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Historical Economics and the Economics of Religion

Friday 5 June 2015, Lecture Theatre, Riddel Hall, Queen’s University Belfast

There has been a long tradition of historical enquiry into the economic consequences of religion and religiosity, dating back to at least the work of Max Weber. However, serious cliometric enquiry was made possible only following the collection of large microeconomic and demographic datasets in the late 1990s. Meanwhile, the economics of religion can trace its routes back as a field at least to Adam Smith. This field has recently undergone something of a renaissance, and has matured enough to be assigned its own JEL code: Z13. This workshop is an attempt to bring together scholars working at the intersections of these fields.

Full programme:

Welcome and tea and coffee (9:00-9:30) 

Session 1 (9:30-11:00) 
Chair: Chris Colvin (QUB)
Stuart Henderson (QUB), 'Religion and Development in Post-Famine Ireland'
Arcangelo Dimico (QUB), 'Poverty Trap and Educational Shock: Evidence from Missionary Fields'

Tea, coffee and scones (11:00-11:30) 

Session 2 (11:30-13:00) 
Chair: Robbie Mochrie (Heriot-Watt)
Mohamed Saleh (Toulouse), 'On the Road to Heaven: Self-Selection, Religion, and Socioeconomic Status'
Jordi Vidal-Robert (Warwick), 'Long-Run Effects of the Spanish Inquisition'

Sandwich lunch (13:00-14:30)

Session 3 (14:30-16:00)
Chair: Alan Fernihough (QUB)
Cyril Milhaud (PSE), 'Priests or Bankers? Ecclesiastical Credit in 18th Century Spain'
Philipp Ager (Southern Denmark), 'Church Membership and Social Insurance: Evidence from the American South' (with Casper Worm Hansen and Lars Lønstrup)

Tea and coffee (16:00-16:30)
 
Session 4 (16:30-17:30)
Chair: Alan de Bromhead (QUB)
Matthias Blum (QUB), 'Protestant and Catholic Welfare during a Natural Experiment in Germany, 1914-1918'
Closing remarks by John Turner (QUB)

Workshop dinner at the Barking Dog (from 18:30)


For further information, please contact Chris Colvin (chris.colvin@qub.ac.uk)
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