Publicaties
Tussen corporatisme en kapitalisme? Stedelijke nijverheid en arbeid in achttiende-eeuws Vlaanderen Vrije Universiteit Brussel
by the central authorities in the Austrian Netherlands in 1738, to explore the state
of urban industries in the County of Flanders on the eve of an economic revival
that would lead into the first industrial revolution on the European continent. By
focussing on three empirical questions – the extent and nature of industrial ...
Welfare and demography in the time of Malthus. Regional and local variations in poor relief and population developments in Flanders, c. 1750-1810 Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Micro-Mobility in Flux: Municipal Migration Levels in the Provinces of Flanders and Antwerp, 1796-1846 Vrije Universiteit Brussel KU Leuven
Preindustrial welfare between regional economies and local regimes Vrije Universiteit Brussel Universiteit Gent
This study uses data on income and distribution of relief payments from local poor relief tables for 512 rural parishes in Flanders (present-day Belgium) in 1807 to examine spatial variation in poor relief practices in a region characterised by well-established local poor relief institutions and marked socio-economic differences. By combining data on poor relief with local data on population, landholding and occupational structure, we map out ...
Kwetsbaarheid in een veerkrachtige samenleving. Een socio-institutionele analyse van de graancrisis van 1480-82 Casus: Gierle in het Land van Turnhout. Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Food crises in the premodern period are often explained by focusing on weather-or climate-related harvest failures (Food Availability Decline) or market disturbances provoking a declining access to food for some groups in society (Food Entitlement Decline). However, the FAD versus FED -debate does not fully acknowledge the underlying mechanisms which expose people to hunger. With this contribution, we aim to move the focus in historical ...
De vele gezichten van zorg Vrije Universiteit Brussel
De humane stad. Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Migratie maakt de stad. Een historisch perspectief op stad en migratie Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Een dwalend bestaan? Mobiliteit bij veroordeelde landlopers in België (1870-1914/30) Vrije Universiteit Brussel
in Belgium between 1870-1914/30 on the basis of a representative sample of
851 prisoners’ files from the Belgian State Benevolent Colonies. By demonstrating
the existence of various degrees of mobility in our sample, we
question the oft-made equation between vagrancy and mobility. The vague
legal definition of vagrancy left ample room ...