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Dutch GNP and its Components
1800-1913

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Jan-Pieter Smits, Edwin Horlings, and Jan Luiten van Zanden
Groningen 2000
 
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
 
LIST OF TABLESiv
LIST OF GRAPHSvi
LIST OF TABLES IN APPENDICESviii
PREFACExii
 
Chapter 1INTRODUCTION1
 
Chapter 2THE SYSTEM OF HISTORICAL NATIONAL ACCOUNTS4
 
Chapter 3POPULATION, EMPLOYMENT, AND LABOUR INPUT12
 1. Population12
 2. Employment12
     a. Female Labour in Agriculture13
     b. Domestic Servants17
     c. Total Employment19
 3. Labour Input20
 
Chapter 4PRODUCT25
 1. Agriculture25
     a. Agricultural Output 1850-191325
     b. Arable Output 1812-185126
     c. Livestock Production 1807-185032
 2. Fisheries34
 3. Mining35
     a. Coal Mining35
     b. Peat Extraction35
 4. Industry37
     a. Ceramics and Glass, Diamond Cutting, Printing, and Chemicals38
     b. Construction, Metals, Engineering, and Shipbuilding39
     c. Textiles and Clothing40
     d. Foodstuffs42
     e. Leather, Woodworking, and Paper45
 5. Services46
 
Chapter 5INCOME51
 1. Wage Income51
 2. Income from Capital and Profits56
 
Chapter 6EXPENDITURE58
 1. Private Consumer Expenditure58
 2. Private Investment63
     a. Buildings65
     b. Infrastructure66
     c. Machinery and Transport Equipment66
 3. Public Consumption and Investment67
 4. Changes in Inventories and Work in Progress69
 5. Depreciation70
 
Chapter 7BALANCE OF PAYMENTS71
 1. Imports and Exports of Merchandise71
 2. Imports and Exports of Services72
     a. Merchant Shipping73
     b. International River Shipping74
     c. Port Activities75
     d. Banking and Insurance76
 3. Net Primary Income from Abroad77
     a. Public Incomes78
     b. Private Incomes82
 4. The Aggregate Balance of Payments87
 
Chapter 8INDIRECT TAXES AND SUBSIDIES89
 
Chapter 9DEFLATION92
 
Chapter 10RELIABILITY OF THE ESTIMATES97
 
APPENDICES
 
Appendix APOPULATION109
Appendix BEMPLOYMENT112
Appendix CLABOUR INPUT115
Appendix DOUTPUT121
Appendix EEXPENDITURE160
Appendix FINCOME172
Appendix GINDIRECT TAXES AND SUBSIDIES175
Appendix HBALANCE OF PAYMENTS180
Appendix ISUMMARY216
Appendix JRELIABILITY OF THE ESTIMATES237
 
REFERENCES239
 
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