Claude Diebolt Boeken

The Handbook of Cliometrics is a milestone in the field of historical economics and econometric history through its emphasis on the concrete contribution of cliometrics to our knowledge in economics and history. The articles in the handbook authored by the leading scholars in the fields, stress the usefulness of cliometrics for economists, historians and social scientists in general. The Handbook offers a comprehensive coverage of topics with each article providing an overview of the contributions of cliometrics to a particular topic. The Handbook sets a new standard of quality in the field by offering a world-wide forum of discussion in cliometrics.

This book studies the process of demographic transition which has played a key role in the economic development of Western countries. The special focus is on France, which constitutes the first clear case of fertility decline in Europe. The book analyzes the reasons behind this phenomenon by examining the evolution of demographic variables in France over the past two hundred years. To better understand the reasons of the changing patterns of demographic behavior, the authors investigate the development of the female labor force, study educational investments, and explore the evolution of gender roles and relations.

This book presents a comprehensive study of adoption and diffusion of technology in developing countries in a historical perspective. Combining the development of growth trajectories of the Indian economy in general and its manufacturing industry in particular, the book highlights the effective marriage between qualitative and quantitative methods for a better understanding and explaining of many hidden dynamic behaviors of adoption and diffusion trend in manufacturing industry. The use of various econometric methods is aimed to equip readers to make a judgement of the current state of diffusion pattern of new technologies in India and simulate a desirable future pattern in view of the various pro-industrial growth policies.

Macroeconomic theory and macroeconometrics are increasingly essential for studying economics. It is widely accepted that combining economic theory with historical, statistical, and mathematical methods is crucial for accurately formulating problems, drawing conclusions, and understanding complex processes. This book exemplifies the Editors' belief in this principle, offering fresh insights into macroeconomic analysis. It explores both theoretical and empirical results concerning the dynamics within and between macroeconomic variables. Five key areas are addressed: (1) mechanisms of economic dynamics, (2) structures of macroeconomic variables, and (3) relationships between macroeconomic time series. Additionally, it presents advancements in methodologies, including (4) improved linear testing and (5) the application of new non-linear techniques. Individual contributions include Benassy’s chapter, which examines the propagation of macroeconomic shocks through a dynamic model featuring wage and price staggering. His findings indicate a persistent response of both output and inflation to monetary shocks, highlighting the significance of these dynamics in understanding macroeconomic behavior.

The debate concerning the role of knowledge in the economic growth process has gained considerable attention, both because of the importance of its implications in terms of economic policy and due to the number of theoretical and empirical analyses it has engendered. Thus, the argument according to which endogenous growth models explain long-term economic growth is often put forward. It is held that the production of knowledge induces self-maintained economic growth. However, in spite of numerous theoretical developments, attempts at empirical verification have run up against serious methodological difficulties. The first and most serious stumbling block is the way in which an intangible good of incommensurable size such as knowledge is evaluated. Moreover, most of the empirical studies carried out in recent years have taken the form of cross-national comparisons designed to analyse the role of different socio-economic factors in growth. So far, however, they have not succeeded in making conclusive statements of whether or not knowledge can induce long-term economic growth. Taking this state of research into consideration, the main objective of the present volume is to re-examine, by way of new techniques of quantitative analysis, theoretical models developed with a view to ascertaining the endogenous nature of economic growth induced by the production of knowledge.

Dieses Lehrbuch über die Einführung in die Bildungsökonomie fasst die wichtigsten theoretischen und empirischen Arbeiten seit dem Entstehen des Forschungsfelds zusammen. Sie bietet damit einen kurzgehaltenen Überblick über die ökonomische Bedeutung der Bildung in ihren unterschiedlichen Ausprägungen. Sie ist ideal als Einstieg in diesen immer wichtiger werdenden Themenbereich geeignet. Darüber hinaus zeigt sie die sehr langfristige Bildungsentwicklung in Europa anhand neuester empirischer Daten auf. Der Inhalt Die traditionelle Humankapitaltheorie Die konkurrierenden Humankapitaltheorien Die Arbeitsmarkttheorien Die Sichtweise der Soziologen Die Theorien der Anziehungskraft des Arbeitsmarkts Hochschulsektor und Gleichheit Die endogenen Wachstumstheorien Langfristiges Wachstum und Bildung Die Autoren Prof. Dr. Claude Diebolt ist CNRS Research Professor in Economics, esp. Cliometrics an der Universität Straßburg. Dr. Ralph Hippe ist Research Fellow im Joint Research Centre der Europäischen Kommission in Ispra. Dr. Magali Jaoul-Grammare ist CNRS Research Fellow in Economics an der Universität Straßburg.

Nombreuses sont les questions au sujet de la cliométrie. S’agit-il d’une discipline qui marierait harmonieusement théorie et analyse empirique ? S’agit-il d’abord d’une branche de l’histoire ou de la science économique ? Quel rôle la cliométrie peut-elle et doit-elle jouer dans la formation des jeunes étudiants et doctorants engagés dans des recherches universitaires de sciences humaines et sociales ? Ce livre vise à apporter quelques éléments de réponse. Il fait appel aux approches cliométriques, à l’utilisation conjointe du discours historique, de la théorie économique, des outils statistiques et de la modélisation mathématique, pour tenter de transformer la vision moderne sur des débats historiques majeurs : la cliométrie du capital humain, la cliométrie monétaire et financière, la cliométrie de la croissance et des cycles économiques.

A côté du progrès technique ou de la croissance quantitative de la population, l'éducation constitue l'un des facteurs qui, jusqu'à présent, explique le mieux les inégalités de développement économique et qui tend à donner aux pays développés un avantage relatif sur les autres. Cela ne signifie pas qu'il suffit d'élever le niveau moyen d'éducation d'une population pour que celui de la croissance économique suive automatiquement. Mais on peut admettre que la maîtrise des nouvelles technologies réclame des niveaux de savoirs proportionnels dont une part probablement croissante résulte de l'éducation.