1.24 1.17 0.91 0.91 Number of Workers per Acre 2.05 2.97 3.83 4.30 Output per Worker in lb. 1.00 1.45 1.87 2.10 Index of Labour Productivity 1600 = 1.00 Robert C. Allen, of Labor Productivity in Early Modern English Source: Explorations in ‘The Growth Agriculture’, 25 (April 1988), 117-46. Economic History, (2) Table on Revenues and Costs in Arable Farms by farm size, for the later 18th century (ca. 1770): with total costs and labour costs per acre, and the resulting ‘Ricardian Surplus:’ Revenues, costs, and of English farms: per acre, and by farm size ‘Ricardian Surplus’ (economic rent) Farm Size in Total Total Costs Labour Costs Ricardian Number of Acres (50 a. Revenue per per Acre per Acre Surplus per Farms in increments) Acre Acre Sample 4.0399 3.0615 1.5016 0.9783 8 0-50 50-100 4.3094 3.1146 1.3023 1.1948 45 3.7694 2.4290 1.0215 1.3404 16 100-150 4.4774 2.3931 0.9598 2.0842 22 150-200
Number of Workers per Acre 1.24 1.17 0.91 0.91 Output per Worker in lb. 2.05 2.97 3.83 4.30 Index of Labour Productivity 1600 = 1.00 1.00 1.45 1.87 2.10 Source: Robert C. Allen, ‘The Growth of Labor Productivity in Early Modern English Agriculture’, Explorations in Economic History, 25 (April 1988), 117-46. (2) Table on Revenues and Costs in Arable Farms by farm size, for the later 18th century (ca. 1770): with total costs and labour costs per acre, and the resulting ‘Ricardian Surplus:’ Revenues, costs, and ‘Ricardian Surplus’ (economic rent) of English farms: per acre, and by farm size Farm Size in Acres (50 a. increments) Total Revenue per Acre Total Costs per Acre Labour Costs per Acre Ricardian Surplus per Acre Number of Farms in Sample 0-50 4.0399 3.0615 1.5016 0.9783 8 50-100 4.3094 3.1146 1.3023 1.1948 45 100-150 3.7694 2.4290 1.0215 1.3404 16 150-200 4.4774 2.3931 0.9598 2.0842 22
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