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Jörg Baten (born 24 June 1965 in Hamburg) is a German economic historian. He is the former President of the European Historical Economics Society, current co-Editor-in-chief of Economics and Human Biology and is currently a professor of economic history at the University of Tübingen.^[1]

Life[edit]

Baten received his doctorate from Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich with his work about the biological standard of living in South Germany, under supervision of John Komlos. Since 2001 he holds the chair of economic history at the University of Tübingen. In 2005 he was invited as a visiting professor at Yale University (Dept. Political Science) and was visiting professor at Pompeu Fabra University of Barcelona in 2006/07. Since 2006, Baten has also been the Secretary General of the International Economic History Association.

Work[edit]

Baten's scientific work focuses on four big themes: the long-run development of education and human capital in global perspective, the econometric history of firms and innovations, the study of welfare development and growth in economies around the world, and the determinants and effects of interpersonal violence. Further focal points of his research include (gender) inequality, Africa and Latin America. In his research on education, Baten mostly uses age heaping as an indicator of numeracy, which he is an expert in. His most important and influential works include a comprehensive work on the history of the global economy^[2] and a volume on Health, Diet, Work and Violence in Europe,^[3] both of which he (co-)edited.

Baten achieved prominence with his works about the long term development of human capital and living standards. In a global project he and his colleagues studied trends of numerical skills over centuries.^[4] As an indicator for numeracy, the share of people being able to state their exact age was used, as well as consumption statistics of books. Baten drew the conclusion that early development of education in some countries caused today's differences between poor and rich, whereas world trade played a rather marginal role.^[5]

Baten studied the history of health and nutrition in Europe since the ancient world ^[6] and in joint work with other junior scholars, he explored other world regions such as Africa, the Middle East and Latin America using methods of anthropometric history.^[7]^[8]^[9] One fundamental result of his research is that the health of historical populations depends on agricultural characteristics. A specialisation of animal husbandry, for example, reduces the catastrophal insufficiency of protein and calcium in preindustrial societies.

In 2020, Baten analysed, jointly with Thomas Keywood, new evidence on elite human capital formation in Europe over a time period from the 6th to the 20th century. The focus on this study lies on tracing early roots of the Great Divergence of Europe. They find a substantial relationship between elite numeracy and elite violence, and conclude that violence had a detrimental impact on human capital formation. Their study provides evidence that the disparities in violence between Eastern and Western Europe helped shape the divergent movement via the elite numeracy mechanism and had substantial implications for the economic fortunes of each region over the following centuries.^[10]

Several of Batens' doctoral and post-doctoral students have proceeded to pursue an academic career.

From 2015 to 2017, Baten was appointed president of the European Historical Economics Society, a learned society of European economic historians.^[11] Furthermore, he has been co-editor-in-chief of the scientific journal Economics and Human Biology since 2015.^[12]

Books[edit]

Baten, Joerg; International Economic History Association (2016). A history of the global economy : from 1500 to the present. Cambridge. ISBN 978-1-107-10470-9. OCLC 914156941.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
Steckel, Richard H.; Larsen, Clark Spencer; Roberts, Charlotte A.; Baten, Joerg (2019). The backbone of Europe : health, diet, work and violence over two millennia. Cambridge, United Kingdom. ISBN 978-1-108-37983-0. OCLC 1066141780.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)

References[edit]

