Stephenson, JZ;
(2020)
Working days in a London construction team in the eighteenth century: evidence from St Paul's Cathedral.
Economic History Review
, 73
(2)
pp. 409-430.
10.1111/ehr.12883.
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Abstract
This article provides new information and data on the work and pay of skilled and semi‐skilled men on a large London construction project in the early 1700s. It offers firm‐level evidence on the employment relation in the construction industry at the time and sheds some light on the number of days worked per year and per week, showing that employment was more irregular and seasonal than current estimates of income infer. The patterns are considered in the context of new debates about industriousness and economic growth.
| Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Title: | Working days in a London construction team in the eighteenth century: evidence from St Paul's Cathedral |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.1111/ehr.12883 |
| Publisher version: | https://doi.org/10.1111/ehr.12883 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | This version is the author accepted manuscript. For information on re-use, please refer to the publisher’s terms and conditions. |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of the Built Environment |
| URI: | https://discovery-pp.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10084850 |
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