Curriculum Vita
(July 2009)
JEFFREY G. WILLIAMSON
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Madison, WI 53703 USA
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Academic Background
B.A.
M.A.
M.A.
Ph.D.
Professional Positions and Appointments
Assistant Professor of Economics, 1961-1963
Associate Director of the Graduate Program in Economic Development, 1962-1963
Assistant Professor of Economics, 1963-1964
Associate Professor of Economics, 1964-1968
Professor of Economics, 1968-1983
Honorary Fellow in Economics, Spring 2004, January-February 2007, October 2008-
present
Visiting Professor of Economics, Spring 1972
Professor of Economics, 1983-1984
Laird Bell Professor of Economics, 1984-2008
Laird Bell Professor of Economics, emeritus 2008-present
Chair of Economics Department, 1997-2000
CID, Faculty Fellow, 2000-2002; Faculty Associate, 2002-present
Weatherhead Center for International Affairs, Faculty Associate, 2004-present
Master of Mather House, 1986-1993, Senior Common Room Member 1986-present
University of the
Visiting Professor of Economics, January 1967-May 1968
Visiting Professor of Economics (Guggenheim) 1976-1977
Visiting Faculty Member, Faculty of Economics, April-August 1978
International
Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (
Visiting Research Scholar, June 1978, January and June 1979, June and November 1980
Australian National University, 1988-present
Visiting Research Scholar, August-September 1988
F. H. Gruen Distinguished Professor, August-December 2003
Adjunct Professor and Visiting Research Scholar, May-July 2005, March-May 2008 and
March -May 2009
Visiting Distinguished Professor, May-July, 1994
European University Institute, 1994-1995
Jean Monnet Fellow, September-December 1994
Visiting Professor, January-June 1995
Visiting Lecturer, January 1995, June 2004, July 2008
International Research Fellow 2002-present
Senior Lecturer EHES Program, July 2008
Senior Lecturer EHES Program, June 1995
Visiting Professor, September-December 2000, March 2007
Visiting Professor, October 2000
University Carlos III de Madrid, 2007-2008
Visiting Professor, February-May 2007, May 2008, May 2009
The World Bank, 1976-present
Resident Consultant, Development Economics Department, 1981-1982
Visiting Research Fellow, Development Economics Department, Spring 2001
Project Consultant, 1976-present
Inter-American Development Bank, 2001-present
Visiting Research Fellow, Spring 2004
Project Consultant, 2001-present
National Bureau of Economic Research, 1991-present
Research Associate
IZA, 2004-present
Research Fellow
Centre for Economic Policy Research, 2005-present
Research Fellow
Selected Professional Activities
Economics Journals:
Review of Economics and
Statistics: Associate Editor, 1972-1993. Economic Development and
Cultural Change: editorial board, 1969-2003. International Regional
Science Review: editorial board, 1985-present. Journal of Development
Economics: Associate Editor 1985-1990. Bulletin of Economic Research:
editorial board 1995-2006. E-Journal (
Economic History Journals:
Journal of Economic History: editorial board, 1983-1987. Explorations in Economic History: Co-editor, 1969-1973; Associate Editor, 1974-1977; Member of editorial board, 1965-1969, 1973-1974, and 1977-1986. European Review of Economic History: editorial board, 1995-present. SSRN Economics Research Network: advisory board 1995-2006, co-editor 2006-present. Revista de Historia Economica: advisory board, 1999-present. Journal of Iberian and Latin American Economic History: editorial board 2005-present. Australian Economic History Review, editorial board, 2003-present. Thesis: Theory and History: editorial board, 1991-present. Cliometrica (Journal of Historical Economics and Econometric History): honorary member of the board 2006-present.
Economic History Activities:
Economic History Association:
President, 1994-1995; Vice President, 1982-1983; Local Arrangements Chair,
1992,
Cliometrics Society:
Chairman of Program Arrangements for Madison Clio (Madison, Wisconsin; Spring
1970-72, 1974-76). Participant at the Purdue (1963, 1964, 1968), Wisconsin
(1970-1976), Iowa (1983), Miami (1984, 1988, 1992, 1999), Illinois (1990),
Indiana (1991), Northwestern (1993), Toronto (1997), Tuscon (2001), and
International (1985, 1989, 1997, 2004, 2008) Clio meetings on the Application
of Economic Theory and Quantitative Techniques to Problems of Economic History.
Trustee of the Cliometric Society, 1991-1995. Member and co-founder of European
EHES sister organization; co-founder and member of the editorial board of the
EHES's European Review of Economic History; senior lecturer at the EHES
Summer Program in Economic History:
Third World Cliometrics: A
long-term effort to foster cliometric research on the
Other Professional Activities:
Reviewing duties for the American Economic Review, American Historical Review, American Journal of Agricultural Economics, Australian Economic History Review, Canadian Journal of Economics, Demography, Econometrica, Economic History Review, Economic Journal, European Review of Economic History, Explorations in Economic History, Economic Development and Cultural Change, Journal of Development Economics, Journal of Econometrics, Journal of Economic History, Journal of Economic Literature, Journal of Economic Perspectives, Journal of Human Resources, Journal of International Economics, Journal of Political Economy, Journal of Urban Economics, Oxford Economic Papers, Philippine Economic Journal, Review of Economics and Statistics, Southern Economic Journal, Quarterly Journal of Economics, and others.
Member of the AEA Policy and
Advisory Board of the Economics Institute, 1969-1972. Member of the AEA
Committee on the Education and Training and Minority Group Economists,
1969-1971. Member of AEA Committee on the Status of Minorities in the
Economics Profession, 1980-1983. Member, National Science Foundation,
Economics Panel, 1984-1986. Member,
Sierra Club, Economics Advisory Committee Member, 1977-1982. Member of the AEA
Editorial Board for the Fisher Monograph and Taussig Article Award series,
1986-1990. Academic Advisory Board,
Project consultant 1973-present, resident consultant or fellow 1981-1982 and 2001, International Bank for Reconstruction and Development. Consultant to US State Department, Agency for International Development, 1964-1970. Project consultant 2001-present and visiting research fellow Spring 2004, Inter-American Development Bank. Faculty fellow, Harvard Institute for International Development, 1995-2000. Faculty fellow and associate, Harvard Center for International Development, 2000-present. Faculty associate, Harvard Weatherhead Center for International Affairs, 2004-present, and Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies, 1995-present.
