British Economic Growth, 1856-1973

Table of contents

• Studies of Economic Growth in Industrialized Countries i
• Studies of Economic Growth in Industrialized Countries ii
• British Economic Growth 1856-1973 iii
• Preface v
• Contents vii
• Figures xiii
• Tables xv
• A Note on Conventions and Abbreviations xxiii
• Part One the Method, the Problems, and the Profile 1
• Part Two the Proximate Sources of Growth in the Economy as a Whole 35
• Part Three Growth and Its Proximate Sources in the Principal Sectors of the Economy 215
• Part Four Further Consideration of Some of the Forces Affecting the Rate of Growth 289
• Part Five an Overall View 495
• Appendixes 551
• Appendix B the Measurement of Trend Rates of Growth 556
• Appendix C the Total and Economically Active Populations of Great Britain, 1881-1973 560
• Appendix D Hours Worked 565
• Appendix E the Educational Level of the Labor Force 572
• Appendix F the Measurement of the Capital Stock 575
• Appendix G the Age of the Capital Stock 581
• Appendix H the Rise in Capital Goods Prices, 1938-1948 586
• Appendix I Total Factor Productivity and ‖the Production Function 589
• Appendix J Correlations Among Manufacturing Industries 599
• Appendix K Sectoral Growth Rates in Postwar Cycles 604
• Appendix L Productivity Trends Within the Period 1873-1913 606
• Appendix M Productivity Trends Within the Period 1924-1937 608
• Appendix N Basic Statistics: Sources and Methods 612
• References 673
• Index 701

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