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Reassessing the Standard of Living in the Soviet Union: An Analysis Using Archival and Anthropometric Data

Brainerd, Elizabeth - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2006

Both Western and Soviet estimates of GNP growth in the USSR indicate that GNP per capita grew in every decade - sometimes rapidly - from 1928 to 1985. While this measure suggests that the standard of living improved in the USSR throughout this period, it is unclear whether this economic growth...

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Consumption of cotton cloth in India, 1795-1940

Roy, Tirthankar - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2011

Using data on the production and usage of cotton, the paper develops estimates for the production and consumption of cotton cloth in India during 1795-1940, and based on these numbers, revisits three issues central to interpretations of economic change in colonial India. These are: (a) trends in...

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New Estimates of British Unemployment, 1870-1913

Boyer, George; Hatton, Timothy J. - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2001

Existing estimates of the annual unemployment rate from 1870 to 1913 were constructed by the Board of Trade, initially in 1888, and updated thereafter. This is still the series which is widely used and cited. It is based on records of the number unemployed in various trade unions and it has a...

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Interpreting the 'One Big Wave' in US Long-Term Productivity Growth

Gordon, Robert J - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2000

mysterious doubling in the ratio of output to capital input when the postwar era is compared with 1870-1929. Measurement … the measurement of capital. A new MFP series taking account of all these adjustments grows more slowly throughout, and the …

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The Mirage of Convergence: Why Poor Countries May Only Seem to Be Closing the Income Gap

Filer, Randall K; Hajkova, Dana; Hanousek, Jan - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2004

Replication of two recent studies of growth determinants shows that results are sensitive to the choice of data from which growth rates are calculated, especially with respect to whether economic convergence has occurred. Previous warnings against using data that has been adjusted to increase...

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On the Measurement of Trade Costs: Direct vs. Indirect Approaches to Quantifying Standards and Technical Regulations

Chen, Natalie; Novy, Dennis - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2012

In this article, we review the literature on the measurement of trade costs in international trade with a special …

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Pro-poor trade policy in Sub-Saharan Africa

Nicita, Alessandro; Olarreaga, Marcelo; Porto, Guido - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2011

The objective of this paper is to estimate the potential pro-poor bias in the existing structure of protection in six countries in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) (i.e., whether it redistributes income from rich to poor households). We also explore the extent to which the barriers faced by SSA...

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Poor Countries or Poor People? Development Assistance and the New Geography of Global Poverty

Kanbur, Ravi; Sumner, Andy - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2011

global poor for many years to come. This “new geography of global poverty”—with the mass of the poor living in stable, non … special weight be given to the poor in poor countries? How, if at all, should international agencies with a focus on poverty … greater debate on the new geography of global poverty. …

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What is the Domain of the Welfare State?

Snower, Dennis J. - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1994

The paper examines the appropriate domain of the Welfare State by exploring the areas in which free enterprise fails to provide adequate welfare state services. The paper outlines a simple coherent strategy for formulating government welfare state policy by identifying the relevant market...

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Ageing Gracefully? A Bootstrap Analysis of Poverty Among Pensioners Using Evidence from the PACO Databases

Heinrich, Georges - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1998

of incomes of future generations. The purpose of this paper is two-fold. From a policy point of view, we analyse poverty … was expensive but that it provided effective - albeit not efficient - poverty relief. From a methodological point of view …, we demonstrate the usefulness of bootstrapping techniques for statistical inference for poverty and inequality measures …

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