Howlett, Peter

Dr Peter Howlett  

Department

Position held

Associate Professor in Economic History

 

Experience keywords:

Britain; economic history; former USSR; human capital development; long term economic growth performance; modern economic history; second world war

Research summary > [Click to expand]

British economy in First and Second World Wars; Effect of Second World War on Trade; Internal labour markets in railway industry, 1870-1914; Economic growth and convergence; Distribution dynamics.

Media experience:

Radio; TV

Contact Points

LSE phone number:

+44 (0)20 7955 7075

Publications

2011

Howlett, Peter and Velkar, Aashish (2011) Technology transfer and travelling facts: a perspective from Indian agriculture In: Howlett, Peter and Morgan, Mary S., (eds.) How Well Do Facts Travel? the Dissemination of Reliable Knowledge . Cambridge University Press , Cambridge, UK , 273-300. ISBN 9780521196543

Howlett, Peter and Morgan, Mary S., eds (2011) How well do facts travel?: the dissemination of reliable knowledge Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, UK. ISBN 9780521159586

2009

Leonelli , Sabina and Howlett, Peter (2009) How well do 'facts travel': editorial Graduate Journal of Social Science, 6 (2). 1-2. ISSN 1572-3763

Howlett, Peter and Morgan, Mary S. (2009) Introduction: how well do 'facts travel' Graduate Journal of Social Science, 6 (2). 3-6. ISSN 1572-3763

2008

Howlett, Peter and Velkar, Aashish (2008) Agri-technologies and travelling facts: case study of extension education in Tamil Nadu, India Working papers on the nature of evidence: how well do 'facts' travel?, 35/08. Department of Economic History, London School of Economics and Political Science, London, UK.

Howlett, Peter (2008) Travelling in the social science community: assessing the impact of the Indian Green Revolution across disciplines Working papers on the nature of evidence: how well do 'facts' travel?, 24/08. Department of Economic History, London School of Economics and Political Science, London, UK.

2007

Howlett, Peter and Velkar, Aashish (2007) Agri-technologies and travelling facts: case study of extension education in India. In: Enquiry, Evidence, and Facts, 13-14 December 2007, London, UK

Howlett, Peter and Schulze, Max-Stephan and Epstein, Philip (2007) Trade, convergence and globalisation: the dynamics of change in the international income distribution, 1950-1998 Explorations in Economic History, 44 (1). 100-113. ISSN 0014-4983

2005

Howlett, William P. and Broadberry, Stephen (2005) The united kingdom during World War I: business as usual? In: Broadberry, Stephen and Harrison, Mark, (eds.) The Economics of World War I. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, UK, 206-234. ISBN 0521852129

Howlett, William P. (2005) Blood, sweat, and tears: British mobilization for world war In: Chickering, Roger and Förster, Stig and Greiner, Bernd, (eds.) A World at Total War: Global Conflict and the Politics of Destruction, 1937-1947. Publications of the German Historical Institute. Cambridge University Press, Washington, USA, 157-176. ISBN 0521834325

Howlett, Peter and Broadberry, Stephen (2005) Blood, sweat, and tears : British mobilization for World War II In: Chickering, Roger and Förster, Stig and Greiner, Bernd, (eds.) A World at Total War: Global Conflict and the Politics of Destruction, 1937-1945. Publications of the German Historical Institute. Cambridge University Press, 157-176. ISBN 9780521834322

2004

Howlett, William P. (2004) The wartime economy, 1939 - 1945. In: Floud, Roderick and Johnson, Paul, (eds.) The Cambridge Economic History of Modern Britain: Structural Change and Growth, 1939-2000. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 1-26. ISBN 9780521527385

Howlett, Peter (2004) The internal labour dynamics of the Great Eastern Railway Company, 1870–1913 Economic History Review, 57 (2). 396-422. ISSN 1468-0289

Epstein, Philip and Howlett, Peter and Schulze, Max-Stephan (2004) Trade, convergence and globalisation: the dynamics of change in the international income distribution, 1950-1998 Economic History Working Papers, 83/04. Department of Economic History, London School of Economics and Political Science, London, UK.

