The Colonial Origins of Divergence in the Americas:  A Labour Market Approach

Author(s): Robert C. Allen
Tommy E. Murphy and Eric B. Schneider

Date: July 2011

Keywords: Economic history, Real wages, Standard of living, Labour market, Population, Great Divergence, North America, Latin America

Technology and the Great Divergence

Author(s): Robert C. Allen

Date: April 2011

Keywords: Productivity, Economic growth, Global history

The Industrial Revolution in Miniature: The Spinning Jenny in Britain, France, and India

Author(s): Robert C. Allen

Date: November 2007

Keywords: Industrial Revolution, Invention, Technological Change, Great Divergence

Wages, Prices, and Living Standards in China, Japan, and Europe, 1738-1925

Author(s): Robert C. Allen

Date: April 2007

Pessimism Preserved: Real Wages in the British Industrial Revolution

Author(s): Robert C. Allen

Date: April 2007

Keywords: Real Wage, Consumer Price Index, Inequality, Industrial Revoution

How Prosperous were the Romans? Evidence from Diocletian`s Price Edict (301 AD)

Author(s): Robert C. Allen

Date: October 2007

Keywords: Standard of Living, Real Wage, Roman Empire, Long Run Economic Growth

Engel`s Pause: A Pessimist`s Guide to the British Industrial Revolution

Author(s): Robert C. Allen

Date: April 2007

Keywords: British Industrial Revolution, Kuznets Curve, Inequality, Savings, Investment