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Phone:+31 (0)30 2536458
Postal address:Drift 10, 3512 BS, Utrecht, The Netherlands
Workplace:Centre for Global Economic History (CGEH), Universiteit Utrecht (University of Utrecht), (more information at EDIRC)
Groningen Growth and Development Centre (GGDC), Faculteit Economie en Bedrijfskunde (Faculty of Economics and Business), Rijksuniversiteit Groningen (Royal University of Groningen), (more information at EDIRC)
Department of Economics, Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences, University of Stellenbosch, (more information at EDIRC)

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Working Papers

2019

  1. Economic Development and Biodiversity
    CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers Downloads View citations (2)

2018

  1. A long-term perspective on the development experience of emerging and industrialised economies
    OECD Statistics Working Papers, OECD Publishing Downloads
  2. Two Worlds of Female Labour: Gender Wage Inequality in Western Europe, 1300-1800
    Working Papers, European Historical Economics Society (EHES) Downloads View citations (6)
    See also Journal Article Two worlds of female labour: gender wage inequality in western Europe, 1300–1800, Economic History Review, Economic History Society (2021) Downloads View citations (8) (2021)

2017

  1. Benchmarking the Middle Ages. XV century Tuscany in European Perspective
    Working Papers, Utrecht University, Centre for Global Economic History Downloads View citations (1)
  2. Church building and the economy during Europe’s ‘Age of the Cathedrals’, 700-1500
    Working Papers, Economic History Society Downloads
    See also Journal Article Church building and the economy during Europe’s ‘Age of the Cathedrals’, 700–1500 CE, Explorations in Economic History, Elsevier (2020) Downloads View citations (2) (2020)

2016

  1. Accounting for the ‘Little Divergence’ What drove economic growth in pre-industrial Europe, 1300-1800?
    Working Papers, European Historical Economics Society (EHES) Downloads View citations (5)
    Also in Working Papers, Utrecht University, Centre for Global Economic History (2013) Downloads View citations (6)

    See also Journal Article Accounting for the “Little Divergence”: What drove economic growth in pre-industrial Europe, 1300–1800?, European Review of Economic History, European Historical Economics Society (2016) Downloads View citations (14) (2016)
  2. Gender Relations and Economic Development: Hypotheses about the Reversal of Fortune in EurAsia
    Working Papers, Utrecht University, Centre for Global Economic History Downloads View citations (3)

2015

  1. National income and its distribution in preindustrial Poland in a global perspective
    Working Papers, European Historical Economics Society (EHES) Downloads View citations (10)
  2. Reply to Tracy Dennison and Sheilagh Ogilvie: The European Marriage pattern and the Little Divergence
    Working Papers, Utrecht University, Centre for Global Economic History Downloads View citations (2)
  3. Towards an ethnographic understanding of the European Marriage Pattern: Global correlates and links with female status
    Working Papers, Utrecht University, Centre for Global Economic History Downloads View citations (5)
  4. Urbanization in China, ca. 1100–1900
    Working Papers, Utrecht University, Centre for Global Economic History Downloads View citations (6)

2014

  1. Growth under extractive institutions? Latin American per capita GDP in colonial times
    Working Papers, Utrecht University, Centre for Global Economic History Downloads View citations (3)
    See also Journal Article Growth under Extractive Institutions? Latin American Per Capita GDP in Colonial Times, The Journal of Economic History, Cambridge University Press (2016) Downloads View citations (30) (2016)

2012

  1. GDP in the Dutch Cape Colony: The national accounts of a slave-based society
    Working Papers, Stellenbosch University, Department of Economics Downloads View citations (6)
    Also in Working Papers, Utrecht University, Centre for Global Economic History (2012) Downloads View citations (4)
  2. Soldiers and booze: The rise and decline of a Roman market economy in north-western Europe
    Working Papers, Utrecht University, Centre for Global Economic History Downloads View citations (6)
  3. The Dictator Effect: How Long Years in Office Affects Economic Development in Africa and the Near East
    CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers Downloads View citations (1)
  4. The contribution of migration to economic development in Holland and the Netherlands 1510-1900
    Working Papers, Utrecht University, Centre for Global Economic History Downloads View citations (1)
  5. Where do ideas come from? Book production and patents in global and temporal perspective
    Working Papers, Utrecht University, Centre for Global Economic History Downloads View citations (1)

