Measuring British decline: Direct versus long-span income measures

Journal of Economic History

Volumn 63, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 826-851

  Ward, Marianne ^a   Devereux, John ^b  

^a LOYOLA UNIVERSITY MARYLAND   (United States)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC HISTORY; INCOME; LABOR PRODUCTIVITY; PURCHASING POWER PARITY;

UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0242666811     PISSN: 00220507     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022050703542000     Document Type: Article

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