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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

This paper assesses the ‘one big wave’ in multi-factor productivity (MFP) growth for the United States since 1870. The … 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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Inequality in Land Ownership, the Emergence of Human Capital Promoting Institutions and the Great Divergence

Galor, Oded; Moav, Omer; Vollrath, Dietrich - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2008

This paper suggests that inequality in the distribution of land ownership adversely affected the emergence of human capital promoting institutions (e.g., public schooling) and thus the pace and the nature of the transition from an agricultural to an industrial economy, contributing to the...

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Land Inequality and the Origin of Divergence and Overtaking in the Growth Process: Theory and Evidence

Galor, Oded; Moav, Omer; Vollrath, Dietrich - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2003

This research suggests that the distribution of land within and across countries affected the nature of the transition from an agrarian to an industrial economy, generating diverging growth patterns across countries. Land abundance, which was beneficial in early stages of development, generated...

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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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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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Weather shocks and English wheat yields, 1690-1871

Brunt, Liam - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2015

reconcile the conflicting primal and dual estimates of productivity growth over the period. …

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Production Networks, Geography and Firm Performance

Bernard, Andrew B.; Moxnes, Andreas; Saito, Yukiko U. - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2015

This paper examines the importance of buyer-supplier relationships, geography and the structure of the production network in firm performance. We develop a simple model where firms can outsource tasks and search for suppliers in different locations. Low search and outsourcing costs lead firms to...

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Spatial frictions

Behrens, Kristian; Mion, Giordano; Murata, Yasusada; … - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2011

-size distribution? Do they affect individual city sizes? Do they contribute to the productivity advantage of large cities and the nature …

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Effects of Deregulation and Vertical Unbundling on the Performance of China's Electricity Generation Sector

Gao, Hang; Van Biesebroeck, Johannes - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2011

productivity in the generation segment of the industry. Controlling explicitly for sources of price-heterogeneity across firms and …

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