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Monthly GDP Estimates for Inter-War Britain
Mitchell, J.; Solomou, S.; Weale, M. - Faculty of Economics, University of Cambridge - 2011
We derive monthly and quarterly series of UK GDP for the inter-war period from a set of monthly indicators that were constructed by The Economist at the time. The monthly information is complemented with data for quarterly industrial production, allowing us to employ mixed-frequency methods to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009293648
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Monthly and Quarterly GDP Estimates for Interwar Britain
Mitchell, J.; Solomou, S.; Weale, M. - Faculty of Economics, University of Cambridge - 2009
We derive monthly and quarterly series of UK GDP for the inter-war period from a set of indicators that were constructed at the time. We proceed to illustrate how the new data can contribute to our understanding of the economic history of the UK in the 1930s and have also used the series to draw...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008558556
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The Influence of Product Markets on Industrial Relations
Brown, W. - Faculty of Economics, University of Cambridge - 2006
Product markets are the foundation on which industrial relations institutions are built. Trade union strength is partly dependent upon the state of the labour market, but it is imperfections in the product market that are the precondition of their winning benefits for their members. Sectoral...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005113775
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With God We Trust: Religion, Trust and Cooperation in Large-Scale Societies
Gagnon, Julien - Faculty of Economics, University of Cambridge - 2014
, provided that players' endogenous trust is high enough. The model the signalling theory of religion. Finally, the model enables …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010761906
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Religion and Human Capital in Ghana
Blunch, N. - Faculty of Economics, University of Cambridge - 2007
This paper examines the religion-human capital link, examining a recent household survey for Ghana. Insights from the … Christianity, since Islam, perhaps surprisingly, may be clustered together with Traditional/Animist religion within the group of …, while at the same yielding higher associations in the religion-human capital relations ship. In turn, this indicates that …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005113744
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‘Religion and Fertility in India: The role of son preference and daughter aversion’
Borooah, V.; Iyer, S. - Faculty of Economics, University of Cambridge - 2004
This paper brings together the notion of ‘son preference’ and the complementary concept of ‘daughter aversion’ to provide an explanation for larger Muslim, relative to Hindu, families in India. Just as sons bring ‘benefits’ to their parents, daughters impose ‘costs’ and...
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