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Milanovic, Branko; Lindert, Peter H.; Williamson, Jeffrey G. - 2011

Is inequality largely the result of the Industrial Revolution? Or, were pre-industrial incomes as unequal as they are today? This article infers inequality across individuals within each of the 28 pre-industrial societies, for which data were available, using what are known as social tables. It...

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From commodity booms to economic miracles : why Southeast Asian industry lagged behind

Bassino, Jean-Pascal; Williamson, Jeffrey G. - 2015

answers, we distinguish four periods: de-industrialization and commodity export growth before 1913; a modest diversification … substitution policies between the 1940s and the 1960s; and finally the high speed export-led industrialization since. We show how …

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The spread of manufacturing to the periphery 1870 - 2007 : eight stylized facts

Bénétrix, Agustín S.; O'Rourke, Kevin Hjortshøj; … - 2012

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The spread of manufacturing to the periphery 1870 - 2007 : eight stylized fact

Bénétrix, Augustín S.; O'Rourke, Kevin Hjortshøj; … - 2012

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Globalization in Latin America before 1940

Bértola, Luis; Williamson, Jeffrey G. - 2003

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Deviant behavior : a century of Philippine industrialization

Dios, Emmanuel S. de; Williamson, Jeffrey G. - 2013

% industrial growth club: Japan 1899, China 1900, the Philippines 1913, Taiwan 1914, Korea 1921, and India 1929. The Philippines …

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Was It prices, productivity or policy? : The timing and pace of Latin American industrialization after 1870

Gómez Galvarriato, Aurora; Williamson, Jeffrey G. - 2008

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When, Where, and Why? Early Industrialization in the Poor Periphery 1870-1940

Williamson, Jeffrey G. - 2010

This paper documents industrial output and labor productivity growth around the poor periphery 1870-1940 (Latin America, the European periphery, the Middle East, South Asia, Southeast Asia and East Asia). Intensive and extensive industrial growth accelerated there over these seven critical...

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Globalization and the Great Divergence : Terms of Trade Booms and Volatility in the Poor Periphery 1782-1913

Williamson, Jeffrey G. - 2008

trade forces produced rising primary product specialization and de-industrialization in the poor periphery. More recently …, modern economists argue that volatility reduces growth in the poor periphery. This paper assess these de-industrialization … divergence between core and periphery. Third, the boom and its de-industrialization impact was only part of the story; growth …

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Industrial Catching Up in the Poor Periphery 1870-1975

Williamson, Jeffrey G. - 2011

This paper documents industrial output and labor productivity growth around the poor periphery 1870-1975 (Latin America, the European periphery, the Middle East, South Asia, Southeast Asia and East Asia). Intensive and extensive industrial growth accelerated there over this critical century. The...

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