Timothy Leunig
Datos Biográficos
| ID | 976317 |
|---|---|
| NOMBRE | Timothy Leunig |
| NOMBRES | Timothy |
| APELLIDO | Leunig |
| FIRMA | LEUNIG T |
| AFILIACIONES | London School of Economics and Political Science |
| VERIFICADO | No |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 10 |
| TOTAL DE CITAS | 109 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 10 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMER AÑO DE PUBLICACIÓN | 1996 |
| AÑO MÁS RECIENTE DE PUBLICACIÓN | 2009 |
| ÍNDICE H | 6 |
Was Dick Whittington taller than those he left behind? Anthropometric measures, migration and the quality of life in early nineteenth century London
Were British railway companies well managed in the early twentieth century?1
This paper examines major privately owned British railway companies before the First World War. Quantitative evidence is presented on return on capital employed (ROCE), total factor productivity (TFP) growth, cost inefficiency, and speed of passenger services. There were discrepancies in performance across companies but ROCE and TFP typically fell during our period. Cost inefficiency rose before 1900 but then was brought under control as a profit…
Comment on ‘Seat of Death and Terror’ 1
Oxley finds that smallpox consistently reduced heights, but that the fall was not statistically significant outside London or for juvenile Londoners. We demonstrate that inappropriate subdivision of the data into small samples explains the lack of significance she obtains. Further analysis of Oxley’s data shows that smallpox was a statistically significant cause of stunting, and that there were no differences in the effect by area. Juveniles exhi…
Time is Money
This article assesses train speeds in England and Wales 1843–1912. Trains were fast compared with coaches or walking, and the social saving of time saved grew over time to become over 10 percent of national income in 1912. Including fare savings as well, social savings were 14 percent of national income in 1912, with consumer surplus of 6 percent. Time savings dominated fare savings once railways became a new good: travel for the masses. Using th…
A British industrial success
This paper uses new product-specific, micro-level US data to show that New England had lower levels of productivity in cotton spinning than Lancashire, c. 1900, contradicting results derived by Broadberry from the Censuses of Production.The discrepancy stems from the Censuses' poor methods of aggregating heterogeneous yarn output.The finding that Britain -the labour-abundant country -has higher labour productivity contradicts the Rothbarth-Habakk…
Smallpox really did reduce height
Peter Razzell believes that we have misunderstood the nature of his criticism and are correspondingly dismissive of it
New Answers to Old Questions
This article reexamines theories previously advanced to explain Lancashire's slow adoption of ring spinning. New cost estimates show that although additional transport costs and technical complementarities reduced ring adoption rates, these supply-side constraints were not dominant. Instead what mattered most were demand-side factors. Lancashire produced far more fine yarns than other countries, and this yarn was better spun on mules. Furthermore…
Smallpox Did Reduce Height
Science, Technology, and the British Industrial "Decline," 1870-1970
Introduction 2. Use of technique and technical and scientific training 3. Industrial invention, innovation, and research and development 4. State funding of research and development 5. British technology in comparative perspective 6. Conclusions Glossary Bibliography Index
Did smallpox reduce height? Stature and the standard of living in London, 1770-1873
In this paper, we re-examine the effect of smallpox on the height attained by those who suffered from this disease. To this end, we analyse a dataset assembled by Floud, Wachter and Gregory on the height of recruits into the Marine Society, 1770-1873. Using both time series and cross-sectional analysis, we show that smallpox was indeed an important determinant of height: those who had suffered from smallpox were significantly shorter. This sugges…
Time is Money
This article assesses train speeds in England and Wales 1843–1912. Trains were fast compared with coaches or walking, and the social saving of time saved grew over time to become over 10 percent of national income in 1912. Including fare savings as well, social savings were 14 percent of national income in 1912, with consumer surplus of 6 percent. Time savings dominated fare savings once railways became a new good: travel for the masses. Using th…
Did smallpox reduce height? Stature and the standard of living in London, 1770-1873
In this paper, we re-examine the effect of smallpox on the height attained by those who suffered from this disease. To this end, we analyse a dataset assembled by Floud, Wachter and Gregory on the height of recruits into the Marine Society, 1770-1873. Using both time series and cross-sectional analysis, we show that smallpox was indeed an important determinant of height: those who had suffered from smallpox were significantly shorter. This sugges…
Was Dick Whittington taller than those he left behind? Anthropometric measures, migration and the quality of life in early nineteenth century London
