Eric Schneider
@ericbschneider.com
Professor of Economic History at LSE studying health, demography, living standards and economic growth; working on global historical child stunting.
Website: www.ericbschneider.com
Website: www.ericbschneider.com
Really pleased to see our global stunting data up on our world in data. We hope it helps people contextualise child stunting in a much longer historical lens.
Thanks to Hannah and Tuna for visualising and explaining the data so well!
The link to the original paper is here:
doi.org/10.1136/bmjg...
Thanks to Hannah and Tuna for visualising and explaining the data so well!
The link to the original paper is here:
doi.org/10.1136/bmjg...
May 12, 2026 at 8:05 AM
Really pleased to see our global stunting data up on our world in data. We hope it helps people contextualise child stunting in a much longer historical lens.
Thanks to Hannah and Tuna for visualising and explaining the data so well!
The link to the original paper is here:
doi.org/10.1136/bmjg...
Thanks to Hannah and Tuna for visualising and explaining the data so well!
The link to the original paper is here:
doi.org/10.1136/bmjg...
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Really pleased to see @hggaddy.bsky.social’s work recognised with this prize. It’s an important and extremely well-executed paper. Congratulations!
IPUMS International Student Award is a tie!
* @hggaddy.bsky.social for "High rates of polygyny do not lock large proportions of men out of the marriage market" (doi.org/10.1073/pnas...).
* @hggaddy.bsky.social for "High rates of polygyny do not lock large proportions of men out of the marriage market" (doi.org/10.1073/pnas...).
PNAS
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), a peer reviewed journal of the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) - an authoritative source of high-impact, original research that broadly spans...
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April 30, 2026 at 9:26 PM
Really pleased to see @hggaddy.bsky.social’s work recognised with this prize. It’s an important and extremely well-executed paper. Congratulations!
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✍ New post on Global Health at LSE!
'Child stunting was once common in rich countries. Lessons from global history on its decline.'
@ericbschneider.bsky.social on his team's recent systematic review in BMJ Global Health: bit.ly/4uE2KFH
#childhealth #childnutrition #globalhealth
'Child stunting was once common in rich countries. Lessons from global history on its decline.'
@ericbschneider.bsky.social on his team's recent systematic review in BMJ Global Health: bit.ly/4uE2KFH
#childhealth #childnutrition #globalhealth
Child stunting was once common in rich countries. Lessons from global history on its decline. - LSE Global Health
In this week's blog post, Professor Eric B. Schneider (LSE Economic History) writes on his research team's recently published work in BMJ Global Health on child stunting: how lessons from the past can...
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March 19, 2026 at 3:52 PM
✍ New post on Global Health at LSE!
'Child stunting was once common in rich countries. Lessons from global history on its decline.'
@ericbschneider.bsky.social on his team's recent systematic review in BMJ Global Health: bit.ly/4uE2KFH
#childhealth #childnutrition #globalhealth
'Child stunting was once common in rich countries. Lessons from global history on its decline.'
@ericbschneider.bsky.social on his team's recent systematic review in BMJ Global Health: bit.ly/4uE2KFH
#childhealth #childnutrition #globalhealth
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🆕PopulationsPast.org now has cause- and age-specific mortality rates, and age- and sex-specific net migration rates!
For example, in 1871 external causes of death (accidents, violence and suicide) among young adults was highest in industrial and fishing areas www.populationspast.org/vio1544/1871...
For example, in 1871 external causes of death (accidents, violence and suicide) among young adults was highest in industrial and fishing areas www.populationspast.org/vio1544/1871...
March 13, 2026 at 10:38 AM
🆕PopulationsPast.org now has cause- and age-specific mortality rates, and age- and sex-specific net migration rates!
For example, in 1871 external causes of death (accidents, violence and suicide) among young adults was highest in industrial and fishing areas www.populationspast.org/vio1544/1871...
For example, in 1871 external causes of death (accidents, violence and suicide) among young adults was highest in industrial and fishing areas www.populationspast.org/vio1544/1871...
Btw the data from the paper is available here: dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo…
The paper is open access online.
Thanks to all my coauthors for their contributions! @julianajaramilloe.bsky.social @gregorigv.bsky.social @evanrobertsnz.bsky.social @kris-inwood.bsky.social
The paper is open access online.
