Publications
Peer-reviewed journal articles:
Sofia Teives Henriques, Eoin McLaughlin, Paul Sharp, Christian Vedel Sorenson, Xanthi, Tsoukli (forthcoming). 'A microlevel analysis of Danish dairy cooperatives: opportunities for large data in business history'. Enterprise & Society.
Eoin McLaughlin, Paul Sharp, Christian Vedel Sorenson, Xanthi, Tsoukli (forthcoming). 'A Firm Level Database of Irish Creameries, 1897-1921' Irish Economic and Social History.
Seán Kenny and Eoin McLaughlin (2022). `Political Economy of Secession: Lessons from the early years of the Irish Free State.' National Institute Economic Review.
Chris Colvin, Eoin McLaughlin, and Kyle J. J. Richmond (2022). Cohort Component Population Estimates for Ireland, 1911-1920: a New County-Level Dataset for Use in Historical Demography. Research Data Journal for the Humanities.
Eoin McLaughlin and Rowena Pecchenino (2021). `Financial inclusion with hybrid organisational forms: Microfinance, Philanthropy, and the Poor Law in Ireland, c. 1836-1845', Enterprise & Society , doi:10.1017/eso.2020.67
Chris Colvin and Eoin McLaughlin (2021). 'Death, demography and the denominator: Age-adjusted influenza-18 mortality in Ireland. Economics & Human Biology.
Eoin McLaughlin and Paul Sharp (2019). `Competition between organisational forms in Danish and Irish dairying around the turn of the twentieth century'. Business History.
Eoin McLaughlin, Matthias Blum, and Chris Colvin (2020). 'Anthropometric History: Revisiting What's in it for Ireland'. Irish Economic and Social History.
Mubashir Qasim, Les Oxley, and Eoin McLaughlin (2020). Genuine Savings as a Test of New Zealand Weak Sustainability. Environment, Development and Sustainability.
Matthias Blum, Eoin McLaughlin, and Nick Hanley. (2019) 'Accounting for Sustainable Development over the long-run:Lessons from Germany', German Economic Review.
Matthias Blum and Eoin McLaughlin (2019). ''Living standards and inequality in the Industrial Revolution: Evidence from the height of University of Edinburgh students in the 1830s'. Economics and Human Biology.
Neal Millar, Eoin McLaughlin, and Tobias Borger (2019). `The Circular Economy: Swings and Roundabouts?'. Ecological Economics. Volume 158, pp 11-19.
Pierre Badiuzzaman, Eoin McLaughlin and Darren McCauley (2017). ‘Substituting Freshwater: Can Ocean Desalination and Water Recycling Capacities Substitute for Groundwater Depletion in California?' Journal of Environmental Management.
David Greasley, Eoin McLaughlin, Nick Hanley, and Les Oxley (2017). 'Australia: a Land of Missed Opportunities?' Environment and Development Economics.
Matthias Blum, Christopher L. Colvin, Laura McAtackney and Eoin McLaughlin (2017). 'Women of Uncertain Age: Quantifying Human Capital Accumulation in Rural Ireland in the Nineteenth Century', Economic History Review.
Nathan Foley-Fisher and Eoin McLaughlin (2016). `Sovereign debt guarantees and default: Lessons from the UK and Ireland, 1920-1938', European Economic Review.
Nathan Foley-Fisher and Eoin McLaughlin (2016). 'Capitalising on the Irish Land Question: Land Reform and State Banking in Ireland, 1891-1938', Financial History Review.
Nick Hanley, Les Oxley, David Greasley, Eoin McLaughlin, Matthias Blum (2016). 'Empirical Testing of Genuine Savings as an Indicator of Weak Sustainability: A three-Country Analysis of Long-Run Trends', Environmental and Resource Economics.
Eoin McLaughlin (2015). 'Writing the Economic History of Ireland since Independence', Irish Economic and Social History.
Nick Hanley, Louis Dupuy and Eoin McLaughlin (2015). 'Genuine Savings and Sustainability', Journal of Economic Surveys.