Awards and Appointments that Really Matter
Awards that really matter are: twice-recipient of the Galbraith Prize for the best teacher in the graduate Economics Program awarded by Harvard's graduate students (1985, 1994); the Energizer Bunny Award (1995), given to me by all my past PhD dissertators from Wisconsin and Harvard; the Hughes Prize for Teaching Excellence (2000), awarded by the Economic History Association, and the Hoopes Prize (best Harvard senior honors thesis of the year) received by sixteen of my past students. Appointments and non-teaching awards that really matter are: Master of Mather House at Harvard (1986-1993); Chairman of the Harvard Economics Department (1997-2000); Wesleyan University Board of Trustees (1988-1994); the Distinguished Alumnus Award from Wesleyan University (1987); President of the Economic History Association (1994-1995); the Clio Can Award for exceptional support of the Cliometrics Society (1991); and the Honoris Causa from Carlos III de Madrid University (2005).
Publications
Books and Monographs
GLOBALIZATION AND THE POOR PERIPHERY BEFORE 1950: THE OHLIN LECTURES (MIT Press, 2006).
GLOBAL MIGRATION AND THE WORLD ECONOMY: TWO CENTURIES OF POLICY AND PERFORMANCE (MIT Press, 2005). With T. Hatton. Paperback 2008.
THE POLITICAL ECONOMY OF WORLD MASS MIGRATION:
COMPARING TWO GLOBAL CENTURIES (AEI Press, 2004). To be reprinted in Paul
Collier and Jan Willem Gunning (eds.), GLOBALIZATION AND POVERTY (
GLOBALIZATION IN HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE (
THE MEDITERRANEAN RESPONSE TO GLOBALIZATION BEFORE 1950 (Routledge, 2000). Ed. with S. Pamuk.
GLOBALIZATION AND HISTORY: THE EVOLUTION OF A 19th CENTURY ATLANTIC ECONOMY (MIT Press, 1999). With K. O’Rourke. Association of American Publishers Award for the best book in economics in 1999. Paperback 2000. Korean trans. 2004 (Hankook Publishing Company); Italian trans. 2005 (Societá editrice il Mulino); Spanish trans. 2006 (Prensas Universitarias de Zaragoza).
GROWTH, INEQUALITY AND GLOBALIZATION: THEORY, HISTORY AND POLICY (Cambridge University Press, 1998). With P. Aghion. The Raffaele Mattioli Lectures. Chinese trans. (ppb, Jianqiao Jingjixue Yicong 2002).
THE AGE OF MASS MIGRATION: CAUSES AND ECONOMIC IMPACT (Oxford University Press, 1998). With T. J. Hatton. Association of American Publishers Award for the best book in economics in 1998.
INDUSTRIALIZATION, INEQUALITY AND ECONOMIC GROWTH (Aldershot, Hants.: Edward Elgar, 1997).
MIGRATION AND THE INTERNATIONAL LABOR MARKET 1850-1939 (London: Routledge, 1994). Ed. with T. J. Hatton.
HUMAN RESOURCES AND DEVELOPMENT ALONG THE ASIA-PACIFIC RIM (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1993). Ed. with G. Jones and N. Ogawa.
INDIAN URBANIZATION AND ECONOMIC GROWTH SINCE 1960 (Baltimore, Md.: The Johns Hopkins University Press, 1992). With C. Becker and E. Mills.
INEQUALITY, POVERTY, AND HISTORY:
THE KUZNETS MEMORIAL LECTURES (Oxford: Basil Blackwell, 1991). Japanese trans.
published in 2004 (Asano Agency:
COPING WITH CITY GROWTH DURING THE BRITISH INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1990).
THE BALANCE BETWEEN INDUSTRY AND AGRICULTURE IN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT: VOL. 2 (London: Macmillan, 1989). Ed. with V.R. Panchamukhi.
DID BRITISH CAPITALISM BREED INEQUALITY? (London: George Allen and Unwin, 1985). Also in Spanish: CAPITALISMO Y DESIGUALDAD ECONÒMICA EN GRAN BRETANÃ (1987). English 1985 edition reprinted by Routledge (London 2006).
WHAT DRIVES THIRD WORLD CITY GROWTH? A DYNAMIC GENERAL EQUILIBRIUM APPROACH (Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press, 1984). With A. Kelley.
MODELLING GROWING ECONOMIES IN EQUILIBRIUM AND DISEQUILIBRIUM. (Durham, N.C.: Duke University Press, 1983). Ed. with A.C. Kelley and W.C. Sanderson.
AMERICAN INEQUALITY: A MACROECONOMIC HISTORY (New York: Academic Press, 1980). With P. Lindert.
MODELLING URBANIZATION AND ECONOMIC GROWTH (Laxenburg, Austria: International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis, 1980). With A. Kelley.
LATE NINETEENTH CENTURY AMERICAN DEVELOPMENT: A GENERAL EQUILIBRIUM HISTORY (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1974).
LESSONS FROM JAPANESE DEVELOPMENT: AN ANALYTICAL ECONOMIC HISTORY (Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1974). With A. Kelley.
DUALISTIC ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT: THEORY AND HISTORY (Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1972.) With A. Kelley and R. J. Cheetham.
AMERICAN GROWTH AND THE BALANCE OF PAYMENTS, 1820-1913: A STUDY OF THE LONG SWING (Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 1964).
PROJECTED AID REQUIREMENTS FOR
Articles (refereed publications denoted by an “ * ” )
1957 *“Dos
concepciones sobre las fluctuaciones economicas," Anales de Economia,
vol. 17, no. 65 (December 1957), pp. 501-17.
1961 * “Public Expenditures and Revenue: An
International Comparison,”
*
“International Trade and
1962 * “The Long Swing: Comparisons and
Interactions Between British and American Balance of Payments, 1820-1913,” Journal of Economic History, vol. 22,
no. 1 (March 1962), pp. 21-46. Reprinted in A. R. Hall (ed.), THE EXPORT OF
CAPITAL FROM
1963 * “Real Growth, Monetary Disturbances and the Transfer Process: The United States, 1879-1900,” Southern Economic Journal, vol. XXIX, no. 3 (January 1963), pp. 167-179.
“Dollar Scarcity and Surplus in Historical Perspective,” American Economic Review, vol. LIII, no. 2 (May 1963), pp. 519-529.
1965 * “Some Notes on an 'Unproved' Hypothesis,” Explorations in Entrepreneurial History, 2nd Series, vol. III, no. 1 (Fall 1965), pp. 56-61.
