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Full-Text Articles in Economics
Asia Vs América Latina, Guillermo Arosemena
The Evolution Of Unemployment Relief In Great Britain, George R. Boyer
The Evolution Of Unemployment Relief In Great Britain, George R. Boyer
George R. Boyer
[Excerpt] Relatively little has been written about unemployment relief during the period between the passage of the Poor Law Amendment Act in 1834 and the adoption of national unemployment insurance in 1911. This study is an attempt to help fill the gap in the literature. It examines the changing roles played by poor relief, private charity, trade unions, and public employment in the lives of the urban unemployed during cyclical downturns from 1834 to 1911. The story that emerges offers no support for a "Whig theory of welfare." Public assistance for the unemployed was more generous, and more certain, from …
The Development Of The Neoclassical Tradition In Labor Economics, George R. Boyer, Robert S. Smith
The Development Of The Neoclassical Tradition In Labor Economics, George R. Boyer, Robert S. Smith
George R. Boyer
This essay on labor economics examines neoclassical theory's rise to ascendancy following the second World War, with a secondary focus on the relative decline but continued influence of institutionalist economic theory. The authors describe the evolution of institutional and neoclassical theory from the late nineteenth to mid-twentieth centuries, examine some early intellectual debates between the two camps, briefly describe the work of neoclassical labor economics pioneers, and look at major developments over the past 30 years. They argue that neoclassical economists' increasing intellectual breadth and influence in public policy have led them to pay closer attention to issues that have …
The Historical Background Of The Communist Manifesto, George R. Boyer
The Historical Background Of The Communist Manifesto, George R. Boyer
George R. Boyer
[Excerpt] The Manifesto of the Communist Party, published 150 years ago in London in February 1848, is one of the most influential and widely-read documents of the past two centuries. The historian A. J. P. Taylor (1967, p. 7) has called it a "holy book," and contends that because of it, "everyone thinks differently about politics and society." And yet, despite its enormous influence in the 20th century, the Manifesto is very much a period piece, a document of what was called the "hungry" 1840s. It is hard to imagine it being written in any other decade of the 19th …
Malthus Was Right After All: Poor Relief And Birth Rates In Southeastern England, George R. Boyer
Malthus Was Right After All: Poor Relief And Birth Rates In Southeastern England, George R. Boyer
George R. Boyer
The payment of child allowances to laborers with large families was widespread in early nineteenth-century England. This paper tests Thomas Malthus's hypothesis that child allowances caused the birth rate to increase. A cross-sectional regression model is estimated to explain variations in birth rates across parishes in 1826-30. Birth rates are found to be related to child allowances, income, and the availability of housing, as Malthus contended. The paper concludes by examining the role played by the adoption of child allowances after 1795 in the fertility increase of the early nineteenth century.
The Poor Law, Migration, And Economic Growth, George R. Boyer
The Poor Law, Migration, And Economic Growth, George R. Boyer
George R. Boyer
The loss to the English economy caused by decreased migration resulting from relief payments to agricultural laborers is estimated. I conclude that, at worst, the Poor Law had a small negative impact on national product. If poor relief and wages were substitutes, the Poor Law may have had a positive impact on capital formation and economic growth.
What Did Unions Do In Nineteenth-Century Britain?, George R. Boyer
What Did Unions Do In Nineteenth-Century Britain?, George R. Boyer
George R. Boyer
The article examines the development of the insurance function of trade unions. It analyzes how such policies worked, and why union benefit packages differed across occupations. It also addresses the impact of insurance policies on union organization. Insurance benefits increased the ability of unions to attract and retain members. They did not, however, significantly increase the power of union leaders relative to employers or union rank and file.
