AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIVITY GROWTH DURING THE DECADE OF THE CIVIL-WAR
成果类型：
Article
署名作者：
Duke University; University of Kansas; National Bureau of Economic Research
刊物名称：
JOURNAL OF ECONOMIC HISTORY
ISSN/ISSBN：
0022-0507
DOI：
10.1017/S0022050700013474
发表日期：
1993
页码：
527-548
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摘要：
New evidence based on census data indicates that output per agricultural worker grew faster between 1860 and 1870 than during any other decade of the nineteenth century. Although this evidence seems to support the traditional view that the Civil War was a catalyst for an increasingly productive agricultural sector, we contend that this apparent robust performance results from a measurement problem that afflicts census-based labor force series. An alternative estimate of labor force performance during the decade reveals the importance of increased labor inputs of women and children, in numbers, effort, and-especially-time.
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