2014 Mar 07 Economic History Workshop 2:00pm to 3:30pm Location: Littauer M-16, North Yard"Separate and Unequal in the Labor Market: School Quality and the Black-White Wage Gap" Speaker: Marianne Wanamaker, Assistant Professor of Economics, University of Tennessee, Knoxville. Contact: Gia Petrakis gpetrakis@fas.harvard.edu (617) 496-5079... Read more about Economic History Workshop
2014 Feb 21 Economic History Workshop 2:00pm to 3:30pm Location: Littauer M-16, North Yard"Trade and Geography in the Origins and Spread of Islam" Speaker: Stelios Michalopoulos, Assistant Professor of Economics, Brown University. Contact: Gia Petrakis gpetrakis@fas.harvard.edu (617) 496-5079... Read more about Economic History Workshop
2014 Feb 14 Economic History Workshop 2:00pm to 3:30pm Location: Littauer M-16, North Yard"Military Conflict and the Economic Rise of Urban Europe" Speaker: Mark Dincecco, Assistant Professor of Political Science, University of Michigan. Contact: Gia Petrakis gpetrakis@fas.harvard.edu (617) 496-5079... Read more about Economic History Workshop
2013 Dec 06 Economic History Workshop 2:00pm to 3:30pm Location: Littauer M-16, North Yard"International Trade and Institutional Change: Medieval Venice’s Response to Globalization" Speaker: Daniel Trefler, Professor of Economics, University of Toronto. Contact: Gia Petrakis gpetrakis@fas.harvard.edu (617) 496-5079 ... Read more about Economic History Workshop
2013 Nov 22 Economic History Workshop 2:00pm to 3:30pm Location: Littauer M-16, North Yard"Rents from Trade: Removing the Sugar Coating" Speaker: Christian Dippel, Assistant Professor of Economics, University of California, Los Angeles. Contact: Gia Petrakis gpetrakis@fas.harvard.edu(617) 496-5079 ... Read more about Economic History Workshop
2013 Nov 08 Economic History Workshop 2:00pm to 3:30pm Location: Littauer M-16, North Yard"Institutions: Origins, History, Performance. The Case of Mexico's Ejido" Speaker: Emilio Kouri, Professor of History, University of Chicago. Contact: Gia Petrakis gpetrakis@fas.harvard.edu 617-496-5079... Read more about Economic History Workshop
2013 Nov 01 Economic History Workshop 2:00pm to 3:30pm Location: Littauer M-16, North Yard"Universities, Entrepreneurs, and Regional Development" Speaker: Alexander Whalley, Assistant Professor of Economics, University of California, Merced. Contact: Gia Petrakis gpetrakis@fas.harvard.edu 617-496-5079... Read more about Economic History Workshop
2013 Oct 25 Economic History Workshop 2:00pm to 3:30pm Location: Littauer M-16, North Yard"Cheap Coal, Market Access and Industry Location in Germany 1861-1882" Speaker: Theresa Gutberlet, Assistant Professor of Economics, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. Contact: Gia Petrakis gpetrakis@fas.harvard.edu 617-496-5079 ... Read more about Economic History Workshop
2013 Oct 18 Economic History Workshop 2:00pm to 3:30pm Location: Littauer M-16, North Yard"A Nation of Immigrants: Assimilation and Economic Outcomes in the Age of Mass Migration" Speaker: Ran Abramitzky, Assistant Professor of Economics, Stanford University. Contact: Gia Petrakis gpetrakis@fas.harvard.edu 617-496-5079 ... Read more about Economic History Workshop
2013 Oct 11 Economic History Workshop 2:00pm to 3:30pm Location: Littauer M-16, North Yard"An Economic Explanation of the Industrial Revolution" Speaker: Robert Allen, Professor of Economic History, University of Oxford. Contact: Gia Petrakis gpetrakis@fas.harvard.edu 617-496-5079 ... Read more about Economic History Workshop
2013 Sep 27 Economic History Workshop 2:00pm to 3:30pm Location: Littauer M-16, North Yard"Malaria and Early African Development: Evidence from the Sickle Cell Trait" Speaker: David Weil, Professor of Economics, Brown University. Contact: Gia Petrakis gpetrakis@fas.harvard.edu 617-496-5079 ... Read more about Economic History Workshop
2013 Sep 13 The Economic History Workshop 2:00pm to 3:30pm Location: Littauer M-16, North Yard"Transportation Technology and Economic Change: The Impact of Colonial Railroads on City Growth in Africa" Speaker: Remi Jedwab, Assistant Professor of Economics and International Affairs, George Washington University. Contact: Gia Petrakis gpetrakis@fas.harvard.edu 617-496-5079... Read more about The Economic History Workshop