Agricliometrics V

Agricliometrics V is an international conference that brings together the presentation of research papers that, from a quantitative approach (cliometrics), address issues in the field of rural, agricultural, environmental and natural resources history.

The Instituto de Economía (IECON) of the Universidad de la República, Uruguay, (Udelar) will be the organizer and venue of the next conference, to be held in Montevideo on December 7-8, 2023.

Scholars from the University of Zaragoza, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, New York University Abu Dhabi, University Carlos III of Madrid and the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences will participate. The conference has the support of the Department of Economics, Faculty of Economics (FCEA), Udelar and the Programa de Historia Economía y Social (PHES) Faculty of Social Sciences (FCS), Udelar. This conference aims to offer the opportunity to present research results and advances to both senior and junior researchers as well as doctoral students.


Location


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)


Academic board:

  • 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)

Local organizing committee:

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