Martínez-Galarraga, Julio; Prat, Marc - 2016
factory system was largely adopted by the cotton industry in the 1840s, the diffusion of the spinning jenny in Catalonia had … widespread adoption of the spinning jenny in Catalonia. First, series of real wages in Barcelona are supplied for the period 1500 …–1808. Second, the prices of labour and capital are compared and the potential profitability of the adoption of the spinning jenny …