This article shows that three elements conflated in England from 1650 to 1750: a significant growth of real wages, an increased productivity in agriculture and a check of population increase. No other country before had managed to combine these three elements which played a key role in the take off of English economy before 1750-1800 and the Industrial Revolution. The demographic evolution resulted from marriages at an older age and moreover from a higher celibacy rate than in other countries. These two factors were related with the progress of literacy, including among female population. Also, an increased supply of female labour in cities met an increased demand for such labour. These interactions between education and demography on the o...
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Industrial growth in the 18th century can be measured more precisely for France than for England. Th...
This article shows that three elements conflated in England from 1650 to 1750: a significant growth ...
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We propose a model with some of the main demographic, economic and insti-tutional factors usually co...
Abstract : Production and Productivity in English Agriculture, 1086-1871. This paper considers alter...
Industrial growth in the 18th century can be measured more precisely for France than for England. Th...
This article shows that three elements conflated in England from 1650 to 1750: a significant growth ...
This article treats the comparative development of French and British economies during the nineteent...
The paper proposes a theory of demography that helps chart the evolution of skill premia in England ...
The original article can be found at: http://www3.interscience.wiley.com Copyright Economic History ...
The article analyses systematically the very detailed information from a large collection of about f...
In this article, we reconstruct the demography of an area on the Mediterranean coast of Catalonia (S...
P. 66-78This article is the result of research into the genesis and evolution of the modern state in...
Abstract. French Revolution and Rural Economy. This article attempts to estimate the impact of the w...
This article tests whether smaller domestic markets can explain why France industrialized more slowl...
This article examines the relationship between nuptiality and industrial development in five parishe...
International audienceThis article explores the comparative history of state-driven drainage project...
In this article, consumption in early modern Europe is analysed in terms of prices, incomes and per ...
We propose a model with some of the main demographic, economic and insti-tutional factors usually co...
Abstract : Production and Productivity in English Agriculture, 1086-1871. This paper considers alter...
Industrial growth in the 18th century can be measured more precisely for France than for England. Th...