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I am currently a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Bologna. I completed my PhD in Economics at the University of Padova in September 2024. I am expected to defend my thesis by June 2025.
My research interests are in an intersection of economic history, political economy, and development economics. In my job market paper, I study the effects of elite peers on the social mobility of non-elites in colonial schools. In my other projects, I study the economic and political effects of trade protection; and the role of women labour in early industrialization.
I am on the 2024-25 job market.
Job Market Paper: please click here
Feel free to contact me at:
cyril.thomson@studenti.unipd.it