*
“Ante-Bellum Urbanization in the American Northeast,” Journal of Economic History, vol. 25,
no. 4 (December 1965), pp. 592-608. Reprinted in
*
“Regional Inequality and the Process of National Development: A Description of
the Patterns,” Economic Development
and Cultural Change, vol. XIII, no. 4, Part II (July 1965), Supplement pp.
84. Reprinted in L. Needleman (ed.), REGIONAL ANALYSIS: SELECTED
pp.
99-158; in J. Friedman and W. Alonso (eds.), REGIONAL POLICY:
1966 * “The Growth of Cities in the American Northeast, 1820-1870,” Explorations in Entrepreneurial History, vol. 4, no. 1 (Fall 1966), Supplement, pp. 101. With J.A. Swanson.
*
“Determinants of Investment Behavior:
1967 * “Consumer Behavior in the Nineteenth
Century: Carroll D. Wright's
1968 * “Household Savings Behavior in the Developing Economies: The Indonesian Case,” Economic Development and Cultural Change, vol. 16, no. 3 (April 1968), pp. 385-403. With A. Kelley.
“Education as an Asset in the Philippine Economy,” in M. Concepcion (ed.), SECOND CONFERENCE ON POPULATION (Quezon City: University of the Philippines Press, 1968). With D. DeVoretz.
*
“Personal Saving in Developing Nations: An Intertemporal Cross-Section from
“Production Functions, Technological Change and the Developing Economies: A Review Article,” Malayan Economic Review, vol. XIII, no. 2 (October 1968), pp. 8-21.
1969 * “Income Growth and Savings,” Philippine Economic Journal, vol. VIII, no. 1 (First Semester 1969), pp. 54-74.
* “Dimensions of Philippine Postwar Economic Progress,” Quarterly Journal of Economics, vol. LXXXIII, no. 1 (February 1969), pp. 93-109. Reprinted in ECONOMIC THEORY AND PRACTICE IN THE ASIAN SETTING: THE ECONOMICS OF DEVELOPMENT (New Delhi: Wiley Eastern Ltd., 1975).
1971 * “Relative Price Changes, Adjustment Dynamics and Productivity Growth: The Case of Philippine Manufacturing,” Economic Development and Cultural Change, vol. 19, no. 4 (July 1971), pp. 507-526.
* “Capital Accumulation, Labor-Saving and Labor Absorption Once More,” Quarterly Journal of Economics, vol. 85, no. 1 (February 1971), pp. 40-65.
* “A Model of Urban Capital Formation and the Growth of Cities in History,” Explorations in Economic History, vol. 8, no. 2 (Winter 1970-71), pp. 213-222. With J. A. Swanson.
* “Explanations and Issues: A Prospectus for Quantitative Economic History,” Journal of Economic History, vol. 31, no. 1 (March 1971), pp. 43-57. With J. A. Swanson.
*
“Optimal Replacement of Capital Goods: The Early
*
“Writing History Backwards: Meiji
1972 * “Embodiment, Disembodiment, Learning-by-Doing, and Returns to Scale in Nineteenth Century Cotton Textiles,” Journal of Economic History, vol. 32, no. 3 (September 1972), pp. 691-705.
* “Biased Technological Progress and Labor Force Growth in a Dualistic Economy,” Quarterly Journal of Economics, vol. 86, no. 3 (August 1972), pp. 426-447. With A. Kelley and R. Cheetham.
* “Black Education, Earnings and Interregional Migration: Some New Evidence,” American Economic Review, vol. 62, no. 3 (June 1972), pp. 372-383. With L. Weiss.
1973 “Comment on Fishlow's Paper,” in E. Ayal (ed.), MICRO ASPECTS OF DEVELOPMENT (New York: Praeger Publishers, Inc., 1973), pp. 80-83.
* “Sources of Growth Methodology in Low-Income Countries: A Critique,” Quarterly Journal of Economics, vol. 87, no. 1 (February 1973), pp. 138-147. With A. Kelley.
* “Skilled Labor and Nineteenth Century Anglo-American Managerial Behavior,” Explorations in Economic History, vol. 10, no. 3 (Spring 1973), pp. 235-252. With D.L. Brito.
* “Late Nineteenth Century American Retardation: A Neoclassical Analysis,” Journal of Economic History, vol. 32, no. 3 (September 1973), pp. 581-607.
“Modelling Economic Development and General Equilibrium Histories,” American Economic Review, vol. 58, no. 2 (May 1973), pp. 450-458. With A. Kelley.
“Simple
Parables of Japanese Economic Progress: Report on Early Findings,” in K. Ohkawa
and Y. Hayami (eds.), NIHON KEIZAI NO CHOKITEKI BUNSEKI (The Long Term Analysis
of the Japanese Economy),
1974 * “Optimal Replacement of Capital Goods
in Early
“Demand, Structural Change, and the Process of Economic Growth,” in P. David and M. Reder (eds.), NATIONS AND HOUSEHOLDS IN ECONOMIC GROWTH (New York: Academic Press, 1974), pp. 239-263. With R. Cheetham and A. Kelley.
* “Watersheds and Turning Points: Conjectures on the Long Term Impact of Civil War Financing,” Journal of Economic History, vol. 34, no. 3 (September 1974), pp. 636-661.
* “The Size Distribution of Cities and Optimal City Size,” Journal of Urban Economics, vol. 1 (October 1974), pp. 395-409. With K. Smith and J. Swanson.
*
“Demand, Distribution and Employment: The Case of
*
“Migration to the
1975 * “Black Earnings and Education: Even Newer Evidence,” American Economic Review, vol. 65, no. 1 (March 1975), pp. 241-244. With L. Weiss.
* “Crescimento, Politica Salarial e Desigualdade: O Brasil durante a Decada de 1960 (Growth, Wage Policy and Inequality: Brazil During the Sixties),” Estudos Economicos, vol. 5 (April 1975), pp. 107-139. With S. Morley.
“The Railroads and Midwestern Development, 1870-1890: A General Equilibrium History,” in D. C. Klingaman and R. K. Vedder (eds.), ESSAYS IN 19TH CENTURY ECONOMIC HISTORY (Athens, Ohio University Press, 1975), pp. 269-352.
“Firm Location and Optimal City Size in American History,” in L. Schnore (ed.), THE NEW URBAN HISTORY (Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1975), pp. 260-273. With J. Swanson.
