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Casper W. Hansen
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Econ prof UCPH, econ hist and growth
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marshallburke.bsky.social
Excited to share a new R package: 𝗵𝗲𝗮𝘁 🌡️

`heat` makes it easier to work with climate or other gridded data in applied research, providing a comprehensive + optimized set of tools to compute environmental exposures for admin boundaries or points from gridded/point data.

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GitHub - echolab-stanford/heat: R package heat: Harmonized Environmental Exposure Aggregation Tools
R package heat: Harmonized Environmental Exposure Aggregation Tools - echolab-stanford/heat
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January 5, 2026 at 11:19 PM
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COUNTDOWN
The Number One demographic fact of 2025: The US birth rate for women ages 40-44 (12.7 per 1000) is now higher than for those ages 15-19 (12.6)
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Happy New Year!
philipncohen.com Philip N Cohen @philipncohen.com · Jul 24
105. Probably for the first time ever, the US birth rate for women ages 40-44 (12.7 per 1000) is now higher than for those ages 15-19 (12.6). www.cdc.gov/nchs/product...
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December 30, 2025 at 4:11 PM
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victorgayeco.bsky.social
There is growing interest in HPE about social conflict in the run-up to the French Revolution.

In a new article at Data & Corpus, I describe the Jean Nicolas Database, a database of 8,516 rebellions in France (1661-1789)

👉Article: doi.org/10.46298/dc....
👉Database: doi.org/10.7910/DVN/...

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December 19, 2025 at 1:47 PM
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aeajournals.bsky.social
Forthcoming in AEJ: Economic Policy: "Childhood Health Shocks and the Intergenerational Transmission of Inequality" by Tine M. Eriksen, Amanda P. Gaulke, Jannet Svensson, Niels Skipper, and Peter R. Thingholm. www.aeaweb.org/articles?id=...
Childhood Health Shocks and the Intergenerational Transmission of Inequality
(Forthcoming Article) - This paper documents a socioeconomic gradient in adult labor market penalties stemming from a single chronic and treatable childhood health shock in a country with universal ac...
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December 19, 2025 at 2:10 PM
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voxdev.bsky.social
🆕 How China’s demand boom reshaped inequality and consumption in Brazil

Today on VoxDev, Vinicius Cicero (Denison University) & Laura Heras-Recuero (American University) discuss how commodity booms deepened inequality in Brazil: https://ow.ly/1Gln50XLkzV
How China’s demand boom reshaped inequality and consumption in Brazil
Commodity booms are often seen as development opportunities, but new evidence from Brazil shows they can deepen inequality and reshape consumption in unexpected ways.
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December 18, 2025 at 10:02 AM
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atheendar.bsky.social
IT LIVES!

First draft: 2011

This draft: www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/xh3sg...

In between: 12 years of being under review (of which half are on us). +1 coauthor. For me personally: a few moves, a few jobs, a few kids.
December 16, 2025 at 7:50 PM
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drdemant.bsky.social
Come work with us!
cinchessen.bsky.social CINCH @cinchessen.bsky.social · Nov 20
🚀 We’re hiring!
CINCH is recruiting 2 Doctoral Researchers in Health Economics as part of the MSCA Doctoral Network HEPARD.
📍 Based in Essen, 🇩🇪
🔄 Two international secondments
🗓 Deadline: 19 Jan 2026
More info & how to apply:
👉 euraxess.ec.europa.eu/jobs/388435
#MSCA #HEPARD #econsky #AcademicJobs
Doctoral Researcher (2 positions) in Health Economics
The University of Duisburg-Essen (UDE) is seeking, for the Faculty of Business Administration and Economics at the Essen campus, a
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November 20, 2025 at 11:44 AM
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8-hour workday led to + employment in Denmark, especially among unskilled & female workers. Earnings fell in provincial towns but less in Copenhagen, where union membership was higher & wages rose to offset shorter hours.
M Fredagsvik Gunnesmo, C Worm Hansen
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Average hours worked in Denmark from 1872 to 1925. The dashed line represents the collective bargaining reform. We observe country-level average working hours between 1872 and 1911, but with gaps. We calculate the 1914–1925 values from occupation-level data. Hours are interpolated where data is missing: several intervals between 1872 and 1911, and between 1914 and 1919. In recent years, calls for shorter working weeks have re-emerged in Europe and elsewhere. This column examines how Denmark’s 1919 shift to the eight-hour workday affected labour market outcomes such as hourly wages, weekly earnings, and employment. Weekly earnings fell in provincial towns but less so in Copenhagen, where union membership was higher and hourly wages rose partly to offset shorter hours. Employment increased everywhere, especially among unskilled and female workers. Decentralised wage bargaining appears to have allowed for partial wage compensation and employment expansion.
November 10, 2025 at 9:13 AM
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ericbschneider.bsky.social
Curious about using census microdata in your research? 📊

Join us for a webinar on IPUMS International, the world’s leading repository of harmonized census data.

