Tomas Cvrcek
Curriculum Vitae, October 2016
Office phone: +44 (0) 20 7679-8725
Department fax: +44 (0) 20 7679-8700
Email: [email protected]
School of Slavonic and East European Studies
University College London
Gower Street, London
WC1E 6BT
Appointments and Affiliations
Lecturer in Economics, UCL-SSEES, June 2014 –
Researcher, Vysoká škola ekonomická, Prague, January 2015 –
Faculty Research Fellow of National Bureau of Economic Research, March 2010 – October 2014
Assistant Professor, Department of Economics, Clemson University, 2007 – 2014
Education
PhD in Economics, May 2007 – Vanderbilt University
Dissertation: “Three Essays in Economic History”, under Prof. Jeremy Atack
MA in International & Development Economics, May 2000 – Yale University
Funded Research
“Schooling and human capital during the Industrial Revolution: The case of the Habsburg Empire”,
Grant Agency of the Czech Republic (GAČR), grant no. 15-16481S, 1/2015 – 12/2017
Creation of Central European Historical Microdata Center, Neuron Impulse grant awarded by Neuron
– Fund for Support of Science, December 2015, 1/2016 – 12/2018
Publications
“Wages, Prices and Living Standards in the Habsburg Empire, 1827 – 1910”, Journal of Economic
History 73 (1), March 2013, pp. 1 – 37
 Resulting wage & price dataset published at Global Price and Income History Project, UC Davis
“America's settling down: How Better Jobs and Falling Immigration led to a Rise in Marriage, 1880 –
1930”, Explorations in Economic History 49 (3), 2012, pp. 335-351 & NBER working paper #16161
“U. S. Marital Disruption and Its Economic and Social Correlates, 1860 – 1948”, Journal of Family
History 36 (2), April 2011, pp. 142 – 158
“When Harry left Sally: A New Estimate of Marital Disruption in the U.S., 1860 – 1948”,
Demographic Research 21 (24), Nov 2009, pp. 719 – 758
“Inequality and Living Standards under Early Communism: Anthropometric Evidence from
Czechoslovakia, 1946 – 1966,” Explorations in Economic History 46 (4), Oct 2009, pp. 436 – 449
“Seasonal Anthropometric Cycles in a Command Economy: The Case of Czechoslovakia, 1946 –
1966,” Economics and Human Biology 4 (3), December 2006, pp. 317 – 341
“The Behavioral Maladjustment of the Communist Managerial Elites: The Case of the Czech
Republic,” Prague Economic Papers 6 (1), March 2001, pp. 56 – 71
Working Papers
“The Making of a Liberal Education: Political Economy of the Austrian School Reform, 1865 – 1875”
with Miroslav Zajicek, 2016
“School, what is it good for? The politics and economics of public education in 19th century Habsburg
Empire” with Miroslav Zajicek, NBER working paper # 19690, 2013
“Social learning and the adoption of steam power”, 2013
Work in Progress
“Culture vs Economics in Fertility Transition”
“The Spread of Steam: How neighbors mattered, 1841 – 1863”, with Nicholas Laurence
Book Reviews
“The Changing Body: Health, Nutrition and Human Development in the Western World since 1700”
by Roderick Floud, Robert Fogel, Bernard Harris and Sok Chul Hong, EH.net, Nov 2011
“Household Accounts: Working-Class Family Economies in the Interwar United States” by Susan
Porter Benson, Journal of Economic History 68 (1) (March 2008), pp. 315 – 316
“The Reluctant Economist: Perspectives on Economics, Economic History and Demography” by
Richard A. Easterlin, Journal of Economic History 67 (1) (March 2007), pp. 248 – 250
“The Forces of Economic Growth: A Time Series Perspective” by A. Greiner, W. Semmler and G.
