Agricultural Productivity Growth During the Decade of the Civil War
基于人口普查数据的新证据显示，1860至1870年间农业工人人均产出增长快于19世纪任何其他十年，但作者认为这源于劳动力统计的测量问题，并指出妇女和儿童劳动投入的增加才是关键。
New evidence based on census data indicates that output per agricultural worker grew faster between 1860 and 1870 than during any other decade of the nineteenth century. Although this evidence seems to support the traditional view that the Civil War was a catalyst for an increasingly productive agricultural sector, we contend that this apparent robust performance results from a measurement problem that afflicts census-based labor force series. An alternative estimate of labor force performance during the decade reveals the importance of increased labor inputs of women and children, in numbers, effort, and—especially—time.