1976 * “Technology, Growth and History,” Journal of Political Economy, vol. 84, no. 4, Part 1 (August 1976), pp. 809-820.
* “Three Centuries of American Inequality,” in P. Uselding (ed.), RESEARCH IN ECONOMIC HISTORY, Vol. 1 (Greenwich, Conn.: Johnson Associates, 1976), pp. 69-123. With P. Lindert.
* “American Prices and Urban Inequality Since 1820,” Journal of Economic History, vol. 36, no. 2 (June 1976), pp. 303-333.
* “The Sources of American Inequality, 1896-1948,” Review of Economics and Statistics, vol. 58, no. 4 (November 1976), pp. 387-397.
“Private
Domestic Savings in
1977 “Class Pay Differentials, Wage Stretching and Early Capitalist Development,” in M. Nash (ed.), ESSAYS ON ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND CULTURAL CHANGE (Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1977), pp. 407-427. With S. Morley.
* “Strategic Wage Goods, Prices and Inequality,” American Economic Review, vol. 66, no. 1 (March 1977), pp. 29-41.
*
“Savings, Accumulation and Modern Economic Growth: The Contemporary Relevance
of Japanese History,” Journal of Japanese Studies, vol. 4, no. 1 (Fall
1977), pp. 125-167. With L. DeBever. Reprinted in W.J. Macpherson (ed.), THE
INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION IN
* “Reply to the Critics,” Estudos Economicos, vol. 7 (1977), pp. 147-156. With S. Morley.
1979 * “Why Do Koreans Save `So Little'?” Journal of Development Economics, vol. 6 (1979), pp. 343-62.
* “Inequality, Accumulation, and Technological Imbalance: A Growth-Equity Conflict in American History?” Economic Development and Cultural Change, vol. 27, no. 2 (January 1979), pp. 231-253.
1980 * “Greasing the Wheels of Sputtering Export Engines: Midwestern Grains and American Growth,” Explorations in Economic History, vol. 17, no. 3 (July 1980), pp. 189-217.
“Unbalanced Growth, Inequality and Regional Development: Some Lessons from American History,” in V. Arnold (ed.), ALTERNATIVES TO CONFRONTATION: A NATIONAL POLICY TOWARDS REGIONAL CHANGE (Lexington, Mass.: D.C. Heath, 1980), pp. 3-62.
“Long-Term Trends in American Wealth Inequality,” in J. Smith (ed.), MODELING THE DISTRIBUTION AND INTERGENERATIONAL TRANSMISSION OF WEALTH, NBER Studies in Income and Wealth, Vol. 46 (Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1980), pp. 9-93. With P. Lindert.
*
“Earnings Inequality in Nineteenth-Century
1981 * “Urban Disamenities, Dark Satanic Mills and the British Standard of Living Debate,” Journal of Economic History, vol. 41, no. 1 (March 1981), pp. 75-84.
“Inequality
and Regional Development: The View from
* “Some Myths Die Hard: Urban Disamenities One More Time,” Journal of Economic History, vol. 41, no. 4 (December 1981), pp. 905-907.
“Dualism, Demography and Development,” in POPULATION AND DEVELOPMENT MODELLING. UN, Department of International Economic and Social Affairs, Population Studies No. 73 (New York: 1981), pp. 105-108. With A. Kelley.
1982 * “The Structure of Pay in
* “Antebellum Wage Widening Once Again,” Journal of Economic History, vol. 42, no. 2 (June 1982), pp. 419-422. With P. Lindert.
“Immigrant-Inequality
Trade-Offs in the Promised Land: American Growth, Distribution and Immigration
Prior to the Quotas,” in B. Chiswick (ed.), THE GATEWAY:
*
“The Limits to Urban Growth: Suggestions for Macromodelling
*
“Migration, Urbanization, and
* “Was the Industrial Revolution Worth It? Disamenities and Death in 19th Century British Towns,” Explorations in Economic History, vol. 19, no. 3 (July 1982), pp. 221-245.
*
“Revising
1983 * “Reinterpreting
“A Computable General Equilibrium Model of Third World Urbanization and City Growth: Preliminary Comparative Statics,” in A. Kelley, W. Sanderson and J. Williamson (eds.), MODELLING GROWING ECONOMIES IN EQUILIBRIUM AND DISEQUILIBRIUM (Durham, N.C.: Duke University Press, 1983), pp. 3-42. With A. Kelley.
* “English Workers' Living Standards During the Industrial Revolution: A New Look,” Economic History Review, Second Series, vol. 36, no. 1 (February 1983), pp. 1-25. With P. Lindert.
* “Comment on INSTITUTIONAL INFLUENCES ON POVERTY IN THE 19TH CENTURY, by Morris and Adelman,” Journal of Economic History, vol. 43, no. 1 (March 1983), pp. 56-60.
1984 * “Reply to Michael Flinn,” Economic History Review, Second Series, vol. 37, no. 1 (February 1984), pp. 93-94. With P. Lindert.
* “British Mortality and the Value of Life: 1781-1931,” Population Studies, vol. 38 (March 1984), pp. 157-172.
* “Why Was British Growth So Slow During the Industrial Revolution?” Journal of Economic History, vol. 44, no. 3 (September 1984), pp. 687-712.
* “Population Growth, Industrial Revolutions and the Urban Transition,” Population and Development Review, vol. 10, no. 3 (September 1984), pp. 419-441. With A. Kelley.
1985 * “English Workers' Real Wages: A Reply to Crafts,” Journal of Economic History, vol. 45, no. 1 (March 1985), pp. 145-153. With P. Lindert.
* “The Historical Content of the Classical Labor Surplus Model,” Population and Development Review, vol. 11, no. 2 (June 1985), pp. 171-191.
* “Growth, Equality and History,” Explorations in Economic History, vol. 22, no. 4 (October 1985), pp. 341-377. With P. Lindert.
“How
Should Developing Countries Adjust to External Shocks in the 1980s? An
Examination of Some World Bank Macroeconomic Models,” World Bank Staff
Working Paper No. 708 (Washington, D.C.: IBRD, 1985). With
1986 “Regional Economic-Demographic Modelling: Progress and Prospects,” in A. Isserman (ed.), POPULATION CHANGE AND THE ECONOMY: SOCIAL SCIENCE THEORIES AND MODELS (Kluwer-Nijhoff, 1986), pp. 241-260.
