NeilJCummins
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Does Marital Hypergamy Exist? a short 🧵 With declining birth rates linked to declining coupling some charge that changing matching dynamics are to blame. The idea of hypergamy proposes that the average man is not good enough for the average woman. Women marry up, Men marry down
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Northern England used to be highly advanced and wealthy two centuries ago. Now it is backward and poor. Why the decline? Surname analysis of distinctive northern names reveals two reasons: 1. Outmigration of talent to southern England (brain drain)
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Gave the first lecture of my life! As part of our summer school "The Economic History of Inequality" here at @LSEEcHist, I had the amazing opportunity to write & deliver a lecture on "Critical Junctures in the History of Inequality“. Huge thanks to @njcummins for the opportunity!
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Our department was delighted to take part in the first LSE PSE Joint Economic History Workshop in Paris! Faculty members Neil Cummins (@NJCummins) and Pamfili Antipa, and PhD students Andrés Irarrázaval, @flo_jfriedrich , and @NoahWSutter presented their research. #EconHistory
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Thrilled to co-organise the first ever LSE-PSE joint Economic History Workshop which will take place soon (29-30th of April) at PSE with an amazing lineup of @LSEEcHist and @PSEinfo students and staff: #econhistory #econtwitter
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🚨📢 @GregoryClarkUCD in the media! 🚨📢 The “golddigger” myth gets a reality check! 💰📉 HEDG professor Gregory Clark is featured in Weekendavisen on social mobility and economic history. 👉 Read the article here: https://t.co/rywj9dkFU8
#EconHist #SocialMobility
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Ægteskab. Det er en indgroet forestilling i samfundet, at kvinder i højere grad end mænd gifter sig til status og velstand. Men det er en myte, viser nyt studie.
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Is Education *causal* in reducing Fertility? No! 20th Century Compulsory Schooling Reforms, which raised years of education, exogenously, have Zero effect on the Time-Trend in Age at First Marriage, and Lifetime Fertility, for English Women, See:
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@ArtemisConsort You don't need an app for that. Mating is incredibly efficient regarding IQ or its proxies like Educational attainment or social status. So much so it hasn't changed since 1837
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@GregoryClarkUCD The figure below, from the Parish Data, shows the status difference in the occupations of fathers of the Groom and Bride. The status score is on a 100-point scale, and the status difference is always close to zero.
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Important new research on how Irish immigrant families and their descendants have fared in England over the last two centuries. Thread below.
How long did it take the massive waves of Irish migrants to economically integrate into England over the past two centuries? It took a while.
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Today LSE's own Noah Sutter (@NoahWSutter) presented his paper "A Testament to Revolution - New Data on Wealth at Death and Wealth Elasticity Estimates for France, 1791-1870" in our graduate seminar.
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🚨📢 Gregory Clark in the media! 🚨📢 New research challenges the "marrying up" myth! 💍👰 HEDG professor Gregory Clark is featured in The Times. 👉 Read the article here: https://t.co/3wAuFQeCgb
#EconHist
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A new study debunks the myth of the gold-digging wife, finding that women are no more likely to marry above their social class than men
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Brides and grooms of similar social status. This is known as assortative mating. If followed for generations, it will widen the distribution of ability. You will get a more talented upper tail of people. Which is good.
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