Using newly created data containing real output per worker, real physical capital per worker, and human capital per worker for US states from 1840 to 2000, Turner et. al (2007) analyze the growth rates of aggregate inputs and total factor productivity (TFP). We continue this line of work by...

This paper creates a new data set on the physical capital at the state level for the United States from 1840 through 2000. We combine these new data with state level human capital and income data to do standard growth accounting exercises and to estimate the contribution of aggregate input...