Historical Economic Demography Workshop 2024
Hosted by the Department of Economic History, LSE
Organised by Neil Cummins and Eric Schneider (LSE)
2 February 2024, LSE
9.45-10.00am: Welcome
10.00-11:20 Session 1: Historical Population Dynamics – Neil Cummins (LSE – Economic History), Chair
Eoin Dignam (LSE): Making Hay While the Sun Shines? Climate Adaptation and the French Demographic Transition: 1851-1911
Peter Razzell: Population Growth and the Development of Capitalism in England, 1550-1850
11.20-11.40: Coffee Break
11.40-13.00 Session 2: Cohort Health – Mohamed Saleh (LSE - Economic History), Chair
Nick Reynolds (Essex): The Broad Decline in Health and Human Capital of Americans born after 1947
Tiziana Leone (LSE): From Menarche to Menopause: Secular Trends in Reproductive Health Bookends of Women in LMICs
13.00-14.00: Lunch Break
14.00-16.00 Session 3: Developmental Origins of Health – Eric Schneider (LSE - Economic History), Chair
Hannaliis Jaadla (Cambridge): Long-Term Mortality Effects of Early-Life Famine Exposure: The Hungry Forties in Estonia with Kersti Lust
Stephanie von Hinke (Bristol): Beyond Barker: Advantageous Early-Life Environments Cushion the Genetic Risk for Ischaemic Heart Diseasewith Samuel Baker, Pietro Biroloi and Hans van Kippersluis
Nicolai Vitt (Bristol): Early Life Exposure to Measles and Later-Life Outcomes: Evidence from the Introduction of a Vaccinewith Gerard van den Berg and Stephanie von Hinke
16.00-16.30: Coffee Break
16.30-18.30 Session 4: Economic Consequences - Sara Horrell (LSE - Economic History), Chair
Joan Roses (LSE): Pandemics, Capital Allocation and Structural Changewith Sergi Basco
David Escamilla-Guerrero (St Andrews): The Effects of Immigration in a Developing Country: Brazil in the Age of Mass Migrationwith Andrea Papadia and Ariell Zimran
Ziming Zhu (LSE): Grim Up North? Regional Intergenerational Mobility in England, 1881-1911
18.30-19.15: Drinks at White Horse pub
19.30: Dinner (invited guests only)