2011

  1. Between Conquest and Independence: Real Wages and Demographic Change in Spanish America, 1530-1820
    Working Papers, Utrecht University, Centre for Global Economic History Downloads View citations (24)
    See also Journal Article Between conquest and independence: Real wages and demographic change in Spanish America, 1530–1820, Explorations in Economic History, Elsevier (2012) Downloads View citations (43) (2012)
  2. In Good Company: About Agency and Economic Development in Global Perspective
    Working Papers, Stellenbosch University, Department of Economics Downloads View citations (1)
    See also Journal Article In Good Company: About Agency and Economic Development in Global Perspective, Economic History of Developing Regions, Taylor & Francis Journals (2012) Downloads (2012)
  3. Labour Productivity and human capital in the maritime sector of the North Atlantic, c. 1672-1815
    Working Papers, Utrecht University, Centre for Global Economic History Downloads
  4. Long-run patterns in market efficiency and the genesis of the market economy: Markets around the Mediterranean from Nebuchadnez
    CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers Downloads
  5. Small is beautiful. On the efficiency of credit markets in late medieval Holland
    Working Papers, Utrecht University, Centre for Global Economic History Downloads View citations (4)
    See also Journal Article Small is beautiful: the efficiency of credit markets in the late medieval Holland, European Review of Economic History, European Historical Economics Society (2012) Downloads View citations (6) (2012)
  6. The Changing Shape of Global Inequality - exploring a new dataset
    Working Papers, Utrecht University, Centre for Global Economic History Downloads View citations (24)
  7. The Character of growth before 'modern economics growth'? The GDP of Holland between 1347 and 1807
    Working Papers, Utrecht University, Centre for Global Economic History Downloads View citations (4)
  8. The Malthusian Intermezzo - Women’s wages and human capital formation between the Late Middle Ages and the Demographic Transition of the 19th century
    Working Papers, Utrecht University, Centre for Global Economic History Downloads View citations (17)
  9. Wages, prices, and living standards in China, 1738-1925: in comparison with Europe, Japan, and India
    LSE Research Online Documents on Economics, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library Downloads View citations (63)
    Also in Post-Print, HAL (2011) View citations (111)
    Economic History Working Papers, London School of Economics and Political Science, Department of Economic History (2009) Downloads View citations (5)

    See also Journal Article Wages, prices, and living standards in China, 1738–1925: in comparison with Europe, Japan, and India, Economic History Review, Economic History Society (2011) Downloads View citations (88) (2011)
  10. When the heart is baked, don’t try to knead it”: Marriage age and spousal age gap as a measure of female ‘agency
    Working Papers, Utrecht University, Centre for Global Economic History Downloads View citations (11)

2010

  1. Before the Great Divergence? Comparing the Yangzi Delta and the Netherlands at the Beginning of the Nineteenth Century
    CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers Downloads View citations (3)
    See also Journal Article Before the Great Divergence? Comparing the Yangzi Delta and the Netherlands at the Beginning of the Nineteenth Century, The Journal of Economic History, Cambridge University Press (2012) Downloads View citations (42) (2012)
  2. The Rise and Decline of European Parliaments, 1188-1789
    CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers Downloads View citations (3)
    See also Journal Article The rise and decline of European parliaments, 1188–1789, Economic History Review, Economic History Society (2012) Downloads View citations (35) (2012)

2008

  1. From Baghdad to London: The Dynamics of Urban Growth in Europe and the Arab World, 800-1800
    CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers Downloads View citations (15)

2007

  1. Book production and the onset of modern economic growth
    Economics Working Papers, Department of Economics and Business, Universitat Pompeu Fabra Downloads View citations (14)

2006

  1. Girl Power: The European marriage pattern (EMP) and labour markets in the North Sea region in the late medieval and early modern period
    Working Papers, Economic History Society Downloads

2005

  1. Wages, prices, and living standards in China, 1738-1925
    Post-Print, HAL View citations (2)

Journal Articles

2021

  1. Two concerns about the interpretation of the estimates of historical national accounts before 1850
    Journal of Global History, 2021, 16, (2), 294-300 Downloads View citations (1)
  2. Two worlds of female labour: gender wage inequality in western Europe, 1300–1800
    Economic History Review, 2021, 74, (3), 611-638 Downloads View citations (8)
    See also Working Paper Two Worlds of Female Labour: Gender Wage Inequality in Western Europe, 1300-1800, Working Papers (2018) Downloads View citations (6) (2018)

