnership with the Universities of Florence and Pisa) is now open! 🗓 Deadline: June 29, 2026, 2:00 PM (CEST) 📍 Website: phdeconomics.unisi.it 📑 Application portal: www.unisi.it/ricerca/dott...
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Stefania Galli @galli-stef.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
📢 Call for Papers "Distributional Consequences of Trade Policy in Historical Perspective” 📅 Dec 4, 2026
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Finnish Centre of Excellence in Tax Systems Research FIT @verotutkimus.fi · 02/06/2026
Tampere University / FIT is inviting applications for the position of (Associate) Professor in Economics. FIT studies the effects and design of multiple aspects of public policy. The research program is very broad. Apply by June, 12! Read more: verotutkimus.fi/en/open-posi...
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» Open position: Professor or Associate Professor (tenure track) in Economics
<p>Tampere University is inviting applications for the position of Professor or Associate Professor (tenure-track) in Economics. </p> <p>The university hosts the Finnish Centre of Excellence in Tax Sy...
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Suvi Heikkuri @suviheikkuri.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
Yesterday I presented our joint project with Svante Prado and @onuryukcu.bsky.social at the Agricliometrics conference at the Universidad de Alcalà. It’s absolutely beautiful campus in a historical town. Was great to spend some time there and to get such encouraging feedback for our early work!
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Per Engzell @pengzell.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
Only this week left to apply!
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Erik Bengtsson @bengtssonz.bsky.social · 17/04/2026
new paper out today! "The changing meaning of wage bargaining in Sweden since the 1960s: A contextual approach to shifts in industrial relations", in Economic and Industrial Democracy. journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
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The changing meaning of wage bargaining in Sweden since the 1960s: A contextual approach to shifts in industrial relations - Erik Bengtsson, 2026
Sweden is renowned for its centralised wage bargaining system, which has been studied from the point of view of inflation, wage differentials and unemployment. ...
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Erik Bengtsson @bengtssonz.bsky.social · 09/04/2026
The dept of Economic History in Lund is hiring a new Senior Lecturer! Ad is here, deadline 17 May: lu.varbi.com/en/what:job/...
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Senior Lecturer in Economic History
The department of Economic History employs around 70 researchers, teachers, doctoral candidates, and administrative personnel. Research at the department includes topics such as Economic demography, E
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Francisco J. Beltrán Tapia @fjbeltrantapia.bsky.social · 01/04/2026
Come and work with us: Associate Professorship in Environmental History: www.jobbnorge.no/en/available... (deadline for applying: May 3)
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Associate Professor (297742) | NTNU - Norwegian University of Science and Technology
Job title: Associate Professor (297742), Employer: NTNU - Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Deadline: Sunday, May 3, 2026
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Baltic Connections: a Conference in Social Science History @balticconnections.bsky.social · 26/03/2026
We are pleased to announce that registration is now open for the Baltic Connections and SSESH joint conference. The early bird rate is valid until the end of April! www.helsinki.fi/en/conferenc...
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Registration | BALTIC CONNECTIONS | University of Helsinki
Registration information for the Baltic Connections 2026.
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Investigaciones de Historia Económica @ihe-ehr.bsky.social · 19/03/2026
📢Volumen 22.1 Special issue: Gender in economic history 📰“Women and Children in Factories: Did Mechanization Increase the Demand for Low-Cost Labor in Sweden?" ✍️Suvi Heikkuri (@suviheikkuri.bsky.social) ✍️Svante Prado ✍️Yoshihiro Sato doi.org/10.33231/j.i...
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Economic History Review @echistsocreview.bsky.social · 12/03/2026
Now on Early View: 'Life-cycle living standards of male-headed households: Evidence from Stockholm, 1800–80'. By Anton Svensson. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... #EHS100
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<em>The Economic History Review</em> | EHS Journal | Wiley Online Library
Recent research in economic history argues for using a household life cycle standard-of-living approach that includes the income and expenses of all household members and considers fluctuations in th....
