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Homepage:http://www.pieterwoltjer.com
Workplace: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)

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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 Downloads 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 Downloads View citations (3)
    Also in LSE Research Online Documents on Economics, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library (2017) Downloads
    CAGE Online Working Paper Series, Competitive Advantage in the Global Economy (CAGE) (2017) Downloads View citations (3)

    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) Downloads View citations (12) (2019)

2017

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

2016

  1. 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

  1. A Vision of the Growth Process in a Technologically Progressive Economy: the United States, 1899-1941
    Economic Research Papers, University of Warwick - Department of Economics Downloads View citations (8)
    Also in The Warwick Economics Research Paper Series (TWERPS), University of Warwick, Department of Economics (2015) Downloads View citations (8)
    CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers (2015) Downloads View citations (10)
    CAGE Online Working Paper Series, Competitive Advantage in the Global Economy (CAGE) (2015) Downloads View citations (7)
    LSE Research Online Documents on Economics, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library (2015) Downloads
  2. 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 Downloads View citations (8)

2013

  1. 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 Downloads View citations (1)
  2. 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 Downloads

2010

  1. 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 Downloads View citations (3)

2009

  1. 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 Downloads View citations (7)
  2. 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 Downloads 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 Downloads View citations (4)

2021

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

2020

  1. 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 Downloads

2019

  1. The Composition of Capital and Cross-Country Productivity Comparisons
    International Productivity Monitor, 2019, 36, 34-52 Downloads View citations (24)
  2. The Sources of Growth in a Technologically Progressive Economy: The United States, 1899–1941
    The Economic Journal, 2019, 129, (622), 2267-2294 Downloads 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) Downloads View citations (3) (2019)

2018

  1. 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 Downloads View citations (27)

2016

  1. 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 Downloads View citations (4)

2015

  1. 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 Downloads View citations (1)

2011

  1. 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

  1. Frontier Analysis
    Palgrave Macmillan
 
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