^ "About the European Historical Economics Society". European Historical Economics Society.
^ Baten, Joerg (2016). A History of the Global Economy: 1500 to the Present. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-1-107-50718-0.
^ Baten, Joerg; et al. (Richard Steckel, Charlotte Roberts, Clark S. Larsen) (2019). The Backbone of Europe: Health, Diet, Work and Violence over Two Millenia. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
^ A'Hearn, Brian; Baten, Jörg; Crayen, Dorothee (2009). "Quantifying Quantitative Literacy: Age Heaping and the History of Human Capital". Journal of Economic History. 69 (3): 783–808. doi:10.1017/S0022050709001120. hdl:10230/481. S2CID 35494384.
^ Baten, Jörg; Luiten van Zanden, Jan (2008). "Book Production and the Onset of Early Modern Growth". Journal of Economic Growth. 13 (3): 217–235. doi:10.1007/s10887-008-9031-9. hdl:10230/757.
^ Koepke, Nikola; Baten, Jörg (2008). "Agricultural Specialization and Height in Ancient and Medieval Europe". Explorations in Economic History. 45 (2): 127–146. doi:10.1016/j.eeh.2007.09.003.
^ Baten, Jörg; Stegl, Mojgan (2009). "Tall and shrinking Muslims, short and growing Europeans: The long-run welfare development of the Middle East, 1850–1980" (PDF). Explorations in Economic History. 46 (1): 132–148. doi:10.1016/j.eeh.2008.10.003.
^ Baten, Jörg; Pelger, Ines; Twrdek, Linda (2009). "The Anthropometric History of Argentina, Brazil and Peru during the 19th and early 20th century". Economics and Human Biology. 7 (3): 319–333. doi:10.1016/j.ehb.2009.04.003. PMID 19451040.
^ Moradi, Alexander; Baten, Jörg (2005). "Inequality in Sub-Saharan Africa: New Data and New Insights from Anthropometric Estimates". World Development. 33 (8): 1233–1265. doi:10.1016/j.worlddev.2005.04.010.
^ Keywood, Thomas; Baten, Jörg (2020-04-30). "Elite violence and elite numeracy in Europe from 500 to 1900 CE: roots of the divergence". Cliometrica. 15 (2): 319–389. doi:10.1007/s11698-020-00206-1. hdl:10419/289019. ISSN 1863-2505.
^ "About the European Historical Economics Society". European Historical Economics Society.
^ Baten, Joerg (2021-09-01). "Joerg Baten – Resumé" (PDF). Universität Tübingen. Retrieved 2022-06-23.

External links[edit]

"Prof. Dr. Jörg Baten". Universität Tübingen (in German). 2 November 2022. Retrieved 14 November 2022.

[1] "About the European Historical Economics Society". European Historical Economics Society.

[2] Baten, Joerg (2016). A History of the Global Economy: 1500 to the Present. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-1-107-50718-0.

[3] Baten, Joerg; et al. (Richard Steckel, Charlotte Roberts, Clark S. Larsen) (2019). The Backbone of Europe: Health, Diet, Work and Violence over Two Millenia. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

[4] A'Hearn, Brian; Baten, Jörg; Crayen, Dorothee (2009). "Quantifying Quantitative Literacy: Age Heaping and the History of Human Capital". Journal of Economic History. 69 (3): 783–808. doi:10.1017/S0022050709001120. hdl:10230/481. S2CID 35494384.

[5] Baten, Jörg; Luiten van Zanden, Jan (2008). "Book Production and the Onset of Early Modern Growth". Journal of Economic Growth. 13 (3): 217–235. doi:10.1007/s10887-008-9031-9. hdl:10230/757.

[6] Koepke, Nikola; Baten, Jörg (2008). "Agricultural Specialization and Height in Ancient and Medieval Europe". Explorations in Economic History. 45 (2): 127–146. doi:10.1016/j.eeh.2007.09.003.

[7] Baten, Jörg; Stegl, Mojgan (2009). "Tall and shrinking Muslims, short and growing Europeans: The long-run welfare development of the Middle East, 1850–1980" (PDF). Explorations in Economic History. 46 (1): 132–148. doi:10.1016/j.eeh.2008.10.003.

[8] Baten, Jörg; Pelger, Ines; Twrdek, Linda (2009). "The Anthropometric History of Argentina, Brazil and Peru during the 19th and early 20th century". Economics and Human Biology. 7 (3): 319–333. doi:10.1016/j.ehb.2009.04.003. PMID 19451040.

[9] Moradi, Alexander; Baten, Jörg (2005). "Inequality in Sub-Saharan Africa: New Data and New Insights from Anthropometric Estimates". World Development. 33 (8): 1233–1265. doi:10.1016/j.worlddev.2005.04.010.

[10] Keywood, Thomas; Baten, Jörg (2020-04-30). "Elite violence and elite numeracy in Europe from 500 to 1900 CE: roots of the divergence". Cliometrica. 15 (2): 319–389. doi:10.1007/s11698-020-00206-1. hdl:10419/289019. ISSN 1863-2505.

[11] "About the European Historical Economics Society". European Historical Economics Society.

[12] Baten, Joerg (2021-09-01). "Joerg Baten – Resumé" (PDF). Universität Tübingen. Retrieved 2022-06-23.

