Joerg Baten
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First Name: Joerg
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Eberhard-Karls-Universität Tübingen - Location: Tübingen, Germany
Homepage: http://www.wiwi.uni-tuebingen.de/
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Working papers
- Baten, Joerg & Sohn, Kitae, 2013. "Back to the 'normal' level of human-capital driven growth? A note on early numeracy in Korea, China and Japan, 1550 - 1800," University of Tuebingen Working Papers in Economics and Finance 52, University of Tuebingen, Faculty of Economics and Social Sciences.
- Juif, Dácil-Tania & Baten, Joerg, 2012. "On the human capital of Inca Indios before and after the Spanish conquest: Was there a "pre-colonial legacy"?," University of Tuebingen Working Papers in Economics and Finance 27, University of Tuebingen, Faculty of Economics and Social Sciences.
- Jörg Baten & Mikolaj Szoltysek, 2012. "The human capital of Central-Eastern and Eastern Europe in European perspective," MPIDR Working Papers WP-2012-002, Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research, Rostock, Germany.
- Jörg Baten & Johan Fourie, 2012. "Slave numeracy in the Cape Colony and comparative development in the eighteenth century," Working Papers 270, Economic Research Southern Africa.
- Franziska Tollnek & Joerg Baten, 2012.
"Farmer Families at the Heart of the Educational Revolution: Which Occupational Group Inherited Human Capital in the Early Modern Era?,"
CEH Discussion Papers
008, Centre for Economic History, Research School of Economics, Australian National University.
- Franziska Tollnek & Joerg Baten, 2012. "Farmer Families at the Heart of the Educational Revolution: Which Occupational Group Inherited Human Capital in the Early Modern Era?," Working Papers 0033, European Historical Economics Society (EHES).
- Yvonne Stolz & Jörg Baten, 2012.
"Brain Drain in the Age of Mass Migration: Does Relative Inequality Explain Migrant Selectivity?,"
CESifo Working Paper Series
3705, CESifo Group Munich.
- Stolz, Yvonne & Baten, Joerg, 2012. "Brain drain in the age of mass migration: Does relative inequality explain migrant selectivity?," Explorations in Economic History, Elsevier, vol. 49(2), pages 205-220.
- Friesen, Julia & Baten, Jörg & Prayon, Valeria, 2012. "Women Count: Gender (in-)equalities in the human capital development in Asia, 1900-60," University of Tuebingen Working Papers in Economics and Finance 29, University of Tuebingen, Faculty of Economics and Social Sciences.
- Baten, Joerg & Julia, Muschallik, 2011. "On the status and the future of economic history in the world," MPRA Paper 34704, University Library of Munich, Germany.
- Jan Luiten van Zanden & Joerg Baten & Peter Foldvari & Bas van Leeuwen, 2011. "The Changing Shape of Global Inequality - exploring a new dataset," Working Papers 0001, Utrecht University, Centre for Global Economic History.
- Stolz, Yvonne & Baten, Jörg & Botelho, Tarcísio, 2011. "Growth effects of 19th century mass migrations: "Fome Zero" for Brazil," University of Tuebingen Working Papers in Economics and Finance 20, University of Tuebingen, Faculty of Economics and Social Sciences.
- Ralph Hippe & Joerg Baten, 2011. "Regional Inequality in Human Capital Formation in Europe, 1790 - 1880," Working Papers 11-07, Association Française de Cliométrie (AFC).
- Pierre van der Eng & Joerg Baten & Mojgan Stegl, 2010. "Long-Term Economic Growth and the Standard of Living in Indonesia," ANU Working Papers in Economics and Econometrics 2010-514, Australian National University, College of Business and Economics, School of Economics.
- Baten, Joerg & Ma, Debin & Morgan, Stephen & Wang, Qing, 2009. "Evolution of living standards and human capital in China in 18-20th century: evidences from real wage and anthropometrics," Economic History Working Papers 27870, London School of Economics and Political Science, Department of Economic History.
- Jörg Baten & Andreas Böhm, 2008. "Trends of Children’s Height and Parental Unemployment: A Large-Scale Anthropometric Study on Eastern Germany, 1994 – 2006," CESifo Working Paper Series 2189, CESifo Group Munich.
