MARC Record from Library of Congress

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050 00 $aHB1
100 1 $aOlmstead, Alan L.
245 10 $aProductivity growth and the regional dynamics of Antebellum Southern Development$h[electronic resource] /$cAlan L. Olmstead, Paul W. Rhode.
260 $aCambridge, MA :$bNational Bureau of Economic Research,$cc2010.
490 1 $aNBER working paper series ;$vworking paper 16494
538 $aSystem requirements: Adobe Acrobat Reader.
538 $aMode of access: World Wide Web.
500 $aTitle from PDF file as viewed on 3/15/2011.
530 $aAlso available in print.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references.
520 3 $a"Between 1800 and 1860, the United States became the preeminent world supplier of cotton as output increased sixty-fold. Technological changes, including the introduction of improved cotton varieties, contributed significantly to this growth. Measured output per worker in the cotton sector rose four-fold and large regional differences emerged. By 1840, output per worker in the New South was twice that in the Old South. The economy-wide increase is explained, in equal measure, by growth in output per worker at fixed locations and by the reallocation of labor across regions. These results offer a new view on the dynamics of economic development in antebellum America"--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. 16494.
856 40 $uhttp://www.nber.org/papers/w16494