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Sheilagh Ogilvie
Professor of Economic History
Tel: 44-(0) 1223 335222
Email: Sheilagh.Ogilvie@econ.cam.ac.uk
Interests:Economic development and stagnation in Europe between 1500 and 1800; the causes of the growing divergence between different European economies in this period

demography

Demographic Behaviour

2009. ‘Community Characteristics and Demographic Development: Three Württemberg Communities, 1558-1914’, Cambridge Working Papers in Economics, 0910 [with M. Küpker & J. C. Maegraith]. [http://www.econ.cam.ac.uk/dae/repec/cam/pdf/cwpe0910.pdf ]

2008. ‘Institutions and Demographic Responses to Shocks: Württemberg, 1634-1870’, Yale Economic Growth Centre Discussion Papers, 292 [with T. W. Guinnane]. [papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1109058]

2004. ‘Women and Labour Markets in Early Modern Germany’, Jahrbuch für Wirtschaftsgeschichte / Economic History Yearbook, 2004:2, 25-60.

2003. A Bitter Living: Women, Markets, and Social Capital in Early Modern Germany  (Oxford).   UK/Europe      USA/Canada      Sample
     Winner of the RENE KUCZYNSKI PRIZE 2004

1997. State Corporatism and Proto-Industry: The Württemberg Black Forest 1590-1797  (Cambridge, 1997).        Publisher's link - click here
          Winner of the Gyorgy Ranki Prize 1999

1996. ‘The Theories of Proto-industrialization’, in S. C. Ogilvie & M. Cerman (eds.), European Proto-industrialization (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press), 1-11 [with M. Cerman].

1996. ‘Proto-industrialization, Economic Development and Social Change in Early Modern Europe’, in S. C. Ogilvie & M. Cerman (eds.), European Proto-industrialization (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press), 227-239 [with M. Cerman].

1995. ‘Population Growth and State Policy in Central Europe before Industrialization’, Centre for History and Economics Working Papers (Jun. 1995).
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