Thanks to all my coauthors for their contributions! @julianajaramilloe.bsky.social @gregorigv.bsky.social @evanrobertsnz.bsky.social @kris-inwood.bsky.social
March 11, 2026 at 3:29 PM
Btw the data from the paper is available here: dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo…
The paper is open access online.
Thanks to all my coauthors for their contributions! @julianajaramilloe.bsky.social @gregorigv.bsky.social @evanrobertsnz.bsky.social @kris-inwood.bsky.social
The paper is open access online.
Thanks to all my coauthors for their contributions! @julianajaramilloe.bsky.social @gregorigv.bsky.social @evanrobertsnz.bsky.social @kris-inwood.bsky.social
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Why do many WASH interventions have limited effects on child stunting?
Our historical data suggest something surprising:
Sanitation infrastructure alone often wasn’t enough, even in the past.
New BMJ Global Health paper 👇
doi.org/10.1136/bmjg...
Why do many WASH interventions have limited effects on child stunting?
Our historical data suggest something surprising:
Sanitation infrastructure alone often wasn’t enough, even in the past.
New BMJ Global Health paper 👇
doi.org/10.1136/bmjg...
March 11, 2026 at 2:54 PM
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Why do many WASH interventions have limited effects on child stunting?
Our historical data suggest something surprising:
Sanitation infrastructure alone often wasn’t enough, even in the past.
New BMJ Global Health paper 👇
doi.org/10.1136/bmjg...
Why do many WASH interventions have limited effects on child stunting?
Our historical data suggest something surprising:
Sanitation infrastructure alone often wasn’t enough, even in the past.
New BMJ Global Health paper 👇
doi.org/10.1136/bmjg...
Reposted by Eric Schneider
"Many current HICs had high levels of child stunting in the early 20th century, but there was heterogeneity: stunting was low in Scandinavia, European settler colonies & Caribbean, higher in Western Europe & exceptionally high in Japan & South Korea. Child stunting declined across the 20th century"
The decline of child stunting in 122 countries: a systematic review of child growth studies since the 19th century
Introduction Child stunting, a measure of malnutrition, is a major global health challenge affecting 148.1 million children in 2022. Global stunting rates have declined from 47.2% in 1985 to 22.3% in ...
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February 24, 2026 at 9:13 PM
"Many current HICs had high levels of child stunting in the early 20th century, but there was heterogeneity: stunting was low in Scandinavia, European settler colonies & Caribbean, higher in Western Europe & exceptionally high in Japan & South Korea. Child stunting declined across the 20th century"
What is child stunting — and how has it changed over the last 200 years?
Stunting means being too short for one’s age due to chronic undernutrition and disease in early life.
It’s one of the clearest markers of cumulative deprivation in childhood.
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Stunting means being too short for one’s age due to chronic undernutrition and disease in early life.
It’s one of the clearest markers of cumulative deprivation in childhood.
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February 23, 2026 at 6:18 PM
What is child stunting — and how has it changed over the last 200 years?
Stunting means being too short for one’s age due to chronic undernutrition and disease in early life.
It’s one of the clearest markers of cumulative deprivation in childhood.
1)
Stunting means being too short for one’s age due to chronic undernutrition and disease in early life.
It’s one of the clearest markers of cumulative deprivation in childhood.
1)
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The Economic History Review has published a virtual issue collecting the contributions of 2025 Nobel Laureate Joel Mokyr in the journal. I had the privilege of writing the introductory essay. You can read it here, together with Joel's articles and reviews.
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<em>The Economic History Review</em> | EHS Journal | Wiley Online Library
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December 11, 2025 at 10:52 PM
The Economic History Review has published a virtual issue collecting the contributions of 2025 Nobel Laureate Joel Mokyr in the journal. I had the privilege of writing the introductory essay. You can read it here, together with Joel's articles and reviews.
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/toc/10.1...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/toc/10.1...
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Deadline Monday!
24 November is the new deadline for New Researcher Poster proposals for the 2026 EHS Centenary Conference, which will be hosted at the LSE, 10–12 April 2026.
Posters are eligible to win a prize of £100.
More info and to apply:
ehs.org.uk/conference/n...
24 November is the new deadline for New Researcher Poster proposals for the 2026 EHS Centenary Conference, which will be hosted at the LSE, 10–12 April 2026.
Posters are eligible to win a prize of £100.
More info and to apply:
ehs.org.uk/conference/n...
