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Around the European Periphery 1870-1913: Globalization, Schooling and Growth

O'Rourke, Kevin Hjortshøj; Williamson, Jeffrey G - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1996

On average, the poor European periphery converged on the rich industrial core in the four or five decades prior to World War I. Some, like the three Scandinavian economies, used industrialization to achieve a spectacular convergence on the leaders, especially in real wages and living standards....

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Globalization, 1870-1914

Morys, Matthias; Daudin, Guillaume - Department of Economics, Oxford University - 2008

This paper surveys the causes and consequences of late 19th century globalization, as well as the anti-globalization backlash of that period.

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Retail development in the consumer revolution: The Netherlands, c. 1670–c. 1815

van den Heuvel, Danielle; Ogilvie, Sheilagh - In: Explorations in Economic History 50 (2013) 1, pp. 69-87

The Netherlands pioneered an early modern ‘Retail Revolution’, facilitating the Consumer Revolution. We analyze 959 Dutch retail ratios using multivariate regressions. Retail density rose with female headship everywhere. Density was high in Holland, but moderate in intermediate provinces and...

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Retail Ratios in the Netherlands, c. 1670 - c. 1815

Ogilvie, Sheilagh - Department of Economic and Social History, University … - 2012

The Netherlands are thought to have pioneered an early modern 'Retail Revolution' which reduced the transaction costs of bringing market wares to wider social strata, facilitating the Consumer Revolution. This paper addresses open questions about this development using a commonly used...

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Labour market response to globalisation: spain, 1880-1913

Beltrán, Concha; Pons, María A. - Asociación Española de Historia Económica - AEHE - 2010

This paper analyses the impact of globalisation (trade and migration) on the Spanish labour market between 1880 and 1913 by examining the influence that globalisation factors had on agricultural and industrial wages. Our results show that the nineteenth century grain invasion had a negative...

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Community Characteristics and Demographic Development: Three Württemberg Communities, 1558 - 1914

Ogilvie, S.; Küpker, M.; Maegraith, J. - Faculty of Economics, University of Cambridge - 2009

Demographic behaviour is influenced not just by attributes of individuals but also by characteristics of the communities in which those individuals live. A project on ‘Economy, Gender, and Social Capital in the German Demographic Transition’ is analyzing the longterm determinants of...

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Employment polarization in Germany : role of technology, trade and human capital

Consoli, Davide; Roy, Ipsita - 2015

Building on the canonical model of skill-biased technical change to incorporate differential effects of technology and … subsequent adoption of computer and information technology and larger decline in routine occupations. Exposure to global imports … smaller as compared to technology. However, when looking at the direction of displacement of routine-workers, regions with …

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Building a Better Rat Trap : Technological Innovation, Human Capital and the Irula

Terjesen, Siri A. - 2014

the World Bank which provided the funding necessary to commercialize the new technology. The venture's implementation … commercialize technology for the rural poor and the positive impact on this greatly disadvantaged population …

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Education, skill training, and lifelong learning in the era of technological revolution

Kim, Jinyoung; Park, Cyn-Young - 2020

include strong cognitive skills, basic information and communication technology, and analytical skills, as well as a range of …

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Distretti e tecnologia: il caso di Lumezzane

Nosvelli, Mario - Centro di Ricerche in ANalisi EConomica e sviluppo … - 2006

Questo lavoro si propone di studiare lo sviluppo economico e tecnologico del distretto di Lumezzane, riconosciuto come archetipo del modello distrettuale italiano dalla letteratura distrettualista, che attraversa una fasi di profonda trasformazione. Tale trasformazione ha condotto, sia le...

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