Agricliometrics V

Es una conferencia internacional que nuclea la presentación de trabajos de investigación que, desde un enfoque cuantitativo (cliometrics), abordan temas en el campo de la historia rural, agropecuaria, medioambiental y de los recursos naturales.

El Instituto de Economía (IECON) de la Universidad de la República (Udelar) será el organizador y sede de la próxima conferencia, a realizarse los días 7 y 8 de diciembre de 2023.

Participarán académicas y académicos de la Universidad de Zaragoza, de la Norwegian University of Science and Technology, de la New York University Abu Dhabi, de la Universidad Carlos III de Madrid y de la Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences. Cuenta con el apoyo del Departamento de Economía de FCEA - Udelar y del Programa de Historia Económica y Social (PHES) de la Facultad de Ciencias Sociales (FCS - Udelar). Esta conferencia tiene como objetivo ofrecer la oportunidad de presentar resultados y avances de investigación tanto a investigadores e investigadoras consolidadas como a aquellos en proceso de formación y estudiantes de doctorado.


Ubicación


Cronograma

(Research and Graduate Studies Building, Lauro Müller 1921, Room 3)

09:00-09:15

DAY 1 DECEMBER 7TH

WELCOME

Henry Willebald (Universidad de la República, Uruguay)

Verónica Amarante (Universidad de la República, Uruguay)

Vicente Pinilla (Universidad de Zaragoza, Spain)

09:15-10:15

INAUGURAL LECTURE “What to measure: conceptualizing extractivism, rentism, exploitation and dependency”

Luis Bértola (Universidad de la República, Uruguay).

Chair: Eva Fernández (Universidad Carlos III, Spain)

09:15-10:15

Refreshements

10:30-11:30

SESSION 1 – GLOBALISATION AND AGRICULTURAL SPECIALISATION

  • Vicente Pinilla and Agustina Rayes: “Trade treaties and the boost of Argentine exports, 1880-1929"
  • María-Isabel Ayuda, Ignacio Belloc and Vicente Pinilla: "The Effect of Regional Trade Agreements on Agri-food Exports in Latin America, 1994-2019: Trade Diversion and Trade Creation"

12:45-14:30

Lunch (offered by organisers)

14:30-16:00

SESSION 2 – INEQUALITY IN AGRICULTURE

Chair: Emiliano Travieso (Universidad Carlos III, Spain)

  • Erik Bengtsson, Jacob Molinder and Svante Prado: "New estimates of Swedish historical national accounts from the income side, 1870–1910"
  • Pablo Marmissolle: "Land rent-led growth in the south. The case of Uruguay since the First Globalisation"
  • Enrique González-Herrero Díaz and Manuel González-Mariscal: "Land rent in Western Andalusia, 1500-1800"

16:00-16:15

Refreshments

16:15-17:45

SESSION 2 – INEQUALITY IN AGRICULTURE (continuation)

Chair: Emiliano Travieso (Universidad Carlos III, Spain)

  • Julio Djenderedjian, Juan Luis Martirén and María Inés Moraes: "A Protein Cornucopia. Beef Eating and Pre-industrial Living Standards in Southern Hispanic America (Río de la Plata, 1770-1830)"
  • Eva Fernandez and Giacomo Zanibelli: "The long run effects of land distribution on human capital in Italy"
  • Adrián Palacios-Mateo: "Exploring Agrarian and Urban Ownership in Northern Spain during the Mid-19th Century: A Study of Pre-Industrial Inequality"

10:00-11:00

DAY 2 DECEMBER 8TH

SESSION 3 – ENVIRONMENTAL HISTORY

Chair: Miguel Martín-Retortillo (Universidad de Alcalá, Spain)

  • Costanza Fileccia and Eric Strobl: "Climate adaptation in early Australian wheat farming"
  • Juan Labat, Carolina Román and Henry Willebald: "Estimating Genuine Savings in the long run and testing its well-being predictive accuracy. Uruguay, 1870 – 2015"

11:00-11:15

Refreshments

11:15-12:15

SESSION 3 – ENVIRONMENTAL HISTORY (continuation)

Chair: Miguel Martín-Retortillo (Universidad de Alcalá, Spain)

  • Paula Santos Vizcaíno and Henry Willebald: "Agriculture and water use in Uruguay. A long-run approach (1900-2020)"
  • Ana Serrano, Ignacio Cazcarro, Miguel MartínRetortillo and Guillermo Rodríguez: "The orchard of Europe: a story of irrigation expansion and intensification of Spanish agriculture (1962-2020)"

12:15-14:00

Lunch break

14:00-15:30

SESSION 4 – NATURAL RESOURCES AND TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGE

Chair: Costanza Fileccia (University of Bern, Switzerland)

  • Bruno Gabriel Witzel: "Legacies of slavery or a brave new world? Labor productivity and remuneration in the Brazilian coffee economy – New microdata evidence from Ibicaba plantation (1890-1940)"
  • Jorge Álvarez: "Agricultural productivity and economic divergence: New Zealand and Uruguay during the inward-looking growth model (1930-1970)"
  • Jørgen Burchardt: "Agrochemicals 1956-2020: Pesticides, prohibition and replacement products in Denmark"

15:30-15:45

Refreshments

15:45-17:15

SESSION 4 – NATURAL RESOURCES AND TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGE (continuation)

Chair: Costanza Fileccia (University of Bern, Switzerland)

  • Emiliano Salas Aron: “David Ricardo's late arrival in the Pampas. Productivity, rents and differential rents in the Argentinean countryside between the First Globalization and the Second World War (1895-1938)”
  • Pablo Castro Scavone and Juan Luis Martirén: "Better quality characteristics or greater yielding capacity? Assessing the territorial impact of wheat breeding on Argentine crops (1898-1937)"
  • Ignacio Narbondo and Emiliano Travieso: "Ghost pastures in Uruguay, 1870-1930"

17:15-18:15

FINAL LECTURE

"Economic History and environmental challenges. A quantitative perspective" Iñaki Iriarte (Universidad de Zaragoza, Spain).

Chair: Jorge Álvarez Scanniello (Universidad de la República, Uruguay)


El comité académico está integrado por:

  • Francisco J. Beltrán Tapia (Norwegian University of Science and Technology)
  • Giovanni Federico (New York University Abu Dhabi)
  • Eva Fernández (Universidad Carlos III de Madrid)
  • Pablo Martinelli Lasheras (Universidad Carlos III de Madrid)
  • Vicente Pinilla (Universidad de Zaragoza)
  • Patrick Svensson (Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences)

Comité organizador local:

  • Henry Willebald, Pablo Castro Scavone, Jorge Álvarez Scanniello, Paula Santos (Universidad de la República).