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Property rights, standards of living, and economic growth: Western Canadian Cree
Carlos, Ann M.; Lewis, Frank - 2010
The Great Divergence in standards of living for populations around the world occurred in the late 18th century. Prior …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010290343
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Resources, trade, and the aboriginal population : lessons from the 1780s smallpox epidemic in the Hudson Bay Region
Carlos, Ann M.; Lewis, Frank D. - 2009
We explore the impact of one of the earlier epidemics to hit natives living in the Hudson Bay drainage basin: the smallpox outbreak of 1780-82. We review contemporary descriptions of the epidemic and how Europeans at the time viewed its impact on the native population of the region. We then...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003951073
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Education, income and happiness : panel evidence for the UK
FitzRoy, Felix R.; Nolan, Michael A. - 2017
Using panel data from the BHPS and its Understanding Society extension, we study life satisfaction (LS) and income over … from lowest to highest LS, though their average income was always higher. In spite of rapid income growth up to 2008 …/09, the less educated showed no rise in LS, while highly educated LS rose after the crash despite declining real income. In …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011770417
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The country that they built : the dynamic and complex indigenous economies in North America before 1492
Carlos, Ann M. - 2022
The economic history of the United States is that of Europeans and their institutions. Indigenous nations are absent. This absence is due partly to lack of data but in large measure to a perception that Indigenous communities have contributed little to US growth. This paper argues that this...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013473786
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Resources, trade, and the aboriginal population: Lessons from the 1780s smallpox epidemic in the Hudson Bay Region
Carlos, Ann; Lewis, Frank - 2009
We explore the impact of one of the earlier epidemics to hit natives living in the Hudson Bay drainage basin: the smallpox outbreak of 1780-82. We review contemporary descriptions of the epidemic and how Europeans at the time viewed its impact on the native population of the region. We then...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010290387
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Growth and the Standard of Living in a Pioneer Economy: Upper Canada, 1826 to 1851
Lewis, Frank D.; Urquhart, M.C. - 1997
Building on the work of McCalla, McInnis and others we describe the early income of Upper Canada over the period 1826 … conjectural estimates of farm income; and various Provincial Accounts help us describe the pattern of trade as well as the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011940597
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Growth and the Standard of Living in a Pioneer Economy: Upper Canada, 1826 to 1851
Lewis, Frank D.; Urquhart, M.C. - Economics Department, Queen's University - 1997
Building on the work of McCalla, McInnis and others we describe the early income of Upper Canada over the period 1826 … conjectural estimates of farm income; and various Provincial Accounts help us describe the pattern of trade as well as the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005787741
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Subjective well-being, income, economic development and growth
Sacks, Daniel W.; Stevenson, Betsey; Wolfers, Justin - 2010
We explore the relationships between subjective well-being and income, as seen across individuals within a given … most countries around the world. Turning to the relationship between countries, we show that average life satisfaction is … higher in countries with greater GDP per capita. The magnitude of the satisfaction-income gradient is roughly the same …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008697413
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Subjective well-being, income, economic development and growth
Sacks, Daniel W.; Stevenson, Betsey; Wolfers, Justin - 2010
We explore the relationships between subjective well-being and income, as seen across individuals within a given … most countries around the world. Turning to the relationship between countries, we show that average life satisfaction is … higher in countries with greater GDP per capita. The magnitude of the satisfaction-income gradient is roughly the same …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009152425
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Subjective Well-Being, Income, Economic Development and Growth
Sacks, Daniel W. - 2011
We explore the relationships between subjective well-being and income, as seen across individuals within a given … most countries around the world. Turning to the relationship between countries, we show that average life satisfaction is … higher in countries with greater GDP per capita. The magnitude of the satisfaction-income gradient is roughly the same …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013132796