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Historical Economic Demography Workshop 2019

Hosted by the Department of Economic History, ÐÓ°ÉÂÛ̳

Organised by Neil Cummins and Eric Schneider (ÐÓ°ÉÂÛ̳) 

18 February 2019, ÐÓ°ÉÂÛ̳

 

Workshop programme

9.45-10.00: Welcome 

10.00-11.20 Session 1: Historical Population Dynamics, Tim Dyson (ÐÓ°ÉÂÛ̳ - International Development), Chair 

Neil Cummins (ÐÓ°ÉÂÛ̳ - Economic History): Malthus in France. The Micro-Evidence for the Positive and Preventative check, and the Iron Law, 1650-1820 

Peter Razzell: English Population Growth in the Eighteenth Century 

11:20-11:40: Coffee 

11:40-13:00 Session 2: Fertility and Nuptiality, Jane Humphries (ÐÓ°ÉÂÛ̳ - Economic History), Chair 

Elliott Green (ÐÓ°ÉÂÛ̳ - International Development): Explaining inter-ethnic and inter-religious marriage in Sub-Saharan Africa with Sanghamitra Bandyopadhyay 

Ian Timaeus (LSHTM): Fertility transition without parity-specific limitation: past and present 

13.00-14.00: Lunch 

14:00-16:00 Session 3: Child Health, Elisabetta De Cao (ÐÓ°ÉÂÛ̳ - Health Policy), Chair 

Hannaliis Jaadla (Cambridge): Infant and child mortality by socioeconomic status in early 19th century England with Ellen Porter and Romola Davenport 

Eric Schneider (ÐÓ°ÉÂÛ̳ - Economic History): The effect of the Second World War on Japanese Children’s Growth with Kota Ogasawara and Tim Cole 

Alice Goisis (UCL): The changing association between maternal age and offspring well-being 

16.00-16.30: Coffee 

16:30-18:30 Session 4: Mortality Decline, Eilidh Garrett (Cambridge), Chair 

Romola Davenport (Cambridge): Water and health: new evidence from British cities 1870-1911 with Toke Aidt 

Arjan Gjonca (ÐÓ°ÉÂÛ̳ - International Development): Can the “Development Idealism framework” help us better understand the mortality transition in both Western European Societies and today’s Low and Middle Income Countries? 

Mike Murphy (ÐÓ°ÉÂÛ̳ - Social Policy): What are the causes and consequences of stalling mortality improvement in developed societies?