Wallis, Patrick 
ORCID: 0000-0003-1434-515X, Colson, Justin and Chilosi, David ORCID: 0000-0002-2251-0381
(2018)
Structural change and economic growth in the British economy before the Industrial Revolution, 1500-1800.
Journal of Economic History, 78 (3).
862 - 903.
ISSN 0022-0507
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Abstract
Structural transformation is a key indicator of economic development. We present the first time series of male labour sectoral shares for England and Wales before 1800, using a large sample of probate and apprenticeship data to produce national and county-level estimates. England experienced a rapid decline in the share of workers in agriculture between the early seventeenth and the beginning of the eighteenth centuries, associated with rising agricultural and especially industrial productivity; Wales saw few changes. Our results show that England experienced unusually early structural change and highlight the mid-seventeenth century as a turning point.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Official URL: | https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/journal-of... |
| Additional Information: | © 2018 The Economic History Association |
| Divisions: | Economic History |
| Subjects: | H Social Sciences > HC Economic History and Conditions H Social Sciences > HG Finance |
| Date Deposited: | 09 Oct 2017 13:13 |
| Last Modified: | 21 Oct 2025 22:33 |
| Funders: | The Wellcome Trust |
| URI: | http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/84510 |
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