Clark, Gregory; Cummins, Joe; Smith, Brock - Economics Department, University of California-Davis - 2010
Occupations listed in wills reveal that as early as 1560 effectively only 60% of the English engaged in farming. Even by 1817, well into the Industrial Revolution, the equivalent primary share, once we count in food and raw material imports, was still 52%. By implication, incomes in...
