CEPH Logo

Research

Welcome to our archive of working papers, articles and monographs written by CEPH members. 

This collection encompasses an array of themes and represents the cutting edge of the economic history discipline. 

Submit content for consideration to ceph@tcd.ie.

Featured research:

The Price of Housing in the United States, 1890–2006
Abstract: We construct the first annual market rent and home sales price series for American cities over the twentieth century using 2.7 million newspaper real estate listings....
READ MORE »
Trade diversion and labor market adjustment: Vietnam and the U.S.-China trade war
Abstract: This paper investigates the effects of the U.S.-China trade war on labor market outcomes in a third country, Vietnam. We exploit variation in the extent of U.S....
READ MORE »
Devaluation, Exports, and Recovery from the Great Depression
Abstract: This paper evaluates how a major policy shift—the suspension of the gold standard in September 1931—affected employment outcomes in interwar Britain. We use a new...
READ MORE »
The Aftermath of Sovereign Debt Crises: A Narrative Approach
Abstract: This paper investigates the causal effects of sovereign debt crises in a sample of 50 defaulting economies between 1870 and 2010. As default is potentially endogenous,...
READ MORE »
Applied Economic History as Practical Historicism: Encouraging Policymakers to Reason with the Past
Abstract: This paper examines how applied history can contribute to policymaking when understood as a way of structuring judgement under uncertainty rather than as a source...
READ MORE »
On the persistence of persistence: Lessons from long-term trends in African Institutions
Abstract: An influential strand of literature within economics and economic history called ‘persistence studies’ argues that low material living standards in African countries...
READ MORE »
Home-Country Internet and Immigrants' Well-Being
Abstract: This paper documents the effects of home-country internet expansion on immigrants’ health and subjective well-being (SWB). Combining data from the European...
READ MORE »

Filter by

Filtered (2)
Filters

2 articles found

Categories
Year
Month
Show (2)
Cancel
NSRP Logo
Trinity College Dublin Logo
Queen's University Belfast Logo

KEEP IN TOUCH

CEPH Logo

ceph@tcd.ie

© CEPH 2026 | Made with and by Revolution