The Old Poor Law and the Agricultural Labor Market in Southern England: An Empirical Analysis
通过三方程模型估计教区济贫支出、农业工人年工资收入和失业率的变化，发现济贫支出与作物结构、雇农政治权力、伦敦距离及家庭工业就业机会相关，支持修正派观点而否定皇家济贫法委员会报告的分析。
The paper examines the economic role played by poor relief in early nineteenth-century England. A three-equation model is estimated to explain cross-parish variations in per capita relief expenditures, agricultural laborers' annual wage income, and unemployment rates. Relief expenditures are found to be related to crop mix, the political power of labor-hiring farmers, distance from London, and employment opportunities in cottage industry. The results strongly support the revisionist analysis of the Old Poor Law, and reject the analysis contained in the Report of the Royal Poor Law Commission.