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Characteristics of Economic Growth in the Netherlands During the Post-war Period
de Haan, Jakob; de Jong, Herman; Van Ark, Bart - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1994
capita income, whereas its labour productivity level -- notably in manufacturing -- remained relatively high. The Dutch …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005114219
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British Relative Economic Decline Revisited
Crafts, Nicholas - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2011
This paper examines the role of competition in productivity perfromance in Britain over the period from the late … 1930s to the 1970s undermined productivity growth but since the 1970s stronger competition has been a key ingredient in … ending relative economic decline. The productivity implications of the retreat from competition resulted in large part from …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009024927
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Growth and Macroeconomic Performance in Spain, 1939-93
Prados de la Escosura, Leandro - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1995
After presenting trends in aggregate performance within a comparative convergence framework, this paper explores institutional and macroeconomic features as the ultimate explanations of Spain's post-war growth performance. The following main phases are distinguished: the autarchy period...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005666440
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The Contribution of Human Capital Formation to Post-War Economic Growth in Ireland
Walsh, Brendan - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1993
Following an account of the perceptions among Irish policy-makers since the second world war of the contribution of education to economic development, this paper examines the performance of the Irish economy in the framework of a model of exogenous growth incorporating human capital formation....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005666960
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The Golden Age of Economic Growth: Why Did Northern Ireland Miss Out?
Crafts, Nicholas - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1995
In this paper we examine the persistent effects of past wages of displaced workers on the probability of finding a new job and on wages in the new job. We use a new database looking at the post-displacement experience of a sample of Belgian workers who have lost their jobs because of a sizeable...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005792151
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Economic Growth in Post-War Belgium
Cassiers, Isabelle; De Ville, Philippe; Solar, Peter - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1994
Community and substantial foreign direct investment. From the mid-1970s productivity growth in the open sector remained high but …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005792320
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British Economic Growth Since 1945: Relative Economic Decline .... and Renaissance?
Bean, Charles R; Crafts, Nicholas - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1995
The paper contains a thorough review of explanations for the weak British growth performance of the 1950s through the 1970s and an assessment of the long-term implications of the 1980s attempt to escape from relative decline. The analysis draws on recent work in growth theory and places...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005792362
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Post-war Growth: An Overview
Crafts, Nicholas; Toniolo, Gianni - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1995
The paper comprises a thorough survey of the literature on growth in Western Europe since 1950. This experience is put in the context both of long-run historical trends and the ideas emanating from recent work in growth economics. The exceptional nature of the Golden Age (c.1950-73) is confirmed...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005661688
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Stabilization and Growth under Dictatorship: The Experience of Franco's Spain
Prados de la Escosura, Leandro; Rosés, Joan R.; … - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2010
Stabilizing and liberalizing policies are key elements of the Washington Consensus. This paper adds a historical dimension to the ongoing debate by assessing the economic impact of market-oriented reforms undertaken during General Franco’s dictatorship, the 1959 Stabilization and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008468511
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Reprisals Remembered: German-Greek Conflict and Car Sales during the Euro Crisis
Fouka, Vasiliki; Voth, Hans-Joachim - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2013
Germany and Greece based on newspaper reports and internet search terms. This information is combined with historical maps on …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011083633