Structural Change and Economic Growth in the British Economy before the Industrial Revolution, 1500–1800
利用遗嘱和学徒数据，首次构建了1800年前英格兰和威尔士男性劳动力行业份额的时间序列，发现英格兰在17世纪初至18世纪初农业劳动力占比快速下降，与农业和工业生产率上升相关，而威尔士变化很小。
Structural transformation is a key indicator of economic development. We present the first time series of male labour sectoral shares for England and Wales before 1800, using a large sample of probate and apprenticeship data to produce national and county-level estimates. England experienced a rapid decline in the share of workers in agriculture between the early seventeenth and the beginning of the eighteenth centuries, associated with rising agricultural and especially industrial productivity; Wales saw few changes. Our results show that England experienced unusually early structural change and highlight the mid-seventeenth century as a turning point.