Publication: A Model of Later Nineteenth Century European Economic Development
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1995
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Alianza Editorial : Centro de Estudios Constitucionales (España)
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En este trabajo se desarrolla y estima un modelo para explicar los motivos por los cuales
algunos países europeos prosperaron más rápidamente que otros en el período 1860-
1910. El modelo cuantifica por dos vías distintas los factores que contribuyeron a las
diferencias de ingreso entre España y Gran Bretaña. Los determinantes que se consideran
más significativos son los recursos naturales, la política económica y la herencia cultural
reflejada en los niveles educativos.
A model is developed and estimated to explain why some European countries were richer than others between 1860 and 1910 and why some increased their prosperity faster in the period. The model quantifies by two methods some of the contributors to the income gap between the economies of Spain and Britain in 1880 and 1910. Determinants of European nations' output per head included natural endowments (climate and coal deposits), economic policy (tariff protection and very marginally the gold standard), and cultural heritage as reflected in literacy. Measurement errors, country specific factors and perhaps variables not considered in this analysis account for less than half Spanish-UK income differences at the dates estimated.
A model is developed and estimated to explain why some European countries were richer than others between 1860 and 1910 and why some increased their prosperity faster in the period. The model quantifies by two methods some of the contributors to the income gap between the economies of Spain and Britain in 1880 and 1910. Determinants of European nations' output per head included natural endowments (climate and coal deposits), economic policy (tariff protection and very marginally the gold standard), and cultural heritage as reflected in literacy. Measurement errors, country specific factors and perhaps variables not considered in this analysis account for less than half Spanish-UK income differences at the dates estimated.
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Revista de Historia Económica Año XIII Otoño 1995 n. 3 pp. 441--472