Summer term - Integration and Growth in the World (E580B)
Content
The seminar provides an overlook over interesting topics in European economic history during the latest era. You will learn what led to the “First Era of Globalization” (1880-1913) and what determinants gave rise to its failure. What can history teach us about the current wave of globalization and which influence will anti-globalization movements have? We will also discuss the latest research on the biological standard of living and human capital development, which offers important insights about the economic development in certain countries and regions. As the methodological aspects are intrinsically tied to contents and results of economic history research, we will discuss how to derive such results and how to present them to the public. During the course you have to revise the materials and prepare assignments. These are mandatory for the assessment.
Learn more about the structure and details of the course in the following content:
Key facts about the course
ECTS-Credits
9
Level
M.Sc.
Degree
Workload
30/240
class/self
Cycle
SS
generally
Course language
ENG
Duration of the module
1
term
Exam written
Term paper
Maximum Student number
40
Registration
Necessary!
Registration period: 11.03. - 12.04.2024
Type of registration: online form
(Available during the registration period.)
Please note: Confirmation emails are not sent before the end of the registration period!
Course type
Seminar (2 SWS)
Literature
Baten, Joerg (ed.), A History of the Global Economy: 1500 to the Present, Cambridge University Press)
O'Rourke, K./ Williamson, J. (2000): Globalization and History, Cambridge.
See the articles and papers on our internet pages as well as articles lately published in journals
Objectives
In this seminar you questioning general issues in international economics and interesting economic developments in particular countries and you will see the world in a new light. You will also strengthen your knowledge in applied statistical analyses techniques and execute them with STATA. In doing so, you will acquire important skills that enable you to statistically assess the development of a country and get a general idea about its peculiarities.
Topics
- Inequality and Human Capital Formation in Latin America (requires Spanish language skills)
- Migrant Selectivity and Growth Effects in Latin America (requires Spanish language skills)
- Early Italian Human Capital Formation: what the Inquisition Files Tell Us (requires Italian language skills).
- Human Capital of Criminals in 18th/19th C England: the Old Bailey Files
- Numeracy estimates of the elderly worldwide: selectivities and biases? (data mainly available)
- Religion and Human Capital: the counter-reformation in the Czech Lands and Southeast Germany
- Social Mobility in Portugal (idea: Portuguese inquisition files inform about parental occupation, own occupation and age heaping)
- Human capital in Portugal during the early modern period (idea: Portuguese inquisition files)
- Human capital and reformation : what witch process records can tell us
- Human capital formation in Albania and Southeastern Europe
- Determinants of Human capital formation in Eastern Europe
- Education and disease in Italy: could more educated groups avoid some diseases?
- Globalization and the Biological Standard of Living
- Did human play a role for military outcomes in the early modern period?
- Inequality and human capital formation in Africa
- Migrant selectivity of Chinese emigrants
- Migrant selectivity of Eastern European emigrants
Please let uns know by e-mail your three favourite topics: wisoge@uni-tuebingen.de