Ingrid Henriksen, Eoin McLaughlin and Paul Sharp (2015). 'Contracts and Cooperation: the relative failure of the Irish dairy industry in the late nineteenth century reconsidered', European Review of Economic History.
Eoin McLaughlin (2015). 'Competing forms of cooperation? Land League, Land War and cooperation in Ireland, 1879 to 1914', Agricultural History Review.
David Greasley, Nick Hanley, Jan Kunnas, Eoin McLaughlin, Les Oxley and Paul Warde (2014). 'Testing genuine savings as a forward-looking indicator of future well-being in the (very) long run', Journal of Environmental Economics and Management.
Eoin McLaughlin, Nick Hanley, David Greasley, Jan Kunnas, Les Oxley and Paul Warde (2014). 'Historical wealth accounts for Britain: progress and puzzles in measuring the sustainability of economic growth.' Oxford Review of Economic Policy.
Jan Kunnas, Eoin McLaughlin, David Greasley, Nick Hanley, Les Oxley and Paul Warde (2014). 'Counting carbon: historic emissions from fossil fuels, long-run measures of sustainable development and carbon debt.' Scandinavian Economic History Review.
Christopher L. Colvin and Eoin McLaughlin (2014). 'Raiffeisenism Abroad: Why Did German Microfinance Fail In Ireland But Prosper In The Netherlands?', Economic History Review.
Eoin McLaughlin (2014). '"Profligacy in the Encouragement of Thrift": Savings Banks in Ireland, 1817-1914' , Business History.
Eoin McLaughlin (2013). 'A note on Mutual Savings and Loans Societies in Nineteenth Century Ireland', Irish Economic and Social History.
Eoin McLaughlin (2013). 'An Experiment in Banking the Poor: the Irish Mont-de-Piété', Financial History Review
Sofia Teives Henriques, Eoin McLaughlin, Paul Sharp, Christian Vedel Sorenson, Xanthi, Tsoukli (forthcoming). 'A microlevel analysis of Danish dairy cooperatives: opportunities for large data in business history'. Enterprise & Society.
Eoin McLaughlin, Paul Sharp, Christian Vedel Sorenson, Xanthi, Tsoukli (forthcoming). 'A Firm Level Database of Irish Creameries, 1897-1921' Irish Economic and Social History.
Seán Kenny and Eoin McLaughlin (2022). `Political Economy of Secession: Lessons from the early years of the Irish Free State.' National Institute Economic Review.
Chris Colvin, Eoin McLaughlin, and Kyle J. J. Richmond (2022). Cohort Component Population Estimates for Ireland, 1911-1920: a New County-Level Dataset for Use in Historical Demography. Research Data Journal for the Humanities.
- Data description for: Colvin, Christopher L. and McLaughlin, Eoin and Richmond, Kyle J. J. (2021). Cohort Component Population Estimates for Ireland, 1911-1920. [Data Collection]. Colchester, Essex: UK Data Service. 10.5255/UKDA-SN-854673
Eoin McLaughlin and Rowena Pecchenino (2021). `Financial inclusion with hybrid organisational forms: Microfinance, Philanthropy, and the Poor Law in Ireland, c. 1836-1845', Enterprise & Society , doi:10.1017/eso.2020.67
Chris Colvin and Eoin McLaughlin (2021). 'Death, demography and the denominator: Age-adjusted influenza-18 mortality in Ireland. Economics & Human Biology.
Eoin McLaughlin and Paul Sharp (2019). `Competition between organisational forms in Danish and Irish dairying around the turn of the twentieth century'. Business History.
Eoin McLaughlin, Matthias Blum, and Chris Colvin (2020). 'Anthropometric History: Revisiting What's in it for Ireland'. Irish Economic and Social History.
Mubashir Qasim, Les Oxley, and Eoin McLaughlin (2020). Genuine Savings as a Test of New Zealand Weak Sustainability. Environment, Development and Sustainability.
Matthias Blum, Eoin McLaughlin, and Nick Hanley. (2019) 'Accounting for Sustainable Development over the long-run:Lessons from Germany', German Economic Review.
Matthias Blum and Eoin McLaughlin (2019). ''Living standards and inequality in the Industrial Revolution: Evidence from the height of University of Edinburgh students in the 1830s'. Economics and Human Biology.
