This book has its origin in a network on energy history, the LEG network (Long-term Energy
and Growth). This came together in 2003 with the aim of providing standardized and …

This paper suggests an alternative view of Europe's Little Divergence in real wages. It
presents a new dataset of prices and wages for Spain and proposes a new way of …

A long-standing tradition in the literature concerning living standards in pre-industrial France
has focused on the study of specific regions, what Philip Hoffman () has eloquently …

die Wirtschaftsgeschichte untersucht die Entwicklung der Wirtschaft in zeitlicher Dimension.
Sie ist daher eine Brückendisziplin zwischen den Wirtschaftswissenschaften und der …

Why did France experience the demographic transition first? This question remains one of
the greatest puzzles of economics, demography, and economic history. The French pattern …

This paper examines the patterns of technology transfer from Britain to France during the
early phases of industrializing using a dataset comprising all patents granted in France in …

This introductory essay aims to introduce the chapters in the book presenting some aspects
of the theoretical and conceptual framework necessary to consider the advantages computer …

Robert Allen characterized the region of Strasbourg in France in the period before 1789 as
exceptionally poor. New evidence suggests, however, that Allen underestimated wage …

Generally, Canada has been ignored in the literature on the colonial origins of divergence
with most of the attention going to the United States. Late nineteenth century estimates of …

This study investigates the relation of pre-railroad transport infrastructure on Westphalian
grain market integration in the early nineteenth century. It is motivated by recently found …