Phil Erfurth

Abstract text of Stone Center Working Paper 86 - read at link

How unequal was a rural society in the Roman Empire? A new WP by @philerfurth.bsky.social examines income inequality in rural Roman Egypt in 1st century using daily social tables that build on data from papyri. 

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Publication alert🚨
Paper 2/3 of my PhD now out! How did unification in 19th century impact income inequality in DE and IT? Using new social tables for Germany, I study balance of power between core & periphery in newly unified states.
Find out more here: doi.org/10.1016/j.ir...

Where do I even start? 😳🫨

Damit sind dann ja eigentlich alle Washingtoner teams im Rebuild, inklusive meiner Wizards in der NBA. Tough times for DC…

Bei mir besteht die HSV Bubble nämlich genau aus einer Person 😅😅

Übrigens großer Fan von eurem Podcast. Perfekt um von der anderen Seite des Atlantik zum HSV informiert zu bleiben 👍 Kann ich wirklich nur jedem empfehlen..

Dafür gibt’s ein Like 😀 Jets wären inzwischen auch sicher schon 2. Liga wenn es das geben würde 😂

Wer will schon HSV und Jets Fan sein 😄

Haha war keine Kritik. Hamburg schon mal Top denn ich bin auch HSV Fan 😉 Hat mich nur interessiert weil ich schon länger in den USA bin und es bisher schwer gefunden habe mich für ein NFL Team zu “entscheiden”. Mich hat einfach der Gedankengang interessiert.

Wie wird man eigentlich Commanders fan in Hamburg?

People in Bologna: Debate whether traditionally made Mortadella shall contain Pistachio pieces or not.

Someone in Wisconsin:

Wow, that is super interesting! Great article with so much curious information. Bohemia got rejected but Finland played as Grand Duchy of Finland, Russian Empire. Fascinating stuff. I am genuinely curious how these decisions came about. If Bohemia was interested why not field a Habsburg empire team?

@mgf91.bsky.social MVP!

What are the most interesting conferences in economic history, economic geography and/or inequality to attend in the next couple of years? #Econsky

What to do on a rainy Saturday…

Thanks Simon!!

Publication Alert!

Studying comparative inter-regional interpersonal
income distributions (CIRIPID, I know - 7 letter acronym!), I show that inequality converges across regions and in some countries, regions are becoming equally more unequal. Check it out in JoEG: doi.org/10.1093/jeg/...

#Econsky

TIL that the first ⚽️ game between two non-british European nations was Austria vs Hungary in 1902 (thus when A-H empire still existed). While there seems to have never been a Habsburg empire national ⚽️ team (or was there?), a club competition with teams from Vienna, Budapest & Prague started in 1897

Calm before the start of the day..

Randomly enough it is stated that this category specifically includes employees of public baths, Barbers, Librarians, and Actors…

In the census of Austria-Hungary of 1869 there was a separate professional category for „non-productive professions“. Any guesses who that might have included? (Answer below)

First post just a repeat of favorite football/inequality stat: Josef Bican, most prolific goal scorer of all time until dethroned by CR7, would have needed to play 95 years to earn 1 week of Christiano Ronaldo's wages. Having started his career in 1931, he would still have 3 years of playing ahead.