Historical Economic Demography Workshop 2024

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)