Over the early modern period and beyond, massive amounts of silver and gold were found
and mined in the Americas. This chapter reviews the consequences for the European …

Labour market engagement by women is an important determinant of female autonomy that
may also affect their demographic behaviour. In order to bring about the conditions for the …

Why did the countries that first benefited from access to the New World–Castile and Portugal–
decline relative to their followers, especially England and the Netherlands? The dominant …

We estimate productivity growth in England from 1250 to 1870. Real wages over this period
were heavily influenced by plague-induced swings in the population. Our estimates account …

A new history of English trade and empire—revealing how a tightly woven community of
merchants was the true origin of globalized Britain In the century following Elizabeth I's rise …

Classic accounts of the English industrial revolution present a long period of stagnation
followed by a fast take-off. However, recent findings of slow but steady per capita economic …

This article uses new wage series for men, women and children in combination with an
established cost of living index and standard assumptions about family size to construct a …

The discovery of massive deposits of precious metals in America during the early modern
period caused an exogenous monetary injection to Europe's money supply. I use this …

Recent research relating to productivity growth during the British industrial revolution is
reviewed. This confirms that there was a gradual acceleration rather than a 'take‐off'. The …

This paper analyzes the elimination of hand spinning in Britain during the Industrial
Revolution and shows that it was one of the earliest examples of large-scale technological …