prof. dr. J. (Jutta) Bolt

Professor of Global Economic History

Faculty of Economics and Business

Telephone:

+31 50 36 37018 (Secretary)

+31 50 36 37337 (fax)

E-mail:

j.bolt rug.nl

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Publications

Maddison-style estimates of the evolution of the world economy: A new 2023 update

Bolt, J. & van Zanden, J. L., Apr-2025, In: Journal of Economic Surveys. 39, 2, p. 631-671 41 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Academic › peer-review

The expansion of colonial state healthcare in twentieth-century British Africa

Bolt, J. & Cilliers, J., Jan-2025, In: Medical History. 69, 1, p. 119-165 47 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Academic › peer-review

Income inequality and export-oriented commercialization in colonial Africa: Evidence from six countries

Hillbom, E., Bolt, J., de Haas, M. & Tadei, F., Aug-2024, In: Economic History Review. 77, 3, p. 975-1004 30 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Academic › peer-review

Nobelprijs voor het verband tussen goede instituties en economische groei

Bolt, J. & Inklaar, R., 15-Nov-2024, In: Economisch Statistische Berichten. 109, 4839, p. 524-525 2 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Academic

The Origins of Formal Educational and Gender Inequality in Zambia, 1924-1990

Chiseni, M. & Bolt, J., 14-Nov-2024, In: Revista de Historia Industrial — Industrial History Review. 33, 92, p. 49-92 44 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Academic › peer-review

Living Standards and Wellbeing in Africa, an Economic History Perspective

Bolt, J., 2022, University of Groningen Press. 37 p. (Inaugural Lectures)

Research output: Book/Report › Inaugural speech

Long-term trends in income inequality: Winners and losers of economic change in Ghana, 1891-1960

Aboagye, P. Y. & Bolt, J., Oct-2021, In: Explorations in Economic History. 82, 28 p., 101405.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Academic › peer-review

Two concerns about the interpretation of the estimates of historical national accounts before 1850

van Zanden, J. L. & Bolt, J., Jul-2021, In: Journal of Global History. 16, 2, p. 294-300 7 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Academic › peer-review

How Africans Shaped British Colonial Institutions: Evidence from Local Taxation

Bolt, J. & Gardner, L., Dec-2020, In: Journal of Economic History. 80, 4, p. 1189-1223 35 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Academic › peer-review

Botswana - A modern economic history: An African diamond in the rough

Hillbom, E. & Bolt, J., 2018, Cham: Springer. (Palgrave Studies in Economic History)

Research output: Book/Report › Book › Academic › peer-review

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Press/media

De mogelijkheden voor economische groei zijn eindeloos, volgens Nobelprijswinnaar Joel Mokyr

Bolt, J.

14/10/2025

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Volgens Nobelprijswinnaar Joel Mokyr zijn de mogelijkheden voor economische groei grenzeloos

Bolt, J.

13/10/2025

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Misvisende tall for Norge kan ha villedet Holte

Bolt, J.

11/02/2025

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Met de 26 armste landen van de wereld gaat het steeds slechter

Bolt, J.

20/10/2024

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Column: Rebasing 'Maddison': The shape of long-run economic development

Bolt, J., Inklaar, R., de Jong, H. & van Zanden, J. L.

25/01/2018

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