Details about Leandro Prados de la Escosura

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Postal address:	Department of Social Sciences Universidad Carlos III Calle Madrid, 135 28903 Getafe (Madrid), Spain
Workplace:	Departamento de Ciencias Sociales (Department of Social Sciences), Universidad Carlos III de Madrid (Carlos III University of Madrid), (more information at EDIRC) Instituto Figuerola de Historia y Ciencias Sociales (Figuerola Institute of History and Social Sciences), Universidad Carlos III de Madrid (Carlos III University of Madrid), (more information at EDIRC)

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Working Papers

2022

Boomtowns: Health, Income, and the Preston Curve: A Long View
Working Papers, European Historical Economics Society (EHES)
Health, income, and the Preston Curve: a long view
IFCS - Working Papers in Economic History.WH, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid. Instituto Figuerola

2009

Del cosmos al caos: la serie del PIB de Maluquer de Motes
IFCS - Working Papers in Economic History.WH, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid. Instituto Figuerola
Human Capital and Economic Growth in Spain, 1850-2000
IFCS - Working Papers in Economic History.WH, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid. Instituto Figuerola View citations (5)
See also Journal Article in Explorations in Economic History (2010)
Spain's International Position, 1850-1913
CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers View citations (3)
Also in IFCS - Working Papers in Economic History.WH, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid. Instituto Figuerola (2009)

2008

Long-run Estimates of Physical Capital in Spain, 1850-2000
IFCS - Working Papers in Economic History.WH, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid. Instituto Figuerola View citations (1)
Proximate causes of economic growth in Spain, 1850-2000
IFCS - Working Papers in Economic History.WH, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid. Instituto Figuerola View citations (1)
Trade and Empire, 1700-1870
Economic Papers, Trinity College Dublin, Economics Department View citations (3)
Also in Sciences Po publications, Sciences Po (2008) View citations (1)
Working Papers, HAL (2008)
The Institute for International Integration Studies Discussion Paper Series, IIIS (2008)
Documents de Travail de l'OFCE, Observatoire Francais des Conjonctures Economiques (OFCE) (2008)
IFCS - Working Papers in Economic History.WH, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid. Instituto Figuerola (2008)

2007

Inequality, poverty, and the Kuznets curve In Spain, 1850-2000
IFCS - Working Papers in Economic History.WH, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid. Instituto Figuerola View citations (6)
International inequality and polarization in living standards, 1870-2000: evidence from the Western World
IFCS - Working Papers in Economic History.WH, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid. Instituto Figuerola View citations (1)
Lost decades?: independence and latin America’s falling behind, 1820-1870
IFCS - Working Papers in Economic History.WH, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid. Instituto Figuerola View citations (3)
Searching for the roots of retardation: Spain in European perspective, 1500-1850
IFCS - Working Papers in Economic History.WH, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid. Instituto Figuerola View citations (1)
The Sources of Long-run Growth in Spain 1850-2000
CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers View citations (6)
Also in IFCS - Working Papers in Economic History.WH, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid. Instituto Figuerola (2007) View citations (10)
See also Journal Article in The Journal of Economic History (2009)

2006

Contract enforcement and Argentina's long-run decline
IFCS - Working Papers in Economic History.WH, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid. Instituto Figuerola View citations (4)
Growth and structural change in Spain, 1850-2000
IFCS - Working Papers in Economic History.WH, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid. Instituto Figuerola View citations (5)
Growth, inequality, and poverty in Spain, 1850-2000: evidence and speculation
IFCS - Working Papers in Economic History.WH, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid. Instituto Figuerola View citations (1)
Libertad económica y convergencia en Argentina: 1875-2000
Documentos de Trabajo, Facultad de Ciencias Económicas y Empresariales, Universidad de Zaragoza View citations (6)

2005

Assessing growth, inequality, and poverty in the long-run: the case of Spain
IFCS - Working Papers in Economic History.WH, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid. Instituto Figuerola
Colonial independence and economic backwardness in Latin America
Economic History Working Papers, London School of Economics and Political Science, Department of Economic History View citations (1)
Also in IFCS - Working Papers in Economic History.WH, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid. Instituto Figuerola (2004) View citations (3)
Gerschenkron revisited. European patterns of development in historical perspective
IFCS - Working Papers in Economic History.WH, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid. Instituto Figuerola View citations (2)
Growth, inequality, and poverty in Latin America: historical evidence, controlled conjectures
IFCS - Working Papers in Economic History.WH, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid. Instituto Figuerola View citations (5)