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Investigaciones de Historia Económica @ihe-ehr.bsky.social · 05/03/2026
📢 Volumen 22.1 Special issue: Gender in economic history 📰“Female Artisans and Freedom of Trade in Southern Sweden, 1840-90" ✍️ Johanne Arnfred doi.org/10.33231/j.i...
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Matti La Mela @matti-lamela.bsky.social · 02/03/2026
1-2 PhD positions in innovation studies, also with historical perspective, in our Uppsala Patent History Group (www.uphg.se) and Dept. of Business Studies: lnkd.in/eqAftMVX. DL 31/3. Positions on “Innovation and Strategy”, and a project proposal on “Social Capital and Innovation” (funding pending).
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UPHG | Uppsala Patent History Research Group
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Per Engzell @pengzell.bsky.social · 26/02/2026
My colleagues at the Swedish Institute for Social Research, Social Policy unit, are seeking a postdoc for 2-3 years. Great opportunity! su.varbi.com/en/what:job/...
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Postdoctoral Fellow in Sociology
The Swedish Institute for Social research (SOFI) is part of the Faculty of Social Sciences at Stockholm University. The institute is an internationally leading research institute in the field of socia
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Suvi Heikkuri @suviheikkuri.bsky.social · 18/02/2026
New publication! In this paper, I study the skill composition of Swedish labor force throughout 1870-1930. In addition to the typical workshop-to-factory and farmwork-to-factory transitions, I explore how the service sector increased skilled employment. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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Technological change and structural shifts in Sweden's Labor Market, 1870–1930: skill upgrading or deskilling?
This paper documents changing occupational structure and skill composition during industrialisation in Sweden. Using population censuses and the HISCO/HISCLASS scheme, the paper documents a shift f...
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Baltic Connections: a Conference in Social Science History @balticconnections.bsky.social · 16/02/2026
📢 Deadline Extended! 📢 The Joint Baltic Connections & Scandinavian Society for Economic and Social History Conference accepts abstracts until Feb 28. Keynotes Joyce Burnette (Wabash), Marcelo Bucheli (U. of Illinois) & Anders Ögren (Uppsala) Don’t miss out! www.helsinki.fi/en/conferenc...
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Joint Baltic Connections and the Scandinavian Society for Economic and Social History Conference | University of Helsinki
June 10-12, 2026, University of Jyväskylä, Finland
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Sakari Saaritsa @sakarisaaritsa.bsky.social · 16/02/2026
Come work with us in Helsinki! A permanent position for a lecturer in social science history, associated with a joint Master's program with the UCL. DL February 27th! jobs.helsinki.fi/job/Helsinki...
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University Lecturer in Social Science History
University Lecturer in Social Science History
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Suvi Heikkuri @suviheikkuri.bsky.social · 05/02/2026
New publication! Our paper with Svante Prado and Yoshihiri Sato titled "Women and children in factories: Did mechanization increase the demand for low-cost labor in Sweden?" is published in a special issue on gender in economic history. recyt.fecyt.es/index.php/IH...
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Mujeres y niños en las fábricas: ¿Aumentó la mecanización la demanda de mano de obra barata en Suecia? | Investigaciones de Historia Económica
Derechos de autor 2026 Suvi Heikkuri, Svante Prado, Yoshihiro Sato
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Investigaciones de Historia Económica @ihe-ehr.bsky.social · 05/02/2026
📢Nos complace anunciar la publicación del número 22.1 (febrero, 2026) de la revista @ihe-ehr.bsky.social 👁️Este número es un Special issue dedicado a Gender in Economic History, e incluye varios artículos, reseñas y las estadísticas de la revista. recyt.fecyt.es/index.php/IH...
