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Working Papers

2021

1. Slavery in Arabia and East Africa, 1800-1913
   Working Papers, New York University Abu Dhabi, Department of Social Science
2. The Interplay among Wages, Technology, and Globalization: The Labour Market and Inequality, 1620-2020
   Working Papers, New York University Abu Dhabi, Department of Social Science View citations (1)

2018

3. Spinning their Wheels: A Reply to Jane Humphries and Benjamin Schneider
   Oxford Economic and Social History Working Papers, University of Oxford, Department of Economics View citations (5)
   See also Journal Article Spinning their wheels: a reply to Jane Humphries and Benjamin Schneider, Economic History Review, Economic History Society (2020) View citations (1) (2020)

2017

4. Absolute Poverty: When Necessity Displaces Desire
   LIS Working papers, LIS Cross-National Data Center in Luxembourg View citations (64)
   Also in Oxford Economic and Social History Working Papers, University of Oxford, Department of Economics (2016) View citations (1)
   See also Journal Article Absolute Poverty: When Necessity Displaces Desire, American Economic Review, American Economic Association (2017) View citations (63) (2017)
5. Absolute Poverty: When Necessity Displaces Desire REVISED
   Working Papers, New York University Abu Dhabi, Department of Social Science View citations (60)
6. Real Wages Once More: A Response to Judy Stephenson
   Working Papers, New York University Abu Dhabi, Department of Social Science
   See also Journal Article Real wages once more: a response to Judy Stephenson, Economic History Review, Economic History Society (2019) View citations (10) (2019)
7. Russian Real Wages Before and After 1917: in Global Perspective
   Oxford Economic and Social History Working Papers, University of Oxford, Department of Economics View citations (5)
   Also in Working Papers, New York University Abu Dhabi, Department of Social Science (2017) View citations (4)
8. The Hand-Loom Weaver and the Power Loom: A Schumpeterian Perspective REVISED
   Working Papers, New York University Abu Dhabi, Department of Social Science

2016

9. Revising England's Social Tables Once Again
   Oxford Economic and Social History Working Papers, University of Oxford, Department of Economics View citations (2)
10. The Hand-Loom Weaver and the Power Loom: A Schumpeterian Perspective
    Oxford Economic and Social History Working Papers, University of Oxford, Department of Economics

2013

11. American Exceptionalism as a Problem in Global History
    Economics Series Working Papers, University of Oxford, Department of Economics View citations (1)
    See also Journal Article American Exceptionalism as a Problem in Global History, The Journal of Economic History, Cambridge University Press (2014) View citations (12) (2014)
12. Poverty Lines in History, Theory, and Current International Practice
    Economics Series Working Papers, University of Oxford, Department of Economics View citations (25)
13. The High Wage Economy and the Industrial Revolution: A Restatement
    Published Papers, Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration View citations (4)
    Also in Published Papers, Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration (2013) View citations (4)
    Oxford Economic and Social History Working Papers, University of Oxford, Department of Economics (2013) View citations (3)
    See also Journal Article The high wage economy and the industrial revolution: a restatement, Economic History Review, Economic History Society (2015) View citations (51) (2015)

2011

14. Technology and the Great Divergence
    Working Papers, Economic History Society View citations (3)
    Also in Economics Series Working Papers, University of Oxford, Department of Economics (2011) View citations (4)
15. The Colonial Origins of Divergence in the Americas:Â A Labour Market Approach
    Economics Series Working Papers, University of Oxford, Department of Economics View citations (6)
    Also in Working Papers, IGIER (Innocenzo Gasparini Institute for Economic Research), Bocconi University (2011) View citations (7)
    Working Papers, Economic History Society (2011) View citations (1)
    See also Journal Article The Colonial Origins of the Divergence in the Americas: A Labor Market Approach, The Journal of Economic History, Cambridge University Press (2012) View citations (56) (2012)
16. Wages, prices, and living standards in China, 1738-1925: in comparison with Europe, Japan, and India
    LSE Research Online Documents on Economics, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library View citations (64)
    Also in Economic History Working Papers, London School of Economics and Political Science, Department of Economic History (2009) View citations (5)
    CEI Working Paper Series, Center for Economic Institutions, Institute of Economic Research, Hitotsubashi University (2009) View citations (41)
    Post-Print, HAL (2011) View citations (113)
    See also Journal Article Wages, prices, and living standards in China, 1738–1925: in comparison with Europe, Japan, and India, Economic History Review, Economic History Society (2011) View citations (89) (2011)

