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Savings Behaviour, Fertility and Economic Development in Nineteenth Century Britain and America

Johnson, Paul A - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1987

-cycle saving can be observed in nineteenth-century Britain. Although there is extensive evidence of widespread saving by British …

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Unemployment in Interwar Britain: New Evidence from London

Eichengreen, Barry - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1985

This paper reassesses the pattern of unemployment in interwar Britain from a microeconomic perspective. A 10 per cent …

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A Quarterly Model of the Labour Market in Interwar Britain

Hatton, Timothy J. - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1987

are each found to be consistent with the data. The data used in this study do not allow us to distinguish between …

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Labour Adjustment Costs and British Footwear Protection

Winters, L. Alan - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1990

Import protection is frequently advocated as a means of preserving jobs and avoiding labour adjustment costs. Defining adjustment costs in terms of output forgone during the process of adjustment and ignoring any general equilibrium repercussions, we estimate that quantitative restrictions on...

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The Structured Dependency of the Elderly: A Critical Note

Johnson, Paul A - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1987

This paper examines the viewpoint that the dependency of elderly people in modern Britain has been increased by state …

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Explaining Anglo-German Productivity Differences in Services Since 1870

Broadberry, Stephen N - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2004

Germany overtook Britain in comparative productivity levels for the whole economy primarily as a result of trends in … services rather than trends in industry. Britain’s productivity lead in services before World War II reflected external …

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Intergenerational Transfers and Public Expenditure on the Elderly in Modern Britain

Falkingham, J C; Johnson, Paul A - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1988

children. This paper considers whether similar trends can be identified for Britain. We examine measures of the age profile of …

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Rational Expectations and Labour Market Equilibrium in Britain 1855-1913

Hatton, Timothy J. - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1984

This paper tests a two equation model of supply and demand for labour for 1857-1913, the period which was the focus of the original Phillips curve study. The basic structure is an equilibrium model of the labour market with "classical" characteristics arising from a surprise supply function and...

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British Manufacturing Productivity 1955-1983: Measurement Problems, Oil Shocks and Thatcher Effects

Mendis, Lionel; Muellbauer, John - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1984

There has been considerable controversy over the apparent slowdown in productivity growth in Britain and in other …

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Winning the War, Losing the Peace? Britain's Post-War Recovery in a West German Mirror

Eichengreen, Barry; Ritschl, Albrecht - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1998

of why post-war Germany is more dynamic than Britain, we evaluate arguments stressing institutional change, catching …, in inter-temporal perspective the scope for catching up between Germany and Britain is unimpressive. We find growth and … that of Britain and by no means more impressive. …

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