The Sources of British Economic Growth since the Industrial Revolution: Not the Same Old Story

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Abstract: This paper updates the classic growth accounting research of the early 1980s taking account of improved data that has subsequently become available. The picture of long-run growth which results from incorporating many revisions is considerably different. The long-run path of productivity growth is now that of a roller-coaster with twin peaks in the third quarters of the 19th and 20th centuries rather than a U-shape. Productivity growth appears to have been very slow to accelerate in the Industrial Revolution, the notion of an Edwardian climacteric is not persuasive and the current productivity slowdown stands out as unprecedented.

Keywords: Climacteric; Golden Age; Growth Accounting; Industrial Revolution; Productivity Growth; Productivity Puzzle (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: N13 N14 O47 O52 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2019
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Journal Article: THE SOURCES OF BRITISH ECONOMIC GROWTH SINCE THE INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION: NOT THE SAME OLD STORY (2021)
Working Paper: The Sources of British Economic Growth since the Industrial Revolution: Not the Same Old Story (2019)
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