2004

Institutional instability and growth in Argentina: a long-run view
IFCS - Working Papers in Economic History.WH, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid. Instituto Figuerola View citations (3)
When did Latin America fall behind?: evidence from long-run international inequality
IFCS - Working Papers in Economic History.WH, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid. Instituto Figuerola View citations (7)

2003

Assessing the economic effects of Latin American independence
IFCS - Working Papers in Economic History.WH, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid. Instituto Figuerola
Wages and labor income in history: a survey
IFCS - Working Papers in Economic History.WH, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid. Instituto Figuerola View citations (10)

1998

Balance sheets for the acquisition, retention and loss of european empires overseas
IFCS - Working Papers in Economic History.WH, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid. Instituto Figuerola
International comparisons of real product, 19820-1990: an alternative dataset
IFCS - Working Papers in Economic History.WH, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid. Instituto Figuerola
See also Journal Article in Explorations in Economic History (2000)

1995

Growth and Macroeconomic Performance in Spain, 1939-93
CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers View citations (4)
Spain´s gross domestic product, 1850-1993: Qoantitative conjectures
(Appendix)
UC3M Working papers. Economics, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid. Departamento de Economía

1994

Growth and macroeconomic performance in Spain 1939-1993
UC3M Working papers. Economics, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid. Departamento de Economía
Terms of trade and backwardeness: testing the prebisch for spain and britain during the industrialization
UC3M Working papers. Economics, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid. Departamento de Economía View citations (2)

1992

Agricultural productivity and european industrialization, 1890-1980
UC3M Working papers. Economics, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid. Departamento de Economía View citations (5)
See also Journal Article in Economic History Review (1992)

Undated

Living Standards, Inequality, and Human Development since 1870: a Review of Evidence
IFCS - Working Papers in Economic History.WH, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid. Instituto Figuerola

Journal Articles

2022

Capital in Spain, 1850–2019
Cliometrica, 2022, 16, (1), 1-28
Also in Cliometrica, Journal of Historical Economics and Econometric History, 2022, 16, (1), 1-28 (2022)
See also Working Paper (2020)
Growth recurring in preindustrial Spain?
Cliometrica, 2022, 16, (2), 215-241
The industrial revolution, an unintended consequence of self-defence?
Journal of Global History, 2022, 17, (1), 159-164
See also Working Paper (2021)

2021

ACCOUNTING FOR GROWTH IN HISTORY
Journal of Economic Surveys, 2021, 35, (3), 655-669
ACCOUNTING FOR GROWTH: SPAIN, 1850–2019
Journal of Economic Surveys, 2021, 35, (3), 804-832
See also Working Paper (2020)
Augmented human development in the age of globalization
Economic History Review, 2021, 74, (4), 946-975 View citations (2)

2020

Economic effects of the Black Death: Spain in European perspective
Investigaciones de Historia Económica - Economic History Research (IHE-EHR), Journal of the Spanish Economic History Association, 2020, 16, (04), 35-48
See also Working Paper (2020)
Foreign capital in 19th century Spain’s investment boom†
European Review of Economic History, 2020, 24, (2), 314-331

2019

Pace Baudelaire? Comment on 'Spleen: The Failures of the Cliometric School', by Stefano Fenoaltea
Annals of the Fondazione Luigi Einaudi. An Interdisciplinary Journal of Economics, History and Political Science, 2019, 53, (2), 25-30

