‘Economic History Review’ Workshop: Health

The editors of the Economic History Review invite you to join a workshop on the economic history of infant and child health and growth. The workshop will discuss three recent papers and their implications for further research in the field: 

Gao, P. and Schneider, E.B. (2021) 

The growth pattern of British children, 1850–1975 

The Economic History Review  https://doi.org/10.1111/ehr.13002 

Galofré‐Vilà, G. and Harris, B. (2021) 

Growth before birth: the relationship between placental weights and infant and maternal health in early twentieth‐century Barcelona 

The Economic History Review  https://doi.org/10.1111/ehr.13026 

Jaadla, H., Potter, E., Keibek, S. and Davenport, R. (2020) 

Infant and child mortality by socio‐economic status in early nineteenth‐century England  

The Economic History Review https://doi.org/10.1111/ehr.12971 

Discussants are Tim Hatton and Martin Dribe. 

The workshop will include short presentations by the authors followed by comments from the discussants and then an open discussion. 

Note that attendee numbers are limited to 100.

Register for the workshop here.