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| Author: | Voth, H-J. |
| Title: | Living Standards during the Industrial Revolution: An Economist's Guide |
| Journal: | American Economic Review
2003 : MAY, VOL. 93:2, p. 221-226 |
| Index terms: | ECONOMIC HISTORY STANDARD OF LIVING LITERATURE |
| Language: | eng |
| Abstract: | The Industrial Revolution is a topic of renewed interest for growth economists. Economic historians have re- evaluated changes in living standards during the British Industrial Revolution. The new picture that emerges has become increasingly consistent over the last decade, and it differs drastically from earlier descriptions. This paper summarizes the two literatures, contrasts the results obtained, and makes suggestions for a new set of "stylized facts" that could usefully guide future theoretical and empirical work on the Industrial Revolution. |
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