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Working Papers

2019

1. Jobs in Global Value Chains: New Evidence for Four African Countries in International Perspective
   Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank View citations (10)
2. The sources of growth in a technologically progressive economy: the United States, 1899‐1941
   LSE Research Online Documents on Economics, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library View citations (3)
   Also in CAGE Online Working Paper Series, Competitive Advantage in the Global Economy (CAGE) (2017) View citations (3)
   LSE Research Online Documents on Economics, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library (2017)
   See also Journal Article The Sources of Growth in a Technologically Progressive Economy: The United States, 1899–1941, The Economic Journal, Royal Economic Society (2019) View citations (12) (2019)

2017

3. The Sources of Growth in a Technologically Progressive Economy
   GGDC Research Memorandum, Groningen Growth and Development Centre, University of Groningen View citations (2)
4. The impact of demand for labour and economic structure on Dutch unmarried women’s labour force participation, 1812-1929
   Working Papers, Economic History Society

2016

5. Commodities, Prices and Risk: The changing market for non-slave products in pre-abolition West Africa
   African Economic History Working Paper, African Economic History Network

2015

6. A Vision of the Growth Process in a Technologically Progressive Economy: the United States, 1899-1941
   CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers View citations (10)
   Also in CAGE Online Working Paper Series, Competitive Advantage in the Global Economy (CAGE) (2015) View citations (7)
   The Warwick Economics Research Paper Series (TWERPS), University of Warwick, Department of Economics (2015) View citations (8)
   LSE Research Online Documents on Economics, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library (2015)
   Economic Research Papers, University of Warwick - Department of Economics (2015) View citations (8)
7. An Economic Rationale for the African Scramble: The Commercial Transition and the Commodity Price Boom of 1845-1885
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (8)

2013

8. Taking Over: A New US/UK Productivity Benchmark and the Nature of American Economic Leadership ca. 1910
   GGDC Research Memorandum, Groningen Growth and Development Centre, University of Groningen View citations (1)
9. The Great Escape: Technological Lock-in vs Appropriate Technology in Early Twentieth Century British Manufacturing
   GGDC Research Memorandum, Groningen Growth and Development Centre, University of Groningen

2010

10. Comparing Productivity in the Netherlands, France, UK and US, ca. 1910:A new PPP benchmark and its implications for changing economic leadership
    GGDC Research Memorandum, Groningen Growth and Development Centre, University of Groningen View citations (3)

2009

11. A Comparison of Real Output and Productivity for British and American Manufacturing in 1935
    GGDC Research Memorandum, Groningen Growth and Development Centre, University of Groningen View citations (7)
12. A Dataset on Comparative Historical National Accounts, ca.1870-1950: A Time-Series Perspective
    GGDC Research Memorandum, Groningen Growth and Development Centre, University of Groningen View citations (28)

Journal Articles

2022

1. Jobs and Productivity Growth in Global Value Chains: New Evidence for Twenty-five Low- and Middle-Income Countries
   The World Bank Economic Review, 2022, 36, (3), 670-686 View citations (4)

2021

2. GROWTH ACCOUNTING IN ECONOMIC HISTORY: FINDINGS, LESSONS AND NEW DIRECTIONS
   Journal of Economic Surveys, 2021, 35, (3), 670-696 View citations (9)
3. Is Egypt Really More Productive than the United States? The Data behind the Penn World Table
   International Productivity Monitor, 2021, 41, 118-137

2020

4. The impact of sectoral shifts on Dutch unmarried women’s labor force participation, 1812–1929
   European Review of Economic History, 2020, 24, (4), 783-817

2019

5. The Composition of Capital and Cross-Country Productivity Comparisons
   International Productivity Monitor, 2019, 36, 34-52 View citations (24)
6. The Sources of Growth in a Technologically Progressive Economy: The United States, 1899–1941
   The Economic Journal, 2019, 129, (622), 2267-2294 View citations (12)
   See also Working Paper The sources of growth in a technologically progressive economy: the United States, 1899‐1941, LSE Research Online Documents on Economics (2019) View citations (3) (2019)

2018

7. An Economic Rationale for the West African Scramble? The Commercial Transition and the Commodity Price Boom of 1835–1885
   The Journal of Economic History, 2018, 78, (1), 231-267 View citations (27)

2016

8. The Yankees of Europe? A New View on Technology and Productivity in German Manufacturing in the Early Twentieth Century
   The Journal of Economic History, 2016, 76, (3), 874-908 View citations (4)

2015

9. Taking over: a new appraisal of the Anglo-American productivity gap and the nature of American economic leadership ca. 1910
   Scandinavian Economic History Review, 2015, 63, (3), 280-301 View citations (1)

2011

10. Depression dynamics: a new estimate of the Anglo‐American manufacturing productivity gap in the interwar period
    Economic History Review, 2011, 64, (2), 472-492 View citations (9)

Chapters

2022

1. Inconsistencies in Cross-Country Price Comparisons over Time: Patterns and Facts
   Springer

2018

2. Frontier Analysis
   Palgrave Macmillan