Please note that this is computer lab session.
Dataset links:
The purpose of the session is to explore the economic history data available in a range of public datasets. Specific instructions will be provided in the labs.
The economic growth database from the Maddison Project forms a component of the Clio Infra dataset. In 2014, Clio Infra and the OECD published How Was Life? Global well-being since 1820 . We will draw on this source in a number of lectures.
Background reading
Bolt J et al (2018), REBASING ‘MADDISON’: NEW INCOME COMPARISONS AND THE SHAPE OF LONG-RUN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, GGDC Research memorandum, 174, January
Bolt, J and van Zanden, JL (2013), The First Update of the Maddison Project: Re-Estimating Growth Before 1820, Maddison-Project Working Paper WP-4
[ The working paper discusses the re-estimation of economic growth prior to 1820, as it reviews recent work in the field and addresses some of the methodological issues involved. ]