Local multipliers and the growth of services: evidence from late nineteenth century USA, Great Britain, and Sweden
(2023) In European Review of Economic History 27(1). p.70-90- Abstract
- In the shadow of industry, the service sector substantially expanded during the late nineteenth century. This paper analyzes how the creation of industrial employment contributed to this growth of services. I leverage full-count census data from the United States, Great Britain, and Sweden to estimate local employment multipliers. I show that industrial growth was a key driver in the emergence of services. Each new industrial job created up to one additional local service job. This effect was driven by the high-skilled industrial sector where each additional job created up to two service jobs. Multiplier effects created jobs across different services.
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- Ostermeyer, Vinzent LU
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- 2023
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- Contribution to journal
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- European Review of Economic History
- volume
- 27
- issue
- 1
- pages
- 70 - 90
- publisher
- Oxford University Press
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- scopus:85191941150
- ISSN
- 1474-0044
- DOI
- 10.1093/ereh/heac004
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- English
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