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Suvi Heikkuri @suviheikkuri.bsky.social · 03/02/2026
📢 CfP: Workshop on Economic & Business History of the Global South 📍Lima, Peru | 27–29 April 2026 Organized by Universidad del Pacífico & YSI 📝 Deadline for extended abstracts: 28 February 2026 Accommodation & meals provided. Partial travel stipends are available👇 docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
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Stefania Galli @galli-stef.bsky.social · 22/01/2026
📝Call for Papers: 19th Annual Meeting of the African Economic History Network (AEHN).   We warmly welcome submissions on any aspect of African economic history. The submission deadline is 31 March, 2026. We look forward to seeing you in Gothenburg in October!
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19th Annual Meeting of the African Economic History Network
Gothenburg, Sweden, 23-24 October, 2026
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Suvi Heikkuri @suviheikkuri.bsky.social · 16/01/2026
Concluding my snowy stay in Uppsala. It has been an eventful week and a half with a workshop, seminar, and two public defenses. Congrats to the new doctors @skoglundw.bsky.social and Erik Thosteman 🥳🎓
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Stefania Galli @galli-stef.bsky.social · 19/12/2025
👉🏻 A great postodoc opportunity on Marine Environmental History: ✅multidisciplinary research environment ✅minimal teaching and admin duties ✅generous salary package ✅long tenure (2.5 years) Want to know more? contact my colleague per.hallen@gu.se! web103.reachmee.com/ext/I005/103...
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Researcher - Marine Environmental History
Department of Historical Studies At the Department of Historical Studies, which belongs to the Faculty of
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Suvi Heikkuri @suviheikkuri.bsky.social · 08/01/2026
Visiting Uppsala university this and next week ❄️
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Jørgen Modalsli @modals.li · 30/10/2025
New working paper! *Measuring long-run wealth inequality: Empirical results for Norway 1912-2019* (with Aaberge and Solbakken) We estimate wealth inequality in Norway based on a set of historical and contemporary sources. www.ssb.no/en/inntekt-o...
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Econometrica @ecmaeditors.bsky.social · 24/10/2025
A widely held view is that the Gini coefficient is not decomposable by subgroups. This paper proposes an axiomatic framework that ensures well-behaved within and between-group terms under which the Gini is decomposable with a novel and unique formula. buff.ly/XdnzG6F
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DEPS Siena - Economics & Statistics @deps-siena.bsky.social · 13/10/2025
📢THIS WEEK RESEARCH WORKSHOP: "Tracing the roots of human capital inequality in early-modern Italy, 17th – 19th centuries" 🗓️16-17 Oct 2025 Goodwin Room, San Francesco #Siena
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Jørgen Modalsli @modals.li · 02/10/2025
New working paper! *Female labor force participation in historical census microdata*, available at EHES: ehes.org/wp/EHES_282.... . Female labor force participation is well measured in the Norwegian 1910 Census, and the available micro data is well suited for economic analysis (with some caveats).
Female labor force participation in historical census microdata
By: Jørgen Modalsli

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How reliable is historical microdata? Understanding historical labor force participation is crucial for assessing long-term trends in economic development and intergenerational mobility. Most existing historical studies are, however, limited to men, and little is known about how reliable quantitative historical sources are when studying labor market outcomes for women.
This paper documents that the measurement of women's economic activity in the 1910 Norwegian population census had a high level of consistency. There is extensive discussion of measurement issues in historical census reports, micro data can reproduce historical census tables with a high degree of accuracy, and other contemporary reports such as industrial censuses and tax statistics confirm the results found in the census. In addition, a double-enumeration feature of the Norwegian census is leveraged to assess consistency between enumerators, finding no indication that precision in the occupational classification of women is any lower than for men. Some potential sources of downward bias are found in the historical census microdata set provided by IPUMS.
Based on the results in this paper, historical census data appears well suited to study economic activity using modern econometric methods, for women as well as men. A slight upward revision of the 39\% female labor force participation in Norway in 1910 might be in order.
