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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....

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....

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...

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,...

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...

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...

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...

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The CEO: The Rise and Fall of Britain’s Captains of Industry

08/07/2025

The CEOs of Britain’s largest companies wield immense power, but we know very little about them. How did they get to the top? Why do

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