New Researcher Posters - Economic History Society
The 2026 Centenary Conference of the Economic History Society will be hosted by the London School of Economics from 10 – 12 April in the Cheng Kin Ku (CKK) building. The conference will be held in per...
ehs.org.uk
November 19, 2025 at 4:49 PM
Deadline Monday!
24 November is the new deadline for New Researcher Poster proposals for the 2026 EHS Centenary Conference, which will be hosted at the LSE, 10–12 April 2026.
Posters are eligible to win a prize of £100.
More info and to apply:
ehs.org.uk/conference/n...
24 November is the new deadline for New Researcher Poster proposals for the 2026 EHS Centenary Conference, which will be hosted at the LSE, 10–12 April 2026.
Posters are eligible to win a prize of £100.
More info and to apply:
ehs.org.uk/conference/n...
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Up next in the London Universities Population Seminar Series:
On 25 November at 12:45, Dr Isadora Cruxên (QMUL) will present “Co-creating feminist technology to confront gender-based violence and feminicide.”
Join us in G08 (Keppel Street) or online: www.lshtm.ac.uk/newsevents/e...
On 25 November at 12:45, Dr Isadora Cruxên (QMUL) will present “Co-creating feminist technology to confront gender-based violence and feminicide.”
Join us in G08 (Keppel Street) or online: www.lshtm.ac.uk/newsevents/e...
Co-creating feminist technology to confront gender-based violence and feminicide
How can technology support social justice struggles against gender-based violence and feminicide? This talk explores this question through the work of “Data Against Feminicide”, a collaborative
www.lshtm.ac.uk
November 17, 2025 at 2:29 PM
Up next in the London Universities Population Seminar Series:
On 25 November at 12:45, Dr Isadora Cruxên (QMUL) will present “Co-creating feminist technology to confront gender-based violence and feminicide.”
Join us in G08 (Keppel Street) or online: www.lshtm.ac.uk/newsevents/e...
On 25 November at 12:45, Dr Isadora Cruxên (QMUL) will present “Co-creating feminist technology to confront gender-based violence and feminicide.”
Join us in G08 (Keppel Street) or online: www.lshtm.ac.uk/newsevents/e...
Just a reminder to sign up for this webinar on IPUMS International on Wednesday!
Curious about using census microdata in your research? 📊
Join us for a webinar on IPUMS International, the world’s leading repository of harmonized census data.
🗓️ 12 Nov 2025 | 🕒 15:15–16:30 UK | 💻 Zoom
Register: forms.gle/oqTDNU4Zpn2s...
Hosted by the LSE Historical Economic Demography Group.
Join us for a webinar on IPUMS International, the world’s leading repository of harmonized census data.
🗓️ 12 Nov 2025 | 🕒 15:15–16:30 UK | 💻 Zoom
Register: forms.gle/oqTDNU4Zpn2s...
Hosted by the LSE Historical Economic Demography Group.
Register for IPUMs International Online Session
Please use this form to register for the IPUMs International Session hosted by the Historical Economic Demography Group at LSE.
The session will be on Zoom from 15:15-16:30 UK Time on 12 November 202...
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November 10, 2025 at 11:22 AM
Just a reminder to sign up for this webinar on IPUMS International on Wednesday!
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Hi all, please spread the word and we hope everyone can make good use of this new data drop: cmfdata.org
The full surviving establishment-level Census of Manufactures manuscripts and digitized data from 1850, 1860, 1870, and 1880!
The full surviving establishment-level Census of Manufactures manuscripts and digitized data from 1850, 1860, 1870, and 1880!
Historical Census of Manufactures Microdata - Historical Census of Manufactures Microdata
CMFdata.org
November 6, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Hi all, please spread the word and we hope everyone can make good use of this new data drop: cmfdata.org
The full surviving establishment-level Census of Manufactures manuscripts and digitized data from 1850, 1860, 1870, and 1880!
The full surviving establishment-level Census of Manufactures manuscripts and digitized data from 1850, 1860, 1870, and 1880!
Curious about using census microdata in your research? 📊
Join us for a webinar on IPUMS International, the world’s leading repository of harmonized census data.
🗓️ 12 Nov 2025 | 🕒 15:15–16:30 UK | 💻 Zoom
Register: forms.gle/oqTDNU4Zpn2s...
Hosted by the LSE Historical Economic Demography Group.
Join us for a webinar on IPUMS International, the world’s leading repository of harmonized census data.