Gong, Journal of Economic History 65 (3) (September 2005), pp. 885 – 887
Presentations
Seminars
2015 – London School of Economics, Technicka Univerzita Liberec, University of Rome – Tor
Vergata, University of Kent in Canterbury
2014 – Queen’s University Belfast, Vysoka skola ekonomicka/University of Economics in Prague,
UCL-SSEES
2013 – Yale University, American University (Washington Area Economic History Seminar)
2012 – Vysoka skola ekonomicka/University of Economics, Prague, Czech Republic
2010 – University of Tennessee, Konxville
2009 – CERGE-EI, Prague (Czech Republic)
2008 – Northwestern University, University of California – Merced, University of Chicago
2007 – Arizona State University, California State University – Fullerton, Central European
University, Clemson University, Queens College – CUNY, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Vanderbilt
University
Conferences
Economic History Association Meetings, Boulder, CO, 16th – 18th September 2016: “The Making of
a Liberal Education: Political Economy of the Austrian School Reform, 1865 – 1875”
2016 WEast workshop, Prague, 1st – 2nd July 2016: “Demand for schooling and ethnic politics in
Imperial Austria”
Association Française de Science Economique, Nancy, 27th – 29th June 2016: “Demand for
schooling and ethnic politics in Imperial Austria”
New Perspectives on the Economic History of Central, East and South-East Europe 1800 to the
Present, Institut für Ost- und Südosteuropaforschung, Regensburg, 19th – 20th May 2016,
“Population and living standards, 1800 – 1914”
World Economic History Congress, Kyoto, 3rd – 7th August 2015: “School, what is it good for? The
politics and economics of public education in 19th century Habsburg Empire”
WEast workshop, Budapest, 9 – 10th January 2015: “School, what is it good for? The politics and
economics of public education in 19th century Habsburg Empire”
European Social Science and History Conference, Vienna, Austria, 23rd – 26th April 2014: “School,
what is it good for? The politics and economics of public education in 19th century Habsburg
Empire”
Economic History Association Meetings, Washington, DC, 20 – 22nd September 2013: “School,
what is it good for? The politics and economics of public education in 19th century Habsburg
Empire”
European Historical Economics Society Conference, London, 5 – 6th September 2013: “School, what
is it good for? The politics and economics of public education in 19th century Habsburg Empire”
9th BETA Workshop in Historical Economics, Strasbourg, 3 – 4th May 2013: “School, what is it
good for? The politics and economics of public education in 19th century Habsburg Empire”
World Economic History Congress, Stellenbosch, South Africa, 9 – 13th July 2012, “The Spread of
Steam: How Neighbors Mattered”
Bratislava Economic Meeting, Bratislava, Slovakia, 7 – 8th June 2012, “The Spread of Steam: How
Neighbors Mattered” and “Cultural vs Economic Factors in Fertility Transition: The Case of
Central Europe 1880 – 1910
NBER Joint Cohort Studies-DAE Spring Meeting, Boston, 13 – 14th April 2012, “The Spread of
Steam: How Neighbors Mattered”
Social Science History Association Annual Meeting, Boston, 17 – 20th November 2011:
“Convergence and Catch-up at the Periphery? Living Standards in the Habsburg Empire, 1829 –
1910”
Conference on the Quantitative Economic History of Eastern Europe in the 20th century, Groningen,
Holland, 17 – 18th November 2011: “Convergence and Catch-up at the Periphery? Living Standards
in the Habsburg Empire, 1829 – 1910”
International Workshop on Economic History of Globalization, Leuven, Belgium, 20 – 21st October
2011: “Convergence and Catch-up at the Periphery? Living Standards in the Habsburg Empire,
1829 – 1910”
Economic History Association Meetings, Boston, 9 – 11th September 2011: “Convergence and
Catch-up at the Periphery? Living Standards in the Habsburg Empire, 1829 – 1910”
European Historical Economics Society Conference, Dublin, 2 – 3rd September 2011: “Wages,
Prices and Living Standards in the Habsburg Empire, 1829 – 1910”
Prague Economic Meetings, Prague, 16 – 18th June 2011: “Convergence and Catch-up at the
Periphery? Living Standards in the Habsburg Empire, 1829 – 1910”
7th BETA Workshop in Historical Economics – Cliometrics of Crises: Past, Present and Future,
Strasbourg, 13 – 14th May 2011: “Wages, Prices and the Business Cycle of the Habsburg Empire,
1829 – 1910”
Social Science History Association Annual Meeting, Long Beach, 12 – 15th November 2009: “U.S.
