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Real wages and labour productivity in Britain and Germany, 1871-1938: a unified approach to the international comparison of living standards
Broadberry, Stephen; Burhop, Carsten - 2009
Throughout the period 1871-1938, the average British worker was better off than the average German worker, but there were significant differences between major sectors. For the aggregate economy, the real wage gap was about the same as the labour productivity gap, but again there were important...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010266982
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Wealth-income ratios in a small, late-industrializing, welfare-state economy: Sweden, 1810-2014
Waldenström, Daniel - 2015
smaller countries that were historically backward and developed a different set of political and economic institutions during … political institutions for the long-run evolution of wealth-income ratios. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011406159
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Shaping Medieval Markets: The Organisation of Commodity Markets in Holland, c. 1200–c. 1450
Dijkman, Jessica - 2011
The late Middle Ages witnessed the transformation of the county of Holland from a peripheral agrarian region to a highly commercialised and urbanised one. This book examines how the organisation of commodity markets contributed to this remarkable development. Comparing Holland to England and...
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Wealth-income ratios in a small, developing economy: Sweden, 1810-2014
Waldenström, Daniel - 2016
. Overall, the findings suggest that initial conditions and economic and political institutions matter for the structure and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011917010
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What determines the capital share over the long run of history?
Bengtsson, Erik; Rubolino, Enrico; Waldenström, Daniel - 2020
This paper analyzes the determinants of the labor-capital split in national income for 20 countries since the late 1800s. Our main identification strategy focuses on unique historical quasi-experimental events: i) the introduction of universal suffrage, ii) close election wins of left-wing...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012388807
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What Determines the Capital Share over the Long Run of History?
Bengtsson, Erik; Rubolino, Enrico; Waldenström, Daniel - 2020
This paper analyzes the determinants of the labor-capital split in national income for 20 countries since the late 1800s. Our main identification strategy focuses on unique historical quasi-experimental events: i) the introduction of universal suffrage, ii) close election wins of left-wing...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012615403
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Periferie europee: Istituzioni sociali, politiche, luoghi
Locatelli, Andrea (contributor); Besana, Claudio (contributor) - 2021
In the rich Western societies, the several crises at the beginning of this century focus on the worsening of old economic and social problems, which have taken on new importance in the cities undergoing a rapid transformation because of the globalization and the new structures of the labor...
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Institutions and Economic Growth in Historical Perspective
Ogilvie, Sheilagh; Carus, A.W. - In: Handbook of Economic Growth
This chapter surveys the historical evidence on the role of institutions in economic growth and points out weaknesses … in a number of stylized facts widely accepted in the growth literature. It shows that private-order institutions have not … institutions, including contract-enforcement mechanisms, guilds, communities, serfdom, and the family. Greater precision concerning …
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Papers, please! The effect of birth registration on child labor and education in early 20th century USA
Fagernäs, Sonja - In: Explorations in Economic History 52 (2014) C, pp. 63-92
A birth certificate establishes a child's legal identity and age, but few quantitative estimates of the significance of birth registration exist. Birth registration laws were enacted by U.S. states in the 19th and early 20th centuries. Using 1910–1930 census data, this study finds that minimum...
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How rich nations got rich. Essays in the history of economic policy.
Reinert, Erik S. - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2004
response to the increasing challenges, the focal points of the Washington Institutions – the World Bank and the International …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011258065