
Economic History: Featured Content


VoxEU Talk
Forced displacement, then and now
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- Migration 
- Politics and economics 
- Ukraine Initiative

VoxEU Column
Historical gender discrimination does not explain comparative Western European development
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- Economic history 
- Gender

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VoxEU Talk
The other great migration
In the 20th century at least 6 million African Americans migrated from poor southern states to northern cities to escape discrimination and poverty, changing the course of American history. At least as many whites also migrated, taking their ideas with them. Samuel Bazzi tells Tim Phillips that they have also influenced social structures and politics in the US.







VoxEU Talk
Why natural experiments won the Nobel
Steve Pischke tells Tim Phillips about the history of natural experiments, and the impact of the methods pioneered by this year's Laureates.



