Laura Panza is an Associate Professor in the Department of Economics at the University of Melbourne. She has a PhD in economics from La Trobe University (Melbourne). Her research interests cover economic history and applied microeconomics topics, with a special focus on the economies of the Near East in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.
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The intergenerational health effects of forced displacement: Japanese American incarceration during WWII
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Historical anti-fascism and right-wing voting in Italy
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From a common empire to colonial rule: Commodity market disintegration in the Near East
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- International trade
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Atlantic trade and the decline of conflict in Europe
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Sugar and slaves: Wealth, poverty, and inequality in colonial Jamaica
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- Poverty and Income Inequality