2010

17. Was there an ‘Industrious Revolution’ before the Industrial Revolution? An Empirical Exercise for England, c. 1300-1830
    Discussion Papers, University of Copenhagen. Department of Economics View citations (9)
    See also Journal Article Was there an ‘industrious revolution’ before the industrial revolution? An empirical exercise for England, c. 1300–1830, Economic History Review, Economic History Society (2011) View citations (37) (2011)

2007

18. Economics, science, and the British industrial revolution
    Working Papers, Economic History Society
19. Engel`s Pause: A Pessimist`s Guide to the British Industrial Revolution
    Economics Series Working Papers, University of Oxford, Department of Economics View citations (4)
20. How Prosperous were the Romans? Evidence from Diocletian`s Price Edict (301 AD)
    Economics Series Working Papers, University of Oxford, Department of Economics View citations (10)
21. Pessimism Preserved: Real Wages in the British Industrial Revolution
    Economics Series Working Papers, University of Oxford, Department of Economics View citations (42)
22. The Industrial Revolution in Miniature: The Spinning Jenny in Britain, France, and India
    Economics Series Working Papers, University of Oxford, Department of Economics View citations (5)
    See also Journal Article The Industrial Revolution in Miniature: The Spinning Jenny in Britain, France, and India, The Journal of Economic History, Cambridge University Press (2009) View citations (27) (2009)
23. Wages, Prices, and Living Standards in China, Japan, and Europe, 1738-1925
    Economics Series Working Papers, University of Oxford, Department of Economics View citations (12)

2006

24. Capital Accumulation, Technological Change, and the Distribution of Income during the British Industrial Revolution
    Working Papers, Economic History Society View citations (1)
    Also in Economics Series Working Papers, University of Oxford, Department of Economics (2005) View citations (8)

2005

25. Wages, prices, and living standards in China, 1738-1925
    Post-Print, HAL View citations (2)

1998

26. On the road again with Arthur Young: English, Irish, and French agriculture during the Industrial Revolution
    Open Access publications, School of Economics, University College Dublin View citations (2)
    Also in Working Papers, School of Economics, University College Dublin (1986)
    See also Journal Article On the Road Again with Arthur Young: English, Irish, and French Agriculture during the Industrial Revolution, The Journal of Economic History, Cambridge University Press (1988) View citations (13) (1988)

Journal Articles

2023

1. The Economic Origins of Government
   American Economic Review, 2023, 113, (10), 2507-45 View citations (10)
2. The Transportation Revolution and the English Coal Industry, 1695–1842: A Geographical Approach
   The Journal of Economic History, 2023, 83, (4), 1175-1220

2022

3. The Collapse of Civilization in Southern Mesopotamia
   Cliometrica, 2022, 16, (2), 369-404 View citations (1)

2020

4. Poverty and the Labor Market: Today and Yesterday
   Annual Review of Economics, 2020, 12, (1), 107-134 View citations (7)
5. Spinning their wheels: a reply to Jane Humphries and Benjamin Schneider
   Economic History Review, 2020, 73, (4), 1128-1136 View citations (1)
   See also Working Paper Spinning their Wheels: A Reply to Jane Humphries and Benjamin Schneider, Oxford Economic and Social History Working Papers (2018) View citations (5) (2018)

