Sandra de Pleijt
@sdepleijt.bsky.social
Assistant Professor in Economic History. Analyzes long run growth, human capital, technological change, gender inequality. Also Fresh-organizer.
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New paper alert 🚨 🚨
Education and Skills during the First Industrial Revolution in England
Together with co-authors @sdepleijt.bsky.social and @patrickwallis.bsky.social, we set out to solve one of the most intriguing puzzles of the Industrial Revolution
Education and Skills during the First Industrial Revolution in England
Together with co-authors @sdepleijt.bsky.social and @patrickwallis.bsky.social, we set out to solve one of the most intriguing puzzles of the Industrial Revolution
March 5, 2026 at 2:30 PM
New paper alert 🚨 🚨
Education and Skills during the First Industrial Revolution in England
Together with co-authors @sdepleijt.bsky.social and @patrickwallis.bsky.social, we set out to solve one of the most intriguing puzzles of the Industrial Revolution
Education and Skills during the First Industrial Revolution in England
Together with co-authors @sdepleijt.bsky.social and @patrickwallis.bsky.social, we set out to solve one of the most intriguing puzzles of the Industrial Revolution
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On the 18th and 19th of June 2026, the Public University of Navarre (Spain) will host a #FRESH meeting on "Energy, Sustainability, and Economic History"
Keynote lecture by Henry Willebald
Local organizer: Cristián Ducoing
More details below:
Keynote lecture by Henry Willebald
Local organizer: Cristián Ducoing
More details below:
December 17, 2025 at 6:52 PM
On the 18th and 19th of June 2026, the Public University of Navarre (Spain) will host a #FRESH meeting on "Energy, Sustainability, and Economic History"
Keynote lecture by Henry Willebald
Local organizer: Cristián Ducoing
More details below:
Keynote lecture by Henry Willebald
Local organizer: Cristián Ducoing
More details below:
On May 5-6, 2026, Humboldt University will host a
#FRESH meeting on The causes and consequences of social conflict
Keynote lecture by Mohamed Saleh (LSE)
Local organizer: Felix Kersting
More details in the below 👇
#FRESH meeting on The causes and consequences of social conflict
Keynote lecture by Mohamed Saleh (LSE)
Local organizer: Felix Kersting
More details in the below 👇
December 15, 2025 at 2:14 PM
On May 5-6, 2026, Humboldt University will host a
#FRESH meeting on The causes and consequences of social conflict
Keynote lecture by Mohamed Saleh (LSE)
Local organizer: Felix Kersting
More details in the below 👇
#FRESH meeting on The causes and consequences of social conflict
Keynote lecture by Mohamed Saleh (LSE)
Local organizer: Felix Kersting
More details in the below 👇
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🆕 Higher education and the roots of Southeast Asia’s economic miracle
Today on VoxDev, Alexandra de Pleijt (@w-u-r.bsky.social) & Ewout Frankema discuss the role of higher education in Southeast Asia's long-run development: voxdev.org/topic/educat...
Today on VoxDev, Alexandra de Pleijt (@w-u-r.bsky.social) & Ewout Frankema discuss the role of higher education in Southeast Asia's long-run development: voxdev.org/topic/educat...
Higher education and the roots of Southeast Asia’s economic miracle
Higher education played a key role in Southeast Asia’s long-run development—much earlier than most policy accounts and research suggest.
voxdev.org
August 19, 2025 at 9:24 AM
🆕 Higher education and the roots of Southeast Asia’s economic miracle
Today on VoxDev, Alexandra de Pleijt (@w-u-r.bsky.social) & Ewout Frankema discuss the role of higher education in Southeast Asia's long-run development: voxdev.org/topic/educat...
Today on VoxDev, Alexandra de Pleijt (@w-u-r.bsky.social) & Ewout Frankema discuss the role of higher education in Southeast Asia's long-run development: voxdev.org/topic/educat...
