Matías Cabello

#Econjobmarket PhD candidate from MLU Halle-Wittenberg. Specialized in #econhist, growth, and political economy.

I am on the 2024-2025 Econ Job Market.

[David González Agudo @DavidGonzlezAg2]

@MatCabelloEcon presenta su trabajo «Divided into progress! How Europe’s political and religious fragmentation spurred creativity: 1100-1900». En @ehvalencia @fdeconomiauv

[EH-Valencia @ehvalencia]

Seminar @ehvalencia @fdeconomiauv by @MatCabelloEcon "Divided into progress! How Europe's political and religious fragmentation spurred creativity: 1100-1900" More info 👇#past #history #knowledge #change

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Limited mind = Limited growth: <p><span>A ‘New’ Kaldor Fact and Growth with Cognitive Limits</span></p> @SSRN https://t.co/ziY47r94Fd

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@BurlHorniachek @JosephPConlon @BlasuttoFabio Yes, it seems to me that the dominant revisionism of the last 40 years or so went too far. 19th-century historians, despite their biases, weren't so wrong after all.

[Matías Cabello @MatCabelloEcon]

@BurlHorniachek @JosephPConlon @BlasuttoFabio @JosephPConlon is right to be skeptical (he indeed reflects the historians' consensus). But the fact is that the number of known scientists, publications, inventions, etc., declined in regions and periods where intellectual conservatism held sway.

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@PPE_Center @felipev84 Felicitaciones Felipe!

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How the Catholic reaction to Protestantism harmed science! Presenting on this super debated historical question at #ASSA2025, @ClioSociety session chaired by @jaredcrubin: https://t.co/4SCrBKVEet

[Matías Cabello @MatCabelloEcon]

@JamesCUngureanu @whyvert Hi James, thanks for the link. Will take a close look at it soon for sure. And it would be great to chat some day! Just message me...

[Matías Cabello @MatCabelloEcon]

Thanks for posting, @Whyvert

[Whyvert @whyvert]

Interesting new paper!

1520-1720 elite human capital became obsessed with religion (and likely high in religiosity) then 200 years later suddenly changed to be less religious.

As shown by density of the words God, Jesus, and Christ (vernacular and Latin) in books.

[Matías Cabello @MatCabelloEcon]

@valfig_tin Wow! Muy bien! Felicidades!

[LSE Department of Economic History @LSEEcHist]

🚨 How did Europe's political and religious fragmentation drive creativity? 📜
At this LSE's Graduate Economic History Seminar, Matías Cabello (@MatCabelloEcon) presented fascinating research spanning 800 years (1100–1900). Let’s dive in. 🧵👇 (1/10)

[LSE Department of Economic History @LSEEcHist]

@MatCabelloEcon He uses two Natural Experiments to demonstrate this:
· The Reformation (1517): Fragmented Europe couldn’t suppress heterodox ideas, fostering intellectual mobility.
· The Habsburg Empire’s centralization: Highlighted the trade-offs between unification & fragmentation. (5/10)

[Matías Cabello @MatCabelloEcon]

@whyvert Yes, Newton's Principia was a bomb! Now, was it THE bomb? Not yet 100% sure about that. He was part of something broader.

[Matías Cabello @MatCabelloEcon]

@cremieuxrecueil Thank you, @cremieuxrecueil, for posting (and for engaging with all those who doubted!)

[Felipe Valencia C. @felipev84]

The third is Matias Cabello @MatCabelloEcon from Halle, with a great paper on religion and innovation, summarized below. He works at the intersection of economic growth, economic history and innovation, more information about his other work on his webpage https://t.co/rV9QCkHudH

[Crémieux @cremieuxrecueil]

Innovation is the backbone of modern economic growth, and without the Protestants, we probably wouldn't have it🧵

Consider the period of the Counter-Reformation. During this time, the Catholic Church set science back in the territories it governed:

[Matías Cabello @MatCabelloEcon]

@JohanFourieZA Dear Johan, I am a candidate too. Any chance to get into the list?

[Matías Cabello @MatCabelloEcon]

@nunopgpalma @BritishAcademy_ congratulations Nuno

[Alice Evans @_alice_evans]

This isn’t just an ‘event study’

(ie one event produced long-run effects)

Instead @MatCabelloEcon charts change over time

The Spanish Inquisition was reactivated after the French Revolution and remained in place until the 1830s

[Alice Evans @_alice_evans]

Repression hurts science.

Protestant and Catholic regions produced just as many scientists

Until...

The Counter-Reformation successfully imposed prohibitions, instilled fear, and quashed innovation

Awesome paper by @MatCabelloEcon

https://t.co/r5BJOIeOBs