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This article analyses the determinants of wealth inequality at the local level in the Venetian Republic 1400–1800 and explores the distributional effects of the terrible 1629–30 plague. It finds that increasing regressive taxation was a major source of inequality growth.

Now on Early View: 'Wealth inequality and epidemics in the Republic of Venice (1400–1800)'. By Guido Alfani, Matteo Di Tullio & Mattia Fochesato. @guido_alfani @DondenaCentre @Unibocconi @stone_lis @cage_warwick @unipv https://t.co/MoFGZnFtBY

Examining the role of religion in Spain’s family allowances, it shows how Catholic advocacy shaped policies but imposed structural limits due to their redistributive preferences. Expansion was further hindered by Falange competition and the dictatorship’s resistance to tax reform

Now on Early View: 'Religious politics and the limits of redistribution: The rise and fall of family allowances in Spain, 1926–58'. By Guillem Verd-Llabrés. @gllabverd @UICbarcelona https://t.co/3gXkUUH4t5

It uses a diff-in-diff strategy, highlighting that telegraph connection within a prefecture pair reduced the difference in interest rate by 1.27% (6.9% of mean) Financial intermediaries engaged in long-distance remittance augmented the telegraph’s effect on cap market integration

Now on Early View: 'Telegraph and capital market integration: Evidence from late imperial China'. By Yu Hao & Yuxiang Wang. @PKU1898 @SWUFE1925 https://t.co/A3F1fNlQCz

Upcoming CFP Deadline: 5 September. This year's @WComEHS Workshop: Women & Entrepreneurship: Agency, Experience, and Enterprise will be held at UCL, 12 December 2025. More information can be found in the QR or at:

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This article demonstrates the existence of a soaring demand for strategic materials in 15th century Rome, highlighting the political measures undertaken to support the supply of materiel, revealing a pragmatic stance that combined state control with private initiative.

Now on Early View: 'Strategic materials and state capacity in Renaissance Italy. The economic policies of ‘Roman saltpetre’ procurement'. By Fabrizio Antonio Ansani. @warmateriaIs @kingshistory https://t.co/xiTPuZHapF

It estimates the impact of reductions in poor law spending on rural life expectancy/mortality rates. It implies 8–10% increases in mortality at ages 1–4 and 2–4 % falls in rural expectation of life at birth, consistent with the reformers’ reducing allowances for larger families

Now on the Long Run: 'The new poor law and the health of the population of England and Wales'. By David Green, Gabriel Mesevage, Graham Mooney & Simon Szreter. @davidrgreenuk @gfgmesevage @SimonSzreter @kclgeography @kingshistory @ihmjhu @stjohnscam https://t.co/mCdCAxDq11

It analyses product and process innovations in Amsterdam, examining their variegated social impact in two datasets of probate inventories. It argues Middle-class decencies became cheaper during the 17th century, but without a sustained positive impact on material living standards

Now on Early View: 'The cost of the consumer revolution: Prices, material living standards, and real inequality in Amsterdam (1630‒1805)'. By Bas Spliet & Anne E. C. McCants. @BSpliet @UAntwerpen @SHOC_VUB @RealDMitchell https://t.co/fNYzJhzDac

It draws on a weekly publication of public finance statistics, assessing the roles of monetary policy, taxation and public spending. It shows that monetary and fiscal policy shocks contributed to variation in prices and unemployment, playing a central role in two great recessions

Now on Early View: 'Macroeconomic policymaking in interwar Britain: A reappraisal'. By David Ronicle. @BoE_Research https://t.co/OCyJ51SZ54

This article examines the distributive effects of personal income taxation in Sweden, the UK, and the US during the first half of the 20th century. It shows that redistribution through income taxation increased during the period with varying intensity and mechanisms.

Now on Early View: 'Income taxes and redistribution in the early twentieth century'. By Sara Torregrosa-Hetland & Oriol Sabaté . @sthetland @oriol_sabate @UNavarra @LuEconHist @ubeconomics https://t.co/U22BV0tJPZ