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+{{Short description|German economic historian}}
-'''Jörg Baten''' (born 24 June 1965 in Hamburg) is a German [[economic historian]]. He is the former President of the [[European Historical Economics Society]] and is currently a [[professor]] of [[economic history]] at the [[University of Tübingen]].<ref>{{cite web |title=About the European Historical Economics Society |url=http://www.ehes.org |website=European Historical Economics Society}}</ref>
+'''Jörg Baten''' (born 24 June 1965 in Hamburg) is a German [[economic historian]]. He is the former President of the [[European Historical Economics Society]], current co-Editor-in-chief of [[Economics and Human Biology]] and is currently a professor of [[economic history]] at the [[University of Tübingen]].<ref>{{cite web |title=About the European Historical Economics Society |url=http://www.ehes.org |website=European Historical Economics Society}}</ref>
 == Life ==
-Baten received his doctorate from [[Ludwig Maximilian University]] of [[Munich]] with his work about the [[Standard of living|biological standard of living]] in South Germany. Since 2001 he holds the chair of economic history at the University of Tübingen.
+Baten received his doctorate from [[Ludwig Maximilian University]] of [[Munich]] with his work about the [[Standard of living|biological standard of living]] in South Germany, under supervision of [[John Komlos]]. Since 2001 he holds the chair of economic history at the University of Tübingen.
 In 2005 he was invited as a visiting professor at [[Yale University]] (Dept. Political Science) and was visiting professor at [[Pompeu Fabra University]] of [[Barcelona]] in 2006/07. Since 2006, Baten has also been the Secretary General of the International Economic History Association.
 == Work ==
+Baten's scientific work focuses on four big themes: the long-run development of education and human capital in global perspective, the econometric history of firms and innovations, the study of welfare development and growth in economies around the world, and the determinants and effects of interpersonal violence. Further focal points of his research include (gender) inequality, Africa and Latin America. In his research on education, Baten mostly uses age heaping as an indicator of numeracy, which he is an expert in. His most important and influential works include a comprehensive work on the history of the global economy<ref>{{Cite book |last=Baten |first=Joerg |title=A History of the Global Economy: 1500 to the Present |publisher=Cambridge University Press |year=2016 |isbn=978-1-107-50718-0 |location=Cambridge |language=en}}</ref> and a volume on Health, Diet, Work and Violence in Europe,<ref>{{Cite book |last=Baten |first=Joerg |title=The Backbone of Europe: Health, Diet, Work and Violence over Two Millenia |collaboration=Richard Steckel, Charlotte Roberts, Clark S. Larsen |publisher=Cambridge University Press |year=2019 |location=Cambridge |language=en}}</ref> both of which he (co-)edited.
-Baten achieved prominence with his works about the long term development of human capital and living standards. In a global project he and his colleagues studied trends of numerical skills over centuries.<ref>{{cite journal |title=Quantifying Quantitative Literacy: Age Heaping and the History of Human Capital |first=Brian |last=A’Hearn |first2=Jörg |last2=Baten |first3=Dorothee |last3=Crayen |journal=[[Journal of Economic History]] |year=2009 |volume=69 |issue=3 |pages=783–808 |doi=10.1017/S0022050709001120 |hdl=10230/481 |hdl-access=free }}</ref> As an indicator for numeracy, the share of people being able to state their exact age was used, as well as consumption statistics of books. Baten drew the conclusion that early development of education in some countries caused today’s differences between poor and rich, whereas world trade played a rather marginal role.<ref>{{cite journal |title=Book Production and the Onset of Early Modern Growth |first=Jörg |last=Baten |first2=Jan |last2=Luiten van Zanden |journal=[[Journal of Economic Growth]] |volume=13 |issue=3 |year=2008 |pages=217–235 |doi=10.1007/s10887-008-9031-9 |hdl=10230/757 |hdl-access=free }}</ref>