2020

  1. Church building and the economy during Europe’s ‘Age of the Cathedrals’, 700–1500 CE
    Explorations in Economic History, 2020, 76, (C) Downloads View citations (2)
    See also Working Paper Church building and the economy during Europe’s ‘Age of the Cathedrals’, 700-1500, Working Papers (2017) Downloads (2017)
  2. OCCUPATIONAL STRUCTURE AND STRUCTURAL CHANGE IN INDONESIA, 1880–2000
    Australian Economic History Review, 2020, 60, (1), 27-45 Downloads

2018

  1. Urbanization in China, ca. 1100¨C1900
    Frontiers of Economics in China-Selected Publications from Chinese Universities, 2018, 13, (3), 322-368 Downloads

2017

  1. What Makes Maddison Right
    World Economics, 2017, 18, (3), 203-214 Downloads

2016

  1. Accounting for the “Little Divergence”: What drove economic growth in pre-industrial Europe, 1300–1800?
    European Review of Economic History, 2016, 20, (4), 387-409 Downloads View citations (14)
    See also Working Paper Accounting for the ‘Little Divergence’ What drove economic growth in pre-industrial Europe, 1300-1800?, Working Papers (2016) Downloads View citations (5) (2016)
  2. Growth under Extractive Institutions? Latin American Per Capita GDP in Colonial Times
    The Journal of Economic History, 2016, 76, (4), 1182-1215 Downloads View citations (30)
    See also Working Paper Growth under extractive institutions? Latin American per capita GDP in colonial times, Working Papers (2014) Downloads View citations (3) (2014)
  3. Introduction: Family Systems and Economic Development
    Economic History of Developing Regions, 2016, 31, (1), 1-9 Downloads View citations (4)
  4. The European Marriage Pattern and Its Measurement
    The Journal of Economic History, 2016, 76, (1), 196-204 Downloads View citations (36)

2015

  1. Editor's choice Labor, wages, and living standards in Java, 1680–1914
    European Review of Economic History, 2015, 19, (3), 215-234 Downloads View citations (7)
  2. OPTIMISTIC BUT FLAWED? A REPLY
    Revista de Historia Económica / Journal of Iberian and Latin American Economic History, 2015, 33, (1), 77-82 Downloads View citations (1)
  3. The dictator effect: how long years in office affect economic development
    Journal of Institutional Economics, 2015, 11, (1), 111-139 Downloads View citations (15)

2014

  1. Labour productivity and human capital in the European maritime sector of the eighteenth century
    Explorations in Economic History, 2014, 53, (C), 83-100 Downloads View citations (14)

2013

  1. From Baghdad to London: Unraveling Urban Development in Europe, the Middle East, and North Africa, 800–1800
    The Review of Economics and Statistics, 2013, 95, (4), 1418-1437 Downloads View citations (102)

2012

  1. Before the Great Divergence? Comparing the Yangzi Delta and the Netherlands at the Beginning of the Nineteenth Century
    The Journal of Economic History, 2012, 72, (4), 956-989 Downloads View citations (42)
    See also Working Paper Before the Great Divergence? Comparing the Yangzi Delta and the Netherlands at the Beginning of the Nineteenth Century, CEPR Discussion Papers (2010) Downloads View citations (3) (2010)
  2. Between conquest and independence: Real wages and demographic change in Spanish America, 1530–1820
    Explorations in Economic History, 2012, 49, (2), 149-166 Downloads View citations (43)
    See also Working Paper Between Conquest and Independence: Real Wages and Demographic Change in Spanish America, 1530-1820, Working Papers (2011) Downloads View citations (24) (2011)
  3. In Good Company: About Agency and Economic Development in Global Perspective
    Economic History of Developing Regions, 2012, 27, (S1), S16-S27 Downloads
    See also Working Paper In Good Company: About Agency and Economic Development in Global Perspective, Working Papers (2011) Downloads View citations (1) (2011)
  4. Persistent but not consistent: The growth of national income in Holland 1347–1807
    Explorations in Economic History, 2012, 49, (2), 119-130 Downloads View citations (100)
  5. Small is beautiful: the efficiency of credit markets in the late medieval Holland
    European Review of Economic History, 2012, 16, (1), 3-22 Downloads View citations (6)
    See also Working Paper Small is beautiful. On the efficiency of credit markets in late medieval Holland, Working Papers (2011) Downloads View citations (4) (2011)
  6. The rise and decline of European parliaments, 1188–1789
    Economic History Review, 2012, 65, (3), 835-861 Downloads View citations (35)
    See also Working Paper The Rise and Decline of European Parliaments, 1188-1789, CEPR Discussion Papers (2010) Downloads View citations (3) (2010)

