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A funny thing happened on my way to the market. Reading Petronius to write economic history Ghent University
Petronius' novel is an important rate source for Roman social and economic history. However, it is also a extremely difficult source to interpret. This chapter introduces the reader to some of the possibilities and difficulties involved in using the Satyrica.
Drivers of labor market inequalities throughout economic history KU Leuven
Economists debate whether institutional (e.g. minimum wage policies) or market (forces of supply and demand) factors are at the root of inequalities on labor markets. This dissertation provides a long-run perspective on this debate through a multi-dimensional approach, in which both institutional and market drivers are assessed. In the first chapter, a reconstruction effort of said labor inequalities is presented, with an analysis of the ...
A brief history of economic evaluation for human papillomavirus vaccination policy University of Antwerp
Background: This commentary discusses key issues for health economic evaluation and modelling, applied to human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine programs. Methods: We outline some of the specific features of HPV disease and vaccination, and associated policy questions in light of a literature search for economic evaluations on HPV vaccination. Results: We observe that some policy questions could not be reliably addressed by many of the 43 published ...
Merchants from the Southern Netherlands (1578–1630): soial and economic history University of Antwerp
In 1585 the Duke of Parma conquered Antwerp, which was followed by a blockade of the river Scheldt. A large number of merchants moved to Amsterdam. Since the beginning of the twentieth century a historical debate has been going on about the economic effects of these events. The submitted data, gathered from different historical sources, aim to provide a precise answer to this question. Information from nine different sources (e.g. poortersboeken ...