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008 080718s2008 mau sb 000 0 eng
010 $a 2008610958
040 $aDLC$cDLC
050 00 $aHB1
100 1 $aOlmstead, Alan L.
245 10 $aBiological innovation and productivity growth in the antebellum cotton economy$h[electronic resource] /$cAlan L. Olmstead, Paul W. Rhode.
260 $aCambridge, MA :$bNational Bureau of Economic Research,$cc2008.
490 1 $aNBER working paper series ;$vworking paper 14142
538 $aSystem requirements: Adobe Acrobat Reader.
538 $aMode of access: World Wide Web.
500 $aTitle from PDF file as viewed on 7/18/2008.
530 $aAlso available in print.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references.
520 3 $a"The Cliometrics literature on slave efficiency has generally focused on static questions. We take a decidedly more dynamic approach. Drawing on the records of 142 plantations with 509 crops years, we show that the average daily cotton picking rate increased about four-fold between 1801 and 1862. We argue that the development and diffusion of new cotton varieties were the primary sources of the increased efficiency. These finding have broad implications for understanding the South's preeminence in the world cotton market, the pace of westward expansion, and the importance of indigenous technological innovation"--National Bureau of Economic Research web site.
700 1 $aRhode, Paul Webb.
710 2 $aNational Bureau of Economic Research.
830 0 $aWorking paper series (National Bureau of Economic Research : Online) ;$vworking paper no. 14142.
856 40 $uhttp://papers.nber.org/papers/w14142