1st CEPR Applied Micro-Economic History Workshop

We are pleased to announce the 1st CEPR Applied Micro-Economic History Workshop organized with the support of CEPR, the University of Mannheim and the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft.

The workshop will take place on the 7th and 8th of February 2025 in Heidelberg (NH Collection Heidelberg).

Organizers:

• Philipp Ager (University of Mannheim and CEPR)
• Nina Boberg-Fazlic (TU Dortmund and CEPR)
• Bruno Caprettini (University of St Gallen and CEPR)
• Sibylle Lehmann-Hasemeyer (University of Hohenheim and CEPR)

Goal: Recent technological advances have opened new, exciting opportunities for the study of our past. Not only do we now have access to several fully digitized historical censuses: recent developments in AI and machine learning are also allowing economic historians to extract ever larger quantities of information from historical sources, including newspapers, books, and firm reports. All of this is revolutionizing economic history, bringing new data and rigorous empirical methods to the field. The workshop aims at bringing together leading economic historians working with “big data” and modern econometric techniques. Topics of interest include but are not limited to evaluating the effects of education, health, innovation, and labor policies as well as intergenerational mobility, migration, and economic inequality. Other potential areas may relate to individual investment or savings decisions or political effects on business foundations or insolvencies.

Funding:
The workshop takes place in Heidelberg at the NH Collection Heidelberg. We are able to refund presenters and discussants with

1. economy class air or train fares,
2. as well as up two nights at the NH Collection Heidelberg (the conference hotel).

Please indicate in your submission if you require funding. We expect participants to stay for the entire duration of the workshop (morning of the 7th until the afternoon of the 8th of February).

We are organizing a conference dinner, please indicate if you like to participate. You will be asked to contribute 50 EUR to cover the costs in case you participate.

How to apply:

We invite authors to submit completed papers or extended abstracts via the CEPR platform. Preferences are for completed papers. Researchers interested in participating but without a paper to present can apply to discuss one of the works. Feel free to share this call with anyone you think may be interested and please note that the event is in person only.

Deadline for application: 17th November 2024, 23.59 CET.   

Authors who already have a CEPR HUB profile can upload their submission by:

1. Going to https://hub.cepr.org/ and logging in

2. After you have logged in, go to https://hub.cepr.org/event/4415

3. Click on "Step 1: Apply"

4. Under "Apply to Attend" click "Yes"

5. Tick the boxes that apply to you

6. Tick "Would you like to submit a paper?", upload your paper and supply the requested information.

7. Click "Submit form" to make the submission.

Authors who do not have a CEPR HUB profile can upload their submission by:

1. Creating a new profile here https://hub.cepr.org/user/register

2. After you have logged in, go to https://hub.cepr.org/event/4415

3. Click on "Step 1: Apply"

4. Under "Apply to Attend" click "Yes"

5. Tick the boxes that apply to you

6. Tick "Would you like to submit a paper?", upload your paper and supply the

requested information.

7. Click "Submit form" to make the submission.