Neal Millar, Eoin McLaughlin, and Tobias Borger (2019). `The Circular Economy: Swings and Roundabouts?'. Ecological Economics. Volume 158, pp 11-19.
- Winner of the International Sustainable Development Research Society Best Article on Sustainable Development Award 2019
Pierre Badiuzzaman, Eoin McLaughlin and Darren McCauley (2017). ‘Substituting Freshwater: Can Ocean Desalination and Water Recycling Capacities Substitute for Groundwater Depletion in California?' Journal of Environmental Management.
David Greasley, Eoin McLaughlin, Nick Hanley, and Les Oxley (2017). 'Australia: a Land of Missed Opportunities?' Environment and Development Economics.
Matthias Blum, Christopher L. Colvin, Laura McAtackney and Eoin McLaughlin (2017). 'Women of Uncertain Age: Quantifying Human Capital Accumulation in Rural Ireland in the Nineteenth Century', Economic History Review.
Nathan Foley-Fisher and Eoin McLaughlin (2016). `Sovereign debt guarantees and default: Lessons from the UK and Ireland, 1920-1938', European Economic Review.
Nathan Foley-Fisher and Eoin McLaughlin (2016). 'Capitalising on the Irish Land Question: Land Reform and State Banking in Ireland, 1891-1938', Financial History Review.
Nick Hanley, Les Oxley, David Greasley, Eoin McLaughlin, Matthias Blum (2016). 'Empirical Testing of Genuine Savings as an Indicator of Weak Sustainability: A three-Country Analysis of Long-Run Trends', Environmental and Resource Economics.
Eoin McLaughlin (2015). 'Writing the Economic History of Ireland since Independence', Irish Economic and Social History.
Nick Hanley, Louis Dupuy and Eoin McLaughlin (2015). 'Genuine Savings and Sustainability', Journal of Economic Surveys.
Ingrid Henriksen, Eoin McLaughlin and Paul Sharp (2015). 'Contracts and Cooperation: the relative failure of the Irish dairy industry in the late nineteenth century reconsidered', European Review of Economic History.
Eoin McLaughlin (2015). 'Competing forms of cooperation? Land League, Land War and cooperation in Ireland, 1879 to 1914', Agricultural History Review.
David Greasley, Nick Hanley, Jan Kunnas, Eoin McLaughlin, Les Oxley and Paul Warde (2014). 'Testing genuine savings as a forward-looking indicator of future well-being in the (very) long run', Journal of Environmental Economics and Management.
Eoin McLaughlin, Nick Hanley, David Greasley, Jan Kunnas, Les Oxley and Paul Warde (2014). 'Historical wealth accounts for Britain: progress and puzzles in measuring the sustainability of economic growth.' Oxford Review of Economic Policy.
Jan Kunnas, Eoin McLaughlin, David Greasley, Nick Hanley, Les Oxley and Paul Warde (2014). 'Counting carbon: historic emissions from fossil fuels, long-run measures of sustainable development and carbon debt.' Scandinavian Economic History Review.
Christopher L. Colvin and Eoin McLaughlin (2014). 'Raiffeisenism Abroad: Why Did German Microfinance Fail In Ireland But Prosper In The Netherlands?', Economic History Review.
Eoin McLaughlin (2014). '"Profligacy in the Encouragement of Thrift": Savings Banks in Ireland, 1817-1914' , Business History.
Eoin McLaughlin (2013). 'A note on Mutual Savings and Loans Societies in Nineteenth Century Ireland', Irish Economic and Social History.
Eoin McLaughlin (2013). 'An Experiment in Banking the Poor: the Irish Mont-de-Piété', Financial History Review
Articles in edited collections:
Eoin McLaughlin and Paul Sharp, (2018). `A higher tribunal than the House of Lords'. History Ireland, 26(4).
Eoin McLaughlin, E. (2018). `Environment and Natural Resources', in Matthias Blum and Christopher L. Colvin (Eds.), An Economists Guide to Economic History, Palgrave.
