ECO-5002 : Topics in Economic History

Responsable(s) :

Cedric Chambru

Niveau

Discipline

Economie

ECTS

4.00

Période

Annuel

Département

Département d'Économie

Localisation

Site Descartes

Année

2024

Public externe (ouverts aux auditeurs de cours)

Informations générales sur le cours : ECO-5002

Content objectif

This graduate-level course offers an introduction to quantitative economic history, and involves the study of a broad-ranging theme, occasionally drawing on insights from other disciplines such as political science, history, and paleoclimatology. Topics include the impact of shocks on past societies, social conflict, the role of institutions and state-building in economic development, the various effects of wars, and the short- and long-run consequences of enfranchisement and political repression. Much of these topics are intertwined in the lecture and readings.

The course relies on a mix of lectures, student presentations, and replication exercises to foster a practical and participatory learning experience. Through this approach, students gain both theoretical knowledge and practical skills in quantitative economic history research.

By the end of this course, students should be able to:
• develop an understanding of the history of the field of economic history;
• critically evaluate (primary) sources in the process of assembling a dataset;
• apply economic theory to historical data and devise (or judge) valid empirical strategies.

Students should also gain proficiency in:
• making individual and group presentations;
• writing an informative article review (referee report);
• using statistical software for economic history research;
• devising an essay topic supported by an appropriate bibliography.

Content prerequis

The course builds on and extends previous and concurrent courses in applied economics in the MSc program. Familiarity with contents of these courses is assumed. It includes a working knowledge of how to apply economic models in context and how to select and use appropriate econometric tools to test the theory. Familiarity with the content of other economic history courses are a plus, but not compulsory. Students should also have working knowledge of statistical packages such as Python, R, or Stata.

Content modalites

The course is organised in 8 sessions of 3 hours. Each class is devoted to discussion of a particular topic. The first hour of the class will be a lecture led by the instructor. The second hour of the class will be a discussion on the readings led by students. The last hour will be devoted to working on a replication study. Active class participation is vital. It is expected that students will have done all of the readings in advance of the class.

Content renseignements

None.

Content horaires

Créneau(x)

Mardi Matin
Jeudi Matin

Horaires du cours

8h30-11h30

Content bibliographie

Arnsbarger, Madison (2024). The Political Economy of Women’s Suffrage and World War I. Working Paper.

Bazzi, Samuel, Andreas Ferrara, Martin Fiszbein, Thomas P. Pearson and Patrick A. Testa (2023). The Confederate Diaspora. Working Paper No 31331. National Bureau of Economic Research. DOI: 10.3386/w31331.

Berk, Jonathan B., R. Harvey Campbell and David Hirshleifer (2017). ‘How to Write an Effective Referee Report and Improve the Scientific Review Process’. Journal of Economic Perspectives, 31.1, pp. 231–244. DOI: 10.1257/jep.31.1.231.

Bernini, Andrea, Giovanni Facchini, Marco Tabellini and Cecilia Testa (2023). Black Empowerment and White Mobilization: The Effects of the Voting Rights Act. Working Paper No 31425. National Bureau of Economic Research. DOI: 10.3386/w31425.

Besley, Timothy, Robin Burgess, Adnan Khan and Guo Xu (2022). ‘Bureaucracy and Development’.Annual Review of Economics 14, pp. 397–424. DOI: 10.1146/annurev-economics-080521-011950.

Besley, Timothy and Torsten Persson (2010). ‘State Capacity, Conflict, and Development’. Econometrica 78.1, pp. 1–34. DOI: 10.3982/ECTA8073.

Biavaschi, Costanza and Giovanni Facchini (2020). Immigrant Franchise and Immigration Policy: Evidence from the Progressive Era. CEPR Discussion Paper No 14684. Centre for Economic Policy Research.

Brainerd, Elizabeth (2017). ‘The Lasting Effect of Sex Ratio Imbalance on Marriage and Family: Evidence from World War II in Russia’. The Review of Economics and Statistics 99.2, pp. 229–242. DOI: 10.1162/REST_a_00649.

Brey, Bjorn, Joanne Haddad and Lamis Kattan (2024). The Inter-generational Transmission of Experiences: The Great Famine and Contemporary Attitudes. Working Paper.

Chambru, Cédric, Emeric Henry and Benjamin Marx (2024). ‘The Dynamic Consequences of State- Building: Evidence from the French Revolution’. American Economic Review 11. DOI: 10.1257/aer.2022011.

