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Output, Productivity and Wages in the British Coal Industry before 1914: A Model with Evidence from the Durham Region

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  • Gemmell, Norman
  • Wardley, Peter

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This paper proposes a model of productivity and wages in the Durham coal industry during 1882-1914. The model predicts a negative relationship between wages and productivity which derives from the industry's production function and wage-setting arrangements and does not require or imply a "leisure preference" by miners. It is also suggested that predicted effects of some variables on productivity are different from those proposed by previous investigators. Using modern time-series methods on data for output per worker and per shift, it is shown that the two measures essentially reflect predicted effects on output and productivity respectively. Copyright 1996 by Blackwell Publishing Ltd and the Board of Trustees of the Bulletin of Economic Research

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  • Gemmell, Norman & Wardley, Peter, 1996. "Output, Productivity and Wages in the British Coal Industry before 1914: A Model with Evidence from the Durham Region," Bulletin of Economic Research, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 48(3), pages 209-240, July.
    • Handle: RePEc:bla:buecrs:v:48:y:1996:i:3:p:209-40
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    2. Maria Fröling, 2011. "Energy use, population and growth, 1800–1970," Journal of Population Economics, Springer;European Society for Population Economics, vol. 24(3), pages 1133-1163, July.

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