2019

6. Class structure and inequality during the industrial revolution: lessons from England's social tables, 1688–1867
   Economic History Review, 2019, 72, (1), 88-125 View citations (31)
7. Real wages once more: a response to Judy Stephenson
   Economic History Review, 2019, 72, (2), 738-754 View citations (10)
   See also Working Paper Real Wages Once More: A Response to Judy Stephenson, Working Papers (2017) (2017)
8. Russian real wages before and after 1917
   Explorations in Economic History, 2019, 72, (C), 23-37 View citations (4)

2018

9. The hand-loom weaver and the power loom: a Schumpeterian perspective†
   European Review of Economic History, 2018, 22, (4), 381-402 View citations (5)

2017

10. Absolute Poverty: When Necessity Displaces Desire
    American Economic Review, 2017, 107, (12), 3690-3721 View citations (63)
    See also Working Paper Absolute Poverty: When Necessity Displaces Desire, LIS Working papers (2017) View citations (64) (2017)
11. Lessons from history for the future of work
    Nature, 2017, 550, (7676), 321-324 View citations (12)

2015

12. The high wage economy and the industrial revolution: a restatement
    Economic History Review, 2015, 68, (1), 1-22 View citations (51)
    See also Working Paper The High Wage Economy and the Industrial Revolution: A Restatement, Published Papers (2013) View citations (4) (2013)
13. UNA DE CAL Y OTRA DE ARENA: BUILDING COMPARABLE REAL WAGES IN A GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE
    Revista de Historia Económica / Journal of Iberian and Latin American Economic History, 2015, 33, (1), 61-75 View citations (10)

2014

14. American Exceptionalism as a Problem in Global History
    The Journal of Economic History, 2014, 74, (2), 309-350 View citations (12)
    See also Working Paper American Exceptionalism as a Problem in Global History, Economics Series Working Papers (2013) View citations (1) (2013)

2013

15. Warum sind manche Länder reich und andere arm?
    Jahrbuch für Wirtschaftsgeschichte / Economic History Yearbook, 2013, 54, (1), 183-214

2012

16. Backward into the future: The shift to coal and implications for the next energy transition
    Energy Policy, 2012, 50, (C), 17-23 View citations (23)
17. Technology and the great divergence: Global economic development since 1820
    Explorations in Economic History, 2012, 49, (1), 1-16 View citations (26)
18. The Colonial Origins of the Divergence in the Americas: A Labor Market Approach
    The Journal of Economic History, 2012, 72, (4), 863-894 View citations (56)
    See also Working Paper The Colonial Origins of Divergence in the Americas:Â A Labour Market Approach, Economics Series Working Papers (2011) View citations (6) (2011)

2011

19. The Spinning Jenny: A Fresh Look
    The Journal of Economic History, 2011, 71, (2), 461-464 View citations (8)
20. Wages, prices, and living standards in China, 1738–1925: in comparison with Europe, Japan, and India
    Economic History Review, 2011, 64, 8-38 View citations (89)
    Also in Economic History Review, 2011, 64, (s1), 8-38 (2011) View citations (93)
    See also Working Paper Wages, prices, and living standards in China, 1738-1925: in comparison with Europe, Japan, and India, LSE Research Online Documents on Economics (2011) View citations (64) (2011)
21. Was there an ‘industrious revolution’ before the industrial revolution? An empirical exercise for England, c. 1300–1830
    Economic History Review, 2011, 64, (3), 715-729 View citations (37)
    See also Working Paper Was there an ‘Industrious Revolution’ before the Industrial Revolution? An Empirical Exercise for England, c. 1300-1830, Discussion Papers (2010) View citations (9) (2010)
22. Why the industrial revolution was British: commerce, induced invention, and the scientific revolution
    Economic History Review, 2011, 64, (2), 357-384 View citations (33)

