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NewsHeader[38] = "GGDC Research Memorandum Nr. 121";
NewsDate[38] = "November 2011";
NewsText[38] = "A new memorandum has been released on the 'Publications' section of the website. GGDC Research Memorandum Nr. 121 has the title 'Deconstructing the BRICs: Structural Transformation and Aggregate Productivity Growth' and was written by Gaaitzen J. de Vries, Abdul A. Erumban, Marcel P. Timmer, Ilya Voskoboynikov, Harry X. Wu."
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NewsHeader[37] = "Public lecture of Prof. Robert C Allen from Oxford";
NewsDate[37] = "November 2011";
NewsText[37] = "Under the aegis of GGDC a new lecture series will be launched, the Maddison Master Class in Economic History and Development. The first event kicks off with a public lecture of Prof. Robert C Allen from Oxford, who has been a leading expert on the history of economic growth. The event takes place between 15:30 and 18:30 on Monday 21 November in the Senaatskamer, Academy building. The topic should be very interesting for everyone in GGDC and it would be nice if we could show a strong turnout."
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NewsHeader[36] = "Conference on the Quantitative Economic History of Eastern Europe in the Twentieth Century, November 17-18, 2011";
NewsDate[36] = "November 2011";
NewsText[36] = "The conference opens a forum for quantitative research into the economic performance of Eastern Europe during the late 19th and the 20th century and is designed to foster international collaboration."
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NewsHeader[35] = "GGDC Research Memorandum Nr. 120";
NewsDate[35] = "May 2011";
NewsText[35] = "A new memorandum has been released on the 'Publications' section of the website. GGDC Research Memorandum Nr. 120 has the title 'Does Access to Finance Lower Firms' Cost of Capital? Empirical Evidence from International Manufacturing Data' and was written by Addisu A. Lashitew."
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NewsHeader[34] = "Workshop on 'International Comparisons of Prices, Income and Productivity'";
NewsDate[34] = "May 2011";
NewsText[34] = "On May 12 and 13, 2011 the Groningen Growth and Development Centre hosted the 7th workshop on 'International Comparisons of Prices, Income and Productivity'. During this workshop new theoretical and empirical developments in the field were discussed, including new plans for the Penn World Tables. The program of the workshop and papers presented can be found under the link below."
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NewsHeader[33] = "Workshop on 'Current issues in International Trade'";
NewsDate[33] = "May 2011";
NewsText[33] = "On May 14, 2011 the RUG SOM research School and the Groningen Growth and Development Centre hosted a workshop on 'Current issues in International Trade'. The program of the workshop and papers presented can be found under the link below."
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NewsHeader[32] = "GGDC Research Memorandum Nr. 119";
NewsDate[32] = "January 2011";
NewsText[32] = "A new memorandum has been released on the 'Publications' section of the website. GGDC Research Memorandum Nr. 119 has the title 'Real Output of Bank Services: What Counts Is What Banks Do, Not What They Own' and was written by Robert Inklaar and J. Christina Wang";
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NewsHeader[31] = "The latest update of the Total Economy Database";
NewsDate[31] = "January 2011";
NewsText[31] = "The Conference Board Total Economy Database is published every year in January, providing preliminary estimates for the previous year and projections for the current year. The main results are published in The 2011 Productivity Brief. The database is updated in the fall together with a more detailed discussion and analysis in the annual Performance Report (Members only).";
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NewsHeader[30] = "GGDC Research Memorandum Nr. 118";
NewsDate[30] = "June 2010";
NewsText[30] = "A new memorandum has been released on the 'Publications' section of the website. GGDC Research Memorandum Nr. 118 has the title 'Sectoral Productivity Trends: Convergence Islands in Oceans of Divergence' and was written by  Fulvio Castellacci, Bart Los and Gaaitzen J. de Vries";
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NewsHeader[29] = "Historical National Accounts database";
NewsDate[29] = "July 2010";
NewsText[29] = "A new addition has been made to the Historical National Accounts database. A dataset on Latin American GDP for the period 1900-1976 has been published on the GGDC website. This set consists of nine countries and presents GDP data at an industry level.";
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NewsHeader[28] = "Historical National Accounts database";
NewsDate[28] = "April 2010";
NewsText[28] = "A new addition has been made to the Historical National Accounts database. A world agricultural dataset detailing the growth of world agricultural production for the period 1800-1938 has been published on the GGDC website.";
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NewsHeader[27] = "Update Maddison Historical statistics";
NewsDate[27] = "March 2010";
NewsText[27] = "Angus Maddison has updated the Historical Statistics database. Population data for all countries in the world, including aggregates now includes data for 2009. GDP and GDP per capita series are now available up to 2008.";
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NewsHeader[26] = "GGDC Research Memorandum Nr. 117";
NewsDate[26] = "March 2010";
NewsText[26] = "A new memorandum has been released on the 'Publications' section of the website. GGDC Research Memorandum Nr. 117 has the title 'Banking sector output measurement in the euro area - a modified approach' and was written by Antonio Colangelo and Robert Inklaar.";
