Leunig, Tim - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2003
This paper uses new product-specific, micro-level US data to show that New England had lower levels of productivity in … cotton spinning than Lancashire, c. 1900, contradicting results derived by Broadberry from the Censuses of Production. The …-abundant country – has higher labour productivity contradicts the Rothbarth-Habakkuk model. We suggest Britain’s industrial success …