2016

Dirk Philipsen, The little big number: how GDP came to rule the world and what to do about it ( Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2015. p. xii+398. 11 figs. 2 tabs. ISBN 9780691166520 Hbk. $29.95/£19.95)
Economic History Review, 2016, 69, (2), 743-744
Economic Growth and Measurement Reconsidered in Botswana, Kenya, Tanzania, and Zambia, 1965â€“1995. By Morten Jerven. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2014. xii + 215 pp. Figures, tables, bibliography, index. Cloth, $90.00. ISBN: 978-0-19-968991-0
Business History Review, 2016, 90, (2), 387-390
Economic freedom in the long run: evidence from OECD countries (1850–2007)
Economic History Review, 2016, 69, (2), 435-468 View citations (2)
See also Working Paper (2014)
In memoriam: Lennart Schön, 1946-2016
Investigaciones de Historia Económica - Economic History Research (IHE-EHR), Journal of the Spanish Economic History Association, 2016, 12, (02), 67
Mismeasuring long-run growth: the bias from splicing national accounts—the case of Spain
Cliometrica, Journal of Historical Economics and Econometric History, 2016, 10, (3), 251-275 View citations (12)
Spanish agriculture in the little divergence1,2
European Review of Economic History, 2016, 20, (4), 452-477 View citations (2)

2015

Human Development as Positive Freedom: Latin America in Historical Perspective
Journal of Human Development and Capabilities, 2015, 16, (3), 342-373 View citations (8)
See also Working Paper (2015)
World Human Development: 1870–2007
Review of Income and Wealth, 2015, 61, (2), 220-247 View citations (14)
See also Working Paper (2013)

2013

Human development in Africa: A long-run perspective
Explorations in Economic History, 2013, 50, (2), 179-204 View citations (14)
See also Working Paper (2012)
The rise and fall of Spain (1270–1850)
Economic History Review, 2013, 66, (1), 1-37 View citations (47)
See also Working Paper (2011)

2012

OUTPUT PER HEAD IN PRE-INDEPENDENCE AFRICA: QUANTITATIVE CONJECTURES
Economic History of Developing Regions, 2012, 27, (2), 1-36 View citations (18)
See also Working Paper (2012)
Trade and poverty: when the Third World fell behind – By Jeffrey G. Williamson
Economic History Review, 2012, 65, (3), 1202-1203

2011

Economic reforms and growth in Franco's Spain*,â€
Revista de Historia Económica / Journal of Iberian and Latin American Economic History, 2011, 30, (1), 45-89 View citations (18)
Top incomes: a global perspective – Edited by Anthony B. Atkinson and Thomas Piketty
Economic History Review, 2011, 64, (3), 1068-1069

2010

Human capital and economic growth in Spain, 1850-2000
Explorations in Economic History, 2010, 47, (4), 520-532 View citations (19)
See also Working Paper (2009)
IMPROVING HUMAN DEVELOPMENT: A LONG‐RUN VIEW
Journal of Economic Surveys, 2010, 24, (5), 841-894 View citations (18)
See also Working Paper (2010)
Spainâ€™s international position, 1850-1913*,â€
Revista de Historia Económica / Journal of Iberian and Latin American Economic History, 2010, 28, (1), 173-215 View citations (4)

2009

Contract enforcement, capital accumulation, and Argentina's long-run decline
Cliometrica, Journal of Historical Economics and Econometric History, 2009, 3, (1), 1-26 View citations (19)
Del cosmos al caos: la serie del PIB de Maluquer de Motes (REA 49)
Revista de Economia Aplicada, 2009, 17, (3), 5-23
Falling behind: explaining the development gap between Latin America and the United States
Economic History Review, 2009, 62, (3), 770-772
The Sources of Long-Run Growth in Spain, 1850-2000
The Journal of Economic History, 2009, 69, (4), 1063-1091 View citations (43)
See also Working Paper (2007)

2008

Inequality, poverty and the Kuznets curve in Spain, 1850â€“2000
European Review of Economic History, 2008, 12, (3), 287-324 View citations (34)

2007

Growth and structural change in Spain, 1850â€“2000: a european perspective+*
Revista de Historia Económica / Journal of Iberian and Latin American Economic History, 2007, 25, (1), 147-181 View citations (14)
The decline of Spain (1500â€“1850): conjectural estimates
European Review of Economic History, 2007, 11, (3), 319-366 View citations (50)
The revolution that bit its own tail: how economic history changed our ideas on economic growth – By J.W. Drukker
Economic History Review, 2007, 60, (4), 868-869

2006

La decadenza spagnola nell'Età Moderna: una revisione quantitativa
Rivista di storia economica, 2006, (1), 59-90