Unemployment And The Uk Labour Market Before, During And After The Golden Age, Timothy J. Hatton, George R. Boyer
Unemployment And The Uk Labour Market Before, During And After The Golden Age, Timothy J. Hatton, George R. Boyer
George R. Boyer
During the ‘golden age’ of the 1950s and 1960s unemployment in Britain averaged 2 per cent. This was far lower than ever before or since and a number of hypotheses have been put forward to account for this unique period in labour market history. But there has been little attempt to isolate precisely how the determinants of wage setting and unemployment differed before, during and after the golden age. We estimate a two-equation model over the whole period from 1872 to 1999 using a newly constructed set of long-run labour market data. We find that the structure of real wage …
Labour Migration In Southern And Eastern England, 1861-1901, George R. Boyer
Labour Migration In Southern And Eastern England, 1861-1901, George R. Boyer
George R. Boyer
This paper examines the determinants of migration from 19 southern counties to six major destinations in England and Wales from 1861-70 to 1891-1900. I find that, while the size of origin-destination wage gaps and the distance between origin and destination areas were important determinants of migration flows, as expected, migration was also strongly influenced by the number of previous migrants from an origin county living in a destination. The assistance provided by previous migrants to friends and relatives contemplating migration led to a perpetuation of earlier migration patterns, and helps to explain the continued dominance of London as a destination …
New Estimates Of British Unemployment, 1870-1913, George R. Boyer, Timothy J. Hatton
New Estimates Of British Unemployment, 1870-1913, George R. Boyer, Timothy J. Hatton
George R. Boyer
We present new estimates of the British industrial unemployment rate for 1870- 1913, which improve on the Board of Trade's prior estimates. We use similar sources, but our series includes additional industrial sectors, allows for short-time working, and aggregates the various sectors using appropriate labor-force weights from the census. The resulting index suggests a rate of industrial unemployment that was generally higher, but less volatile, than the board's index. We then adjust our series to an economywide basis, and construct a consistent time series of overall unemployment for 1870-1999.
Cae Otro Muro Socialista, Guillermo Arosemena
Cae Otro Muro Socialista, Guillermo Arosemena
Guillermo Arosemena
No abstract provided.
Qatar, Al Jazeera, And The Arab Spring, Ahmed E. Souaiaia
Qatar, Al Jazeera, And The Arab Spring, Ahmed E. Souaiaia
Ahmed E SOUAIAIA
No abstract provided.
La Gran Transformación, Guillermo Arosemena
Capital Y Libertad, Guillermo Arosemena
Responsabilidades Dos Agentes Públicos, Prof. Dr. Eloi Martins Senhoras
Responsabilidades Dos Agentes Públicos, Prof. Dr. Eloi Martins Senhoras
Elói Martins Senhoras
No abstract provided.
Cómo Medir La Calidad De Vida, Guillermo Arosemena
Cómo Medir La Calidad De Vida, Guillermo Arosemena
Guillermo Arosemena
No abstract provided.
Discrepancias Entre Socialistas, Guillermo Arosemena
Discrepancias Entre Socialistas, Guillermo Arosemena
Guillermo Arosemena
No abstract provided.
Lest We Break Faith With Our Creditors: Public Debt And Civic Culture In Fourteenth-Century Genoa, Jeff Miner
Lest We Break Faith With Our Creditors: Public Debt And Civic Culture In Fourteenth-Century Genoa, Jeff Miner
Jeff Miner
Primitiva Banca De Desarrollo, Guillermo Arosemena
Primitiva Banca De Desarrollo, Guillermo Arosemena
Guillermo Arosemena
No abstract provided.
Nuestros "Historiadores", Guillermo Arosemena
Nuestros "Historiadores", Guillermo Arosemena
Guillermo Arosemena
No abstract provided.
