After a deadly plane crash in 1974, there was a sharp & permanent ⬇️ in migrant workers from Malawi in South African gold mines.

By Dec 1975, ~120,000 men had returned to Malawi with their remittances. Today's article explores the impacts of this large inflow of migrant capital

Evidence from #Malawi shows that temporary capital inflows from migrants can permanently reshape rural labour markets by jumpstarting a structural transformation out of agriculture.

Read today's article ⤵️

🆕 International migration kickstarted structural transformation in Malawi 🇲🇼

Today on VoxDev, Taryn Dinkelman Notre Dame Economics, grace kumchulesi & Martine Mariotti ANU Economics outline their research: voxdev.org/topic/migratio…

Circular migration within Africa contributes to long-run structural change in origin country labor markets. Just Accepted paper by Taryn Dinkelman (Taryn Dinkelman), Grace Kumchulesi (@gracekumchulesi), and Martine Mariotti (@MartineMariott1). zurl.co/olXo

The next AusClio workshop will be Nov 6 in Adelaide. Programme & detail at universityofadelaide.app.box.com/v/AusClio2023A…
Papers by Peiyuan Li, Chicheng Ma, Dean Hoi, Laura Panza (@UniMelb), CheongYeon Won (@MonashUni), Changkeun Lee (@KDI_SCHOOL).
Comments from Martine Mariotti, Sascha O. Becker & others

CFP: Asia-Pacific Econ & Bus History Conference
Univ of Hawai‘I, Feb 17-18 2024
All topics welcome w particular interest in institutions & organizations
Prof Zhiwu Chen will give the 2024 Butlin Lecture
Grad student support available
Proposals by Sept 30:
economichistorysociety.wordpress.com/call-for-paper…

The Cdn Network Econ History invites papers for its next meeting Oct 13-15 at UToronto. 1-2 page proposals to Shari Eli & Laura Salisbury. Keynote address Karen Clay. Suresh Naidu will give the Mary MacKinnon Memorial Lecture. More detail: economichistory.ca

We are very excited to announce the program for the 2023 Asia Pacific Economic and Business History Conference. There is an excellent array of papers, drawn from a range of methodological, disciplinary, and geographical areas.

Registration is open: apebh2023.com/registration/

Proud of this one.

A year ago we held a conference on methodological advances in economic history. The associated special issue of EEH dropped today. Thanks to all who contributed - this is a really remarkable collection of work. sciencedirect.com/journal/explor…

Here is a new paper from the Oxford Economic and Social History Working Papers by Edward Kerby, Alexander Moradi, and Hanjo Odendaal on “African time travellers: what can we learn from 500 years of written accounts?” ora.ox.ac.uk/objects/uuid:f… OpenAccessOxford #twitterstorians #econhist

Very sad news about the passing of Charles Simkins. He was a brilliant economist who produced damning evidence on the consequences of apartheid for black unemployment and development while working in SALDRU between 1976 and 1986. Our deepest condolences to his family.

📣 New Title!

In 2023, Asia-Pacific Economic History Review will become 'Asia-Pacific Economic History Review,' continuing to publish content on AUS & NZ alongside the #AsiaPacific region economies and research of a broadly international character.

Find out more: ow.ly/JnJB50LsjAe

Kris Inwood (@kris-inwood.bsky.social)

Muhan Hu and Martine Mariotti discuss the diffusion of cyanide amalgamation technology in South Africa’s early gold mining industry. #Ausclio22

Pierre van der Eng and Ryan Edwards on fuzzy land titling and land transactions in Indonesia in the 1920s and 30s #Ausclio22

Jeanet Sinding Bentzen and Pauline Grosjean discuss the possibility of using first names as a measure of religiosity and the effect of religiosity on growth. #Ausclio22

Chicheng Ma and Linxiang Ma of Melbourne Uni on Classism and Modern Growth in China #Ausclio22

#AusClio22 , hosted by Centre for Economic History ANU. Participants from three continents.
Thanks to Martine Mariotti & Tim Hatton for hosting the event. Lots of constructive discussions.

Chicheng Ma & some of my Monash Business School PhD students CY Won Chun Chee Kok looking forward to dinner 👇

Nick Ford from Lund and @DannaHanna2 discuss social mobility in Norway after the founding of the University of Oslo. #Ausclio22

Tim Hatton and Sascha O. Becker discussing the diffusion of Protestantism through Luther and the push back from Desiderius Erasmus. #Ausclio22

David de La Croix and Cameron Gordon on networks between European Universities over the Protestant Reformation. #Ausclio22