- Jörg Baten & Dorothee Crayen, 2008. "Global Trends in Numeracy 1820-1949 and its Implications for Long-Run Growth," CESifo Working Paper Series 2218, CESifo Group Munich.
- Jörg Baten & Jan Luiten van Zanden, 2007.
"Book production and the onset of modern economic growth,"
Economics Working Papers
1030, Department of Economics and Business, Universitat Pompeu Fabra.
- Joerg Baten & Jan Zanden, 2008. "Book production and the onset of modern economic growth," Journal of Economic Growth, Springer, vol. 13(3), pages 217-235, September.
- Kerstin Enflo & Jörg Baten, 2007. "Growth accounting in items of turbulence and death: efficiency, technology, capital accumulation and human capital 1929-1950," Economics Working Papers 1024, Department of Economics and Business, Universitat Pompeu Fabra.
- Jörg Baten & Dorothee Crayen & Joachim Voth, 2007. "Poor, hungry and ignorant: Numeracy and the impact of high food prices in industrializing Britain, 1780-1850," Economics Working Papers 1120, Department of Economics and Business, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, revised Dec 2011.
- Brian A'Hearn & Jörg Baten & Dorothee Crayen, 2006.
"Quantifying quantitative literacy: Age heaping and the history of human capital,"
Economics Working Papers
996, Department of Economics and Business, Universitat Pompeu Fabra.
- A'Hearn, Brian & Baten, Jörg & Crayen, Dorothee, 2009. "Quantifying Quantitative Literacy: Age Heaping and the History of Human Capital," The Journal of Economic History, Cambridge University Press, vol. 69(03), pages 783-808, September.
- A'Hearn, Brian & Baten, Jörg & Crayen, Dorothee, 2009. "Quantifying Quantitative Literacy: Age Heaping and the History of Human Capital," CEPR Discussion Papers 7277, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers.
- Baten, Jörg & Wallusch, Jacek, 2003. "Market integration and disintegration of Poland and Gemany [Germany] in the 18th century," Tübinger Diskussionsbeiträge 268, University of Tübingen, School of Business and Economics.
- Komlos, John & Baten, Jörg, 2003. "Looking Backward and Looking Forward: Anthropometric Research and the Development of Social Science History," Discussion Papers in Economics 59, University of Munich, Department of Economics.
- Köpke, Nikola & Baten, Jörg, 2003.
"The biological standard of living in Europe during the last two millennia,"
Tübinger Diskussionsbeiträge
265, University of Tübingen, School of Business and Economics.
- Koepke, Nikola & Baten, Joerg, 2005. "The biological standard of living in Europe during the last two millennia," European Review of Economic History, Cambridge University Press, vol. 9(01), pages 61-95, April.
- Jörg Baten, 2003.
"Creating Firms for a New Century: Determinants of Firm Creation around 1900,"
CESifo Working Paper Series
1065, CESifo Group Munich.
- Baten, Joerg, 2003. "Creating firms for a new century: Determinants of firm creation around 1900," European Review of Economic History, Cambridge University Press, vol. 7(03), pages 301-329, December.
- Joerg Baten, 2003. "Creating Firms for a New Century: Determinants for Firm Creation around 1900," IAW Discussion Papers 11, Institut für Angewandte Wirtschaftsforschung (IAW).
- Jörg Baten, 2002. "Did Partial Globalization Increase Inequality? Did Inequality Stimulate Globalization Backlash? The case of the Latin American Periphery, 1950-80," CESifo Working Paper Series 683, CESifo Group Munich.
- Jörg Baten & Andrea Wagner, 2002.
"Autarchy, Market Disintegration, and Health: The Mortality and Nutritional Crisis in Nazi Germany, 1933-1937,"
CESifo Working Paper Series
800, CESifo Group Munich.
- Baten, Jorg & Wagner, Andrea, 2003. "Autarchy, market disintegration, and health: the mortality and nutritional crisis in Nazi Germany, 1933-1937," Economics & Human Biology, Elsevier, vol. 1(1), pages 1-28, January.
- Jörg Baten & Ulrich Woitek, 2001. "Grain Price Fluctuations and Witch Hunting in Bavaria," Working Papers 2001_9, Business School - Economics, University of Glasgow.
