Pieter Woltjer is a Postdoc Researcher at Wageningen University (department of Rural and Environmental History) where he is currently working on the study of long-term African welfare development. He has a MSc in Economics and a PhD in Economics, Econometrics and Finance from the University of Groningen. His main research interest are: economic development, inequality, technology and innovations and international trade history.
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Onwards and upwards: American productivity growth during the Great Depression
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- Economic history 
- Productivity and Innovation
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An economic rationale for the African scramble
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- Development 
- Economic history 
- International trade