The Condition of the Working Class in England, 1209–2004

By Greg Clark. Journal of Political Economy, 2005

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Was There an ‘Industrious Revolution’ Before the Industrial Revolution? An Empirical Exercise for England, c. 1300-1830 (2011, positive): “wages reported by Clark (2001, p. 485) for south eastern and south western England for 1670-1830. For urban builders, we use London day wages for the period 1457-1830. These come from Boulton (1996), Rappaport (1989) and Schwartz (1985).”
From Malthus to Solow: How did the Malthusian economy really evolve? (2009, methodology): “Estimates of real wages were made many years ago by Phelps-Brown and Hopkins (1956) and a much-improved series has recently been published by Clark (2005): these are graphed in Figure 4.”
The Three Horsemen of Riches: Plague, War, and Urbanization in Early Modern Europe (2013, positive): “During the “golden age of labour” (Postan, 1972) in England after 1350, wages approximately doubled (Clark, 2005; Phelps-Brown and Hopkins, 1981).”
The role of human capital and innovation in economic development: evidence from post-Malthusian Prussia (2017, neutral): “…First Industrial Revolution is generally considered as minor, especially in the case of the British industrial revolution (Mitch, 1993; Mitch, 1999; Clark, 2005) for which relative prices of production inputs (Allen 2003) or cultural factors (Clark, 2009; Mokyr 2009) have been regarded as the main…”
Institutions, Human Capital and Development: Online Appendix (2014, positive): “…came as indentured laborers, the average literacy rate was certainly less than that of the Spanish conquistadors, even if the remaining 20% had all been literate (something rather unlikely given that male literacy in England was around 60% in the late seventeenth century, according to Clark 2005).”
Human Capital and Industrialization: Evidence from the Age of Enlightenment (2015, neutral): “For England – the technological leader – the predominant view is that formal education did not contribute to economic growth (Mokyr, 1990; Mitch, 1993; Crafts, 1996; Clark, 2005).”
Das Human Kapital: A Theory of the Demise of the Class Structure (2004, methodology): “It should be noted that although the demand for skill labour increased in the process, the skill premium is rather stable over this period (Clark, 2005).”
Why England? Demographic factors, structural change and physical capital accumulation during the Industrial Revolution (2006, background): “Sources: Population: Wrigley and Schofield (1981) for 1541‐1871; (1971) for 1881‐1961. Real wages: Clark (2005)”