- Baten, Jörg, 2001. "Große und kleine Unternehmen in der Krise von 1900 - 1902," Tübinger Diskussionsbeiträge 216, University of Tübingen, School of Business and Economics.
- Baten, Jörg, 2001. "Expansion und Überleben von Unternehmen in der Ersten Phase der Globalisierung," Tübinger Diskussionsbeiträge 215, University of Tübingen, School of Business and Economics.
- Baten, Jörg, 2001. "Produktivitätsvorteil in kleinen und mittelgroßen Industrieunternehmen, Sicherheit in Großunternehmen? Die Gesamtfaktorproduktivität um 1900," Tübinger Diskussionsbeiträge 217, University of Tübingen, School of Business and Economics.
- Baten, Jörg, 2001. "Neue Quellen für die unternehmenshistorische Analyse," Tübinger Diskussionsbeiträge 214, University of Tübingen, School of Business and Economics.
Articles
- Gareth Austin & Joerg Baten & Bas Van Leeuwen, 2012. "The biological standard of living in early nineteenth-century West Africa: new anthropometric evidence for northern Ghana and Burkina Faso," Economic History Review, Economic History Society, vol. 65(4), pages 1280-1302, November.
- Kerstin Manzel & Joerg Baten & Yvonne Stolz, 2012. "Convergence and divergence of numeracy: the development of age heaping in Latin America from the seventeenth to the twentieth century," Economic History Review, Economic History Society, vol. 65(3), pages 932-960, 08.
- Stolz, Yvonne & Baten, Joerg, 2012.
"Brain drain in the age of mass migration: Does relative inequality explain migrant selectivity?,"
Explorations in Economic History,
Elsevier, vol. 49(2), pages 205-220.
- Yvonne Stolz & Jörg Baten, 2012. "Brain Drain in the Age of Mass Migration: Does Relative Inequality Explain Migrant Selectivity?," CESifo Working Paper Series 3705, CESifo Group Munich.
- Gerhard Kling & Joerg Baten & Kirsten Labuske, 2011. "FDI of German Companies During Globalization and Deglobalization," Open Economies Review, Springer, vol. 22(2), pages 247-270, April.
- Matthias Blum & Joerg Baten, 2011. "Anthropometric within-country Inequality and the Estimation of Skill Premia with Anthropometric Indicators," Zeitschrift fuer Wirtschaftspolitik, Institut fuer Wirtschaftspolitik an der Universitaet zu Koeln, vol. 62(2), pages 107-138.
- Baten, Joerg & Ma, Debin & Morgan, Stephen & Wang, Qing, 2010. "Evolution of living standards and human capital in China in the 18-20th centuries: Evidences from real wages, age-heaping, and anthropometrics," Explorations in Economic History, Elsevier, vol. 47(3), pages 347-359, July.
- Crayen, Dorothee & Baten, Joerg, 2010. "Global trends in numeracy 1820-1949 and its implications for long-term growth," Explorations in Economic History, Elsevier, vol. 47(1), pages 82-99, January.
- Baten, Jöerg & Carson, Scott, 2010. "Latin American anthropometrics, past and present--An overview," Economics & Human Biology, Elsevier, vol. 8(2), pages 141-144, July.
- Jörg Baten & Andreas Böhm, 2010. "Children's Height and Parental Unemployment: A Large-Scale Anthropometric Study on Eastern Germany, 1994-2006," German Economic Review, Verein für Socialpolitik, vol. 11, pages 1-24, 02.
- Baten, Joerg & Mumme, Christina, 2010. "Globalization and educational inequality during the 18th to 20th centuries: Latin America in global comparison," Revista de Historia Económica, Cambridge University Press, vol. 28(02), pages 279-305, September.
- Dorothee Crayen & Joerg Baten, 2010. "New evidence and new methods to measure human capital inequality before and during the industrial revolution: France and the US in the seventeenth to nineteenth centuries," Economic History Review, Economic History Society, vol. 63(2), pages 452-478, 05.
- Stegl, Mojgan & Baten, Joerg, 2009. "Tall and shrinking Muslims, short and growing Europeans: The long-run welfare development of the Middle East, 1850-1980," Explorations in Economic History, Elsevier, vol. 46(1), pages 132-148, January.
- Baten, Joerg, 2009. "Protein supply and nutritional status in nineteenth century Bavaria, Prussia and France," Economics & Human Biology, Elsevier, vol. 7(2), pages 165-180, July.