A Day-Long Discussion Of “The Alaska Model” At The University Of Alaska-Anchorage, Karl Widerquist
A Day-Long Discussion Of “The Alaska Model” At The University Of Alaska-Anchorage, Karl Widerquist
Karl Widerquist
On April 22, 2011, I had the privilege of attending a conference at the University of Alaska-Anchorage discussing the book, Exporting the Alaska Model: How the Permanent Fund Dividend Can Be Adapted as Model for Reform Around the World. The book is edited by Michael W. Howard and me. It is due out early next year on Palgrave-MacMillan. This is my personal account of a conference held on Friday, April 22, 2011 at the Institute of Social and Economic Research at the University of Alaska
The Corporate Agenda For Environmental Property Rights, Sharon Beder
The Corporate Agenda For Environmental Property Rights, Sharon Beder
Sharon Beder
Market and property-rights based approaches to environmental problems have been heavily promoted by conservative think tanks. Consequently policies such as emissions trading, water markets, tradeable fishing quotas and conservation banking pervade environmental policy in English speaking nations. They have enabled the corporate neo-liberal agenda of deregulation, privatisation and an unconstrained market to be dressed up as an environmental virtue. This market-faith based approach is proving to be largely ineffective at protecting the environment and also inequitable.
Market Mechanisms, Ecological Sustainability And Social Equity, Sharon Beder
Market Mechanisms, Ecological Sustainability And Social Equity, Sharon Beder
Sharon Beder
In most cases the use of market mechanisms to protect the environment aim to maximise economic efficiency rather than environmental effectiveness or equity. The use of emissions trading to reduce greenhouse gases in the atmosphere is used as a case study to demonstrate this.
North American Pollinator Partnership Conference: Public Lands Task Force, Tammy Horn
North American Pollinator Partnership Conference: Public Lands Task Force, Tammy Horn
Tammy Horn
No abstract provided.
Discussões Sobre A Aplicabilidade Restrita Da Lei De Improbidade Administrativa, Prof. Dr. Eloi Martins Senhoras
Discussões Sobre A Aplicabilidade Restrita Da Lei De Improbidade Administrativa, Prof. Dr. Eloi Martins Senhoras
Elói Martins Senhoras
No abstract provided.
North American Pollinator Partnership Conference: Making A Difference One Pollinator At A Time, Tammy Horn
North American Pollinator Partnership Conference: Making A Difference One Pollinator At A Time, Tammy Horn
Tammy Horn
The North American Pollinator Protection Campaign 10th Anniversary conference, held in Washington DC 2010, is the last place I saw myself being invited to a couple of years ago. Unemployed and changing careers, I withdrew from conventional academe to work bees on surface mine sites in Kentucky, which are not conventional places to define new careers.
La Búsqueda De La Verdadera Tasa De Inflación, Guillermo Arosemena
La Búsqueda De La Verdadera Tasa De Inflación, Guillermo Arosemena
Guillermo Arosemena
No abstract provided.
"Creo Que Podemos Y Debemos", Guillermo Arosemena
"Creo Que Podemos Y Debemos", Guillermo Arosemena
Guillermo Arosemena
No abstract provided.
Why Lesotho And Swaziland Should Merge With Sa, Vikas Kumar
Why Lesotho And Swaziland Should Merge With Sa, Vikas Kumar
Vikas Kumar
The gains to the people of Lesotho and Swaziland from merger with South Africa are immense and the costs to South Africa are relatively negligible. So, it is time that the colonial era boundaries are dismantled in the interests of the people of Lesotho and Swaziland.
Hayek's Philosophical Psychology, Leslie Marsh
Hayek's Philosophical Psychology, Leslie Marsh
Leslie Marsh
Hayek's philosophical psychology as set out in his The Sensory Order (1952) has, for the most part, been neglected. Despite being lauded by computer scientist grandee Frank Rosenblatt and by Nobel prize-winning biologist Gerald Edelman, cognitive scientists -- with a few exceptions -- have yet to discover Hayek's philosophical psychology. On the other hand, social theorists, Hayek's traditional disciplinary constituency, have only recently begun to take note and examine the importance of psychology in the complete Hayek corpus. This volume brings together for the first time state-of-the-art contributions from neuroscientists and philosophers of mind as well as economists and social …