🗓️ 12 Nov 2025 | 🕒 15:15–16:30 UK | 💻 Zoom
Register: forms.gle/oqTDNU4Zpn2s...
Hosted by the LSE Historical Economic Demography Group.
Register for IPUMs International Online Session
Please use this form to register for the IPUMs International Session hosted by the Historical Economic Demography Group at LSE.
The session will be on Zoom from 15:15-16:30 UK Time on 12 November 202...
forms.gle
November 5, 2025 at 9:52 PM
Curious about using census microdata in your research? 📊
Join us for a webinar on IPUMS International, the world’s leading repository of harmonized census data.
🗓️ 12 Nov 2025 | 🕒 15:15–16:30 UK | 💻 Zoom
Register: forms.gle/oqTDNU4Zpn2s...
Hosted by the LSE Historical Economic Demography Group.
Join us for a webinar on IPUMS International, the world’s leading repository of harmonized census data.
🗓️ 12 Nov 2025 | 🕒 15:15–16:30 UK | 💻 Zoom
Register: forms.gle/oqTDNU4Zpn2s...
Hosted by the LSE Historical Economic Demography Group.
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Kicking off London Universities Population Seminars for the new academic year!
Join us Oct 28 in person (LSE, KSW.G.01) or online to hear from Prof Karen Glaser (KCL) on mental & physical health changes among adults aged 50-69 in England.
Full schedule & sign up:
sites.google.com/view/londonp...
Join us Oct 28 in person (LSE, KSW.G.01) or online to hear from Prof Karen Glaser (KCL) on mental & physical health changes among adults aged 50-69 in England.
Full schedule & sign up:
sites.google.com/view/londonp...
October 22, 2025 at 12:06 PM
Kicking off London Universities Population Seminars for the new academic year!
Join us Oct 28 in person (LSE, KSW.G.01) or online to hear from Prof Karen Glaser (KCL) on mental & physical health changes among adults aged 50-69 in England.
Full schedule & sign up:
sites.google.com/view/londonp...
Join us Oct 28 in person (LSE, KSW.G.01) or online to hear from Prof Karen Glaser (KCL) on mental & physical health changes among adults aged 50-69 in England.
Full schedule & sign up:
sites.google.com/view/londonp...
Join us for the London Universities Population Seminar on 28 October at noon UK time at LSE. Prof Karen Glaser (Kings) will present 'Changes in mental and physical health among adults aged 50 – 69 in England: Implications for economic inactivity'. The seminar will be in-person and online.
October 21, 2025 at 6:22 PM
Join us for the London Universities Population Seminar on 28 October at noon UK time at LSE. Prof Karen Glaser (Kings) will present 'Changes in mental and physical health among adults aged 50 – 69 in England: Implications for economic inactivity'. The seminar will be in-person and online.
October 21, 2025 at 4:48 PM
Join us for the London Universities Population Seminar on 28 October at noon UK time at LSE. Prof Karen Glaser (Kings) will present 'Changes in mental and physical health among adults aged 50 – 69 in England: Implications for economic inactivity'. The seminar will be in-person and online.
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LSE and @bspsuk.bsky.social are hosting a workshop on "Being an academic in population studies" on 3 November! It'll be a nice mix of methods training and career advice with great talks by @ericbschneider.bsky.social, Wendy Sigle, José Manuel Aburto, and others!
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/being-an-a...
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/being-an-a...
September 26, 2025 at 11:29 AM
LSE and @bspsuk.bsky.social are hosting a workshop on "Being an academic in population studies" on 3 November! It'll be a nice mix of methods training and career advice with great talks by @ericbschneider.bsky.social, Wendy Sigle, José Manuel Aburto, and others!
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/being-an-a...
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/being-an-a...
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📢 Interested in excess mortality methods, and want a challenge? I'm organising the "One Epidemic, Many Estimates" (1EME) project! Register *now* as a many analyst team (submissions due 15 March 2026), and then join us at LSE for a workshop on 21-22 May 2026! (1/n)
www.lse.ac.uk/Economic-His...
www.lse.ac.uk/Economic-His...
One Epidemic, Many Estimates (1EME)
One Epidemic, Many Estimates (1EME)
www.lse.ac.uk
August 27, 2025 at 8:54 AM
📢 Interested in excess mortality methods, and want a challenge? I'm organising the "One Epidemic, Many Estimates" (1EME) project! Register *now* as a many analyst team (submissions due 15 March 2026), and then join us at LSE for a workshop on 21-22 May 2026! (1/n)
www.lse.ac.uk/Economic-His...
www.lse.ac.uk/Economic-His...