2002

Kevin H. O'Rourke y Jeffrey G. Williamson: Globalization and History. The Atlantic Economy in the Nineteenth Century, Cambridge, MA: The MIT Press, 1999, 343 pp
Revista de Historia Económica / Journal of Iberian and Latin American Economic History, 2002, 20, (3), 680-685
The World Economy: A Millennial Perspective. By Angus Maddison. Paris: OECD Development Centre Studies, 2001. Pp. 383. $26.00, paper
The Journal of Economic History, 2002, 62, (3), 921-922

2000

International Comparisons of Real Product, 1820-1990: An Alternative Data Set
Explorations in Economic History, 2000, 37, (1), 1-41 View citations (68)
See also Working Paper (1998)

1998

The Costs and Benefits for Europeans from their Empires Overseas
Revista de Historia Económica / Journal of Iberian and Latin American Economic History, 1998, 16, (1), 29-89 View citations (7)

1992

Agricultural productivity and European industrialization, 1890-1980
Economic History Review, 1992, 45, (3), 514-536 View citations (10)
See also Working Paper (1992)

1989

La estimacion indirecta de la produccion agraria en el siglo XIX: replica a Simpson
Revista de Historia Económica / Journal of Iberian and Latin American Economic History, 1989, 7, (3), 703-718 View citations (2)
Was Spain different? Spanish historical backwardness revisited
Explorations in Economic History, 1989, 26, (4), 385-402 View citations (8)

1988

Jordi Nadal, Albert Carreras y Carles SudriÃ (comps.): La economÃa espaÃ±ola en el siglo XX. Una perspectiva histÃ³rica, Barcelona, Ed. Ariel, 1987, 379 pp
Revista de Historia Económica / Journal of Iberian and Latin American Economic History, 1988, 6, (1), 241-246

1986

Una serie anual del comercio exterior espaÃ±ol (1821â€“1913)*
Revista de Historia Económica / Journal of Iberian and Latin American Economic History, 1986, 4, (1), 103-150 View citations (5)

1984

El comercio hispano-britanico en los siglos XVIII y XIX. I. Reconstruccion*
Revista de Historia Económica / Journal of Iberian and Latin American Economic History, 1984, 2, (2), 113-162 View citations (8)
La historia cuantitativa en EspaÃ±a: (nota sobre el Seminario de Historia Cuantitativa celebrado en Madrid los dÃas 15 y 16 de diciembre de 1983)*
Revista de Historia Económica / Journal of Iberian and Latin American Economic History, 1984, 2, (1), 169-176

1983

Tendencias a Largo Plazo del Comercio Exterior EspaÃ±ol, 1714â€“1913
Revista de Historia Económica / Journal of Iberian and Latin American Economic History, 1983, 1, (2), 353-367 View citations (2)

Books

2017

Spanish Economic Growth, 1850–2015
Palgrave Studies in Economic History, Palgrave Macmillan View citations (13)

2003

El progreso económico de España (1850-2000)
Books, Fundacion BBVA / BBVA Foundation View citations (37)

Edited books

2011

Exceptionalism and Industrialisation
Cambridge Books, Cambridge University Press

2004

Exceptionalism and Industrialisation
Cambridge Books, Cambridge University Press

Chapters

2017

Employment, 1850–2015
Palgrave Macmillan
GDP and GDP Per Head
Palgrave Macmillan
GDP and Its Composition
Palgrave Macmillan
GDP per Head and Labour Productivity
Palgrave Macmillan
GDP, Income Distribution, and Welfare
Palgrave Macmillan
Measuring GDP, 1850–1958: Demand Side
Palgrave Macmillan
Measuring GDP, 1850–1958: Supply Side
Palgrave Macmillan
New GDP Series and Earlier Estimates for the Pre-national Accounts Era
Palgrave Macmillan
Population, 1850–2015
Palgrave Macmillan
Spain’s Performance in Comparative Perspective
Palgrave Macmillan
Splicing National Accounts, 1958–2015
Palgrave Macmillan

2007

When Did Latin America Fall Behind?
A chapter in The Decline of Latin American Economies: Growth, Institutions, and Crises, 2007, pp 15-58 View citations (9)

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