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Lukas Rosenberger  (LMU, Munich) will give a presentation on Why Britain? The Right Place (in the Technology Space) at the Right Time Abstract: How did Britain sustain faster rates of economic growth than comparable European countries, such as France, during the Industrial...

Chiara Zanardello (IRES/LIDAM, UCLouvain) will give a presentation on Early Modern Academies, Universities, and Economic Growth Abstract: Using a novel micro-level database of Early Modern scholars and educational institutions, I study the influence of innovative knowledge on...

Julius Koschnik (LSE) will give a presentation on Teacher-directed scientific change: The case of the English Scientific Revolution Absract: While economic factors in directed technical and scientific change have been widely studied, the role of teacher-directed scientific change...

Dylan Glover (INSEAD) will give a presnetation on Job Search under (Perceived) Discrimination   Abstract: Evidence is lacking on how jobseeker search effort reacts to the expected level of discrimination they face in the labor market. Bridging this gap is important for...