John Devereux
Biographic Data
| ID | 1047360 |
|---|---|
| NAME | John Devereux |
| GIVEN NAMES | John |
| FAMILY NAME | Devereux |
| SIGNATURE | DEVEREUX J |
| AFFILIATIONS | Queens College, CUNY |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-0391-3131 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 15 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 26 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 15 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1988 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
A comment on “Height and the standard of living in Puerto Rico from the Spanish Enlightenment to annexation by the United States, 1770–1924”
The Absolution of History: Cuban Living Standards After 60 Years of Revolutionary Rule
Six decades ago, Cuba initiated a momentous social and economic experiment. This paper documents the effects of the experiment on Cuban living standards. Before the revolution, Cuban income per capita was on a par with Ireland or Finland. Indeed, Cuba was one of the richest of the Spanish-speaking societies. Growth is glacially slow after the revolution as GDP per capita increased by 40 per cent between 1957 and 2017 equal to an annual growth rat…
Arrested Development? Puerto Rico in an American Century
Puerto Rico became an American colony in 1898, achieving self-rule after the Great Depression. The standard view is that Puerto Rican living standards stagnated before the policy changes of the New Deal and it has lost ground on the mainland since the early 1970s. I show these claims are mistaken. Using a new GDP index for 1900 to 1940, I show that income per capita grew at impressive rates during direct American rule and Puerto Rico escaped the …
Economic growth in the long run
The Road Not Taken: Pre-Revolutionary Cuban Living Standards in Comparative Perspective
We examine Cuban GDP over time and across space. We find that Cuba was once a prosperous middle-income economy. On the eve of the revolution, incomes were 50 to 60 percent of European levels. They were among the highest in Latin America at about 30 percent of the United States. In relative terms, Cuba was richer earlier on. Income per capita during the 1920s was in striking distance of Western Europe and the Southern United States. After the revo…
Have Absolute Price Levels Converged for Developed Economies? The Evidence since 1870
We compare price level and income convergence since 1870 for eleven developed economies using implicit price deflators derived from the GDP data of Maddison (1995, 2001, 2003). We find that “sigma” and “beta” convergence for prices occurs later and to a lesser extent than income. Price levels converge after 1950 while income convergence begins in the 1880s. We find no evidence for stochastic price convergence or for “club” price convergence
Relative U.K./U.S. Output Reconsidered: A Reply to Professor Broadberry
In the September 2003 issue of this J OURNAL , we provided benchmark comparisons of U.K./U.S. income from 1870 to 1990. In contrast to long-span projections from Angus Maddison and others, our estimates show the United States leading from 1870 in terms of income per capita and output per worker. In a 12-page comment that accompanies our article, Professor Stephen Broadberry criticizes our work on three grounds. First, he charges our estimates are…
Measuring British Decline: Direct Versus Long-Span Income Measures
We provide 16 purchasing-power-parity-adjusted estimates of U.K. and U.S. income per capita and output per worker between 1872 and 1990 based on new estimates of their price levels. Our income benchmarks depart from current estimates in four crucial respects. The United States, not the United Kingdom, led in income per capita in the 1870s. The United Kingdom kept pace with the United States through the late Victorian era. Most of the United Kingd…
Growth, the external terms of trade and endogenous trade liberalization
Commercial policy, the terms of trade and the real exchange rate revisited
The transhipment problem: Smuggling and welfare in Paraguay
This paper studies the effects of contraband on resource allocation and welfare using Parguayan data. A major portion of exports from this economy involves the transhipment of goods from third countries through Paraguay to Brazil and Argentina to avoid trade taxes, both explicit and implicit via quantitative restrictions and multiple exchange rates. Using international and Paraguayan databases for 1990, we calculate that contraband accounted for …
Protection, export promotion and development
Public Sector Pricing and the Real Exchange Rate
The authors examine the effects of consumption subsidies, public enterprise pricing, and price controls on the real exchange rate. Under plausible assumptions, they show that permanent reform in these areas leads to a permanent real exchange rate appreciation. An empirical application to the 1990 Fujimori Plan in Peru is discussed. Copyright 1993 by The London School of Economics and Political Science
