NeilJCummins

[NeilJCummins @NJCummins]

@GregoryClarkUCD and our work on hypergamy in the NYT today: https://t.co/ZL1pcmCAqZ

[NeilJCummins @NJCummins]

And thread here: https://t.co/7rqxyBy8IR

[NeilJCummins @NJCummins]

Does Marital Hypergamy Exist? a short 🧵
With declining birth rates linked to declining coupling some charge that changing matching dynamics are to blame. The idea of hypergamy proposes that the average man is not good enough for the average woman. Women marry up, Men marry down

[NeilJCummins @NJCummins]

Paper Here: https://t.co/Q0P3KJ3dRk

[Whyvert @whyvert]

@paulg It seems to have been happening for a very long time, before econ decline set in.
Perhaps the magnetic attraction of London?

[Whyvert @whyvert]

Northern England used to be highly advanced and wealthy two centuries ago. Now it is backward and poor. Why the decline?

Surname analysis of distinctive northern names reveals two reasons:

1. Outmigration of talent to southern England (brain drain)

[Noah Sutter @NoahWSutter]

Gave the first lecture of my life! As part of our summer school "The Economic History of Inequality" here at @LSEEcHist, I had the amazing opportunity to write & deliver a lecture on "Critical Junctures in the History of Inequality“.
Huge thanks to @njcummins for the opportunity!

[LSE Department of Economic History @LSEEcHist]

Our department was delighted to take part in the first LSE PSE Joint Economic History Workshop in Paris! Faculty members Neil Cummins (@NJCummins) and Pamfili Antipa, and PhD students Andrés Irarrázaval, @flo_jfriedrich , and @NoahWSutter presented their research. #EconHistory

[Tom Raster @tomraster]

Thrilled to co-organise the first ever LSE-PSE joint Economic History Workshop which will take place soon (29-30th of April) at PSE with an amazing lineup of @LSEEcHist and @PSEinfo students and staff: #econhistory #econtwitter

[HEDG (Historical Economics and Development Group) @SDUeconhist]

🚨📢 @GregoryClarkUCD in the media! 🚨📢

The “golddigger” myth gets a reality check! 💰📉 HEDG professor Gregory Clark is featured in Weekendavisen on social mobility and economic history.

👉 Read the article here: https://t.co/rywj9dkFU8

#EconHist #SocialMobility

[NeilJCummins @NJCummins]

Link: https://t.co/jLn6PN0iIJ

[NeilJCummins @NJCummins]

Is Education *causal* in reducing Fertility? No!

20th Century Compulsory Schooling Reforms, which raised years of education, exogenously, have Zero effect on the Time-Trend in Age at First Marriage, and Lifetime Fertility, for English Women, See:

[Suma @sumabin23]

@ArtemisConsort You don't need an app for that. Mating is incredibly efficient regarding IQ or its proxies like Educational attainment or social status. So much so it hasn't changed since 1837 https://t.co/V9QE8PggiZ

[Dr Victoria Bateman @vnbateman]

Important new research on how Irish immigrant families and their descendants have fared in England over the last two centuries. Thread below.

[LSE Department of Economic History @LSEEcHist]

Today LSE's own Noah Sutter (@NoahWSutter) presented his paper "A Testament to Revolution - New Data on Wealth at Death and Wealth Elasticity Estimates for France, 1791-1870" in our graduate seminar.

[HEDG (Historical Economics and Development Group) @SDUeconhist]

🚨📢 Gregory Clark in the media! 🚨📢

New research challenges the "marrying up" myth! 💍👰 HEDG professor Gregory Clark is featured in The Times.

👉 Read the article here: https://t.co/3wAuFQeCgb

#EconHist

[NeilJCummins @NJCummins]

@CyrilMorong @GregoryClarkUCD I'll have to check! It's a good question...

[NeilJCummins @NJCummins]

Today's Sunday Times @GregoryClarkUCD

[NeilJCummins @NJCummins]

@CyrilMorong @GregoryClarkUCD That is; Of those marriages where family status differed at marriage, half of women were marrying up, and half of men were also marrying up.

[NeilJCummins @NJCummins]

@CyrilMorong @GregoryClarkUCD Exactly half