Examining Ireland's Post‐Famine Economic Growth Performance
提出一种将国家GDP分配到地区的简便方法，并估算了1861-1911年英国四国的GDP，发现爱尔兰人均产出增长快于英国，呈现弱收敛，其增长主要由全要素生产率和资本积累驱动。
This paper sets out a short-cut method for allocating country level GDP estimates across regions. Comparing United Kingdom regional GDP estimates generated using the short-cut method against existing regional GDP figures suggests that it produces acceptable results. We make estimates of GDP for the four countries of the United Kingdom for each of the census years between 1861 and 1911. Irish GDP per worker and per caput grew faster than British. These indicators demonstrate weak convergence of the two regions. The bulk of the Irish performance may be explained by traditional forces such as TFP growth and capital accumulation.