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Our paper with @fcinnio.bsky.social @hornungerik.bsky.social “Flow of ideas: Economic societies and the rise of useful knowledge” is out in print
@theeconjournal.bsky.social 🚨🚨🚨
In it, we investigate the effect of knowledge sharing societies from the 18th century on long-run innovation. Read on ->
@theeconjournal.bsky.social 🚨🚨🚨
In it, we investigate the effect of knowledge sharing societies from the 18th century on long-run innovation. Read on ->
July 7, 2025 at 2:19 PM
Our paper with @fcinnio.bsky.social @hornungerik.bsky.social “Flow of ideas: Economic societies and the rise of useful knowledge” is out in print
@theeconjournal.bsky.social 🚨🚨🚨
In it, we investigate the effect of knowledge sharing societies from the 18th century on long-run innovation. Read on ->
@theeconjournal.bsky.social 🚨🚨🚨
In it, we investigate the effect of knowledge sharing societies from the 18th century on long-run innovation. Read on ->
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I’m happy to announce that my JMP🚨🚨Teacher-directed change: The case of the English Scientific Revolution” is now out as a working paper. Finalising the draft has been a lot of work. So, very happy to share this. For lots of history, new micro-data &natural experiments, read on ->->->
March 24, 2025 at 1:15 PM
I’m happy to announce that my JMP🚨🚨Teacher-directed change: The case of the English Scientific Revolution” is now out as a working paper. Finalising the draft has been a lot of work. So, very happy to share this. For lots of history, new micro-data &natural experiments, read on ->->->
On February 28, 2025, Utrecht University will host a
#FRESH meeting on Empire and Economic Development
Keynote lecture by Tirthanker Roy (LSE)
Local organizers: Maanik Nath and John Tang
More details in the below 👇
#FRESH meeting on Empire and Economic Development
Keynote lecture by Tirthanker Roy (LSE)
Local organizers: Maanik Nath and John Tang
More details in the below 👇
November 14, 2024 at 12:00 PM
On February 28, 2025, Utrecht University will host a
#FRESH meeting on Empire and Economic Development
Keynote lecture by Tirthanker Roy (LSE)
Local organizers: Maanik Nath and John Tang
More details in the below 👇
#FRESH meeting on Empire and Economic Development
Keynote lecture by Tirthanker Roy (LSE)
Local organizers: Maanik Nath and John Tang
More details in the below 👇
📢 On June 24-25, 2024, UCLouvain will host a #FRESH workshop on: “Institutions, human capital, and long-term development: lessons from pre-modern Europe”
Keynote lectures by Joel Mokyr and Nico Voigtländer
Local organizers: David de la Croix and Paula Gobbi
Details below 👇
Keynote lectures by Joel Mokyr and Nico Voigtländer
Local organizers: David de la Croix and Paula Gobbi
Details below 👇
November 22, 2023 at 5:38 PM
📢 On June 24-25, 2024, UCLouvain will host a #FRESH workshop on: “Institutions, human capital, and long-term development: lessons from pre-modern Europe”
Keynote lectures by Joel Mokyr and Nico Voigtländer
Local organizers: David de la Croix and Paula Gobbi
Details below 👇
Keynote lectures by Joel Mokyr and Nico Voigtländer
Local organizers: David de la Croix and Paula Gobbi
Details below 👇
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Unsure how this stuff flies in the bluesky, but obsessed as I am with monopsony in early modern labour markets, delighted to say that the important collaboration w @phwallis and @mmpaker has yielded doi.org/10.1017/S002... a paper that shows “jobs have rents” before industrialisation 
November 15, 2023 at 6:23 PM
Unsure how this stuff flies in the bluesky, but obsessed as I am with monopsony in early modern labour markets, delighted to say that the important collaboration w @phwallis and @mmpaker has yielded doi.org/10.1017/S002... a paper that shows “jobs have rents” before industrialisation 
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I’m on the economic job market this year. My JMP investigates how teachers affected the direction of research of their students during the Scientific Revolution at the universities of Oxford and Cambridge.
Please find my JMP and CV on my website juliuskoschnick.com
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Please find my JMP and CV on my website juliuskoschnick.com
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November 1, 2023 at 7:43 PM
I’m on the economic job market this year. My JMP investigates how teachers affected the direction of research of their students during the Scientific Revolution at the universities of Oxford and Cambridge.
Please find my JMP and CV on my website juliuskoschnick.com
Key summary:
Please find my JMP and CV on my website juliuskoschnick.com
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