- A'Hearn, Brian & Baten, Jörg & Crayen, Dorothee, 2009.
"Quantifying Quantitative Literacy: Age Heaping and the History of Human Capital,"
The Journal of Economic History,
Cambridge University Press, vol. 69(03), pages 783-808, September.
- Brian A'Hearn & Jörg Baten & Dorothee Crayen, 2006. "Quantifying quantitative literacy: Age heaping and the history of human capital," Economics Working Papers 996, Department of Economics and Business, Universitat Pompeu Fabra.
- A'Hearn, Brian & Baten, Jörg & Crayen, Dorothee, 2009. "Quantifying Quantitative Literacy: Age Heaping and the History of Human Capital," CEPR Discussion Papers 7277, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers.
- Joerg Baten & Kirsten Jaeger, 2009. "On the Persistence of Human Capital Income and Patent Effects around 1900 on Per capita levels in the 1960’s," Brussels Economic Review, ULB -- Universite Libre de Bruxelles, vol. 52(3/4), pages 289-304.
- Baten, Joerg & Pelger, Ines & Twrdek, Linda, 2009. "The anthropometric history of Argentina, Brazil and Peru during the 19th and early 20th century," Economics & Human Biology, Elsevier, vol. 7(3), pages 319-333, December.
- Manzel, Kerstin & Baten, Jörg, 2009. "Gender Equality and Inequality in Numeracy: The Case of Latin America and the Caribbean, 1880–1949," Revista de Historia Económica, Cambridge University Press, vol. 27(01), pages 37-73, January.
- Joerg Baten & Jan Zanden, 2008.
"Book production and the onset of modern economic growth,"
Journal of Economic Growth,
Springer, vol. 13(3), pages 217-235, September.
- Jörg Baten & Jan Luiten van Zanden, 2007. "Book production and the onset of modern economic growth," Economics Working Papers 1030, Department of Economics and Business, Universitat Pompeu Fabra.
- Koepke, Nikola & Baten, Joerg, 2008. "Agricultural specialization and height in ancient and medieval Europe," Explorations in Economic History, Elsevier, vol. 45(2), pages 127-146, April.
- Joerg Baten, 2008. "Book Review," Economic Development and Cultural Change, University of Chicago Press, vol. 56, pages 497-500.
- Joerg Baten & Sandew Hira, 2008. "Anthropometric Trends In Southern China, 1830-1864," Australian Economic History Review, Economic History Society of Australia and New Zealand, vol. 48(3), pages 209-226, November.
- Baltzer, Markus & Baten, Jörg, 2008. "Height, trade, and inequality in the Latin American periphery, 1950-2000," Economics & Human Biology, Elsevier, vol. 6(2), pages 191-203, July.
- Guntupalli, Aravinda Meera & Baten, Joerg, 2006. "The development and inequality of heights in North, West, and East India 1915-1944," Explorations in Economic History, Elsevier, vol. 43(4), pages 578-608, October.
- Jochen Streb & J�Rg Baten & Shuxi Yin, 2006. "Technological and geographical knowledge spillover in the German empire 1877-1918," Economic History Review, Economic History Society, vol. 59(2), pages 347-373, 05.
- Koepke, Nikola & Baten, Joerg, 2005.
"The biological standard of living in Europe during the last two millennia,"
European Review of Economic History,
Cambridge University Press, vol. 9(01), pages 61-95, April.
- Köpke, Nikola & Baten, Jörg, 2003. "The biological standard of living in Europe during the last two millennia," Tübinger Diskussionsbeiträge 265, University of Tübingen, School of Business and Economics.
- Moradi, Alexander & Baten, Joerg, 2005. "Inequality in Sub-Saharan Africa: New Data and New Insights from Anthropometric Estimates," World Development, Elsevier, vol. 33(8), pages 1233-1265, August.
- J.Baten & J.Wallusch, 2005. "Market Integration and Disintegration of Poland and Germany in the 18th Century," Economies et Sociétés (Serie 'Histoire Economique Quantitative'), Association Française de Cliométrie (AFC), issue 33, pages 1233-1264, July.
