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Long-term changes in US agricultural output per worker, 1800-1800

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  • Thomas Weiss, 1993. "Long-term changes in US agricultural output per worker, 1800-1800," Economic History Review, Economic History Society, vol. 46(2), pages 324-341, May.
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    1. Marvin Towne & Wayne Rasmussen, 1960. "Farm Gross Product and Gross Investment in the Nineteenth Century," NBER Chapters, in: Trends in the American Economy in the Nineteenth Century, pages 255-316, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
    2. William Parker, 1960. "Introduction to "Trends in the American Economy in the Nineteenth Century"," NBER Chapters, in: Trends in the American Economy in the Nineteenth Century, pages 1-10, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
    3. Stanley Lebergott, 1966. "Labor Force and Employment, 1800–1960," NBER Chapters, in: Output, Employment, and Productivity in the United States after 1800, pages 117-204, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
    4. Strauss, Frederick & Bean, Louis H., 1940. "Gross Farm Income and Indices of Farm Production and Prices in the United States 1869-1937," Technical Bulletins 168482, United States Department of Agriculture, Economic Research Service.
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    3. Mamun, Md. Al & Sohag, Kazi & Uddin, Gazi Salah & Shahbaz, Muhammad, 2015. "Remittance and domestic labor productivity: Evidence from remittance recipient countries," Economic Modelling, Elsevier, vol. 47(C), pages 207-218.
    4. Peter H. Lindert & Jeffrey G. Williamson, 2012. "American Incomes 1774-1860," NBER Working Papers 18396, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
    5. Komlos, John & Coclanis, Peter, 1997. "On the Puzzling Cycle in the Biological Standard of Living: The Case of Antebellum Georgia," Explorations in Economic History, Elsevier, vol. 34(4), pages 433-459, October.
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    7. Mancall, Peter C. & Rosenbloom, Joshua L. & Weiss, Thomas, 2002. "Agricultural labor productivity in the Lower South, 1720-1800," Explorations in Economic History, Elsevier, vol. 39(4), pages 390-424, October.
    8. Haines, Michael R. & Craig, Lee A. & Weiss, Thomas, 2011. "Did African Americans experience the [`]Antebellum Puzzle'? Evidence from the United States Colored Troops during the Civil War," Economics & Human Biology, Elsevier, vol. 9(1), pages 45-55, January.
    9. Gavin Wright, 2022. "Slavery and the Rise of the Nineteenth-Century American Economy," Journal of Economic Perspectives, American Economic Association, vol. 36(2), pages 123-148, Spring.
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    12. Benjamin N. Dennis & Talan B. Işcan, 2007. "Accounting for Structural Change: Evidence from Two Centuries of U.S. Data," Working Papers daleconwp2007-04, Dalhousie University, Department of Economics.

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