2011

  1. Wages, prices, and living standards in China, 1738–1925: in comparison with Europe, Japan, and India
    Economic History Review, 2011, 64, 8-38 Downloads View citations (88)
    Also in Economic History Review, 2011, 64, (s1), 8-38 (2011) Downloads View citations (91)

    See also Working Paper Wages, prices, and living standards in China, 1738-1925: in comparison with Europe, Japan, and India, LSE Research Online Documents on Economics (2011) Downloads View citations (63) (2011)

2010

  1. Girl power: the European marriage pattern and labour markets in the North Sea region in the late medieval and early modern period1
    Economic History Review, 2010, 63, (1), 1-33 Downloads View citations (160)

2009

  1. Charting the “Rise of the West”: Manuscripts and Printed Books in Europe, A Long-Term Perspective from the Sixth through Eighteenth Centuries
    The Journal of Economic History, 2009, 69, (2), 409-445 Downloads View citations (52)
  2. Global Income Distribution and Convergence 1820–2003
    World Economics, 2009, 10, (2), 117-148 Downloads
  3. Roots of growth and productivity change in Dutch shipping industry, 1500-1800
    Explorations in Economic History, 2009, 46, (4), 389-403 Downloads View citations (10)
  4. The skill premium and the ‘Great Divergence’
    European Review of Economic History, 2009, 13, (1), 121-153 Downloads View citations (32)

2008

  1. The road to the Industrial Revolution: hypotheses and conjectures about the medieval origins of the ‘European Miracle’
    Journal of Global History, 2008, 3, (3), 337-359 Downloads View citations (6)

2006

  1. Towards an economic interpretation of citizenship: The Dutch Republic between medieval communes and modern nation-states
    European Review of Economic History, 2006, 10, (2), 111-145 Downloads View citations (16)

2005

  1. Una estimación del crecimiento económico en la Edad Moderna
    Investigaciones de Historia Económica - Economic History Research (IHE-EHR), Journal of the Spanish Economic History Association, 2005, 2, 9-38 Downloads View citations (3)

2004

  1. On the Efficiency of Markets for Agricultural Products: Rice Prices and Capital Markets in Java, 1823–1853
    The Journal of Economic History, 2004, 64, (4), 1028-1055 Downloads View citations (8)
  2. The jump‐start of the Holland economy during the late‐medieval crisis, c.1350–c.1500
    Economic History Review, 2004, 57, (3), 503-532 Downloads View citations (14)

2003

  1. Rich and poor before the Industrial Revolution: a comparison between Java and the Netherlands at the beginning of the 19th century
    Explorations in Economic History, 2003, 40, (1), 1-23 Downloads View citations (13)

2002

  1. Taking the measure of the early modern economy: Historical national accounts for Holland in 1510/14
    European Review of Economic History, 2002, 6, (2), 131-163 Downloads View citations (13)
  2. The ‘revolt of the early modernists’ and the ‘first modern economy’: an assessment
    Economic History Review, 2002, 55, (4), 619-641 Downloads View citations (3)

1999

  1. Wages and the standard of living in Europe, 1500–1800
    European Review of Economic History, 1999, 3, (2), 175-197 Downloads View citations (57)

1995

  1. Tracing the beginning of the Kuznets curve: western Europe during the early modern period
    Economic History Review, 1995, 48, (4), 643-664 Downloads View citations (79)

1993

  1. The Height of Conscripts and National Income: Apparent Relations and Misconceptions
    Explorations in Economic History, 1993, 30, (1), 81-97 Downloads View citations (13)

1991

  1. The first green revolution: the growth of production and productivity in European agriculture, 1870-1914
    Economic History Review, 1991, 44, (2), 215-239 Downloads View citations (34)

Books

2018

  1. The Origins of Globalization
    Cambridge Books, Cambridge University Press View citations (5)
    Also in Cambridge Books, Cambridge University Press (2018) View citations (5)

2007

  1. A History of Royal Dutch Shell
    OUP Catalogue, Oxford University Press View citations (8)

Edited books

1996

  1. THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT OF THE NETHERLANDS SINCE 1870
    Books, Edward Elgar Publishing Downloads View citations (2)

Chapters

2004

  1. Introduction to The Strictures of Inheritance: The Dutch Economy in the Nineteenth Century
    A chapter in The Strictures of Inheritance: The Dutch Economy in the Nineteenth Century, 2004 Downloads View citations (34)
 
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