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Chasing the perfida Albione: Anglo‐Italian productivity gap in the late 1930s
The Economic History Review, EarlyView.Abstract This paper presents new estimates of Anglo‐Italian labour productivity levels in manufacturing in the late 1930s, derived using the standard single‐deflation approach. The findings confirm a substantial productivity gap between Italy and the United Kingdom at the aggregate level, alongside pronounced intersectoral heterogeneity.
Tancredi Salamone
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The Economics of Fisheries Access Agreements: Perspectives on the EU-Senegal Case [PDF]
Relations between coastal countries and fishing fleets from non-adjacent countries changed radically in the 1970s and early 1980s. This was primarily a consequence of the declaration of exclusive economic zones (EEZs) by many coastal states in the years ...
Johnstone, Nick
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Gender inequality in urban British Africa: Evidence from Anglican marriage registers
The Economic History Review, EarlyView.Abstract We examine the colonial origins and evolution of gender inequality in mission schooling and formal labour force participation across six cities in British colonial Africa, using marriage register data for some 30,000 Anglican brides and grooms well‐positioned to benefit from colonial educational and employment opportunities.
Felix Meier zu Selhausen, Jacob Weisdorf
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Assessing species diversity of Coral Triangle artisanal fisheries: A DNA barcode reference library for the shore fishes retailed at Ambon harbor (Indonesia). [PDF]
Ecol Evol, 2020 Limmon G +7 more
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The Economic History Review, EarlyView.Abstract Housework is central to feminist calls for recognition of women's work, economic histories explaining the sexual division of labour, and claims regarding the progressive role of scientific knowledge. Yet little is known about the time it actually took. We address this lacuna.
Sara Horrell, Jane Humphries
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Research for development: evidence-based hilsa management improvements in Myanmar
Frontiers in Marine ScienceThe hilsa (Tenualosa ilisha) fishery in Myanmar is of importance as it provides an income for around 1.6 million artisanal low-income fisher households and generated USD 237.32M in export earnings from 156,000 metric tons in 2021.
Michael Akester +2 more
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Queensland Sustainable Fisheries Strategy: 2017-2027 [PDF]
, 2017 This Strategy sets out clear targets to be achieved by 2020 and 2027 and a range of actions to deliver on the vision and targets. There are 33 actions across ten reform areas.
Fisheries Queensland, Department of Agriculture and Fisheries
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Networks paving the way: Apprenticeship, guilds, and access to mastership in early modern Genoa
The Economic History Review, EarlyView.Abstract This paper investigates how kinship and professional networks shaped labour market outcomes in the guild‐based labour market of early modern Genoa. Using a newly constructed dataset of more than 8,000 apprenticeship contracts (1451–1530), I examine the extent to which family and guild connections influenced apprentices' chances of attaining ...
Alessandro Brioschi
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Innovation and the great divergence
The Economic History Review, EarlyView.Abstract Recent historical national accounting data show that the timing of the Great Divergence hinges on the different trends in north‐west Europe and the Yangzi Delta region of China. Although north‐west Europe only pulled ahead of the Yangzi Delta after 1700, both the positive trend of GDP per capita in north‐west Europe after 1700 and the negative
Stephen Broadberry, Runzhuo Zhai
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Fisheries Management and Ecology, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Artisanal gillnet fisheries can concentrate prey and provide incidental food subsidies to marine predators, but their effects on early‐life foraging behavior and demography remain poorly resolved. The Alvarado bottlenose dolphin population that lives off the coast of Veracruz, Mexico, is well known for having chronic, frequent, and recurring ...
Eduardo Morteo +5 more
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