Economics and History: Surveys in Cliometrics

Economics and History presents six state-of-the-art, comprehensive surveys from some of the leading scholars in cliometrics. The contributions consider a broad range of topics from this highly topical area, covering the following issues: time series econometrics and their applications in cliometrics, international migration, income maintenance programs in the USA in the first half of the 20th Century, social savings, health and stature, and human development - a long run view.

This collection will serve as a unique resource for advanced undergraduate and postgraduate students on quantitative and econometrics courses, as well as academics and professional economists more generally.