Economics and history : surveys in cliometrics / edited by David Greasley and Les Oxley.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Greasley, David.

Oxley, Les.

Series:

Surveys of recent research in economics ; 2.

Surveys of recent research in economics ; 2

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Economic history.

Econometrics.

History--Methodology.

History.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (306 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Chichester, West Sussex, UK ; Malden, MA : Wiley-Blackwell, 2011.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Economics and History presents six state-of-the-art surveys from some of the leading scholars in cliometrics. The contributions are all written at an accessible level for the non-specialist reader and consider a broad range of issues from this highly topical area. Written clearly and comprehensively, allowing easy accessibility for the non-specialist readerBrings together the very latest research in this highly topical subject from leading scholarsContributions cover a broad range of areas within this subjectThe latest publicatio

Contents:

Economics and History: Surveys in Cliometrics; CONTENTS; Notes on Contributors; 1 Clio and the Economist: Making Historians Count; 2 Social Savings; 3 Longitudinal Studies of Human Growth and Health: A Review of Recent Historical Research; 4 Improving Human Development: A Long-Run View; 5 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; 6 The Cliometrics of International Migration: A Survey; 7 Cliometrics and Time Series Econometrics: Some Theory and Applications; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-283-27422-1

9786613274229

1-4443-4672-5

1-4443-4669-5

OCLC:

757395500