🗓️ 12 Nov 2025 | 🕒 15:15–16:30 UK | 💻 Zoom
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Hosted by the LSE Historical Economic Demography Group.
Register for IPUMs International Online Session
Please use this form to register for the IPUMs International Session hosted by the Historical Economic Demography Group at LSE. The session will be on Zoom from 15:15-16:30 UK Time on 12 November 202...
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November 5, 2025 at 9:52 PM
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bengtssonz.bsky.social
super happy that @jakobmolinder.bsky.social and I have been awarded a grant from the Swedish Research Council! It's a three year project called "Top incomes, inequality and economic change: Sweden, 1911–1950" -- the abstract is in the image. I think that this can lead to some interesting research! 🤓
November 3, 2025 at 4:36 PM
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bengtssonz.bsky.social
Great talk by Marius Fredagsvik Gunnesmo at Lund EKH’s “Makromackan” seminar today! About the labour market effects of the 8 hour working day reform in Denmark in 1919. Read the WP here:

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October 28, 2025 at 8:16 PM
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danielkuehnle.bsky.social
I usually don’t share personal things, but this one is different, so I’ll make an exception: Today I got tenure. I’m very happy and relieved at the same time, and grateful to those who supported me along the way.
October 15, 2025 at 6:39 PM
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guidoalfani.bsky.social
Next Monday (Oct 6) the two-days conference "Inequality & History" will begin, hosted by @dondenacentre.bsky.social at Bocconi University (Milan). Join us to explore & debate inequality across history, from Classical Antiquity until today! Remote attendance possible; QR code in the program below👇
October 3, 2025 at 11:12 AM
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juliuskoschnick.bsky.social
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 ->
July 7, 2025 at 2:19 PM
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ericbschneider.bsky.social
📜 NEW WORKING PAPER 📜

What was the true case fatality rate (CFR) of smallpox?

My new paper with Romola Davenport (Cambridge) revisits this question using 18th-century data from Sweden and Iceland—and challenges the long-held belief that smallpox CFRs were 20–30%.

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Picture of the title and abstract of the paper.
May 13, 2025 at 7:25 PM
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anthonywray.bsky.social
🚨 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
May 8, 2025 at 6:42 PM
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anthonywray.bsky.social
Both positions are part of my @carlsbergfondet.dk funded project. The Predoc will also collaborate with Volha Lazuka and support the Historical Economics and Development Group (HEDG) @sdueconhist.bsky.social .

Come join our dynamic and talented group at SDU! 🧠📈
May 8, 2025 at 6:42 PM
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cinchessen.bsky.social
Call for Applications: DAAD Guest Professorship in Health Economics Spend winter term 2025/26 at CINCH in Essen – collaborate, teach, and enjoy a vibrant research environment.

Deadline: May 1, 2025
Questions? Contact @danielkuehnle.bsky.social
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April 4, 2025 at 3:14 PM
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magnusrasmussen.bsky.social
"Want to understand how local and national politics intertwine to shape old-age pension systems?

Curious about how class and party preferences influence the design of pension policies?

Interested in how institutionalized parties leverage local politics to set the national agenda?
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November 19, 2024 at 11:50 AM
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guillaumeblanc.bsky.social
🚨 Migration as escape valve from Malthus 🚨

1) high fertility or late fertility transition -> spread of diasporas
2) Age of Mass Migration -> transition to modern growth

www.nber.org/papers/w33542

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March 10, 2025 at 9:59 AM
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chriskarbownik.bsky.social
after years in the making (/w @anthonywray.bsky.social) it's finally out in JHR: jhr.uwpress.org/content/60/1.... We show long-run (education, disability, and occupation) and intergenerational (father-son) effects of lower health capital in childhood using sibling-FE design and some cool data.
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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January 30, 2025 at 12:14 AM
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maxroser.bsky.social
What is an important fact about the world that you wish more people would know?

Here is my answer: If we rely on the best data, many of us can save a child's life.

And here is my article about it.
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Many of us can save a child’s life, if we rely on the best data
There are many ways to improve the world, but their cost-effectiveness varies immensely. You can achieve a lot more if you rely on the best data on where to donate.
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December 24, 2024 at 5:30 PM