2009

23. Agricultural productivity and rural incomes in England and the Yangtze Delta, c.1620–c.18201
    Economic History Review, 2009, 62, (3), 525-550 View citations (39)
24. Engels' pause: Technical change, capital accumulation, and inequality in the british industrial revolution
    Explorations in Economic History, 2009, 46, (4), 418-435 View citations (82)
25. The Industrial Revolution in Miniature: The Spinning Jenny in Britain, France, and India
    The Journal of Economic History, 2009, 69, (4), 901-927 View citations (27)
    See also Working Paper The Industrial Revolution in Miniature: The Spinning Jenny in Britain, France, and India, Economics Series Working Papers (2007) View citations (5) (2007)

2008

26. A Review of Gregory Clark's A Farewell to Alms: A Brief Economic History of the World
    Journal of Economic Literature, 2008, 46, (4), 946-73 View citations (26)
27. The Nitrogen Hypothesis and the English Agricultural Revolution: A Biological Analysis
    The Journal of Economic History, 2008, 68, (1), 182-210 View citations (18)

2005

28. A Reassessment of the Soviet Industrial Revolution1
    Comparative Economic Studies, 2005, 47, (2), 315-332

2004

29. Saving the Whales: Lessons from the Extinction of the Eastern Arctic Bowhead
    The Journal of Economic History, 2004, 64, (2), 400-432 View citations (13)

2003

30. Progress and poverty in early modern Europe
    Economic History Review, 2003, 56, (3), 403-443 View citations (106)

2002

31. Revolución en los campos: La reinterpretación de la Revolución Agrícola inglesa
    Historia Agraria. Revista de Agricultura e Historia Rural, 2002, (26), 13-32

2001

32. Globalization and History: The Evolution of a Nineteenth-Century Atlantic Economy. By Kevin H. O'Rourke and Jeffrey G. Williamson. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 1999. Pp. xii, 343. $45.00
    The Journal of Economic History, 2001, 61, (1), 256-259
33. The First Great Whale Extinction: The End of the Bowhead Whale in the Eastern Arctic
    Explorations in Economic History, 2001, 38, (4), 448-477 View citations (6)
34. The Great Divergence in European Wages and Prices from the Middle Ages to the First World War
    Explorations in Economic History, 2001, 38, (4), 411-447 View citations (518)
35. The rise and decline of the Soviet economy
    Canadian Journal of Economics/Revue canadienne d'économique, 2001, 34, (4), 859-881 View citations (12)
    Also in Canadian Journal of Economics, 2001, 34, (4), 859-881 (2001) View citations (15)

2000

36. Economic structure and agricultural productivity in Europe, 1300–1800
    European Review of Economic History, 2000, 4, (1), 1-25 View citations (131)

1999

37. Modern Europe - Stalinism in a Russian Province. A Study of Collectivization and Dekulakization in Siberia. By James Hughes. London: MacMillan Press, Ltd., 1996. Pp. xv, 271. - Industry, State, and Society in Stalin's Russia: 1926–1934. By David R. Shearer. Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press, 1996. Pp. xiv, 263. $42.50, cloth; $18.95, paper
    The Journal of Economic History, 1999, 59, (2), 525-527
38. Tracking the agricultural revolution in England
    Economic History Review, 1999, 52, (2), 209-235 View citations (46)

1998

39. Accounting for War: Soviet Production, Employment, and the Defense Burden, 1940–1945. By Mark Harrison. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1996. pp. xxiv, 338
    The Journal of Economic History, 1998, 58, (2), 588-590
40. Capital accumulation, the soft budget constraint and Soviet industrialisation
    European Review of Economic History, 1998, 2, (1), 1-24 View citations (5)
41. Peasant Rebels under Stalin: Collectivization and the Culture of Peasant Resistance. By Lynne Viola. New York: Oxford University Press, 1996. Pp. xii, 312
    The Journal of Economic History, 1998, 58, (2), 590-591
42. The Standard of Living in the Soviet Union, 1928–1940
    The Journal of Economic History, 1998, 58, (4), 1063-1089 View citations (1)

