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Irish regional GDP since independence

The Economic History Review, EarlyView.
Abstract This paper constructs the first long‐run estimates of Irish regional gross domestic product (GDP) over the twentieth century and traces the relative economic performance of Ireland's regions since independence. Using an array of data sources available at a county level, output in agriculture, industry, and services in benchmark census years is
Alan de Bromhead, Seán Kenny
wiley   +1 more source

Iñupiat marine mammal science a long time coming. [PDF]

Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A
Humphries MM, Menzies AK, Langwieder A.
europepmc   +1 more source

Building a Potemkin village in occupied China: Japan's wartime system of linked trade, 1939–43

The Economic History Review, EarlyView.
Abstract The paper discusses the novel but little‐known exchange rate system of Japanese‐occupied North China during the Second Sino‐Japanese War, in which exporters were given the right to import in the form of a piece of yellow paper, which could be sold in the secondary market.
Shinji Takagi
wiley   +1 more source

Global fishing patterns amplify human exposures to methylmercury. [PDF]

Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A
Li ML, Thackray CP, Lam VWY, Cheung WWL, Sunderland EM.   +4 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Between famine and freedom: Food prices during the Indonesian War of Independence, 1945–9

The Economic History Review, EarlyView.
Abstract This paper investigates how the Indonesian War of Independence (1945‒9) influenced staple food prices, and how fluctuations in those prices, in turn, shaped the trajectory and dynamics of the conflict. We compiled a dataset comprising more than 8600 prices for staple foods covering the entire Indonesian archipelago from 1939‒49, allowing us to
Ingrid de Zwarte, Helmi Moret, Pim de Zwart   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Status and trends of giant clam populations demonstrate the effectiveness of village-based protection in American Sāmoa. [PDF]

PeerJ
Marra-Biggs P, Brown EK, Ochavillo DG, Green AL, Lawrence A, Tramonte C, Vaeoso V, Moffitt I, Schnurle K, Molina N, Toonen RJ.   +10 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Extreme weather and economic crisis in the 1430s in England, and the implications for tenurial change

The Economic History Review, EarlyView.
Abstract The 1430s were characterized by extreme weather conditions, food and fodder shortages, and high mortalities among animals and humans, although the severity of events and their consequences in England have received limited attention. The economic downturn and the depressed customary land market in this decade marked the beginning of the Great ...
Mark Bailey
wiley   +1 more source

<i>Toxoplasma gondii</i> infection in domestic cats and northern fur seals of the Pribilof Islands, Alaska. [PDF]

Int J Parasitol Parasites Wildl
Dawant T, Gerhold R, Scott D, Su C, Divine L, Williams M, Ream R, Gelatt T, Duncan C.   +8 more
europepmc   +1 more source

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
wiley   +1 more source

Drivers of population dynamics and juvenile mortality in Northwest Atlantic harp seals. [PDF]

Ecol Appl
Tinker MT, Stenson GB, Mosnier A, Van de Walle J, Lang SLC, Hammill MO.   +5 more
europepmc   +1 more source