“Productivity Growth in Manufacturing during Early Industrialization: Comment,” in S. Engerman and R. Gallman (eds.), Long-Term Factors in American Economic Growth, NBER Studies in Income and Wealth, Vol. 51 (Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1986), pp. 729-736.
*
“Dynamics of Rural-Urban Migration in
*
“The Impact of the Irish on British Labor Markets During the Industrial
Revolution,” Journal of Economic History, vol. 46. No. 3 (September
1986), pp. 693-720. Reprinted in R. Swift and S. Gilley (eds.), THE IRISH IN
*
“Indian Migration and City Growth 1960-2000,” Economic Development and
Cultural Change, vol. 35, no. 1 (October 1986), pp. 1-33. With C. Becker and E. Mills.
“Reflexiones y Propuestas,” Comite de
Descentralizacion (Comision Nacional de Reconstruccion, Presidencia de la
Republica, Mexico City, 1986), pp. 155-158.
1987 * “Has Crowding Out Really Been Given a Fair Test? A Comment,” Journal of Economic History, vol. 47, no. 1 (March 1987), pp. 214-216.
“What Drives City Growth in the Developing World?” in G.S. Tolley and V. Thomas (eds.), THE ECONOMICS OF URBANIZATION AND URBAN POLICIES IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES: A WORLD BANK SYMPOSIUM (The World Bank: Washington, D.C., 1987), pp. 32-45. With A. Kelley.
“Is
Inequality Inevitable Under Capitalism?: The American Case,” in P.L. Berger
(ed.), CAPITALISM AND EQUALITY IN
* “Debating the British Industrial Revolution,” Explorations in Economic History, vol. 24, no. 3 (July 1987), pp. 269-292.
*
“Did English Factor Markets Fail During the Industrial Revolution?”
1988 * “Migrant Selectivity, Urbanization, and Industrial Revolutions,” Population and Development Review, vol. 14, no. 2 (June 1988), pp. 287-314.
“Migration
and Urbanization,” in H. Chenery and T.N. Srinivasan (eds.), HANDBOOK OF
DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS (Amsterdam: North-Holland, 1988),
“Comments
on: Reflections on Development,” in G. Ranis and T.P. Schultz (eds.), THE STATE
OF
1989 “The Constraints on Industrialization: Some Lessons from the First Industrial Revolution,” in J. G. Williamson and V. R. Panchamukhi (eds.), THE BALANCE BETWEEN INDUSTRY AND AGRICULTURE IN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, Vol. 2 (London: Macmillan, 1989).
* “Factor Market Distortions, Applied General Equilibrium, and History,” Australian Economic History Review, vol. XXIX, no. 1 (March 1989), pp. 3-22.
*
“A Quantitative Assessment of the Fertility Transition in
*
“The Future of Economic History: A View from
1990 * “The Impact of the Corn Laws Just Prior to Repeal,” Explorations in Economic History, vol. 27, no. 2 (April 1990), pp. 123-156.
*
“Migrant Earnings in
* “La cliometria: Una visión
norteamericana,” Revista de Historia Economica 1, Año VIII (Winter
1990), pp. 39-50.
1991 * “Productivity and American Leadership: A Review Article,” Journal of Economic Literature, vol. XXIX, no. 1 (March 1991), pp. 51-68.
“British Inequality During the Industrial Revolution: Accounting for the Kuznets Curve,” in J. Brenner, et al., (eds.) INCOME DISTRIBUTION IN HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1991).
* “Integrated and Segmented Labor Markets: Thinking in Two Sectors,” Journal of Economic History, vol. 51, no. 2 (June 1991), pp. 413-425. With T. J. Hatton.
*
“Unemployment, Employment Contracts, and Compensating Wage Differentials:
“Did
*
“Wage Gaps Between Farm and City:
1992 * “What Explains Wage Gaps Between Farm and City? Exploring the Todaro Model with American Evidence 1890-1941,” Economic Development and Cultural Change, vol. 40, no. 2 (January 1992), pp. 267-294. With T. J. Hatton.
* “Macroeconomic Dimensions of City Growth in Developing Countries: Past, Present, and Future,” Proceedings of the World Bank Annual Conference on Development Economics 1991 (Washington, D.C.: The World Bank, 1992), pp. 24-61.
“Comments
on Robert Margo's Wages and Prices During the Ante Bellum Period: A Survey and
New Evidence,” in R.E. Gallman and J. Wallis (eds.), AMERICAN ECONOMIC GROWTH
AND LIVING STANDARDS BEFORE THE CIVIL WAR)
1993 “Human Capital Deepening, Inequality, and Demographic Events Along the Asia Pacific Rim,” in G. Jones, N. Ogawa and J.G. Williamson (eds.), HUMAN RESOURCES AND DEVELOPMENT ALONG THE ASIA-PACIFIC RIM (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1993), pp. 129-158.
“How
Tough are Times in the
“Labour Market Integration and the Rural-Urban Wage Gap in History,” in G.D. Snooks (ed.), HISTORICAL ANALYSIS IN ECONOMICS (London: Routledge, 1993). With T. J. Hatton.
*
“After the Famine: Emigration from
“Poverty, Policy, and Industrialization in the Past,” in J. van der Gaag and M. Lipton (eds.), INCLUDING THE POOR (Washington, D.C.: The World Bank, 1993). With B. Polak.
1994 “Coping with City Growth,” in R. Floud and D. N. McCloskey (eds.), THE ECONOMIC HISTORY OF BRITAIN SINCE 1700, Volume 1, Chp. 13 (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1994).
*
“Capital Flows to the
*
“Economic Convergence: Placing Post-Famine
*
“What Drove the Mass Migrations from
“Mass Migration, Commodity Market Integration and Real Wage Convergence: The Late Nineteenth Century Atlantic Economy,” in T. J. Hatton and J. G. Williamson (eds.), MIGRATION AND THE INTERNATIONAL LABOR MARKET, 1850-1939 (London: Routledge, 1994). With K. O'Rourke and T. J. Hatton.
“Late-Comers to Mass Emigration: The Latin Experience,” in T.J. Hatton and J.G. Williamson (eds.), MIGRATION AND THE INTERNATIONAL LABOR MARKET, 1850-1939 (London: Routledge, 1994). With T. J. Hatton.
* “Late 19th Century Anglo-American Factor Price Convergence: Were Heckscher and Ohlin Right?,” Journal of Economic History, vol. 54, no. 4 (December 1994), pp. 892-916. With K. O'Rourke.
