What is he best known for?
The fields of study he is best known for:
- Law
- Capitalism
- Social science
His main research concerns Social capital, Guild, Sanctions, Quality and Market failure.
Many of his studies on Social capital involve topics that are commonly interrelated, such as Economic history.
He combines subjects such as Enforcement, Order and Law and economics with his study of Sanctions.
His Political economy study integrates concerns from other disciplines, such as Collective action and German.
His studies deal with areas such as Institution, Positive economics and Social equality as well as Economic efficiency.
He interconnects Serfdom, Institutional economics, Public economics and Economy in the investigation of issues within Craft.
His most cited work include:
- ‘Whatever is, is right’? Economic institutions in pre‐industrial Europe1 (143 citations)
- Guilds, Efficiency, and Social Capital: Evidence from German Proto-Industry (126 citations)
- Rehabilitating the guilds: a reply (106 citations)
What are the main themes of his work throughout his whole career to date?
His scientific interests lie mostly in Social capital, Political economy, Serfdom, Economy and Demographic economics.
His Social capital study combines topics from a wide range of disciplines, such as German, Industrious Revolution, Collective action, Sanctions and Market economy.
The various areas that he examines in his Sanctions study include Early modern Europe, Market failure and Law and economics.
By researching both Political economy and Guild, Sheilagh Ogilvie produces research that crosses academic boundaries.
His work investigates the relationship between Serfdom and topics such as Property rights that intersect with problems in Public institution and Enforcement.
While the research belongs to areas of Economy, Sheilagh Ogilvie spends his time largely on the problem of Power, intersecting his research to questions surrounding Feudalism.
He most often published in these fields:
- Social capital (26.89%)
- Political economy (22.69%)
- Serfdom (24.37%)
What were the highlights of his more recent work (between 2012-2021)?
- Serfdom (24.37%)
- Demographic economics (16.81%)
- Human capital (10.08%)
In recent papers he was focusing on the following fields of study:
Sheilagh Ogilvie mostly deals with Serfdom, Demographic economics, Human capital, Institution and Fertility.
His biological study deals with issues like Incentive, which deal with fields such as Labour economics and Neoclassical economics.
The Human capital study which covers Development economics that intersects with Economic rent.
Sheilagh Ogilvie usually deals with Institution and limits it to topics linked to Property rights and Scrutiny and Positive economics.
As a part of the same scientific family, Sheilagh Ogilvie mostly works in the field of Scrutiny, focusing on Law and economics and, on occasion, Property.
His work deals with themes such as Argument and Child mortality, which intersect with Fertility.
Between 2012 and 2021, his most popular works were:
- The Economics of Guilds (94 citations)
- Does the European Marriage Pattern Explain Economic Growth (66 citations)
- Institutions and Economic Growth in Historical Perspective (62 citations)
In his most recent research, the most cited papers focused on:
- Law
- Capitalism
- Social science
The scientist’s investigation covers issues in Human capital, Economic growth, Property rights, Stylized fact and Vagueness.
His Human capital study incorporates themes from Developing country, Human development and Literacy.
His biological study spans a wide range of topics, including Fertility, Western European marriage pattern, Demographic transition and German economy.
The concepts of his Property rights study are interwoven with issues in Institution, Property and Law and economics.
His Stylized fact studies intersect with other subjects such as Scrutiny, Centrality, Positive economics, Economic system and Serfdom.
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