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Join this exciting project at the LSE with @ericbschneider.bsky.social and @hggaddy.bsky.social on mortality estimates 📊
📢 Interested in excess mortality methods, and want a challenge? I'm organising the "One Epidemic, Many Estimates" (1EME) project! Register *now* as a many analyst team (submissions due 15 March 2026), and then join us at LSE for a workshop on 21-22 May 2026! (1/n)
www.lse.ac.uk/Economic-His...
www.lse.ac.uk/Economic-His...
One Epidemic, Many Estimates (1EME)
One Epidemic, Many Estimates (1EME)
www.lse.ac.uk
August 27, 2025 at 3:26 PM
Join this exciting project at the LSE with @ericbschneider.bsky.social and @hggaddy.bsky.social on mortality estimates 📊
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❕New WP from Eric Schneider and Romola Davenport❕
𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐂𝐚𝐬𝐞 𝐅𝐚𝐭𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐑𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐒𝐦𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐩𝐨𝐱?
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𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐂𝐚𝐬𝐞 𝐅𝐚𝐭𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐑𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐒𝐦𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐩𝐨𝐱?
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June 3, 2025 at 11:10 AM
❕New WP from Eric Schneider and Romola Davenport❕
𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐂𝐚𝐬𝐞 𝐅𝐚𝐭𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐑𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐒𝐦𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐩𝐨𝐱?
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𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐂𝐚𝐬𝐞 𝐅𝐚𝐭𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐑𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐒𝐦𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐩𝐨𝐱?
⬇️
📜 NEW WORKING PAPER 📜
What was the true case fatality rate (CFR) of smallpox?
My new paper with Romola Davenport (Cambridge) revisits this question using 18th-century data from Sweden and Iceland—and challenges the long-held belief that smallpox CFRs were 20–30%.
🧵👇
1/6
What was the true case fatality rate (CFR) of smallpox?
My new paper with Romola Davenport (Cambridge) revisits this question using 18th-century data from Sweden and Iceland—and challenges the long-held belief that smallpox CFRs were 20–30%.
🧵👇
1/6
May 13, 2025 at 7:25 PM
📜 NEW WORKING PAPER 📜
What was the true case fatality rate (CFR) of smallpox?
My new paper with Romola Davenport (Cambridge) revisits this question using 18th-century data from Sweden and Iceland—and challenges the long-held belief that smallpox CFRs were 20–30%.
🧵👇
1/6
What was the true case fatality rate (CFR) of smallpox?
My new paper with Romola Davenport (Cambridge) revisits this question using 18th-century data from Sweden and Iceland—and challenges the long-held belief that smallpox CFRs were 20–30%.
🧵👇
1/6
Really cool to see Jordan describing how the medieval economy worked! He covers interesting questions like: What is a peasant? How market oriented were medieval people? And what role did horses play in the medieval economy?
Thanks to the Institute for Economic Affairs for indulging in my ramblings about my recent research!
youtu.be/pXkofabuCBI?...
@lseechist.bsky.social #econhist
youtu.be/pXkofabuCBI?...
@lseechist.bsky.social #econhist
How The Black Death Increased Worker's Wages: Medieval England's Economic Revolution | IEA Interview
YouTube video by Institute of Economic Affairs
youtu.be
March 17, 2025 at 11:53 PM
Really cool to see Jordan describing how the medieval economy worked! He covers interesting questions like: What is a peasant? How market oriented were medieval people? And what role did horses play in the medieval economy?
Reposted by Eric Schneider
Thanks to the Institute for Economic Affairs for indulging in my ramblings about my recent research!
youtu.be/pXkofabuCBI?...
@lseechist.bsky.social #econhist
youtu.be/pXkofabuCBI?...
@lseechist.bsky.social #econhist
How The Black Death Increased Worker's Wages: Medieval England's Economic Revolution | IEA Interview
YouTube video by Institute of Economic Affairs
youtu.be
March 13, 2025 at 5:11 PM
Thanks to the Institute for Economic Affairs for indulging in my ramblings about my recent research!
youtu.be/pXkofabuCBI?...
@lseechist.bsky.social #econhist
youtu.be/pXkofabuCBI?...
@lseechist.bsky.social #econhist