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Factor Prices and Productivity Growth during the British Industrial Revolution

Pol Antràs, Hans-Joachim Voth

Explorations in Economic History 40(1), pp. 52-77 (2003)

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Abstract

This paper presents new estimates of total factor productivity growth in Britain for the period 1770-1860. We use the dual technique and argue that the estimates we derive from factor prices are of similar quality to quantity-based calculations.

Keywords
productivity growth, total factor productivity, Industrial Revolution, Britain, dual technique
DOI
10.1016/S0014-4983(02)00024-4
Canonical
https://www.jvoth.com/papers/factor-prices-productivity-growth.html

Pol Antràs, Hans-Joachim Voth (2003). “Factor Prices and Productivity Growth during the British Industrial Revolution.” Explorations in Economic History.