+Baten achieved prominence with his works about the long term development of human capital and living standards. In a global project he and his colleagues studied trends of numerical skills over centuries.<ref>{{cite journal |title=Quantifying Quantitative Literacy: Age Heaping and the History of Human Capital |first1=Brian |last1=A'Hearn |first2=Jörg |last2=Baten |first3=Dorothee |last3=Crayen |journal=[[Journal of Economic History]] |year=2009 |volume=69 |issue=3 |pages=783–808 |doi=10.1017/S0022050709001120 |hdl=10230/481 |s2cid=35494384 |hdl-access=free }}</ref> As an indicator for numeracy, the share of people being able to state their exact age was used, as well as consumption statistics of books. Baten drew the conclusion that early development of education in some countries caused today's differences between poor and rich, whereas world trade played a rather marginal role.<ref>{{cite journal |title=Book Production and the Onset of Early Modern Growth |first1=Jörg |last1=Baten |first2=Jan |last2=Luiten van Zanden |journal=[[Journal of Economic Growth]] |volume=13 |issue=3 |year=2008 |pages=217–235 |doi=10.1007/s10887-008-9031-9 |hdl=10230/757 |hdl-access=free }}</ref>
-Jointly with [[Nikola Koepke]], Baten studied the history of health and nutrition in Europe since the ancient world <ref>{{cite journal |title=Agricultural Specialization and Height in Ancient and Medieval Europe |first2=Jörg |last2=Baten |first=Nikola |last=Koepke |journal=Explorations in Economic History |volume=45 |year=2008 |issue= 2|pages=127–146 |doi=10.1016/j.eeh.2007.09.003 }}</ref> and in joint work with other junior scholars (for example, [[Alexander Moradi]]), he explored other world regions such as Africa, the Middle East and Latin America using methods of [[anthropometric history]].<ref>{{cite journal |title=Tall and shrinking Muslims, short and growing Europeans: The long-run welfare development of the Middle East, 1850–1980 |first=Jörg |last=Baten |first2=Mojgan |last2=Stegl |journal=[[Explorations in Economic History]] |volume=46 |year=2009 |issue=1 |pages=132–148 |doi=10.1016/j.eeh.2008.10.003 |url=http://www.ehs.org.uk/dotAsset/05b192a5-d56a-4718-9669-739a4616f5cb.pdf }}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |title=The Anthropometric History of Argentina, Brazil and Peru during the 19th and early 20th century |first=Jörg |last=Baten |first2=Ines |last2=Pelger |first3=Linda |last3=Twrdek |journal=Economics and Human Biology |volume=7 |issue=3 |pages=319–333 |doi=10.1016/j.ehb.2009.04.003 |pmid=19451040 |year=2009 }}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |title=Inequality in Sub-Saharan Africa: New Data and New Insights from Anthropometric Estimates |first2=Jörg |last2=Baten |first=Alexander |last=Moradi |journal=World Development |volume=33 |issue=8 |year=2005 |pages=1233–1265 |doi=10.1016/j.worlddev.2005.04.010 }}</ref>
+Baten studied the history of health and nutrition in Europe since the ancient world <ref>{{cite journal |title=Agricultural Specialization and Height in Ancient and Medieval Europe |first2=Jörg |last2=Baten |first1=Nikola |last1=Koepke |journal=Explorations in Economic History |volume=45 |year=2008 |issue= 2|pages=127–146 |doi=10.1016/j.eeh.2007.09.003 }}</ref> and in joint work with other junior scholars, he explored other world regions such as Africa, the Middle East and Latin America using methods of [[anthropometric history]].<ref>{{cite journal |title=Tall and shrinking Muslims, short and growing Europeans: The long-run welfare development of the Middle East, 1850–1980 |first1=Jörg |last1=Baten |first2=Mojgan |last2=Stegl |journal=[[Explorations in Economic History]] |volume=46 |year=2009 |issue=1 |pages=132–148 |doi=10.1016/j.eeh.2008.10.003 |url=http://www.ehs.org.uk/dotAsset/05b192a5-d56a-4718-9669-739a4616f5cb.pdf }}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |title=The Anthropometric History of Argentina, Brazil and Peru during the 19th and early 20th century |first1=Jörg |last1=Baten |first2=Ines |last2=Pelger |first3=Linda |last3=Twrdek |journal=Economics and Human Biology |volume=7 |issue=3 |pages=319–333 |doi=10.1016/j.ehb.2009.04.003 |pmid=19451040 |year=2009 }}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |title=Inequality in Sub-Saharan Africa: New Data and New Insights from Anthropometric Estimates |first2=Jörg |last2=Baten |first1=Alexander |last1=Moradi |journal=World Development |volume=33 |issue=8 |year=2005 |pages=1233–1265 |doi=10.1016/j.worlddev.2005.04.010 }}</ref> One fundamental result of his research is that the health of historical populations depends on agricultural characteristics. A specialisation of animal husbandry, for example, reduces the catastrophal insufficiency of protein and calcium in preindustrial societies.
