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Working Papers

2021

1. Capital and Economic Growth in Britain, 1270-1870: Preliminary Findings
   Oxford Economic and Social History Working Papers, University of Oxford, Department of Economics View citations (3)
   Also in CAGE Online Working Paper Series, Competitive Advantage in the Global Economy (CAGE) (2021) View citations (8)
   CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers (2021) View citations (9)

2018

2. Human Capital Formation during the First Industrial Revolution: Evidence from the Use of Steam Engines
   CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers View citations (24)
   Also in CAGE Online Working Paper Series, Competitive Advantage in the Global Economy (CAGE) (2016) View citations (20)
   See also Journal Article Human Capital Formation During the First Industrial Revolution: Evidence from the use of Steam Engines, Journal of the European Economic Association, European Economic Association (2020) View citations (22) (2020)
3. Two Worlds of Female Labour: Gender Wage Inequality in Western Europe, 1300-1800
   Working Papers, European Historical Economics Society (EHES) View citations (6)
   See also Journal Article Two worlds of female labour: gender wage inequality in western Europe, 1300–1800, Economic History Review, Economic History Society (2021) View citations (8) (2021)

2016

4. Accounting for the ‘Little Divergence’ What drove economic growth in pre-industrial Europe, 1300-1800?
   Working Papers, European Historical Economics Society (EHES) View citations (5)
   Also in Working Papers, Utrecht University, Centre for Global Economic History (2013) View citations (6)
   See also Journal Article Accounting for the “Little Divergence”: What drove economic growth in pre-industrial Europe, 1300–1800?, European Review of Economic History, European Historical Economics Society (2016) View citations (14) (2016)
5. Gender Relations and Economic Development: Hypotheses about the Reversal of Fortune in EurAsia
   Working Papers, Utrecht University, Centre for Global Economic History View citations (3)

2015

6. Human Capital Formation from Occupations: The ‘Deskilling Hypothesis’ Revisited
   CAGE Online Working Paper Series, Competitive Advantage in the Global Economy (CAGE) View citations (3)
   Also in Working Papers, Utrecht University, Centre for Global Economic History (2014) View citations (5)
   See also Journal Article Human capital formation from occupations: the ‘deskilling hypothesis’ revisited, Cliometrica, Springer (2017) View citations (29) (2017)
7. Human capital and long run economic growth: Evidence from the stock of human capital in England, 1300-1900
   CAGE Online Working Paper Series, Competitive Advantage in the Global Economy (CAGE) View citations (8)
8. Reply to Tracy Dennison and Sheilagh Ogilvie: The European Marriage pattern and the Little Divergence
   Working Papers, Utrecht University, Centre for Global Economic History View citations (2)

2011

9. The Role of Human Capital in the Process of Economic Development: The Case of England, 1307-1900
   Working Papers, Utrecht University, Centre for Global Economic History

Journal Articles

2021

1. Two worlds of female labour: gender wage inequality in western Europe, 1300–1800
   Economic History Review, 2021, 74, (3), 611-638 View citations (8)
   See also Working Paper Two Worlds of Female Labour: Gender Wage Inequality in Western Europe, 1300-1800, Working Papers (2018) View citations (6) (2018)

2020

2. A Tale of Two “Educational Revolutions”. Human Capital Formation in England in the Long Run
   Revue d'économie politique, 2020, 130, (1), 107-130
3. Human Capital Formation During the First Industrial Revolution: Evidence from the use of Steam Engines
   Journal of the European Economic Association, 2020, 18, (2), 829-889 View citations (22)
   See also Working Paper Human Capital Formation during the First Industrial Revolution: Evidence from the Use of Steam Engines, CEPR Discussion Papers (2018) View citations (24) (2018)

2018

4. Human capital formation in the long run: evidence from average years of schooling in England, 1300–1900
   Cliometrica, 2018, 12, (1), 99-126 View citations (24)
   Also in Cliometrica, Journal of Historical Economics and Econometric History, 2018, 12, (1), 99-126 (2018) View citations (24)

2017

5. Human capital formation from occupations: the ‘deskilling hypothesis’ revisited
   Cliometrica, 2017, 11, (1), 1-30 View citations (29)
   Also in Cliometrica, Journal of Historical Economics and Econometric History, 2017, 11, (1), 1-30 (2017) View citations (29)
   See also Working Paper Human Capital Formation from Occupations: The ‘Deskilling Hypothesis’ Revisited, CAGE Online Working Paper Series (2015) View citations (3) (2015)

2016

6. Accounting for the “Little Divergence”: What drove economic growth in pre-industrial Europe, 1300–1800?
   European Review of Economic History, 2016, 20, (4), 387-409 View citations (14)
   See also Working Paper Accounting for the ‘Little Divergence’ What drove economic growth in pre-industrial Europe, 1300-1800?, Working Papers (2016) View citations (5) (2016)
7. The European Marriage Pattern and Its Measurement
   The Journal of Economic History, 2016, 76, (1), 196-204 View citations (36)