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NewsHeader[25] = "GGDC Research Memorandum Nr. 116";
NewsDate[25] = "February 2010";
NewsText[25] = "A new memorandum has been released on the 'Publications' section of the website. GGDC Research Memorandum Nr. 116 has the title 'Joint Estimation of Supply and Use Tables' and was written by Umed Temurshoev and Marcel P. Timmer.";
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NewsHeader[24] = "The latest update of the Total Economy Database";
NewsDate[24] = "January 2010";
NewsText[24] = "On 20 January 2010 The Conference Board released the latest update of the Total Economy Database. The database includes measures up to 2008, estimates for 2009 and projections for 2010. A new feature in the latest release is the introduction of measures of total factor productivity and other sources of output, such as capital and labor quality.";
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NewsHeader[23] = "GGDC Research Memorandum Nr. 115";
NewsDate[23] = "January 2010";
NewsText[23] = "A new memorandum has been released on the 'Publications' section of the website. GGDC Research Memorandum Nr. 115 has the title 'Structural Change in Advanced Nations: A New Set of Stylised Facts' and was written by Dale W. Jorgenson and Marcel P. Timmer.";
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NewsHeader[22] = "EU KLEMS release Nov. 2009";
NewsDate[22] = "January 2010";
NewsText[22] = "The November 2009 release is an update of the March 2008 release and provides data up to 2007. The sources used for the update are from the National Accounts and obtained from National Statistical Institutes, Eurostat and EU KLEMS consortium partners. Data is provided in the standard industry classifications (so-called basic files), but also for special industry aggregations such as market versus non-market, goods versus services and ICT production (additional industry aggregations files). Also, detailed capital input files are downloadable. The next update is scheduled for November 2010.";
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NewsHeader[21] = "GGDC Research Memorandum Nr. 114";
NewsDate[21] = "January 2010";
NewsText[21] = "A new memorandum has been released on the 'Publications' section of the website. GGDC Research Memorandum Nr. 114 has the title 'Education and household inequality change: a decomposition analysis for India' and was written by Janneke Pieters.";
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NewsHeader[20] = "GGDC Research Memorandum Nr. 113";
NewsDate[20] = "January 2010";
NewsText[20] = "A new memorandum has been released on the 'Publications' section of the website. GGDC Research Memorandum Nr. 113 has the title 'Comparing Productivity in the Netherlands, France, UK and US, ca. 1910: A new PPP benchmark and its implications for changing economic leadership' and was written by Ewout Frankema, Jan-Pieters Smits and Pieter Woltjer.";
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NewsHeader[19] = "GGDC Research Memorandum Nr. 112";
NewsDate[19] = "April 2009";
NewsText[19] = "A new memorandum has been released on the 'Publications' section of the website. GGDC Research Memorandum Nr. 112 has the title 'Productivity in a Distorted Market: The case of Brazil's Retail Sector' and was written by Gaaitzen de Vries.";
NewsLinkURL[19] = "/publications/memoabstract.htm?id=112";
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NewsHeader[18] = "GGDC Research Memorandum Nr. 111";
NewsDate[18] = "March 2009";
NewsText[18] = "A new memorandum has been released on the 'Publications' section of the website. GGDC Research Memorandum Nr. 111 has the title 'Measurement error in cross-country productivity comparisons: Is more detailed data better?' and was written by Robert Inklaar and Marcel Timmer.";
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NewsHeader[17] = "GGDC Research Memorandum Nr. 109";
NewsDate[17] = "March 2009";
NewsText[17] = "A new memorandum has been released on the 'Publications' section of the website. GGDC Research Memorandum Nr. 109 has the title 'Productivity Convergence Across Industries and Countries: The Importance of Theory-based Measurement' and was written by Robert Inklaar and Marcel Timmer.";
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NewsHeader[16] = "GGDC Research Memorandum Nr. 108";
NewsDate[16] = "March 2009";
NewsText[16] = "A new memorandum has been released on the 'Publications' section of the website. GGDC Research Memorandum Nr. 108 has the title 'A Comparison of Real Output and Productivity for British and American Manufacturing in 1935' and was written by Herman de Jong and Pieter Woltjer.";
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NewsHeader[15] = "Historical National Accounts Database Released";
NewsDate[15] = "March 2009";
NewsText[15] = "The Historical National Accounts datahub is now publicly available on the 'Databases' section of the website. this datahub provides information on Gross Domestic Product at current and constant prices, including an industry breakdown for 10 major sectors, for the 19th and 20th centuries. Currently it covers 21 countries in Asia, Europe and North America.";
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NewsHeader[14] = "GGDC Research Memorandum Nr. 107";
NewsDate[14] = "March 2009";
NewsText[14] = "A new memorandum has been released on the 'Publications' section of the website. GGDC Research Memorandum Nr. 107 has the title 'A Dataset on Comparative Historical National Accounts, ca. 1870-1950: A Time-Series Perspective' and was written by Jan-Pieter Smits, Pieter Woltjer and Debin Ma.";
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NewsHeader[13] = "Update Total Economy Database";
