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Project Citation: 

Broadberry, Stephen, Guan, Hanhui, and Li, David. China, Europe & Great Divergence. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2018-08-13. https://doi.org/10.3886/E105383V1

Project Description

Summary:  View help for Summary This is the replication package for  "China, Europe and the Great Divergence: A Study in Historical national Accounting". As a result of recent advances in historical national accounting, estimates of GDP per capita are now available for a number of European economies back to the medieval period, including Britain, the Netherlands, Italy and Spain. The approach has also been extended to Asian economies, including India and Japan. So far, however, China, which has been at the center of the Great Divergence debate, has been absent from this approach. This paper adds China to the picture and shows that the Great Divergence began earlier than originally suggested by the California School, but later than implied by older Eurocentric writers.
Funding Sources:  View help for Funding Sources European Commission (SSH7-CT-2008-225342); National Natural Science Foundation of China (15ZDB130); National Natural Science Foundation of China (13BJL016)

Scope of Project

Subject Terms:  View help for Subject Terms GDP per capita; economic growth rate; Great Divergence
Geographic Coverage:  View help for Geographic Coverage Europe, China
Time Period(s):  View help for Time Period(s) 0980 – 1850
Collection Date(s):  View help for Collection Date(s) 7/20/2012 – 1/30/2018
Universe:  View help for Universe Total population and economic activity in China, Great Britain and Western Europe
Data Type(s):  View help for Data Type(s) administrative records data; aggregate data; census/enumeration data

Methodology

Data Source:  View help for Data Source Chinese official historical literature, gazetteers and private historical works
Unit(s) of Observation:  View help for Unit(s) of Observation decadal

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