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Quantifying and interpreting world development: macromeasurement before and after Colin Clark
Author(s) -
Maddison Angus
Publication year - 2004
Publication title -
australian economic history review
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.493
H-Index - 16
eISSN - 1467-8446
pISSN - 0004-8992
DOI - 10.1111/j.1467-8446.2004.00108.x
Subject(s) - field (mathematics) , regional science , population , population growth , sociology , history , positive economics , geography , economics , demography , mathematics , pure mathematics
This article is an appraisal of the contributions of Colin Clark to the art of macroeconomic measurement. It traces his place in the historical tradition in this field, provides biographical background and analyses his contributions to national income measurement, international comparisons, agricultural development and the impact of population growth.