NewsDate[13] = "February 2009";
NewsText[13] = "The Total Economy Database has been updated to include the data for 2008. The Total Economy database is renewed every year in January and main results are published in the Productivity Brief and (with a more detailed discussion) in the annual Performance reports in March.";
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NewsHeader[12] = "GGDC Website Renewed";
NewsDate[12] = "February 2009";
NewsText[12] = "The Groningen Growth and Development Centre has been given an entirely new appearance as well as some new content and functionality. Please note however that the location of certain pages has been altered, which may have caused some of your bookmarks to stop functioning. If you have any comments or suggestion regarding the new GGDC website please feel free to contact us.";
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NewsHeader[11] = "GGDC Research Memorandum Nr. 106";
NewsDate[11] = "January 2009";
NewsText[11] = "A new memorandum has been released on the 'Publications' section of the website. GGDC Research Memorandum Nr. 106 has the title 'An Input-Output Table for Germany and a New Benchmark for German Gross National Product in 1936' and was written by Rainer Fremdling and Reiner Staglin.";
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NewsHeader[10] = "10-Sector Database Updated";
NewsDate[10] = "December 2008";
NewsText[10] = "The 10-Sector database has been updated for 10 OECD countries to include data up to and including 2006. This version of the 10-sector database was derived from the EU KLEMS March 2008 release for the period 1970-2006. Data before 1970 was based on van Ark (1996) through splicing.";
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NewsHeader[9] = "GGDC Research Memorandum Nr. 105";
NewsDate[9] = "October 2008";
NewsText[9] = "A new memorandum has been released on the 'Publications' section of the website. GGDC Research Memorandum Nr. 105 is entitled 'Did Liberalization Start A Retail Revolution In Brazil?' and was written by Gaaitzen J De Vries.";
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NewsHeader[8] = "GGDC Productivity Level Database Released";
NewsDate[8] = "September 2008";
NewsText[8] = "A new dataset, the GGDC Productivity Level database, is now accessible on the 'Databases' section of the website. This database provides comparisons of output, inputs and productivity at a detailed industry level for a set of thirty OECD countries.";
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NewsHeader[7] = "EU KLEMS Conference";
NewsDate[7] = "June 2008";
NewsText[7] = "The final EU KLEMS conference will be held on 19 and 20 June 2008 in Groningen. This extremely interesting event is open for everyone, but space is limited so please make your reservation in advance through the EU KLEMS website.";
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NewsHeader[6] = "GGDC Research Memorandum Nr. 103";
NewsDate[6] = "May 2008";
NewsText[6] = "A new memorandum has been released on the 'Publications' section of the website. GGDC Research Memorandum Nr. 103 has the title 'The Sensitivity of Capital Services Measurement: Measure all assets and the cost of capital' and was written by Robert Inklaar.";
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NewsHeader[5] = "GGDC Research Memorandum Nr. 102";
NewsDate[5] = "May 2008";
NewsText[5] = "A new memorandum has been released on the 'Publications' section of the website. GGDC Research Memorandum Nr. 102 is entitled 'The Value of Risk: Measuring the Service Output of U.S. Commercial Bank' and was written by Susanto Basu , Robert Inklaar and J. Christina Wang.";
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NewsHeader[4] = "GGDC Research Memorandum Nr. 101";
NewsDate[4] = "April 2008";
NewsText[4] = "A new memorandum has been released on the 'Publications' section of the website. GGDC Research Memorandum Nr. 101 has the title 'European Industry, 1700 - 1870' and was written by Stephen Broadberry, Rainer Fremdling and Peter M. Solar.";
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NewsHeader[3] = "GGDC Research Memorandum Nr. 99";
NewsDate[3] = "April 2008";
NewsText[3] = "A new memorandum has been released on the 'Publications' section of the website. GGDC Research Memorandum Nr. 99 is entitled 'Regional Capital Inputs in Chinese Industry and Manufacturing, 1978-2003' and was written by Lili Wang and Adam Szirmai.";
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NewsHeader[2] = "EU KLEMS Database Updated";
NewsDate[2] = "March 2008";
NewsText[2] = "The EU KLEMS database has been updated for all countries to include data up to and including 2005. In addition to the 'standard' and 'alternative' aggregation files, detailed labour and capital input files have also become available for several countries.";
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NewsHeader[1] = "GGDC Research Memorandum Nr. 100";
NewsDate[1] = "January 2008";
NewsText[1] = "A new GGDC Working Paper has been released on the 'Publications' section of the website. GGDC Research Memorandum Nr. 100 has the title 'Financial Dependence and Industry Growth in Europe: Better Banks and Higher Productivity' and was written by Robert Inklaar and Michael Koetter.";
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NewsHeader[0] = "GGDC Research Memorandum Nr. 98";
NewsDate[0] = "August 2007";
NewsText[0] = "A new memorandum has been released on the 'Publications' section of the website. GGDC Research Memorandum Nr. 98 has the title 'A Cross-country Database For Sectoral Employment And Productivity in Asia and Latin America, 1950-2005' and was written by Marcel P. Timmer and Gaaitzen J. de Vries.";
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