Roots of growth and productivity change in Dutch shipping industry, 1500–1800

Zanden, Jan Luiten van; Tielhof, M. van

doi:10.1016/j.eeh.2009.04.005

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“…Numerous studies have shown rising labor productivity in shipping (e.g. Lucassen and Unger, 2011;van Zanden and van Tielhof, 2009;van Tielhof and van Zanden, 2011). 1 .…”

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Deskilling and decline in skill premium during the age of sail: Swedish and Finnish seamen, 1751–1913

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Pehkonen

Eloranta

2016

Explorations in Economic History

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The study examines the evolution of skill premium and share at industry level in shipping during the age of sail. We argue that the period from the 1750s to the 1910s represented deskilling for the seamen working n sailing ships. The growth of international trade and shipping during the first era of globalization increased the overall demand for sailors but decreased the relative demand for skilled labor in favor of less skilled ones. This deskilling was associated with a decline in wage inequality, as the premium for high skilled seamen fell relative to mean wages in the shipping industry. The decline in skill premium may have facilitated the growth of trade and shipping, as the relative costs of transport declined. This in turn might have hastened the first era of globalization.

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“…Numerous studies have shown rising labor productivity in shipping (e.g. Lucassen and Unger, 2011;van Zanden and van Tielhof, 2009;van Tielhof and van Zanden, 2011). 1 .…”

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Deskilling and decline in skill premium during the age of sail: Swedish and Finnish seamen, 1751–1913

Ojala

Pehkonen

Eloranta

2016

Explorations in Economic History

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“…See the methodologies used by van Zanden and van Tielhof, ‘Roots of growth’, p. 394, and Gerhold, ‘Productivity change’.…”

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Road transport productivity in the sixteenth‐century Low Countries: the case of Brabant, 1450–1650†

Ballaux

Blondé

2017

The Economic History Review

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Though there is a consensus that transport plays a central role in economic development, for the period before the eighteenth century there is a lack of strategic information for assessing the importance of road transport productivity changes in economic development. Transport prices in particular are crucial missing pieces of the puzzle. Sources rarely reveal information that meets the standards of reliable price history. However, it is possible to create a reliable transport price series on the basis of the transport of millstones to ducal mills in Brabant. Assessing the impact of the ‘transport productivity changes’ that can be inferred from this transport price series is a hazardous exercise. Moreover, as Masschaele has observed, land transport prices closely match general agricultural price trends. Land transport was essentially an agricultural service, determined both by cost (especially horse provender) and income effects. Transport price inflation was not demand‐led. However, while transport did not impede urbanization and economic growth, conversely, in sixteenth‐century Brabant—a highly urbanized region that experienced considerable growth in the volume of land transport—no significant land transport productivity gains were achieved.

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“…The seven provinces forming the Dutch republic, a small, densely populated area, had an economy booming from massive foreign trade. The differences between the two countries may be regarded as the backbone of their co‐operation (Noldus, 2002: 14; van Zanden and van Tielhof, 2009: 389–403). Another similarity between the two countries was Protestantism.…”

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The Lion Wreck: a survey of a 17th-century Dutch merchant ship-an interim report

Eriksson

2011

International Journal of Nautical Archaeology

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In 2009 the well-preserved wreck of a 17th-century merchant ship was found at a depth of 50 m in the Stockholm Archipelago. On the top of the ship's rudder is a carved lion, inspiring the working name 'Lion Wreck'. The state of preservation provides a rare opportunity to study the conditions on board a typical 17th-century Dutch merchant ship trading in the Baltic. The aim of this text is to describe and summarize the first thorough survey of the site, carried out in spring 2010.

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Roots of growth and productivity change in Dutch shipping industry, 1500–1800

Cited by 52 publications

References 12 publications

Deskilling and decline in skill premium during the age of sail: Swedish and Finnish seamen, 1751–1913

Deskilling and decline in skill premium during the age of sail: Swedish and Finnish seamen, 1751–1913

Road transport productivity in the sixteenth‐century Low Countries: the case of Brabant, 1450–1650†

The Lion Wreck: a survey of a 17th-century Dutch merchant ship-an interim report

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