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The Population of Non-corporate Business Proprietors in England and Wales 1891–1911

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  • Robert J. Bennett
  • Harry Smith
  • Piero Montebruno

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This article uses population censuses to provide the first consistent counts of the population of business proprietors for 1891–1911. After appropriate adjustments for imperfect Census design the article confirms the persistence of own account self-employed as the most common businesses throughout the period. However, it identifies a turning point around 1901 when the business numbers decisively shifted towards larger firms, where employers with waged workers began substituting for many own account businesses. Developments were, however, multi-faceted, with important sector differences, and some fields of female business beginning to take off over the period, especially in retail and the professions.

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  • Robert J. Bennett & Harry Smith & Piero Montebruno, 2020. "The Population of Non-corporate Business Proprietors in England and Wales 1891–1911," Business History, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 62(8), pages 1341-1372, November.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:bushst:v:62:y:2020:i:8:p:1341-1372
    DOI: 10.1080/00076791.2018.1534959
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    1. Montebruno, Piero, 2018. "Adjustment Weights 1891-1911: Weights to adjust entrepreneur numbers for non-response and misallocation bias in Censuses 1891-1911. Working paper 11," MPRA Paper 103194, University Library of Munich, Germany.
    2. Bennett, Robert & Montebruno, Piero & Smith, Harry & van Lieshout, Carry, 2018. "Reconstructing entrepreneur and business numbers for censuses 1851-81. Working paper 9," MPRA Paper 103529, University Library of Munich, Germany.
    3. Brian D. Varian, 2022. "Review of periodical literature for 2020: (v) 1850–1945," Economic History Review, Economic History Society, vol. 75(1), pages 263-275, February.

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    JEL classification:

    • N0 - Economic History - - General
    • R14 - Urban, Rural, Regional, Real Estate, and Transportation Economics - - General Regional Economics - - - Land Use Patterns
    • J01 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - General - - - Labor Economics: General

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