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Welcome to the Groningen Growth and Development Centre (GGDC). The GGDC is a platform for research on economic growth and development. This research is largely based on a range of comprehensive databases on indicators of growth and development that the Centre compiles and maintains on a regular basis. Furthermore the GGDC organises seminars and conferences.

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This website is divided into four main research areas: Productivity, Value Chains, Historical Development and Structural Change. Each area includes several databases, along with documentation, references to related research papers, as well as relevant news items and events.

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Abe de Jong receives NWO grant for project on the effects of slavery in the Dutch Caribbean colonies

Date:

25 November 2024

Professor Abe de Jong has received a grant of €838.000 from the Dutch Research Council (NWO) for a project titled “Collateral damage: The financial economics of slavery”.

Alan Heston (1934-2024)

Date:

26 October 2024

It is with deep sadness that we announce the passing of Alan Heston, Professor Emeritus of Economics at the University of Pennsylvania and one of the original architects of the Penn World Table (PWT). His pioneering work in international price comparisons and economic measurement has profoundly shaped our understanding of global economic development and living standards.

Veni grant for Amaury de Vicq de Cumptich

Date:

17 October 2024

Amaury de Vicq de Cumptich has received a Veni grant of 320,000 euros from the Dutch Research Council (NWO). The newly appointed assistant professor at the Faculty of Economics and Business’ Department of Economics, Econometrics and Finance was awarded the grant for his research on the distribution of colonial profits in the Netherlands.

Nobel Prize 2024 Awarded for Groundbreaking Work on Institutions and Prosperity

Date:

14 October 2024

The 2024 Nobel Prize in Economics has been awarded to Daron Acemoglu, Simon Johnson, and James Robinson for their pioneering studies on how institutions are formed and how they affect prosperity. Important in motivating their research and quantifying income differences and growth over the (very) long run is the work by Angus Maddison. His work lives on at the GGDC as part of the Maddison Project Database.

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