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Samuel H. Williamson

Professor Emeritus

Economics


Samuel H. Williamson

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Academic Background

  • Purdue, 1/64 - 9/67, Economics, Ph.D., 1/68
  • Purdue, 9/62 - 1/64, Economics, M.S., 1/64
  • Purdue, 9/58 - 6/62, Economics, B.S., 6/62

Academic Positions

  • Assistant Professor, The University of Iowa, 9/67 - 7/72
  • Associate Professor, The University of Iowa, 7/72 - 7/83
  • Professor, Department of Economics, Miami University, 7/83 - 2003
  • Visiting professor or scholar at the following: University of British Columbia, London School of Economics, University of California at Berkeley, Hagley Museum and Library, University of Sydney, Harvard University, Northwestern University

Professional Service

  • Co-founder of The Cliometric Society (with D. McCloskey) in 1983
  • Executive Director of The Cliometric Society, 1983 -1999.
  • Creator and Executive Director of EH.Net, 1996 -2003.
  • Co-creator and President of MeasuringWorth  2006-present

Selected Publications

  • "Tests of Alternative Premises in a Macro-Model," Indian Economic Journal, 1970, Vol. 17, No. 6, pp. 725-3
  • "The Self-Sufficiency of the Antebellum South: Estimates of the Food Supply," (with W. Hutchinson) Journal of Economic History, September 1971, Vol. 31, No. 3, pp. 591-612
  • "The Coastal Trade of the British North American Colonies, 1768-1772," (With J. Shepherd), Journal of Economic History, December 1972, Vol. 32, No. 4, pp. 783-810
  • "Estimates of National Product and Income for the United States Economy, 1919-41 with J. Swanson,"  Explorations in Economic History, Fall 1972, Vol. 10, No. 1, pp. 53-73
  • "The Growth of the Great Lakes as a Major Transportation Resource, 1870-1911," Research in Economic History, Vol. 2, 1977, JAI Press, pp. 173-248.
  • "Tax Credits for Employment Rather Than Investment," (with J. Kesselman and E. Berndt), American Economic Review, June, 1977, pp. 339-349.
  • An Investigation of the Conceptual and Qualitative Impact of Employment Tax Credits, Upjohn Institute for Employment Research, Kalamazoo, MI, 1978, pp. 1-114. (with G. Fethke and A. Policano)
  • "Macro Economic Implications of Employment Tax Credit Policy," (with G. Fethke and A. Policano), Southern Economic Journal, October, 1979, pp. 513-527.
  • "Computing the Impact of Social Security Using the Life Cycle Consumption Function," (with Warren L. Jones), American Economic Review,  December, 1983, pp. 1036-1052.
  • "The History of Cliometrics" in The Vital One: Essays in Honor of Jonathan R. T. Hughes. edited by Joel Mokyr, JAI Press, Greenwich, CN, 1991
  • "Retirement: Past and Present," in Retirement and Public Policy: The proceedings of the Second Conference of the National Academy of Social Insurance.  edited by Alicia Munnell,  Kendall/Hunt, Dubuque, IA, 1991.  (with Roger Ransom and Richard Sutch)
  • "Pensions in the United States and Canada before 1930: A Historical Perspective,"  Trends in Pensions 1992 edited by John A. Turner and Daniel J. Beller, U.S. Department of Labor, Washington, D.C., 1992
  • "Inventing Pensions, The Origins of the Company -Provided Pension in the United States, 1900-1940," published in Societal Impact on Aging: Historical Perspectives, K. Warner Schaie and W. Andrew Achenbaum, editors,  Springer Publishing Company, New York, 1993(with Roger Ransom and Richard Sutch)
  • "The Development of Industrial Pensions in the United States During the 20th Century." in Reforming Finance: Some Lessons from History.  Gerard Caprio editor,Cambridge Press, 1997
  • “Better Measurements of Worth,” Challenge: The Magazine of Economic Affairs, Vol. 49, No. 4 (July/August 2006), pp. 86-110. (with Lawrence H. Officer)
  • Reflections on the Cliometrics Revolution, Routledge, London and New York, 2008, (edited with John S. Lyons and Louis P. Cain)

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