Political Activity and Political Attitudes in Teenagers: Is There Any Correspondence? A Research Note
addressed the relationship between young peoples'political activities and their political attitudes. This paper reports a study of 210 British 16-18-year-olds and assesses the levels of political activity in this group and relates these to political attitudes. The results suggest that greater levels of activity are associated with individuals holding left-of-center political views. Such individuals reported paying greater attention to TV and news…
Parental influence and teenagers' motivation to train for technological jobs
While governments are making attempts to attract young people into scientific and technical training programmes, these have yet to have any significant impact on numbers taking such training. This paper reports findings from a large, cross‐regional survey of factors influencing young people's (13–18‐year‐olds) motivations to take technological training. By focusing on teenagers' perceptions of the influence parents have exerted over their educati…
Measuring British Decline: Direct Versus Long-Span Income Measures
We provide 16 purchasing-power-parity-adjusted estimates of U.K. and U.S. income per capita and output per worker between 1872 and 1990 based on new estimates of their price levels. Our income benchmarks depart from current estimates in four crucial respects. The United States, not the United Kingdom, led in income per capita in the 1870s. The United Kingdom kept pace with the United States through the late Victorian era. Most of the United Kingd…
Economic growth in the long run
The Road Not Taken: Pre-Revolutionary Cuban Living Standards in Comparative Perspective
We examine Cuban GDP over time and across space. We find that Cuba was once a prosperous middle-income economy. On the eve of the revolution, incomes were 50 to 60 percent of European levels. They were among the highest in Latin America at about 30 percent of the United States. In relative terms, Cuba was richer earlier on. Income per capita during the 1920s was in striking distance of Western Europe and the Southern United States. After the revo…
Arrested Development? Puerto Rico in an American Century
Puerto Rico became an American colony in 1898, achieving self-rule after the Great Depression. The standard view is that Puerto Rican living standards stagnated before the policy changes of the New Deal and it has lost ground on the mainland since the early 1970s. I show these claims are mistaken. Using a new GDP index for 1900 to 1940, I show that income per capita grew at impressive rates during direct American rule and Puerto Rico escaped the …
Commercial policy, the terms of trade and the real exchange rate revisited
The transhipment problem: Smuggling and welfare in Paraguay
This paper studies the effects of contraband on resource allocation and welfare using Parguayan data. A major portion of exports from this economy involves the transhipment of goods from third countries through Paraguay to Brazil and Argentina to avoid trade taxes, both explicit and implicit via quantitative restrictions and multiple exchange rates. Using international and Paraguayan databases for 1990, we calculate that contraband accounted for …
Protection, export promotion and development
Political Activity and Political Attitudes in Teenagers: Is There Any Correspondence? A Research Note
addressed the relationship between young peoples'political activities and their political attitudes. This paper reports a study of 210 British 16-18-year-olds and assesses the levels of political activity in this group and relates these to political attitudes. The results suggest that greater levels of activity are associated with individuals holding left-of-center political views. Such individuals reported paying greater attention to TV and news…
Parental influence and teenagers' motivation to train for technological jobs
While governments are making attempts to attract young people into scientific and technical training programmes, these have yet to have any significant impact on numbers taking such training. This paper reports findings from a large, cross‐regional survey of factors influencing young people's (13–18‐year‐olds) motivations to take technological training. By focusing on teenagers' perceptions of the influence parents have exerted over their educati…
Political Activity and Political Attitudes in Teenagers: Is There Any Correspondence? A Research Note
addressed the relationship between young peoples'political activities and their political attitudes. This paper reports a study of 210 British 16-18-year-olds and assesses the levels of political activity in this group and relates these to political attitudes. The results suggest that greater levels of activity are associated with individuals holding left-of-center political views. Such individuals reported paying greater attention to TV and news…
