Today’s economic history and tomorrow’s scholars

Matthew Jaremski

Cliometrica, 2020, vol. 14, issue 1, No 6, 169-180

Abstract: Abstract While first highlighted by Romer (J Econ Educ 25:49–66, 1994), economic history has only continued to become more integrated into the broader discipline. This paper utilizes a sample of recent articles in top Economics journals to help assess what characteristics economic history papers share and a sample of recent graduate syllabi to examine the role that a required economic history class can play more broadly in the training of economists. The samples confirm that economic history research utilizing a wide range of topics and tools is being published in top economics journals and taught in economic history classes. The findings suggest that economic history is a complement to the research of other fields and that a required economic history class offers an early applied course that could help students regardless of what field they go on to pursue.

Keywords: Economics; Economic history; Graduate curriculum; Scholarly identity (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: A23 N01 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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DOI: 10.1007/s11698-019-00188-9

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