urban locations is endogenous and linked to productivity differences between the two locations and survival probabilities …

explore the overall productivity gains associated with these changes in production methods and the specific, causal role of … remarkable gain in labor productivity. We also present OLS and IV estimates of the effects of using inanimate power, such as …. Treating our IV estimates as causal, about one-third of the higher productivity of machine labor is attributed to greater use …

This paper documents industrial output and labor productivity growth around the poor periphery 1870-1940 (Latin America …. Productivity growth certainly made their industries more competitive in home and foreign markets, but other forces may have …

power and the impact of steam power on labor productivity growth in nineteenth century American manufacturing. A key result …, steam powered establishments had higher labor productivity than establishments using hand or animal power, or water power …. We also find that the impact of steam on labor productivity was increasing in establishment size. The diffusion of steam …

A number of writers have recently questioned whether labor productivity or per capita incomes were ever higher in the … productivity lead in industry as early as 1840, especially in manufacturing, labor productivity was broadly equal in the two … countries in agriculture, while the United Kingdom was ahead in services. Hence aggregate labor productivity was higher in the …