| Description |
1 online resource (298 pages) : illustrations |
| Series |
Surveys of recent research in economics ; 2 |
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Surveys of recent research in economics.
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| Contents |
Clio and the Economist: Making Historians Count / David Greasley, Les Oxley -- Social Savings / Tim Leunig -- Longitudinal Studies of Human Growth and Health: A Review of Recent Historical Research / Kris Inwood, Evan Roberts -- Improving Human Development: A Long-Run View / Leandro Prados de la Escosura -- A Patchwork Safety Net: A Survey of Cliometric Studies of Income Maintenance Programs in the United States in the First Half of the Twentieth Century / Price Fishback, Samuel Allen, Jonathan Fox, Brendan Livingston -- The Cliometrics of International Migration: A Survey / Timothy J Hatton -- Cliometrics and Time Series Econometrics: Some Theory and Applications / David Greasley, Les Oxley |
| Summary |
"Economics and History presents six state-of-the-art, comprehensive surveys from some of the leading scholars in cliometrics. The contributions consider a broad range of topics from this highly topical area, covering the following issues: time series econometrics and their applications in cliometrics, international migration, income maintenance programs in the USA in the first half of the 20th Century, social savings, health and stature, and human development - a long run view. This collection will serve as a unique resource for advanced undergraduate and postgraduate students on quantitative and econometrics courses, as well as academics and professional economists more generally"--Provided by publisher |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
English |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Economic history.
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Econometrics.
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History -- Methodology.
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BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Econometrics.
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BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Statistics.
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Econometrics
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Economic history
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History -- Methodology
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Greasley, David.
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Oxley, Les.
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| ISBN |
9781444346695 |
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1444346695 |
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9781444346725 |
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1444346725 |
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9786613274229 |
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6613274224 |
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1283274221 |
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9781283274227 |
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