Urbanization and GDP per capita: New data and results for the Polish lands, 1790–1910. Issue 4 (2nd October 2019)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Bukowski, Maciej; Koryś, Piotr; Leszczyńska, Cecylia; Tymiński, Maciej; Wolf, Nikolaus
• Is Part Of: Historical methods. Volume 52:Issue 4(2019)
• Page Start: 213
• Page End: 227
• Publication Date: 2019-10-02
• Subjects: Poland -- 19th century -- urbanization -- economic growth estimation; Social sciences -- Periodicals; Onderzoeksmethoden; Electronic journals; Périodique électronique (Descripteur de forme); Ressource Internet (Descripteur de forme); 300.5
• DOI: 10.1080/01615440.2019.1580171
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0161-5440

Abstract

Abstract: Polish lands in 19th century are usually located in the economic peripheries of Europe. However there are no usable datasets of Polish GDP for this period to verify this hypothesis. The main problem is lack of reliable and comparable macroeconomic data from country divided between Russia, Austria and Prussia. The main goal of this research was to propose the method based on the urbanization data set to estimate the GDP of Polish territories and to verify the hypothesis on the peripheral development of Polish lands. In result the new estimates on GDP per capita were established, that allowed to confirm the hypothesis of semi-peripheral development of Polish territories in 19th century and slow process of catching-up with the core economies.