Public Sector Pricing and the Real Exchange Rate
The authors examine the effects of consumption subsidies, public enterprise pricing, and price controls on the real exchange rate. Under plausible assumptions, they show that permanent reform in these areas leads to a permanent real exchange rate appreciation. An empirical application to the 1990 Fujimori Plan in Peru is discussed. Copyright 1993 by The London School of Economics and Political Science
Protection, export promotion and development
The transhipment problem: Smuggling and welfare in Paraguay
This paper studies the effects of contraband on resource allocation and welfare using Parguayan data. A major portion of exports from this economy involves the transhipment of goods from third countries through Paraguay to Brazil and Argentina to avoid trade taxes, both explicit and implicit via quantitative restrictions and multiple exchange rates. Using international and Paraguayan databases for 1990, we calculate that contraband accounted for …
Commercial policy, the terms of trade and the real exchange rate revisited
Growth, the external terms of trade and endogenous trade liberalization
Measuring British Decline: Direct Versus Long-Span Income Measures
We provide 16 purchasing-power-parity-adjusted estimates of U.K. and U.S. income per capita and output per worker between 1872 and 1990 based on new estimates of their price levels. Our income benchmarks depart from current estimates in four crucial respects. The United States, not the United Kingdom, led in income per capita in the 1870s. The United Kingdom kept pace with the United States through the late Victorian era. Most of the United Kingd…
Relative U.K./U.S. Output Reconsidered: A Reply to Professor Broadberry
In the September 2003 issue of this J OURNAL , we provided benchmark comparisons of U.K./U.S. income from 1870 to 1990. In contrast to long-span projections from Angus Maddison and others, our estimates show the United States leading from 1870 in terms of income per capita and output per worker. In a 12-page comment that accompanies our article, Professor Stephen Broadberry criticizes our work on three grounds. First, he charges our estimates are…
Have Absolute Price Levels Converged for Developed Economies? The Evidence since 1870
We compare price level and income convergence since 1870 for eleven developed economies using implicit price deflators derived from the GDP data of Maddison (1995, 2001, 2003). We find that “sigma” and “beta” convergence for prices occurs later and to a lesser extent than income. Price levels converge after 1950 while income convergence begins in the 1880s. We find no evidence for stochastic price convergence or for “club” price convergence
The Road Not Taken: Pre-Revolutionary Cuban Living Standards in Comparative Perspective
We examine Cuban GDP over time and across space. We find that Cuba was once a prosperous middle-income economy. On the eve of the revolution, incomes were 50 to 60 percent of European levels. They were among the highest in Latin America at about 30 percent of the United States. In relative terms, Cuba was richer earlier on. Income per capita during the 1920s was in striking distance of Western Europe and the Southern United States. After the revo…
Economic growth in the long run
Arrested Development? Puerto Rico in an American Century
Puerto Rico became an American colony in 1898, achieving self-rule after the Great Depression. The standard view is that Puerto Rican living standards stagnated before the policy changes of the New Deal and it has lost ground on the mainland since the early 1970s. I show these claims are mistaken. Using a new GDP index for 1900 to 1940, I show that income per capita grew at impressive rates during direct American rule and Puerto Rico escaped the …
The Absolution of History: Cuban Living Standards After 60 Years of Revolutionary Rule
Six decades ago, Cuba initiated a momentous social and economic experiment. This paper documents the effects of the experiment on Cuban living standards. Before the revolution, Cuban income per capita was on a par with Ireland or Finland. Indeed, Cuba was one of the richest of the Spanish-speaking societies. Growth is glacially slow after the revolution as GDP per capita increased by 40 per cent between 1957 and 2017 equal to an annual growth rat…
A comment on “Height and the standard of living in Puerto Rico from the Spanish Enlightenment to annexation by the United States, 1770–1924”
Economics (13 works) · Sociology (7 works) · Demography (6 works) · Geography (6 works) · Monetary Policy and Economic Impact (6 works) · Per capita (6 works) · Demographic economics (5 works) · Economic Growth and Productivity (5 works) · International economics (5 works) · Per capita income (5 works)