02852cam a22004457a 4500 13844076 20250606213920.1 cr ||||||||||| 050118s2004 mau sb 000 0 eng 13844076 7 cbc orignew 4 ncip 20 y-gencompf undetermined NBER se39 2005-01-18 webcat se39 2005-01-18 se39 2005-01-18 LCAP batch update 2025-06-01-04:00: LCAPM-989 2005615750 DLC DLC n-us--- e-uk--- HB1 Broadberry, S. N. Labor productivity in Britain and America during the nineteenth century [electronic resource] / Stephen N. Broadberry, Douglas A. Irwin. Cambridge, MA : National Bureau of Economic Research, c2004. text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia computer disc cd rdacarrier NBER working paper series ; working paper 10364 Title from PDF file as viewed on 1/18/2005. Includes bibliographical references. Unrestricted online access "A number of writers have recently questioned whether labor productivity or per capita incomes were ever higher in the United Kingdom than in the United States. We show that although the United States already had a substantial labor productivity lead in industry as early as 1840, especially in manufacturing, labor productivity was broadly equal in the two countries in agriculture, while the United Kingdom was ahead in services. Hence aggregate labor productivity was higher in the United Kingdom, particularly since the United States had a larger share of the labor force in low value-added agriculture. U.S. overtaking occurred decisively only during the 1890s, as labor productivity pulled ahead in services and the share of agricultural employment declined substantially. Labor force participation was lower in the United States, so that the United Kingdom's labor productivity advantage in the mid-nineteenth century translated into a larger per capita income lead"--National Bureau of Economic Research web site. Also available in print. Mode of access: World Wide Web. System requirements: Adobe Acrobat Reader. Labor productivity Great Britain History 19th century. Labor productivity United States History 19th century. Irwin, Douglas A., 1962- National Bureau of Economic Research. Working paper series (National Bureau of Economic Research : Online) ; working paper no. 10364. gdcebookspublic 2005615750 https://hdl.loc.gov/loc.gdc/gdcebookspublic.2005615750 http://papers.nber.org/papers/W10364 gdc/scd