-One fundamental achievement was that the health of historical populations depends on agricultural characteristics. A specialisation of animal husbandry, for example, reduces the catastrophal insufficiency of protein and calcium in preindustrial societies.
+In 2020, Baten analysed, jointly with Thomas Keywood, new evidence on elite [[human capital]] formation in Europe over a time period from the 6th to the 20th century. The focus on this study lies on tracing early roots of the [[Great Divergence]] of Europe. They find a substantial relationship between elite [[numeracy]] and elite violence, and conclude that violence had a detrimental impact on human capital formation. Their study provides evidence that the disparities in violence between Eastern and Western Europe helped shape the divergent movement via the elite numeracy mechanism and had substantial implications for the economic fortunes of each region over the following centuries.<ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Keywood|first1=Thomas|last2=Baten|first2=Jörg|date=2020-04-30|title=Elite violence and elite numeracy in Europe from 500 to 1900 CE: roots of the divergence|journal=Cliometrica|volume=15 |issue=2 |pages=319–389 |doi=10.1007/s11698-020-00206-1|issn=1863-2505|doi-access=free|hdl=10419/289019|hdl-access=free}}</ref>
-From 2015 to 2017, he was appointed president of the [[European Historical Economics Society]], a [[learned society]] of European economic historians.<ref>{{cite web |title=About the European Historical Economics Society |url=http://www.ehes.org |website=European Historical Economics Society}}</ref>
+Several of Batens' doctoral and post-doctoral students have proceeded to pursue an academic career.
+From 2015 to 2017, Baten was appointed president of the [[European Historical Economics Society]], a [[learned society]] of European economic historians.<ref>{{cite web |title=About the European Historical Economics Society |url=http://www.ehes.org |website=European Historical Economics Society}}</ref> Furthermore, he has been co-editor-in-chief of the scientific journal [[Economics and Human Biology]] since 2015.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Baten |first=Joerg |date=2021-09-01 |title=Joerg Baten – Resumé |url=https://uni-tuebingen.de/securedl/sdl-eyJ0eXAiOiJKV1QiLCJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJpYXQiOjE2NTU5MDMxNzIsImV4cCI6MTY1NTk5MzE2OSwidXNlciI6MCwiZ3JvdXBzIjpbMCwtMV0sImZpbGUiOiJmaWxlYWRtaW5cL1VuaV9UdWViaW5nZW5cL0Zha3VsdGFldGVuXC9XaVNvXC9XaXdpXC9VcGxvYWRzXC9MZWhyc3R1ZWhsZVwvUHJvZi5fQmF0ZW5cL0NWc1wvY3YzYy5wZGYiLCJwYWdlIjoxODczMH0.amaV2EKmRc2fU35kw-mpYe0MjUfQ3Z-mINnfq6jNyZE/cv3c.pdf |access-date=2022-06-23 |website=Universität Tübingen}}</ref>
 == Books ==
-* Jörg Baten (Ed.): ''A History of the Global Economy. From 1500 to the Present''. Cambridge University Press, 2016. {{ISBN|9781107507180}}.
+* {{cite book | last=Baten | first=Joerg | author2=International Economic History Association | title=A history of the global economy : from 1500 to the present | publication-place=Cambridge | date=2016 | isbn=978-1-107-10470-9 | oclc=914156941}}
-* Steckel, R. H., Larsen, C. S., Roberts, C. A., & Baten, J. (Eds.). ''The backbone of Europe: health, diet, work and violence over two Millennia''. Cambridge University Press, 2019.
+* {{cite book | last1=Steckel | first1=Richard H. | last2=Larsen | first2=Clark Spencer | last3=Roberts | first3=Charlotte A. | last4=Baten | first4=Joerg | title=The backbone of Europe : health, diet, work and violence over two millennia | publication-place=Cambridge, United Kingdom | date=2019 | isbn=978-1-108-37983-0 | oclc=1066141780}}
 == References ==
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 == External links ==
-* [http://www.uni-tuebingen.de/fakultaeten/wirtschafts-und-sozialwissenschaftliche-fakultaet/faecher/wirtschaftswissenschaft/lehrstuehle/volkswirtschaftslehre/wirtschaftsgeschichte/team/prof-dr-joerg-baten.html Jörg Baten] at the website of University of Tübingen.
+* {{cite web | title=Prof. Dr. Jörg Baten | website=[[Universität Tübingen]] | date=2 November 2022 | url=https://uni-tuebingen.de/fakultaeten/wirtschafts-und-sozialwissenschaftliche-fakultaet/faecher/fachbereich-wirtschaftswissenschaft/wirtschaftswissenschaft/lehrstuehle/volkswirtschaftslehre/wirtschaftsgeschichte/lehrstuhl/prof-dr-joerg-baten/ | language=de | ref={{sfnref | Universität Tübingen | 2022}} | access-date=14 November 2022}}
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