Chiovelli, Giorgio, Leopoldo Fergusson, Luis R. Martinez, Juan David Torres and Felipe Valencia Caicedo (2023). Bourbon Reforms and State Capacity in the Spanish Empire. CAGE working paper no. 673. Competitive Advantage in the Global Economy. DOI: 10.2139/ssrn.4545407.

Dippel, Christian and Stephan Heblich (2021). ‘Leadership in Social Movements: Evidence from the “Forty-Eighters” in the Civil War’. American Economic Review 111.2, pp. 472–505. DOI: 10.1257/aer.20191137.

Esposito, Elena, Tiziano Rotesi, Alessandro Saia and Mathias Thoenig (2023). ‘Reconciliation Narratives: The Birth of a Nation after the US Civil War’. American Economic Review 113.6, pp. 1461–1504. DOI: 10.1257/aer.2021041.

Facchini, Giovanni, Brian G. Marco Knight and Cecilia Testa (2020). The Franchise, Policing, and Race: Evidence from Arrests Data and the Voting Rights Act. Working Paper No 27463. National Bureau of Economic Research. DOI: 10.3386/w27463.

Garfias, Francisco and Emily A. Sellars (2022). ‘When State Building Backfires: Elite Coordination and Popular Grievance in Rebellion’. American Journal of Political Science 66, pp. 977–992. DOI: 10.1111/ajps.12611.

Gay, Victor (2023). ‘The Intergenerational Transmission of World War I on Female Labour’. The Economic Journal 133.654, pp. 2303–2333. DOI: 10.1093/ej/uead029.

Gay, Victor and Jörn Boehnke (2021). ‘The Missing Men. World War I and Female Labor Force Participation’. The Journal of Human Resources 57.4, pp. 1209–1241. DOI: 10.3368/jhr.57.4.0419-10151R1.

Guardado, Jenny (2022). ‘Hierarchical Oversight and the Value of Public Office: Evidence from Colonial Peru’. The Journal of Politics 84, pp. 1353–1369. DOI: 10.1086/717757.

Jha, Saumitra and Steven Wilkinson (2023). Revolutionary Contagion. Stanford GSB Research Paper 4084. DOI: 10.2139/ssrn.4406390.

Kapelko, Natalia and Andrei Markevich (2014). The Political Legacy of the Gulag Archipelago. Working Paper. DOI: 10.2139/ssrn.2516635.

Kose, Esra, Elira Kuka and Na’ama Shenhav (2021). ‘Women’s Suffrage and Children’s Education’. American Economic Journal: Economic Policy 13.3, pp. 374–405. DOI: 10.1257/pol.20180677.

Lax-Martinez, Gema, Dominic Rohner and Alessandro Saia (2022). ‘Threat of Taxation, Stagnation and Social Unrest: Evidence from 19th Century Sicily’. Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization 202, pp. 361–371. DOI: 10.1016/j.jebo.2022.08.007.

Lichter, Andreas, Max Löffler and Sebastian Siegloch (2021). ‘The Long-Term Costs of Government Sur- veillance: Insights from Stasi Spying in East Germany’. Journal of the European Economic Association 19.2, pp. 741–789. DOI: 10.1093/jeea/jvaa009.

Miho, Antonela, Alexandra Jarotschkin and Ekaterina Zhuravskaya (2024). ‘Diffusion of Gender Norms: Evidence from Stalin’s Ethnic Deportations’. Journal of the European Economic Association 22.2, pp. 475–527. DOI: 10.1093/jeea/jvad040.

Nikolova, Milena, Olga Popova and Vladimir Otrachshenko (2022). ‘Stalin and the Origins of Mistrust’.
Journal of Public Economics 208.104629. DOI: 10.1016/j.jpubeco.2022.104629.

Petroff, Casey (2023). Mobilizing the Home Front: War and Women’s Political Activism. Working Paper.

Slotwinski, Michaela and Alois Stutzer (2023). ‘Women Leaving the Playpen: the Emancipating Role of Female Suffrage’. The Economic Journal 133.650, pp. 812–844. DOI: 10.1093/ej/ueac077.

Spenkuch, Jörg L., Edoardo Teso and Guo Xu (2023). ‘Ideology and Performance in Public organizations’. Econometrica 91.4, pp. 1171–1203. DOI: 10.3982/ECTA20355.

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ECO-5002 : Topics in Economic History

ECO-5002 : Topics in Economic History

Informations générales sur le cours : ECO-5002