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Comparative productivity in British and German manufacturing before World War II: reconciling direct benchmark estimates and time series projections
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Broadberry, Stephen and Burhop, Carsten (2007) Comparative productivity in British and German manufacturing before World War II: reconciling direct benchmark estimates and time series projections. Journal of Economic History, The, Vol.67 (No.2). pp. 315-349. doi:10.1017/S0022050707000125 ISSN 0022-0507.
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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0022050707000125
Abstract
This article provides a new benchmark estimate of comparative Germany/U.K. labor productivity in manufacturing for circa 1907, and experiments with alternative German manufacturing production indices for time series projection from a circa 1935 benchmark. A consistent picture of broadly similar levels of manufacturing labor productivity in Britain and Germany throughout the period 1871–1938 is established. We also show that a substantial German productivity lead had already emerged in heavy industry by 1907, but was offset by a substantial British productivity lead in light industry. For the pre-1914 period, an additional check is provided using nominal income-based estimates.
| Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||
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| Subjects: | H Social Sciences > HC Economic History and Conditions D History General and Old World > DA Great Britain D History General and Old World > DD Germany |
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| Divisions: | Faculty of Social Sciences > Economics | ||||
| Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): | Industrial productivity -- Measurement, Industrial productivity -- Great Britain, Industrial productivity -- Germany, Great Britain -- Economic conditions -- 1918-1945, Great Britain -- Economic conditions -- 20th century, Germany -- Economic conditions -- 1888-1918, Germany -- Economic conditions -- 1918-1945 | ||||
| Journal or Publication Title: | Journal of Economic History, The | ||||
| Publisher: | Cambridge University Press | ||||
| ISSN: | 0022-0507 | ||||
| Official Date: | 29 May 2007 | ||||
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| Volume: | Vol.67 | ||||
| Number: | No.2 | ||||
| Page Range: | pp. 315-349 | ||||
| DOI: | 10.1017/S0022050707000125 | ||||
| Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||
| Access rights to Published version: | Open Access (Creative Commons) | ||||
| Funder: | European Commission (EC) | ||||
| Grant number: | MRTN-CT-2004-512439 (EC-MCA) |
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