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 reader
Brings together the very latest research in this highly topical subject from leading scholars
Contributions cover a broad range of areas within this subject
The latest publication in the highly successful Surveys of Recent Research in Economics Book Series

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Economics

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Economic History

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Economics

Cover
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Title page
Copyright page
Notes on Contributors
Chapter 1: Clio and the Economist: Making Historians Count
Chapter 2: Social Savings
Chapter 3: Longitudinal Studies of Human Growth and Health: A Review of Recent Historical Research
Chapter 4: Improving Human Development: A Long-Run View
Chapter 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
Chapter 6: The Cliometrics of International Migration: A Survey
Chapter 7: Cliometrics and Time Series Econometrics: Some Theory and Applications
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