Were British railway companies well managed in the early twentieth century?1
This paper examines major privately owned British railway companies before the First World War. Quantitative evidence is presented on return on capital employed (ROCE), total factor productivity (TFP) growth, cost inefficiency, and speed of passenger services. There were discrepancies in performance across companies but ROCE and TFP typically fell during our period. Cost inefficiency rose before 1900 but then was brought under control as a profit…
A British industrial success
This paper uses new product-specific, micro-level US data to show that New England had lower levels of productivity in cotton spinning than Lancashire, c. 1900, contradicting results derived by Broadberry from the Censuses of Production.The discrepancy stems from the Censuses' poor methods of aggregating heterogeneous yarn output.The finding that Britain -the labour-abundant country -has higher labour productivity contradicts the Rothbarth-Habakk…
New Answers to Old Questions
This article reexamines theories previously advanced to explain Lancashire's slow adoption of ring spinning. New cost estimates show that although additional transport costs and technical complementarities reduced ring adoption rates, these supply-side constraints were not dominant. Instead what mattered most were demand-side factors. Lancashire produced far more fine yarns than other countries, and this yarn was better spun on mules. Furthermore…
Smallpox really did reduce height
Peter Razzell believes that we have misunderstood the nature of his criticism and are correspondingly dismissive of it
Smallpox Did Reduce Height
Did smallpox reduce height? Stature and the standard of living in London, 1770-1873
In this paper, we re-examine the effect of smallpox on the height attained by those who suffered from this disease. To this end, we analyse a dataset assembled by Floud, Wachter and Gregory on the height of recruits into the Marine Society, 1770-1873. Using both time series and cross-sectional analysis, we show that smallpox was indeed an important determinant of height: those who had suffered from smallpox were significantly shorter. This sugges…
Smallpox Did Reduce Height
Science, Technology, and the British Industrial "Decline," 1870-1970
Introduction 2. Use of technique and technical and scientific training 3. Industrial invention, innovation, and research and development 4. State funding of research and development 5. British technology in comparative perspective 6. Conclusions Glossary Bibliography Index
Smallpox really did reduce height
Peter Razzell believes that we have misunderstood the nature of his criticism and are correspondingly dismissive of it
New Answers to Old Questions
This article reexamines theories previously advanced to explain Lancashire's slow adoption of ring spinning. New cost estimates show that although additional transport costs and technical complementarities reduced ring adoption rates, these supply-side constraints were not dominant. Instead what mattered most were demand-side factors. Lancashire produced far more fine yarns than other countries, and this yarn was better spun on mules. Furthermore…
A British industrial success
This paper uses new product-specific, micro-level US data to show that New England had lower levels of productivity in cotton spinning than Lancashire, c. 1900, contradicting results derived by Broadberry from the Censuses of Production.The discrepancy stems from the Censuses' poor methods of aggregating heterogeneous yarn output.The finding that Britain -the labour-abundant country -has higher labour productivity contradicts the Rothbarth-Habakk…
Comment on ‘Seat of Death and Terror’ 1
Oxley finds that smallpox consistently reduced heights, but that the fall was not statistically significant outside London or for juvenile Londoners. We demonstrate that inappropriate subdivision of the data into small samples explains the lack of significance she obtains. Further analysis of Oxley’s data shows that smallpox was a statistically significant cause of stunting, and that there were no differences in the effect by area. Juveniles exhi…
Time is Money
This article assesses train speeds in England and Wales 1843–1912. Trains were fast compared with coaches or walking, and the social saving of time saved grew over time to become over 10 percent of national income in 1912. Including fare savings as well, social savings were 14 percent of national income in 1912, with consumer surplus of 6 percent. Time savings dominated fare savings once railways became a new good: travel for the masses. Using th…
Were British railway companies well managed in the early twentieth century?1
This paper examines major privately owned British railway companies before the First World War. Quantitative evidence is presented on return on capital employed (ROCE), total factor productivity (TFP) growth, cost inefficiency, and speed of passenger services. There were discrepancies in performance across companies but ROCE and TFP typically fell during our period. Cost inefficiency rose before 1900 but then was brought under control as a profit…
Was Dick Whittington taller than those he left behind? Anthropometric measures, migration and the quality of life in early nineteenth century London
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