Social History and Agricultural Productivity: The Paris Basin, 1450-1800
Paper Number:
742
Date:
06/01/1990
Abstract:
This paper uses a sample of leases and a new method to examine total factor productivity in the Paris Basin during the years 1450-1789. After defending the methodology, the paper analyzes the results from the sample, which should dispel the myth of agricultural stagnation in Old-Regime France, at least in the Paris Basin.
Paper Length:
41
Paper:
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