1997

43. Agricultural Marketing and the Possibilities for Industrialization in the Soviet Union in the 1930s
    Explorations in Economic History, 1997, 34, (4), 387-410
44. Agriculture and the Origins of the State in Ancient Egypt
    Explorations in Economic History, 1997, 34, (2), 135-154 View citations (31)

1996

45. Compte rendu de séminaire - Les fermiers de l'Ile-de-France: XVe - XVIIIe siècle
    Cahiers d'Economie et Sociologie Rurales, 1996, 38, 107-110
    Also in Cahiers d'Economie et de Sociologie Rurales (CESR), 1996, 38 (1996)

1991

46. Labor productivity and farm size in English agriculture before mechanization: Reply to Clark
    Explorations in Economic History, 1991, 28, (4), 478-492

1988

47. Inferring Yields from Probate Inventories
    The Journal of Economic History, 1988, 48, (1), 117-125 View citations (8)
48. On the Road Again with Arthur Young: English, Irish, and French Agriculture during the Industrial Revolution
    The Journal of Economic History, 1988, 48, (1), 93-116 View citations (13)
    See also Working Paper On the road again with Arthur Young: English, Irish, and French agriculture during the Industrial Revolution, Open Access publications (1998) View citations (2) (1998)
49. The growth of labor productivity in early modern English agriculture
    Explorations in Economic History, 1988, 25, (2), 117-146 View citations (20)
50. The price of freehold land and the interest rate in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries
    Economic History Review, 1988, 41, (1), 33-50 View citations (16)

1987

51. Modern Europe - Enclosures in Britain, 1750–1830. By Michael Turner. London: The Macmillan Press Ltd., for the Economic History Society, 1984. Pp. 96. $5.95 paper
    The Journal of Economic History, 1987, 47, (2), 521-522

1983

52. Collective invention
    Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 1983, 4, (1), 1-24 View citations (235)

1982

53. The Efficiency and Distributional Consequences of Eighteenth Century Enclosures
    Economic Journal, 1982, 92, (368), 937-53 View citations (21)

1981

54. Accounting for Price Changes: American Steel Rails, 1879-1910
    Journal of Political Economy, 1981, 89, (3), 512-28 View citations (3)
55. Direct versus Implicit Superlative Index Number Formulae
    The Review of Economics and Statistics, 1981, 63, (3), 430-35 View citations (42)

1979

56. International Competition in Iron and Steel, 1850–1913
    The Journal of Economic History, 1979, 39, (4), 911-937 View citations (20)

1978

57. Pioneer Steelmaker in the West: The Colorado Fuel and Iron Company, 1872–1903. By H. Lee Scamehorn. Boulder, Colorado, Pruett Publishing Company, 1976. Pp. vii + 231. $19.95. - Iron and Steel in America. By W. David Lewis, Greenville, Delaware, Eleutherian Mills-Hagley Foundation, Inc., 1976. Pp. 64. $2.50
    Business History Review, 1978, 52, (1), 140-142

1977

58. The Peculiar Productivity History of American Blast Furnaces, 1840–1913
    The Journal of Economic History, 1977, 37, (3), 605-633 View citations (4)

Books

2011

1. Global Economic History: A Very Short Introduction
   OUP Catalogue, Oxford University Press View citations (115)

2009

2. The British Industrial Revolution in Global Perspective
   Cambridge Books, Cambridge University Press View citations (591)
   Also in Cambridge Books, Cambridge University Press (2009) View citations (609)

1992

3. Enclosure and the Yeoman: The Agricultural Development of the South Midlands 1450-1850
   OUP Catalogue, Oxford University Press View citations (58)

Edited books

2005

1. Living Standards in the Past: New Perspectives on Well-Being in Asia and Europe
   OUP Catalogue, Oxford University Press View citations (125)

Chapters

2003

1. Soviet Development in World-Historical Perspective, from Farm to Factory: A Reinterpretation of the Soviet Industrial Revolution
   A chapter in Farm to Factory: A Reinterpretation of the Soviet Industrial Revolution, 2003 View citations (6)