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María Gómez León @mgzl.bsky.social · Aug 7

How exceptional was Italy’s inequality path in the interwar years? What was the role of wars, depression, and authoritarianism?🚨 Our new paper w/ @ggabbuti.bsky.social explores these questions.
Full article here 👇https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0014498325000622?via%3Dihub

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EH-Valencia @ehvalencia.bsky.social · Aug 1

New @ehvalencia.bsky.social @mgzl.bsky.social paper (with @ggabbuti.bsky.social ) More here 👉 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... #past #history #inequality #fascism #Italy

Wars, Depression, and Fascism: Income Inequality in Italy, 1901-1950

This paper presents yearly estimates of income inequality in Italy from 1900 to 1950. By constructing dynamic social tables (DSTs), we comprehensively…

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Víctor M. Gómez Blanco @victormgomezblanco.bsky.social · Jul 21

🧵Economic History Transformed: What 25 Years of Data Reveal

1/ No longer just descriptive stats & British factories. It’s global, data-driven, and methodologically bold field. We analysed 25 years of publications in 5 top journals using NLP and network analysis.

Here’s what we found 👇

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VoxEU @ CEPR @voxeu.org · Jul 21

@gregorigv.bsky.social & @victormgomezblanco.bsky.social use natural language processing and network analysis of economic history articles to identify a shift towards a more global, data-driven, and methodologically advanced field.
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Chart showing the methodological evolution of economic history. The share of qualitative studies has drastically decreased since 2000 and quantitative studies using panel data and causal analysis have increased.

Economic history is increasingly able to provide us with evidence and inform pressing questions at the intersection of research and real-world decision-making. This column uses natural language processing and network analysis of articles from five leading journals over the past 25 years to identify a shift towards a more global, data-driven, and methodologically advanced field. It maps changing thematic priorities, institutional collaborations, and author networks, highlighting both a generational turnover and growing geographical diversity. It also reveals a strong move towards causal identification-based econometrics alongside a sharp decline in qualitative research, signalling both convergence and trade-offs in the discipline’s integration with mainstream economics.

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REIRE Revista d'Innovació i Recerca en Educació @reire-ub.bsky.social · Jul 6

📢 #InnovacióDocent amb impacte per als estudiants d’ #ADE!

💡 L’article a #REIRE mostra una activitat amb #Excel per fomentar la motivació i l’anàlisi crítica.

👉 doi.org/10.1344/reir...

✍️ G. Galofré-Vilà i M. Gómez-León

#EducacióSuperior #UniversitatDeValència #CompetènciesDigitals

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EH-Valencia @ehvalencia.bsky.social · Jun 18

New working paper @ehvalencia.bsky.social (by @gregorigv.bsky.social and Víctor M. Gómez-Blanco) More info 👉 www.ehvalencia.es/wp-content/u... #econhis #economics #history #publications

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Víctor M. Gómez Blanco @victormgomezblanco.bsky.social · Jun 13

Great to be back home!
What an outstanding workshop hosted by María Gómez León and @gregorigv.bsky.social at the University of Valencia. I had the pleasure of connecting with some truly brilliant and incredibly welcoming researchers.

EH-Valencia @ehvalencia.bsky.social · Jun 9

📣 Coming soon 👉 Workshop on Technology and Long-Term Development: Lessons from the Past at @ehvalencia.bsky.social via @gregorigv.bsky.social
#past #present #history #change #development #technology

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EH-Valencia @ehvalencia.bsky.social · Jun 9

📣 Coming soon 👉 Workshop on Technology and Long-Term Development: Lessons from the Past at @ehvalencia.bsky.social via @gregorigv.bsky.social
#past #present #history #change #development #technology

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Nada es Gratis @nadaesgratis.bsky.social · Jun 3

¿Es el pasado útil para la economía? Cómo, dónde y qué se investiga en historia económica nadaesgratis.es/admin/es-el-... Vía @nadaesgratis.bsky.social #Economía

¿Es el pasado útil para la economía? Cómo, dónde y qué se investiga en historia económica

Por Gregori Galofré-Vila (Universitat de València) y Víctor M. Gómez-Blanco (CUNEF Universidad) ¿Es el pasado útil para la economía? En 1976, Deirdre McCloskey planteó esta pregunta y respondió con u...

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EH-Valencia @ehvalencia.bsky.social · May 5

Seminar @ehvalencia.bsky.social a by @ggabbuti.bsky.social More info 👇 #past #history #inequality #Italy #change

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EH-Valencia @ehvalencia.bsky.social · Mar 11

Muy contentos en @ehvalencia.bsky.social Ayer, Alejandro Nieto Ramos se doctoró 👏 #pasado #historia #economía #Colombia #cambio #desigualdad

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EH-Valencia @ehvalencia.bsky.social · Jan 28

🔊Publication @ggabbuti.bsky.social y @ehvalencia.bsky.social (@mgzl.bsky.social) "Incomes and employment of Italian women (1900-1950)" In: Mosca M. (eds.) Women at work in Italy (1750-1950) More info here: link.springer.com/chapter/10.1... #past #history #women #gender #income #change

Incomes and Employment of Italian Women (1900–1950)

In this chapter, we aim to address a major gap in the economic history of interwar Italy, by discussing the evolution of women’s incomes and employment during this crucial period of Italian and ...

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Pseudoerasmus @pseudoerasmus.bsky.social · Nov 18

There are now FIVE economic-history-related starter packs, listed in order of their emergence...:

EH1 @benmschneider.bsky.social
bsky.app/starter-pack...

EH2 @jamesfeigenbaum.bsky.social
bsky.app/starter-pack...

Historical Political Economy @magnusrasmussen.bsky.social

bsky.app/starter-pack...

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Cristián (Tambo) Ducoing @tamboduc.bsky.social · Nov 19

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Gregori Galofré-Vilà @gregorigv.bsky.social · Sep 4

🚨CALL FOR PAPERS🚨 Technology and Long-Term Development: Lessons from the Past. When? June 12-13, 2025. Where? València (Spain). Keynotes: Luigi Pascali and Bruno Caprettini #EconSky #Econhist

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María Gómez León @mgzl.bsky.social · Jan 12

Updated work (with @ggabbuti.bsky.social) on "Wars, Depression, and Fascism: Income Inequality in Italy, 1900-1950" is now available in EHV-wp series www.ehvalencia.es/wp-content/u... #income #inequality #dynamic social tables# Wars #Depression #Fascism

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