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Suvi Heikkuri @suviheikkuri.bsky.social · 01/10/2025
Back in sunny Gothenburg 🇸🇪
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Martin Andersson @martinhist.bsky.social · 12/08/2025
We are hiring a doctoral candidate to study wealth inequality in Early Modern Sweden. Application deadline now on Sunday!
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Erik Bengtsson @bengtssonz.bsky.social · 11/07/2025
🚨 new paper klaxon 🚨 With Jakob Molinder, in the Journal of Economic History: “What Happened to the Incomes of the Rich during the Great Levelling? Evidence from Swedish Individual-Level Data, 1909–1950” www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
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Gabriele Cappelli @gaber86.bsky.social · 18/07/2025
Second CFA for PhD scholarships in Economics at the Tuscany Universities! Deadline July 24. Applications in Economic History most welcome. See phdeconomics.unisi.it/admission-pr...
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Admission procedures – Doctoral programme in Economics
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Martin Andersson @martinhist.bsky.social · 19/06/2025
Vi söker doktorand i agrarhistoria! Vi söker någon som vill utforska den ekonomiska ojämlikheten i 1500-talets Sverige och Finland. Utifrån förmögenhetsskatteregister kartlägger vi alla hushålls förmögenhet från 1571 och framåt. Sök senast den 17 augusti! www.slu.se/om-slu/jobba...
Utdrag ur Älvsborgs lösen 1571, visar en sida med ett antal hushåll i norra Västergötland och vad de ägde i form av koppar, silver, kor, hästar, får, med mera.
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Henric Häggqvist @hencepence.bsky.social · 19/06/2025
The Department of Economic History at Uppsala University is now hiring three PhD-students in different projects. Have a look and apply! Deadline September 15th, to begin work in January 2026. www.uu.se/en/about-uu/...
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PhD positions at the Department of Economic History - Uppsala University
PhD positions at the Department of Economic History, Uppsala university, Department of Economic History, Uppsala University
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William Skoglund @skoglundw.bsky.social · 19/06/2025
Three PhD. positions at economic history in Uppsala are now open, one of which is associated with Uppsala history of inequality and labor lab (UHILL): www.uu.se/en/research/...
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Uppsala History of Inequality and Labor Lab (UHILL) - Uppsala University
At the Uppsala History of Inequality and Labor Lab (UHILL), we are focused on the study of economic inequality, migration, and labor markets, from the industrial period to the present.
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Stefania Galli @galli-stef.bsky.social · 16/05/2025
Now live the #Gothenburg workshop in #EconomicHistory. Keynotes by Markus Lampe and Jakob Molinder and a great variety of presentations, from #trade, to #humancapital, to #policy and #institutions. Well done Juan Pablo Julià, Giulia Martini and Raisa Rubio!
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Gabriele Cappelli @gaber86.bsky.social · 14/05/2025
📢 The application for the PhD in Economics at the Tuscan Universities is now open! Please share and RT! Economic History applications sought! Deadline: June 9, 2025, at 2:00 PM (CEST) Program website: phdeconomics.unisi.it Call and application portal: www.unisi.it/ricerca/dott...
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DEPS Siena - Economics & Statistics @deps-siena.bsky.social · 14/05/2025
🚨TODAY🚨 New @deps-siena.bsky.social Research Seminar! Francis Munier (University of Strasbourg) "I recognize you, you are happy: The key role of recognition in explaining the positive relationship between social relationships and subjective well-being." May 14 - 15:00, Goodwin Room
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Suvi Heikkuri @suviheikkuri.bsky.social · 13/05/2025
One of my PhD articles is now available online. Open access at the Scandinavian Review of Economic History. In this article, I calculate skill premiums in Sweden for 1900-1950 using occupational incomes from tax returns. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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Unravelling income differentials: exploring the decline in skill premiums in twentieth-century Sweden
This paper documents the evolution of income differentials between skilled and unskilled workers in Sweden throughout the first half of the twentieth century. Using newly digitised data on income t...
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