Eoin McLaughlin (2017). 'The Irish Revolution and its Aftermath: the economic dimension'. John Crowley, Donal Ó Drisceoil and Mike Murphy John Borgonovo (eds.). Atlas of the Irish Revolution. Cork University Press, Cork.
Matthias Blum, Cristián Ducoing and Eoin McLaughlin (2017). 'A Sustainable Century? Genuine Savings in developing and developed countries, 1900-2000' in Kirk Hamilton and Cameron Hepburn (eds). National Wealth: What is Missing, Why it Matters. Oxford University Press, Oxford.
Eoin McLaughlin, Nick Hanley, David Greasley, Jan Kunnas, Les Oxley and Paul Warde (2017). 'Historical Wealth Accounts for Britain: Progress and Puzzles in Measuring the Sustainability of Economic Growth.' in Kirk Hamilton and Cameron Hepburn (eds). National Wealth: What is Missing, Why it Matters. Oxford University Press, Oxford.
Eoin McLaughlin (2014), 'Charitable loan fund Societies in Ireland, 1800-1914' in Larry Geary and Oonagh Walsh (eds). Philanthropy in Nineteenth Century Ireland. Four Courts Press, Dublin.
Eoin McLaughlin (2012), 'Imitating the Continent: European Microfinance institutions in Ireland' in Brian Heffernan (ed). Life on the fringe? Ireland and Europe between 1800 and 1922. Irish Academic Press, Dublin. Maps referenced in text are available here : Map 1 and Map 2
Eoin McLaughlin (2011), ‘The Post Office Savings Bank, 1862-1911’ and ‘Credit unions avant la lettre? Loan fund societies in Irish history’, in Carol Power et al (eds), The Origins, Ethos and Evolution of Co-operative Credit in Ireland, Centre for Co-operative Studies, University College Cork.
Eoin McLaughlin and Paul Sharp, (2018). `A higher tribunal than the House of Lords'. History Ireland, 26(4).
Eoin McLaughlin, E. (2018). `Environment and Natural Resources', in Matthias Blum and Christopher L. Colvin (Eds.), An Economists Guide to Economic History, Palgrave.
Eoin McLaughlin (2017). 'The Irish Revolution and its Aftermath: the economic dimension'. John Crowley, Donal Ó Drisceoil and Mike Murphy John Borgonovo (eds.). Atlas of the Irish Revolution. Cork University Press, Cork.
Matthias Blum, Cristián Ducoing and Eoin McLaughlin (2017). 'A Sustainable Century? Genuine Savings in developing and developed countries, 1900-2000' in Kirk Hamilton and Cameron Hepburn (eds). National Wealth: What is Missing, Why it Matters. Oxford University Press, Oxford.
Eoin McLaughlin, Nick Hanley, David Greasley, Jan Kunnas, Les Oxley and Paul Warde (2017). 'Historical Wealth Accounts for Britain: Progress and Puzzles in Measuring the Sustainability of Economic Growth.' in Kirk Hamilton and Cameron Hepburn (eds). National Wealth: What is Missing, Why it Matters. Oxford University Press, Oxford.
Eoin McLaughlin (2014), 'Charitable loan fund Societies in Ireland, 1800-1914' in Larry Geary and Oonagh Walsh (eds). Philanthropy in Nineteenth Century Ireland. Four Courts Press, Dublin.
Eoin McLaughlin (2012), 'Imitating the Continent: European Microfinance institutions in Ireland' in Brian Heffernan (ed). Life on the fringe? Ireland and Europe between 1800 and 1922. Irish Academic Press, Dublin. Maps referenced in text are available here : Map 1 and Map 2
Eoin McLaughlin (2011), ‘The Post Office Savings Bank, 1862-1911’ and ‘Credit unions avant la lettre? Loan fund societies in Irish history’, in Carol Power et al (eds), The Origins, Ethos and Evolution of Co-operative Credit in Ireland, Centre for Co-operative Studies, University College Cork.