“International Migration and World Development: A Historical Perspective,” in H. Giersch (ed.), ECONOMIC ASPECTS OF INTERNATIONAL MIGRATION (Berlin: Springer-Verlag, 1994). With T. J. Hatton.
“Leaving the Farm to Go to the City: Did They Leave Quickly Enough?,” in J. James and M. Thomas (eds.), CAPITALISM IN CONTEXT: ESSAYS ON ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND CULTURAL CHANGE (Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1994).
1995 * “The Evolution of Global Labor Markets Since 1830: Background Evidence and Hypotheses,” Explorations in Economic History, vol. 32, no. 2 (April 1995), pp. 141-96.
* “Open Economy Forces and Late 19th Century Swedish Catch-Up: A Quantitative Accounting,” Scandinavian Economic History Review, vol. XLIII, no. 2 (1995), pp. 171-203. With K. O’Rourke.
* “Erratum,” Journal of Economic History, vol. 55, no. 4 (December 1995), pp. 921-2. With K. O’Rourke.
1996 * “Globalization, Convergence and History,” Journal of Economic History, vol. 56, no. 2 (June 1996), pp. 1-30. Presidential address to the Economic History Association meetings (September 1995).
* “Education, Globalization, and
Catch-Up:
* “Factor Price Convergence in the Late Nineteenth Century,” International Economic Review, vol. 37, no. 3 (August 1996), pp. 499-530. With K. O'Rourke and A.M. Taylor. Reprinted in HISTORICAL FOUNDATIONS OF GLOBALIZATION, ed. J. Foreman-Peck (London: Elgar 1998).
* “Reply to Ljungberg,” Scandinavian Economic History Review, vol. XLIV, no. 3 (1996), pp. 276-79. With K. O’Rourke.
“Convergence and Divergence: Human Capital Deepening, Inequality, and Demographic Events Along the Asian Pacific Rim,” in E. S. deDios and R. V. Fabella (eds.), CHOICE, GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT: EMERGING AND ENDURING ISSUES (Quezon City: University of the Philippines Press, 1996).
1997 * “Around the European Periphery 1870-1913: Globalization, Schooling and Growth,” European Review of Economic History, vol. 1, no. 2 (August 1997), pp. 153-90. With K. O'Rourke.
* “Convergence in the Age of Mass Migration,” European Review of Economic History, vol. 1, no. 1 (April 1997), pp. 27-63. With A. M. Taylor.
* “Globalization and Inequality, Past and Present,” World Bank Research Observer, vol. 12, no. 2 (August 1997), pp. 117-35.
*
“Age Structure Dynamics in
“Demographic
Change and Human Resource Development,” Chp. 3 in EMERGING
1998 * “Demographic Transitions and Economic
Miracles in Emerging
* “Growth, Distribution, and Demography: Some Lessons from History,” Explorations in Economic History, vol. 35, no. 3 (July 1998), pp. 241-71. Invited lecture to the Third World Cliometrics Conference (Munich: July 12, 1997). Reprinted in M. Sottinger (ed.), INCOME DISTRIBUTION (Elgar 2000).
“The Economics of Mass Migration,” NBER Reporter (Summer 1998), pp. 11-15.
* “Globalization, Labor Markets and Policy Backlash in the Past,” Journal of Economic Perspectives, vol. 12, no. 4 (Fall 1998), pp. 51-72.
* “Immigration Policy Prior to the Thirties: Labor Markets, Policy Interaction, and Globalization Backlash,” Population and Development Review, vol. 24, no. 4 (December 1998), pp. 739-771. With A. Timmer. Reprinted in K. O’Rourke (ed.), The International Trading System: Globalization and History (Elgar forthcoming).
“Dealing with the Challenge of Globalization: The Long View,” in THE VANCOUVER INSTITUTE: AN EXPERIMENT IN PUBLIC EDUCATION, ed. P. Nemetz (Vancouver, Canada: JBA Press, 1998), pp. 414-424. Invited public lecture given March 9, 1996.
1999 “Were Trade and Factor Mobility Substitutes in History?” in R. Faini, J. DeMelo and K. Zimmermann (eds.), MIGRATION: THE CONTROVERSIES AND THE EVIDENCE (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1999). With W. Collins and K. O’Rourke.
* “Real Wages, Inequality, and
Globalization in
Economica , vol. 17, special number (1999), pp. 101-42.
2000 “Real Wages and Factor Prices Around the
Mediterranean 1500-1940,” Chp. 3 in S. Pamuk and J. G. Williamson (eds.), THE
MEDITERRANEAN RESPONSE TO GLOBALIZATION BEFORE 1950 (
“Globalization
Challenge and Economic Response in the Mediterranean,” Chp. 1 in S. Pamuk and
J. G. Williamson (eds.), THE MEDITERRANEAN RESPONSE TO GLOBALIZATION BEFORE
1950 (
“Globalization,
Factor Prices and Living Standards in Asia Before 1940,” in A. J. H. Latham and
H. Kawakatsu (eds.), ASIA PACIFIC DYNAMISM 1500-2000 (
2001 * “Capital Goods Prices and Investment, 1870-1950,” Journal of Economic History, vol. 61, no. 1 (March 2001), pp. 59-94. With W. Collins.
“Demographic
Change, Economic Growth and Inequality,” in N. Birdsall, A. Kelley and S.
Sinding (eds.), POPULATION MATTERS: DEMOGRAPHIC CHANGE, ECONOMIC GROWTH, AND
POVERTY IN THE DEVELOPING WORLD (
“The
Accumulation and Demography Connection in East Asia,” in A. Mason (ed.),
POPULATION CHANGE AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IN EAST ASIA (
“Demographic
Shocks and Global Factor Flows” in J. N. Little and R. K. Triest (eds.),
SEISMIC SHIFTS: THE ECONOMIC IMPACT OF DEMOGRAPHIC CHANGE (
2002 * “Land, Labor and Globalization in the
*
“After
“The
Heckscher-Ohlin Model Between 1400 and 2000: When It Explained Factor Price
Convergence, When It Did Not, and Why,” in R. Findlay, L. Jonung and M. Lundahl
(eds.), BERTIL OHLIN: A CENTENNIAL CELEBRATION (
* “When Did Globalization Begin?” European Review of Economic History vol. 6, Part 1 (April 2002), pp. 23-50. With K. O’Rourke.
