Lecturer: Jean-Pascal BASSINO (jean-pascal.bassino [at] ens-lyon.fr)
Macroeconomics 3: quantitative economic history ECO-4203
The objective of this course is to examine how applied economic analyses using historical data can shed light on contemporary debates. The course is organised into 12 sessions dedicated each to a specific topic.
1. Capabilities approach to human welfare: a long-term perspective
2. Monetary measures of well-being and determinants of personal and regional inequality
3. Long term evolution, determinants and consequences of height inequality
4. Environmental conditions and exogenous shocks
5. Knowledge, education, and economic development
6. Culture, institutions, and economic development
7. Long term persistence
8. Domestic market integration
9. International market integration
10. International migrations
11. Religion and politics
12. Collective violence and discrimination