Working papers:
'Financial Inclusion with Hybrid Organisational Forms: Microfinance, Philanthropy, and the Poor Law in Ireland, c. 1836-1845', with Rowena Pecchenino, working paper available here
'Death, Demography and the Denominator: New Influenza-18 Mortality Estimates for Ireland', with Chris Colvin, working paper available here , latest version available on medRxiv August 2020
'Living standards and inequality in the Industrial Revolution: Evidence from the height of University of Edinburgh students in the 1830s', with Matthias Blum, working paper available here.
'Ireland's peculiar Microfinance Revolution', with Rowena Pecchenino, working paper available here and here
'Genuine Savings as a Test of New Zealand Weak Sustainability', with Mubashir Qasim and Les Oxley, working paper available here
'Scarring and Selection in the Great Irish Famine', with Matthias Blum and Chris Colvin , working paper available here and here , latest version available on medRxiv September 2020
'A Sustainable Century? Genuine Savings in developing and developed countries, 1900-2000', with Matthias Blum and Cristián Ducoing, working paper available online, video of presentation at the Wealth Conference available here
'Australia: a Land of Missed Opportunities?' with David Greasley, Nick Hanley, and Les Oxley, working paper available online
'Quantifying Human Capital Accumulation in Rural Ireland in the Nineteenth Century', with Matthias Blum, Chris Colvin, Laura McAtackney, working paper available online
'Competition between organisational forms in Danish and Irish dairying around the turn of the twentieth century', with Paul Sharp, working paper available online
'Economic Impact of the Irish Revolution', working paper available online
'Sovereign debt guarantees and default:Lessons from the UK and Ireland, 1920-1938', with Nathan Foley-Fisher, working paper available here
'Capitalising on the Irish Land Question: Land Reform and State Banking in Ireland, 1891-1938', with Nathan Foley-Fisher, working paper available here
'Contracts and Cooperation: the relative failure of the Irish dairy industry in the late nineteenth century reconsidered.', with Ingrid Henriksen and Paul Sharp, working paper available online, here and here.
'Accounting for Sustainable Development over the long-run:Lessons from Germany', Matthias Blum and Nick Hanley, working paper available online.
'Genuine Savings and Sustainability', with Nick Hanley and Louis Dupuy, working paper available online
'State Dissolution, Sovereign Debt and Default: Lessons from the UK and Ireland' with Nathan Foley-Fisher, working paper available online and here
'The Emperor Has New Clothes: Empirical Tests of Mainstream Theories of Economic Growth', with Nick Hanley, David Greasley and Les Oxley, working paper available online
'Irish land bonds, 1891-1938' with Nathan Foley-Fisher, working paper available online and here
'Can Women Count? Gender and Numeracy in Nineteenth Century Ireland', with Matthias Blum, Chris Colvin, Laura McAtackney, working paper available online
'Empirical testing of genuine savings as an indicator of weak sustainability: a three-country analysis of long run trends ', with Les Oxley, Nick Hanley, David Greasley, Matthias Blum, Jan Kunnas, and Paul Warde , working paper available online
'Genuine savings and future well-being in Germany, 1850-2000' with Matthias Blum and Nick Hanley, working paper available online
'Comprehensive investment and future well-being in the USA, 1869-2000' with David Greasley, Nick Hanley, Jan Kunnas,Les Oxley and Paul Warde, working paper available online
'Testing for long-run "sustainability": Genuine Savings estimates for Britain, 1760-2000' with David Greasley, Nick Hanley,Les Oxley and Paul Warde, working paper available online
'Testing the predictive power of Genuine Savings as a long-run indicator of future well-being' with David Greasley, Nick Hanley, Jan Kunnas, Les Oxley and Paul Warde, working paper available online
'Financial Inclusion with Hybrid Organisational Forms: Microfinance, Philanthropy, and the Poor Law in Ireland, c. 1836-1845', with Rowena Pecchenino, working paper available here
'Death, Demography and the Denominator: New Influenza-18 Mortality Estimates for Ireland', with Chris Colvin, working paper available here , latest version available on medRxiv August 2020
'Living standards and inequality in the Industrial Revolution: Evidence from the height of University of Edinburgh students in the 1830s', with Matthias Blum, working paper available here.