*
“Out of
“Demographic
Transitions and Economic Performance in the Middle East and North Africa,” in
I. Sirageldin (ed.), HUMAN CAPITAL: POPULATION ECONOMICS IN THE MIDDLE EAST (
*
“Explaining Inequality the World Round: Cohort Size, Kuznets Curves, and
Openness,” Southeast Asian Studies vol. 40, no. 3 (December 2002): pp.
268-302. With M. Higgins.
* “Mondialisation et inegalite: une longue histoire,” Revue d’economie du developpement bd. 10, 1-2 (2002), pp. 7-51. With P. Lindert.
2003 “Does Globalization Make the World More
Unequal?” in M. Bordo, A. M. Taylor and J. G. Williamson (eds.), GLOBALIZATION
IN HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE (
* “Terms-of-Trade Shocks and Economic Performance, 1870-1940: Prebisch and Singer Revisited,” Economic Development and Cultural Change vol. 51, no. 3 (April 2003), pp. 629-56. With Y. Hadass.
*“Assessing the Effects of Population Change, Economic Growth, and Globalization on Income Inequality,” Asia-Pacific Population and Policy, East-West Center 66 (July 2003), pp. 1-4.
*“Demographic and Economic Pressure on Emigration Out of Africa,” Scandinavian Journal of Economics, vol 105 (September 2003), pp. 465-486. With T. J. Hatton.
“Back to the Future: Jeffrey Williamson on globalisation in history,” World Economics, vol. 4, no. 4 (October-December 2003), pp. 95-138. An interview with introduction by Brian Snowden.
2004 *“Wealth Bias in the First Global Capital Market Boom 1870-1913,” Economic Journal, vol. 114 (April 2004), pp. 311-44. With M. Clemens.
*“Freight Rates and Productivity Gains in British Tramp Shipping 1869-1950,” Explorations in Economic History, vol. 41, no. 3 (April 2004), pp. 172-203. With S. Shah Mohammed.
“The
Roots of Latin American Protectionism: Looking Before the Great Depression,” in
A. Estevadeordal, D. Rodrik, A. Taylor and A. Velasco (eds.), INTEGRATING THE
*“Always
Protectionist? Latin American Tariffs from
*“The Inaugural Noel Butlin Lecture: World Factor Migrations and Demographic Transitions,” Australian Economic History Review, vol. 44, no. 2 (July 2004), pp. 118-41.
*“Why Did the Tariff-Growth Correlation Reverse After 1950?” Journal of Economic Growth vol. 9, no. 1 (March 2004), pp. 5-46. With M. Clemens.
*“What
Explains Emigration Out of
*“Once
More: When Did Globalisation Begin?” European Review of Economic History
vol. 8, Part 1(April 2004), pp. 109-117. With K. O’Rourke.
*“Cuáles son las causas que mueven la migración mundial?” Revista Asturiana de Economia 30 (mayo-agosto 2004), pp. 7-36. With T. Hatton.
2005 *“From Malthus to Ohlin: Trade, Growth and Distribution Since 1500,” Journal of Economic Growth vol 10, issue 1 (January 2005), pp. 5-34. With K. O’Rourke. Reprinted in D. K. Brown and R. M. Stern (eds.), THE WTO AND LABOR AND EMPLOYMENT (Elgar 2007).
“What
*“Comments
on ‘Trade Liberalization in a Globalizing World’ by Riccardo Faini,” in ANNUAL
WORLD BANK CONFERENCE ON DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS 2005 (
“Winners
and Losers over Two Centuries of Globalization.” in WIDER PERSPECTIVES ON
GLOBAL DEVELOPMENT (
2006 “Globalization in Latin America Before 1940,” in V. Bulmer-Thomas, J. Coatsworth and R. Cortés Conde (eds.), THE CAMBRIDGE ECONOMIC HISTORY OF LATIN AMERICA: Volume II: THE LONG TWENTIETH CENTURY (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2006), pp. 11-56. With Luis Bértola.
*”Globalization,
De-Industrialization and Underdevelopment in the Third World Before the Modern
Era,” Journal of Iberian and Latin American History (Revista de
Historia Económica) 24 1 (Primavera 2006): 9-36. Published revision of the
Figuerola Lecture given at Carlos III (
“Globalization,
Income Distribution and History,” in F. Farina and E. Savaglio (eds.),
INEQUALITY AND ECONOMIC INTEGRATION (
*“Las migraciones en masa, los mercados
mundiales de capitales y las transiciones demográficas,” Cuadernos
Económicos, 70 (Diciembre 2006): 11-24.
“International
Migration in the Long-Run: Positive Selection, Negative Selection and Policy,”
in F. Foders and R. J. Langhammer (eds.), LABOR MOBILITY AND THE WORLD ECONOMY
(
“Refugees,
Asylum Seekers and Policy in Europe,” in F. Foders and R. J. Langhammer (eds.),
LABOR MOBILITY AND THE WORLD ECONOMY (
*“Global Migration,” Finance and Development 43 3(September 2006): 23-7.
“Explaining
World Tariffs 1870-1938: Stolper-Samuelson, Strategic Tariffs and State
Revenues,” in R. Findlay, R. Henriksson, H. Lindgren and M. Lundahl (eds.), ELI
F. HECKSCHER, INTERNATIONAL TRADE, AND ECONOMIC HISTORY (
“Le mouvement perpétuel: Trajectories histoire des migrations internationales,” Courrier de la planète 81-82 (Juilet-Decembre 2006: Paris): 40-5. With B. Chiswick and T. Hatton.
*“Comments
on ‘Global Wage Differences and International Student Flows,’ in S. Collins and
C. Graham (eds.), Brookings Trade Forum 2006: Global Labor Markets? (
2007 *“Explaining US Immigration 1971-1998,” Review of Economics and Statistics vol. 89, 2 (May 2007): 335-42. With X. Clark and T. J. Hatton.
*“The Impact of the Terms of Trade on Economic Development in the Periphery, 1870-1939: Volatility and Secular Change,” Journal of Development Economics vol. 82, 1 (January 2007): 156-179. With C. Blattman and J. Hwang.
*“Global Capital Markets in the Long Run: A Review of Maurice Obstfeld and Alan Taylor’s Global Capital Markets,” Journal of Economic Literature XLV (June 2007): 400-409.
“A
Dual Policy Paradox: Why Have Trade and Immigration Policies Always Differed in
Labor-Scarce Economies?” in T. Hatton, K. O’Rourke and A. Taylor (eds.), THE
NEW COMPARATIVE ECONOMIC HISTORY (
*“Relative Factor Prices in the Periphery during the First Global Century: Any Lessons for Today?” Australian Economic History Review vol. 47, no. 2 (July 2007): 200-7.
