ericbschneider.com
Professor of Economic History at LSE studying health, demography, living standards and economic growth; working on global historical child stunting. Website: www.ericbschneider.com
👤 Joined on 20 September 2023
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@ericbschneider.bsky.social@ericbschneider.bsky.social → @ericbschneider.com✍️ New article: “Childhood stunting fell dramatically over the 20th century” One in four children in the world today suffers from “stunting”. That’s 150 *million* children under five. A stunted child is too short for their age due to poor nutrition and frequent infections.
Show PostAbsolutely thrilled that the stunting data is now part of @ourworldindata.org 🥳 Child stunting rates from 1895-2015 for many countries across all continents with beautiful visualisation ourworldindata.org/grapher/long... I hope many people find this useful & inspiring 💫
Show PostThe Economic Journal Editorial Board and Royal Economic Society would like to thank Sascha O. Becker and Steffen Huck as they complete their terms. Excellent editors and colleagues who provided an outstanding service to the Journal. @essobecker.bsky.social @steffenhuck.bsky.social #EconSky
Show PostThank you to everyone who submitted their #poweredbyIPUMS work from 2025 for our annual research awards competition. 🏆 We are thrilled to announce this year's winners! 🎉 www.ipums.org/impact/ipums...
Show PostThe Economic History Society today celebrates its centenary with a major international conference, unveiling new research that reshapes our understanding of the economic past On the Long Run we highlight some new papers by Assaf Abraham, Daniel Sanchez, Marco Cokić, Cyril Thomson and Sara Benetti
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