Output, productivity and wages in the British coal industry before 1914: A model with evidence from the Durham region

Bulletin of Economic Research

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 209-240

  Gemmell, Norman ^a   Wardley, Peter ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COAL INDUSTRY; HISTORICAL STUDY; INDUSTRIAL HISTORY; INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTIVITY; MODELLING APPROACH; NINETEENTH CENTURY; TWENTIETH CENTURY; WAGE LEVEL;

UK, ENGLAND, DURHAM;

EID: 0030426574     PISSN: 03073378     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8586.1996.tb00633.x     Document Type: Article

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