British Industrialization Before 1841: Evidence of Slower Growth During the Industrial Revolution

B-Tier
Journal: Journal of Economic History
Year: 1982
Volume: 42
Issue: 2
Pages: 267-289

Score contribution per author:

2.018 = (α=2.02 / 1 authors) × 1.0x B-tier

α: calibrated so average coauthorship-adjusted count equals average raw count

Abstract

New indices of industrial production show that Britain's industrial growth in the last decades of the eighteenth century and the first decades of the nineteenth century was about a third slower than currently available estimates indicate. Therefore, mid-eighteenth-century industrial output was nearly twice as high as previously assumed.

Technical Details

RePEc Handle
repec:cup:jechis:v:42:y:1982:i:02:p:267-289_02
Journal Field
Economic History
Author Count
1
Added to Database
2026-01-25