- Joerg Baten & Rainer Schulz, 2005. "Making profits in wartime: corporate profits, inequality, and GDP in Germany during the First World War -super-1 ," Economic History Review, Economic History Society, vol. 58(1), pages 34-56, 02.
- Baten, Joerg, 2003.
"Creating firms for a new century: Determinants of firm creation around 1900,"
European Review of Economic History,
Cambridge University Press, vol. 7(03), pages 301-329, December.
- Jörg Baten, 2003. "Creating Firms for a New Century: Determinants of Firm Creation around 1900," CESifo Working Paper Series 1065, CESifo Group Munich.
- Joerg Baten, 2003. "Creating Firms for a New Century: Determinants for Firm Creation around 1900," IAW Discussion Papers 11, Institut für Angewandte Wirtschaftsforschung (IAW).
- Baten, Jorg & Wagner, Andrea, 2003.
"Autarchy, market disintegration, and health: the mortality and nutritional crisis in Nazi Germany, 1933-1937,"
Economics & Human Biology,
Elsevier, vol. 1(1), pages 1-28, January.
- Jörg Baten & Andrea Wagner, 2002. "Autarchy, Market Disintegration, and Health: The Mortality and Nutritional Crisis in Nazi Germany, 1933-1937," CESifo Working Paper Series 800, CESifo Group Munich.
- Baten, Jorg & Murray, John E., 2000. "Heights of Men and Women in 19th-Century Bavaria: Economic, Nutritional, and Disease Influences," Explorations in Economic History, Elsevier, vol. 37(4), pages 351-369, October.
- Baten, Jörg & Komlos, John, 1998. "Height and the Standard of Living," The Journal of Economic History, Cambridge University Press, vol. 58(03), pages 866-870, September.
NEP Fields
17 papers by this author were announced in NEP, and specifically in the following field reports (number of papers):- NEP-AFR: Africa (1) 2012-03-28
- NEP-AGR: Agricultural Economics (1) 2008-10-28
- NEP-CIS: Confederation of Independent States (1) 2012-02-01
- NEP-CWA: Central & Western Asia (2) 2011-11-21 2012-02-20
- NEP-DEM: Demographic Economics (1) 2013-01-07
- NEP-DEV: Development (2) 2007-04-21 2010-03-06
- NEP-EDU: Education (1) 2009-04-25
- NEP-EFF: Efficiency & Productivity (1) 2007-03-24
- NEP-ENT: Entrepreneurship (1) 2004-05-09
- NEP-FDG: Financial Development & Growth (1) 2010-03-06
- NEP-GEO: Economic Geography (2) 2004-05-09 2011-10-15
- NEP-HIS: Business, Economic & Financial History (15) 2004-05-09 2007-03-10 2007-03-24 2007-04-21 2008-10-28 2010-03-06 2011-10-15 2011-11-21 2011-12-13 2012-02-01 2012-02-20 2012-02-20 2012-03-28 2012-12-15 2013-03-02. Author is listed
- NEP-HPE: History & Philosophy of Economics (3) 2003-07-21 2007-04-21 2011-11-21
- NEP-HRM: Human Capital & Human Resource Management (12) 2007-03-10 2007-03-24 2007-04-21 2009-04-25 2011-10-15 2011-12-13 2012-02-01 2012-02-20 2012-03-28 2012-12-15 2013-01-07 2013-03-02. Author is listed
- NEP-LAB: Labour Economics (1) 2012-02-20
- NEP-MAC: Macroeconomics (1) 2009-04-25
- NEP-MIG: Economics of Human Migration (1) 2011-12-13
- NEP-NEU: Neuroeconomics (1) 2009-04-25
- NEP-SEA: South East Asia (4) 2010-03-06 2012-02-20 2012-03-28 2013-03-02
- NEP-URE: Urban & Real Estate Economics (1) 2004-05-09
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- Baten, Jorg & Murray, John E., 2000. "Heights of Men and Women in 19th-Century Bavaria: Economic, Nutritional, and Disease Influences," Explorations in Economic History, Elsevier, vol. 37(4), pages 351-369, October.
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- Franziska Tollnek & Joerg Baten, 2012. "Farmer Families at the Heart of the Educational Revolution: Which Occupational Group Inherited Human Capital in the Early Modern Era?," CEH Discussion Papers 008, Centre for Economic History, Research School of Economics, Australian National University.
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