Economic History

Some JEP articles recommended for classroom use

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Since 2010

Venables, Anthony J. 2016. “Using Natural Resources for Development: Why Has It Proven So Difficult?” Journal of Economic Perspectives 30 (1): 161–84. https://www.aeaweb.org/articles?id=10.1257/jep.30.1.161 

Fouquet, Roger, and Stephen Broadberry. 2015. “Seven Centuries of European Economic Growth and Decline.” Journal of Economic Perspectives 29 (4): 227–44. https://www.aeaweb.org/articles?id=10.1257/jep.29.4.227 

Voigtländer, Nico, and Hans-Joachim Voth. 2013. “Gifts of Mars: Warfare and Europe’s Early Rise to Riches.” Journal of Economic Perspectives 27 (4): 165–86. https://www.aeaweb.org/articles?id=10.1257/jep.27.4.165 

Alvaredo, Facundo, Anthony B. Atkinson, Thomas Piketty, and Emmanuel Saez. 2013. “The Top 1 Percent in International and Historical Perspective.” Journal of Economic Perspectives 27 (3): 3–20. https://www.aeaweb.org/articles?id=10.1257/jep.27.3.3 

Nunn, Nathan, and Nancy Qian. 2010. “The Columbian Exchange: A History of Disease, Food, and Ideas.” Journal of Economic Perspectives 24 (2): 163–88. https://www.aeaweb.org/articles?id=10.1257/jep.24.2.163 

2000–2009

Goldin, Claudia, Lawrence F. Katz, and Ilyana Kuziemko. 2006. “The Homecoming of American College Women: The Reversal of the College Gender Gap.” Journal of Economic Perspectives 20 (4): 133–56. https://www.aeaweb.org/articles?id=10.1257/jep.20.4.133 

Landes, David S. 2006. “Why Europe and the West? Why Not China?” Journal of Economic Perspectives 20 (2): 3–22. https://www.aeaweb.org/articles?id=10.1257/jep.20.2.3 

Greif, Avner. 2006. “History Lessons: The Birth of Impersonal Exchange: The Community Responsibility System and Impartial Justice.” Journal of Economic Perspectives 20 (2): 221–36. https://www.aeaweb.org/articles?id=10.1257/jep.20.2.221 

Goldin, Claudia, and Maria Shim. 2004. “Making a Name: Women’s Surnames at Marriage and Beyond.” Journal of Economic Perspectives 18 (2): 143–60. https://www.aeaweb.org/articles?id=10.1257/0895330041371268 

Oster, Emily. 2004. “Witchcraft, Weather and Economic Growth in Renaissance Europe.” Journal of Economic Perspectives 18 (1): 215–28. https://www.aeaweb.org/articles?id=10.1257/089533004773563502 

Lee, Ronald. 2003. “The Demographic Transition: Three Centuries of Fundamental Change.” Journal of Economic Perspectives 17 (4): 167–90. https://www.aeaweb.org/articles?id=10.1257/089533003772034943 

Roy, Tirthankar. 2002. “Economic History and Modern India: Redefining the Link.” Journal of Economic Perspectives 16 (3): 109–30. https://www.aeaweb.org/articles?id=10.1257/089533002760278749 

Gordon, Robert J. 2000. “Does the ‘New Economy’ Measure Up to the Great Inventions of the Past?” Journal of Economic Perspectives 14 (4): 49–74. https://www.aeaweb.org/articles?id=10.1257/jep.14.4.49 

Costa, Dora L. 2000. “From Mill Town to Board Room: The Rise of Women’s Paid Labor.” Journal of Economic Perspectives 14 (4): 101–22. https://www.aeaweb.org/articles?id=10.1257/jep.14.4.101 

Sokoloff, Kenneth L., and Stanley L. Engerman. 2000. “Institutions, Factor Endowments, and Paths of Development in the New World.” Journal of Economic Perspectives 14 (3): 217–32. https://www.aeaweb.org/articles?id=10.1257/jep.14.3.217 

Easterlin, Richard A. 2000. “The Worldwide Standard of Living since 1800.” Journal of Economic Perspectives 14 (1): 7–26. https://www.aeaweb.org/articles?id=10.1257/jep.14.1.7 

Before 2000

Goldin, Claudia. 1995. “Cliometrics and the Nobel.” Journal of Economic Perspectives 9 (2): 191–208. https://www.aeaweb.org/articles?id=10.1257/jep.9.2.191 

Symposium: The Great Depression (Spring 1993) https://www.aeaweb.org/issues/279 

Romer, Christina D. 1993. “The Nation in Depression.” Journal of Economic Perspectives 7 (2): 19–39. https://www.aeaweb.org/articles?id=10.1257/jep.7.2.19 

Margo, Robert A. 1993. “Employment and Unemployment in the 1930s.” Journal of Economic Perspectives 7 (2): 41–59. https://www.aeaweb.org/articles?id=10.1257/jep.7.2.41 

Calomiris, Charles W. 1993. “Financial Factors in the Great Depression.” Journal of Economic Perspectives 7 (2): 61–85. https://www.aeaweb.org/articles?id=10.1257/jep.7.2.61 

Temin, Peter. 1993. “Transmission of the Great Depression.” Journal of Economic Perspectives 7 (2): 87–102. https://www.aeaweb.org/articles?id=10.1257/jep.7.2.87 

Chandler, Alfred D. 1992. “Organizational Capabilities and the Economic History of the Industrial Enterprise.” Journal of Economic Perspectives 6 (3): 79–100. https://www.aeaweb.org/articles?id=10.1257/jep.6.3.79