'Ireland's peculiar Microfinance Revolution', with Rowena Pecchenino, working paper available here and here
'Genuine Savings as a Test of New Zealand Weak Sustainability', with Mubashir Qasim and Les Oxley, working paper available here
'Scarring and Selection in the Great Irish Famine', with Matthias Blum and Chris Colvin , working paper available here and here , latest version available on medRxiv September 2020
'A Sustainable Century? Genuine Savings in developing and developed countries, 1900-2000', with Matthias Blum and Cristián Ducoing, working paper available online, video of presentation at the Wealth Conference available here
'Australia: a Land of Missed Opportunities?' with David Greasley, Nick Hanley, and Les Oxley, working paper available online
'Quantifying Human Capital Accumulation in Rural Ireland in the Nineteenth Century', with Matthias Blum, Chris Colvin, Laura McAtackney, working paper available online
'Competition between organisational forms in Danish and Irish dairying around the turn of the twentieth century', with Paul Sharp, working paper available online
'Economic Impact of the Irish Revolution', working paper available online
'Sovereign debt guarantees and default:Lessons from the UK and Ireland, 1920-1938', with Nathan Foley-Fisher, working paper available here
'Capitalising on the Irish Land Question: Land Reform and State Banking in Ireland, 1891-1938', with Nathan Foley-Fisher, working paper available here
'Contracts and Cooperation: the relative failure of the Irish dairy industry in the late nineteenth century reconsidered.', with Ingrid Henriksen and Paul Sharp, working paper available online, here and here.
'Accounting for Sustainable Development over the long-run:Lessons from Germany', Matthias Blum and Nick Hanley, working paper available online.
'Genuine Savings and Sustainability', with Nick Hanley and Louis Dupuy, working paper available online
'State Dissolution, Sovereign Debt and Default: Lessons from the UK and Ireland' with Nathan Foley-Fisher, working paper available online and here
'The Emperor Has New Clothes: Empirical Tests of Mainstream Theories of Economic Growth', with Nick Hanley, David Greasley and Les Oxley, working paper available online
'Irish land bonds, 1891-1938' with Nathan Foley-Fisher, working paper available online and here
'Can Women Count? Gender and Numeracy in Nineteenth Century Ireland', with Matthias Blum, Chris Colvin, Laura McAtackney, working paper available online
'Empirical testing of genuine savings as an indicator of weak sustainability: a three-country analysis of long run trends ', with Les Oxley, Nick Hanley, David Greasley, Matthias Blum, Jan Kunnas, and Paul Warde , working paper available online
'Genuine savings and future well-being in Germany, 1850-2000' with Matthias Blum and Nick Hanley, working paper available online
'Comprehensive investment and future well-being in the USA, 1869-2000' with David Greasley, Nick Hanley, Jan Kunnas,Les Oxley and Paul Warde, working paper available online
'Testing for long-run "sustainability": Genuine Savings estimates for Britain, 1760-2000' with David Greasley, Nick Hanley,Les Oxley and Paul Warde, working paper available online
'Testing the predictive power of Genuine Savings as a long-run indicator of future well-being' with David Greasley, Nick Hanley, Jan Kunnas, Les Oxley and Paul Warde, working paper available online
Work in progress:
'Regulation and Crises in Microfinance: Irish Loan Fund Societies, 1830-1914', working version available online
'A case study in Regulatory Capture: The Irish Loan Fund Board, 1860-1914'
'Imitating the Continent: Raiffeisenism in Ireland, 1894-1922', working version available online
' "The great cultural break"? Famine, Homicide and Irish Life in the Nineteenth Century' with Richard McMahon
'Cultural nationalism and the ‘smart economy’: education policy in southern Ireland 1921-1980', working version available online
'Regulation and Crises in Microfinance: Irish Loan Fund Societies, 1830-1914', working version available online
'A case study in Regulatory Capture: The Irish Loan Fund Board, 1860-1914'
'Imitating the Continent: Raiffeisenism in Ireland, 1894-1922', working version available online
' "The great cultural break"? Famine, Homicide and Irish Life in the Nineteenth Century' with Richard McMahon
'Cultural nationalism and the ‘smart economy’: education policy in southern Ireland 1921-1980', working version available online