Marriage and Marital Disruptions in the Early 20th Century: Potential Causes and Explanations”
World Economic History Congress, Utrecht, NL, 3rd – 8th August 2009: “U. S. Marital Disruption
and Its Economic and Social Correlates, 1860 – 1948”
Population Association of America, Detroit, 30th April – 2nd May 2009: “When Harry left Sally: A
New Estimate of Marital Disruption in US, 1860 – 1950”
Social Science History Association Annual Meeting, Miami, 23rd – 26th October 2008: “When Harry
left Sally: A New Estimate of Marital Disruption in US, 1860 – 1950”
Social Science History Association Annual Meeting, Chicago, 15th–18th November 2007: “Mothers,
Wives and Workers: The Dynamics of White Fertility, Marriage and Women’s labor Supply in the
United States, 1870 - 1930”
Economic History Association Meetings, Austin, 6th–9th September 2007: “Mothers, Wives and
Workers: The Dynamics of White Fertility, Marriage and Women’s labor Supply in the United
States, 1870 - 1930”
NBER – Development of American Economy Workshop, Boston, 9th – 12th July 2007: “Mothers,
Wives and Workers: The Changing Roles of American Women, 1870 – 1930”
Social Science History Association Annual Meeting, Minneapolis, 2nd–5th November 2006:
“Inequality and Living Standards under Early Communism: Anthropometric Evidence from
Czechoslovakia, 1946 – 1966”
3rd International Conference on Economics and Human Biology, Strasbourg, 21st–24th June 2006:
“Inequality and Living Standards under Early Communism”
Allied Social Science Associations, Boston, 5th–8th January 2006: “Food Supply Fluctuations and
Cycles of Growth”
Social Science History Association Annual Meeting, Portland, 3rd–6th November 2005: “Food
Supply Fluctuations and Cycles of Growth”
Poster Sessions
Population Association of America, New York City, 28th – 31st March 2007: “Mothers, Wives and
Workers: The Changing Roles of American Women, 1870 – 1930”
Economic History Association Meetings, Pittsburgh, 15th–17th September 2006: “Mothers, Wives
and Workers: The Changing Roles of American Women, 1870 - 1930”
Fellowships and Awards
Arthur H. Cole Grant-in-aid, awarded by the Economic History Association, 2010
Noel Dissertation Fellowship, Vanderbilt University, Fall Semester 2006
College of Arts and Science Summer Research Award, Vanderbilt University, Summer 2006
Household International Award for best research paper, Vanderbilt University, April 2005
Kirk Dornbush Research Award, Vanderbilt University, Summer 2003 and 2004
University Graduate Fellowship, Vanderbilt University, 2002
Alumni Grant, presented by The Charles University Economics Alumni Club, June 2002
J. William Fulbright Scholarship, 1999 – 2000, for a one-year study at Yale University
Teaching
UCL-SSEES
SESS2012 – Economic History and Ideas: 2014 – 2016
SESS3011 – Economics of Family: 2014 – 2016
SEESGS78 – Economics of Property Rights: 2015 – 2016
Clemson University
ECON 301 – Economics of Labor: 2009 – 2011
ECON 344 – Property Rights: 2009 – 2011
ECON 314 – Intermediate Microeconomics: 2007 – 2014
ECON 401 – Labor Market Analysis – 2011
ECON 435 – Family Economics – 2012 – 2014
ECON 497 – Economic History of South Carolina (Creative Inquiry), 2007
ECON 823 – Microeconomics for Public Policy, 2008
Charles University
Lecturer, 2000 – 2002, advanced BA Course: Selected Topics in Modern Economic History
Professional Membership and Other Service
Editorial Board of Historical Methods (2009-2011)
Member of American Economic Association; Economic History Association; European Historical
Economics Society
Referee for American Economic Review, Explorations in Economic History, Journal of Economic
History, Economics and Human Biology, Historical Methods, Cliometrica, Journal of Economic
Behavior and Organization, Economic Inquiry, Southern Economic Journal, European Review of
Economic History, Demography, Economic History Review
Foundation for Teaching Economics