*“Lost
Decades: Lessons from Post-Independence Latin America for Today’s
“Interview
with Brian Snowden on Globalisation and History,” in B. Snowden, GLOBALISATION,
DEVELOPMENT AND TRANSITION: CONVERSATIONS WITH EMINENT ECONOMISTS (
”Inequality
and Schooling Responses to Globalization Forces: Lessons from History,” in
MIGRATION, TRADE AND DEVELOPMENT (
2008 *”The Impact of Immigration: Comparing Two Global Eras,” World Development vol. 36, no. 3 (March 2008): 345-61. With T. Hatton.
*“Mexican Exceptionalism: Globalization and De-Industrialization 1750-1877,” Journal of Economic History, vol. 68, no. 3 (September 2008): 758-811. With A. Gómez and R. Dobado.
*”De-Industrialization
in 18th and 19th Century
“An Interview with Professor Jeffrey Williamson,” Oxonomics 3: 20-25.
*“Globalization
and the Great Divergence: Terms of Trade Booms and Volatility in the Poor
Periphery 1782-1913,” European Review of Economic History vol. 12, no. 3
(December 2008): 355-91. Revision of the
2009 *”Did Vasco da Gama Matter to European Markets?” Economic History Review, vol. 62, no. 3 (August 2009): 655-84. With K. O’Rourke.
Forthcoming
*“Mass Migration Life Cycles: Quantity, Quality, and Diversity,” Claves de la Economia Mundial (forthcoming).
“The
Future for Inequality,” the First Areces Foundation Lecture,
“Emigration in the Long Run: Evidence from Two Global Centuries,” Asian-Pacific Economic Literature (forthcoming). With T. J. Hatton.
“Was
It Prices, Productivity or Policy? The Timing and Pace of Industrialization in
“Globalization
and the Great Divergence in the Long Run,” paper to appear in
Articles Pending, Recent Working Papers and Recent Papers Presented at Meetings (not yet published; those with an @ can be downloaded from Williamson’s website www.economics.harvard.edu/~jwilliam/)
@
“Real Wages and Relative Factor Prices in the Third World 1820-1940: The
@
“Real Wages and Relative Factor Prices in the Third World 1820-1940: Asia,”
HIER Discussion Paper 1844, Department
of Economics,
@
“Real Wages and Relative Factor Prices in the Third World 1820-1940: Latin
America,” HIER Discussion Paper 1853, Department of Economics,
“Globalization
1492-2002: Why We Need Price Histories.” Paper given to the session on
“Pre-Industrial Living Standards Since the 13th Century” at the 13th
Congress of the International Economic History Association,
@“Is Protection Bad for Growth? Will Globalization Last? Looking for Answers in History.” Paper given to the session on “Historical Perspectives on Structural Changes in the World Economy 1980-2000" at the 13th Congress of the International Economic History Association, Buenos Aires (July 21-26, 2002).
@“Closed
Jaguar, Open Dragon: Comparing Tariffs in Latin America and
“Who
Protects? World Experience Since 1870.” Paper presented to the Economic
History Association Meetings,
“What
Explains Cross-Border Migration in
@”The
Tariff Response to World Market Integration in the Periphery Before the Modern
Era.” Paper delivered at the Market Integration Workshop, European University
Institute,
“Forced
versus Economic Migration and History: Two Issues.” Keynote address given at
the Economics of Forced Migration Conference, MIT (
“Globalization
and Underdevelopment in the pre-Modern
@“Poverty Traps, Distance, and Diversity: The Migration Connection,” NBER Working Paper
12549,
National Bureau of Economic Research,
@“Globalization,
Growth and Distribution in
@”Measuring
Ancient Inequality,” NBER Working Paper 13550, National Bureau of Economic
Research,
“Lost
Decades: Dealing with
@“Commodity
Price Shocks and the Australian Economy since Federation,” NBER Working Paper
14694, National Bureau of Economic Research,
@“Commodity
Price Volatility and World Market Integration since 1720,” NBER Working Paper
14748, National Bureau of Economic Research,
@”Vanishing
@“Ottoman De-Industrialization
1800-1913: Assessing the Shock, Its Impact and the Response,” NBER Working
Paper 14763, National Bureau of Economic Research,
@“History without Evidence: Latin
American Inequality since 1491,” NBER Working Paper 14766, National Bureau of
Economic Research,
Ongoing Projects
TRADE AND POVERTY SINCE 1750: WHEN THE THIRD WORLD FELL BEHIND. A long-term book project. Expected completion September 2009.
LATIN
AMERICAN INEQUALITY IN THE LONG RUN. A conference volume (Madrid May 8-9 2009) edited with L. Bértola
(Universidad de la República) and L. Prados de la Escosura (Carlos 3).
“Measuring
the Middle Class since
“Globalization,
Policy and Competitiveness: De-Industrialization in
“Spices,
Precious Metals and the Age of Discovery in East-West General Equilibrium.”
With Ronald Findlay (
“The
Spread of the Industrial Revolution to the
“Inequality
and Real Wage trends in the
Book
Reviews
In American Economic Review, American Historical Review, Economic Development and Cultural Change, Economic History Review, Explorations in Economic History, Journal of Econometrics, Journal of Economic History, Journal of Economic Literature, Journal of Human Resources, Journal of Political Economy, Kyklos, Malayan Economic Review, and others.
Current and Long Term Research on Growth, Distribution and World Integration
W. Arthur Lewis revisited. Using an extensive new data base on relative commodity prices, factor prices, endowments and other evidence in a panel of countries, this project re-examines old debates about terms of trade, de-industrialization, labor supply response, real wage stability, rising inequality, globalization shocks, global factor market integration and other issues for Latin America, Eastern Europe, the Mediterranean and Asia since 1750.
New data base to measure the spread of the industrial revolution from center to periphery since 1870. Assessment of the determinants
The
impact of international migration, capital flows and commodity trade on global
factor price and productivity convergence, and policy responses. Previous work
on the OECD club since 1820 is being extended to the European periphery, Asia,
the Mediterranean and
The
evolution of world living standards and inequality since the
The determinants and impact of
world migrations over the past two centuries, for both sending and receiving
regions. Impact on living standards, inequality, brain drain, brain gain, and
growth in the sending countries. Recent research focus on the