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The new Hajnal Lecture series
On Monday, 19 February 2024, the Arthur Lewis Lab for Comparative Development will announce the first awardee of its inaugural Hajnal Lecture, to be given annually at the University of Manchester....
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Living standards in Angola, 1760-1975
Here’s a new paper by Hélder Carvalhal and I, the first outcome of this project, which is funded by ESRC. (The project website is here.) The paper is also available as a CEPR discussion paper.
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The Ellenroad Steam Museum: home of the world’s largest working steam mill...
Following other industrial heritage trips, it was great to visit the Ellenroad Steam Museum. They announce the occurrence of steam days every first Sunday of the month. However, on two occasions when...
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Program for the “Legal and institutional origins of economic development:...
Previously announced here. The detailed program can be consulted here. The workshop program is here.
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Inaugural Hajnal Lecture
The first Hajnal lecture will be given by Noam Yuchman (Oxford) on May 9, 2024. Details below. To enroll, please use this link.
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Predoc job opportunity
2-year predoctoral position in Economic History at the Arthur Lewis Lab for Comparative Development Salary: £30 to 35K per year. Work in a research project concerning African economic history &...
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Call for papers, “Economic Development and Structural Change: A Conference in...
Conference to be held at the University of Manchester Part of the CEPR Macroeconomics and Economic History programmes With generous support from STEG, The Manchester School, and the Arthur Lewis Lab...
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Graduate student workshop for “Economic Development and Structural Change: A...
This will take place on November 13, 2024. Prior to the November 14-15, 2024 conference previously announced here. The link to apply is here. Deadline for submission: September 17, 2024, at 5pm GMT
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𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗵𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘆 𝗼𝗳 𝗺𝗼𝗻𝗲𝘆 𝘁𝗲𝗹𝗹𝘀 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗮𝗯𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝗰𝗿𝘆𝗽𝘁𝗼’𝘀 𝗳𝘂𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲: The thread from...
This week’s The Economist covered work by Adam Brzezinski, Yao Chen, François Velde, Felix Ward, & myself. The academic papers covered were this, this, and this.
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Congratulations to AJR for the Nobel
Particularly happy for James A. Robinson, who is a member of the Scientific Council of the Lewis Lab, was a keynote speaker in our March 2023 conference, and is an on-going coauthor of Hélder...
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