Econ prof in Vancouver in Vancouver @ SFU. My research explores how culture and institutions shape long-run development. 👉 guillaumeblanc.comhttps://bsky.app/profile/guillaumeblanc.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/guillaumeblanc.bsky.social/post/3lkqmlmudz22z🚨 Call for applications - Research Assistant 🚨 Valeria Rueda @valerueda.bsky.social and I are recruiting someone to work on projects on "Violence and narratives in Colombia" Looking for students interested in pol econ/dev, with a good knowledge of Colombian history Deadline: April 1519 Mar 2025 16:37 +0000at://did:plc:rqj65hkidv2thyy2pgw7ennb/app.bsky.feed.post/3lkqmlmudz22zhttps://bsky.app/profile/guillaumeblanc.bsky.social/post/3ljzc4rq5k226🚨 Migration as escape valve from Malthus 🚨 1) high fertility or late fertility transition -> spread of diasporas 2) Age of Mass Migration -> transition to modern growth www.nber.org/papers/w33542 @nber.org @romainwacziarg.bsky.social10 Mar 2025 09:59 +0000at://did:plc:rqj65hkidv2thyy2pgw7ennb/app.bsky.feed.post/3ljzc4rq5k226https://bsky.app/profile/guillaumeblanc.bsky.social/post/3ljzchavcmk2dI will be presenting this paper next Monday at the Paris School of Economics! @pse.bsky.social [contains quote post or other embedded content]10 Mar 2025 10:04 +0000at://did:plc:rqj65hkidv2thyy2pgw7ennb/app.bsky.feed.post/3ljzchavcmk2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/guillaumeblanc.bsky.social/post/3ljzc4rq5k226🚨 Migration as escape valve from Malthus 🚨 1) high fertility or late fertility transition -> spread of diasporas 2) Age of Mass Migration -> transition to modern growth www.nber.org/papers/w33542 @nber.org @romainwacziarg.bsky.social10 Mar 2025 09:59 +0000at://did:plc:rqj65hkidv2thyy2pgw7ennb/app.bsky.feed.post/3ljzc4rq5k226https://bsky.app/profile/guillaumeblanc.bsky.social/post/3ljalaxcphk2n🚨 Announcement - Hajnal Lecture 2025 🚨 "The Origins of Constitutional Government" by @markkoyama.bsky.social May 7, 2025 from 4 to 5:30 pm Arthur Lewis Lab, University of Manchester And no need to register to come to the lecture!28 Feb 2025 14:05 +0000at://did:plc:rqj65hkidv2thyy2pgw7ennb/app.bsky.feed.post/3ljalaxcphk2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/guillaumeblanc.bsky.social/post/3ljalaxcphk2n🚨 Announcement - Hajnal Lecture 2025 🚨 "The Origins of Constitutional Government" by @markkoyama.bsky.social May 7, 2025 from 4 to 5:30 pm Arthur Lewis Lab, University of Manchester And no need to register to come to the lecture!28 Feb 2025 14:05 +0000at://did:plc:rqj65hkidv2thyy2pgw7ennb/app.bsky.feed.post/3ljalaxcphk2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/guillaumeblanc.bsky.social/post/3lgzs6kfmwk2iMigration as an escape valve from Malthusian dynamics after the discovery of the New World! #MarginalRevolution - Societies with high fertility or late transition: larger diasporas! - Opening of valve (steamship) contributed to transition to modern growth! 👉 https://www.guillaumeblanc.com/files/theme/BlancWacziarg_migrations.pdf31 Jan 2025 10:30 +0000at://did:plc:rqj65hkidv2thyy2pgw7ennb/app.bsky.feed.post/3lgzs6kfmwk2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/guillaumeblanc.bsky.social/post/3lgzs6kfmwk2iMigration as an escape valve from Malthusian dynamics after the discovery of the New World! #MarginalRevolution - Societies with high fertility or late transition: larger diasporas! - Opening of valve (steamship) contributed to transition to modern growth! 👉 https://www.guillaumeblanc.com/files/theme/BlancWacziarg_migrations.pdf31 Jan 2025 10:30 +0000at://did:plc:rqj65hkidv2thyy2pgw7ennb/app.bsky.feed.post/3lgzs6kfmwk2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/guillaumeblanc.bsky.social/post/3lfck7yx2us24I am an economist. I may not have read Marx or Smith, but I did read "Potty Training in 3 Days" - properly historicizing my son's own methods of knowledge production.09 Jan 2025 11:11 +0000at://did:plc:rqj65hkidv2thyy2pgw7ennb/app.bsky.feed.post/3lfck7yx2us24https://bsky.app/profile/guillaumeblanc.bsky.social/post/3letytygfz22uIf you're at ASSA, consider going to the ASREC session on Sunday 8-10am, where my co-author @romainwacziarg.bsky.social will be presenting our paper "Malthusian Migrations"!03 Jan 2025 16:23 +0000at://did:plc:rqj65hkidv2thyy2pgw7ennb/app.bsky.feed.post/3letytygfz22u