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Economic Growth in England, 1250-1850: Some New Estimates Using a Demand Side Approach

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  • Alessandro Nuvolari
  • Mattia Ricci

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Using the demand side approach we construct a new set of estimatesof per capita agricultural output and per capita GDP for England overthe period 1250-1850. Our estimates of per capita GDP suggest that thepattern of long run growth of the English economy can be interpretedwith a periodization in three historical stages. The first stage, coveringthe period 1250-1580, is a Malthusian phase with no positive growth. Thesecond stage, comprising the period 1580-1780, is an intermediate phasewhere the English economy is able to relax some of the Malthusian constraints,attaining a positive growth rate (although our estimate of thegrowth rate for this period is lower than that proposed by Maddison andmore recently by Broadberry, Campbell, Klein, Overton and van Leeuwen).The third stage covering the post 1780 period is represented by theindustrial revolution and by the definitive consolidation of a developmentpattern characterized by a steady positive growth rate.

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  • Alessandro Nuvolari & Mattia Ricci, 2013. "Economic Growth in England, 1250-1850: Some New Estimates Using a Demand Side Approach," Rivista di storia economica, Società editrice il Mulino, issue 1, pages 31-54.
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    1. Maddison, Angus, 2007. "Contours of the World Economy 1-2030 AD: Essays in Macro-Economic History," OUP Catalogue, Oxford University Press, number 9780199227204.
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    2. Jane Humphries & Jacob Weisdorf, 2019. "Unreal Wages? Real Income and Economic Growth in England, 1260–1850," The Economic Journal, Royal Economic Society, vol. 129(623), pages 2867-2887.
    3. Claude Diebolt & Faustine Perrin, 2014. "The Foundations of Female Empowerment Revisited," Revue d'économie politique, Dalloz, vol. 124(4), pages 587-597.
    4. Stephen Broadberry & Bruce M. S. Campbell & Alexander Klein & Mark Overton & Bas van Leeuwen, 2018. "Clark's Malthus delusion: response to ‘Farming in England 1200–1800’," Economic History Review, Economic History Society, vol. 71(2), pages 639-664, May.
    5. Paolo Malanima, 2018. "Italy in the Renaissance: a leading economy in the European context, 1350–1550," Economic History Review, Economic History Society, vol. 71(1), pages 3-30, February.
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    • N13 - Economic History - - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics; Industrial Structure; Growth; Fluctuations - - - Europe: Pre-1913
    • O47 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Growth and Aggregate Productivity - - - Empirical Studies of Economic Growth; Aggregate Productivity; Cross-Country Output Convergence

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