Howlett, Peter (2004) The internal labour dynamics of the Great Eastern Railway Company, 1870-1913 Economic History Review, 57 (2). 396-422. ISSN 1468-0289

2003

Epstein, Philip and Howlett, Peter and Schulze, Max-Stephan (2003) Distribution dynamics: stratification, polarization and convergence among OECD economies, 1870-1992 Explorations in Economic History, 40 (1). 78-97. ISSN 0014-4983

2001

Howlett, Peter (2001) Careers for the unskilled in the Great Eastern Railway Company, 1870-1913 Economic History Working Papers, 63/01. Department of Economic History, London School of Economics and Political Science, London, UK.

2000

Howlett, William P. (2000) Evidence of the existence of an internal labour market in the Great Eastern Railway Company, 1875-1905 Business History, 42 (1). 21-40. ISSN 1743-7938

Epstein, Philip and Howlett, Peter and Schulze, Max-Stephan (2000) Distribution dynamics: stratification, polarisation and convergence among OECD economies, 1870-1992 Economic History Working Papers, 58/00. Department of Economic History, London School of Economics and Political Science, London, UK.

1999

Epstein, Philip and Howlett, Peter and Schulze, Max-Stephan (1999) Income distribution and convergence: the European experience, 1870-1992 Economic History Working Papers, 52/99. Department of Economic History, London School of Economics and Political Science, London, UK.

1998

Howlett, Peter (1998) Empirical models and policy making: special issue of economic modelling Economic Modelling, 15 (3). 307-308. ISSN 0264-9993

Howlett, William P. (1998) The legacy of the Second World War In: Schulze, Max-Stephan, (ed.) Western Europe: Economic and Social Change Since 1945. Addison Wesley Longman, London, UK, 5-22. ISBN 0582291992

Howlett, William P. and Broadberry, Stephen (1998) The United Kingdom: 'victory at all costs' In: Harrison, Mark, (ed.) The Economics of World War Ii: Six Great Powers in International Comparison. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, UK, 43-80. ISBN 0521620465

1995

Howlett, William P. (1995) 'The thin edge of the wedge?': nationalisation and industrial structure during the Second World War In: Millward, Robert and Singleton, John, (eds.) The Political Economy of Nationalisation in Britain 1920-1950. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, UK, 237-256. ISBN 0521450969

Howlett, Peter (1995) Fighting with figures: statistical digest of the Second World War Central Statistical Office, UK. ISBN 0116207191

1994

Howlett, Peter (1994) Resource allocation in wartime Britain: the case of steel, 1939-45 Journal of Contemporary History, 29 (3). 523-44. ISSN 0022-0094

Howlett, William P. (1994) The war economy In: Johnson, Paul, (ed.) Twentieth-Century Britain : Economic, Social, and Cultural Change. 20th century Britain. Longman, London, 283-299. ISBN 0582228174

Howlett, William P. (1994) The golden age, 1955-1973 In: Johnson, Paul, (ed.) Twentieth-Century Britain: Economic, Social, and Cultural Change. 20th century Britain. Longman, London, UK, 320-339. ISBN 0582228174

Howlett, William P. (1994) British business and the State during the Second World War In: Sakudo, Jun and Shiba, Takao, (eds.) World War Ii and the Transformation of Business Systems: Proceedings of the Fuji Conference. University of Tokyo Press, Tokyo, Japan, 133-153. ISBN 4130470604

1993

Howlett, Peter (1993) New light through old windows: a new perspective on the British economy in the Second World War Journal of Contemporary History, 28 (2). 361-378. ISSN 0022-0094

1992

Howlett, Peter (1992) New light through old windows: a new perspective on the British economy in the Second World War Economic History working papers, 2/92. Department of Economic History, London School of Economics and Political Science, London, UK.

Baines, Dudley and Howlett, Peter and Johnson, Paul (1992) Human capital and payment systems in Britain, 1833-1914 Economic History working papers, 9/92. Department of Economic History, London School of Economics and Political Science, London, UK.

1991

Howlett, Peter and Dow, Alexander (1991) Decline without a fall: the British economy since 1945 Scottish Journal of Political Economy, 38 (4). 402-8. ISSN 0036-9292

1989

Howlett, Peter (1989) Towards a model of the central decision-making process in a war economy University of Stirling, Stirling, UK.

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