‘Economic History Review’ Workshop: Inequality

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

Inequality, living standards, and growth: two centuries of economic development in Mexico
Ingrid Bleynat (KCL), Amílcar E. Challú (Bowling Green State University) & Paul Segal (KCL and LSE)
Published online: 22 November 2020, https://DOI: 10.1111/ehr.13027

Two worlds of female labour: gender wage inequality in western Europe, 1300–1800
Alexandra de Pleijt & Jan Luiten van Zanden (Utrecht University)
Published online: 6 January 2021, https://DOI: 10.1111/ehr.13045

The anatomy of Britain’s interwar super-rich: reconstructing the 1928/9 ‘millionaire’ population
Peter Scott (University of Reading)
Published online: 16 December 2020, https://DOI: 10.1111/ehr.13025

Discussants are Guido Alfani, Neil Cummins and Branko Milanovic.

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.