Friday 23 May 2008

Session 1: 14:00-14:40
Speaker: Neil Cummins
Paper: "Malthus to Modernity: When and How did Fertility Behavior Change in the Demographic Transition in England?" (with Greg Clark) [PDF]

Session 2: 14:45-15:35
Speaker: Chris Minns
Paper: "How fluid were labour markets in pre-industrial Britain? New evidence from apprenticeship records" (with Tim Leunig and Patrick Wallis) [PDF]

Session 3: 15:40-16:20
Speaker: Marta Felis-Rota
Paper: "Is Social Capital Persistent? Comparative Measurement in the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries and its Synergies with Per Capita Income" [PDF]

Coffee break: 16:20-16:35

Session 4: 16:35-17:15
Speaker: Felipe Tamega Fernandes
Paper: "Taxation and Welfare: The case of Rubber in the Brazilian Amazon (1870-1910)" [PDF]

Session 5: 17:20-18:00
Speaker: Nikolaus Wolf
Paper: "Endogenous Borders? The effects of new borders on trade in Central Europe 1885-1933" (with Max-Stephan Schulze and Hans-Christian Heinemeyer) [PDF]