George Marten

Research Summary

• I study the century following the First Industrial Revolution.
• Focused on mutual insurance, co-operative production, and microfinance.
• I recently digitised Friendly Society Returns to Parliament 1855-1880.

My Approach

I am interested in documenting lessons from British and Irish economic history using applied microeconometrics. I use modern empirical methods to unpick formative historical episodes in order to test persistent political economy ideas.