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Kerstin Enflo. Photo.

Kerstin Enflo

Professor

Kerstin Enflo. Photo.

Regional GDP estimates for Sweden, 1571–1850

Author

  • Kerstin Enflo
  • Anna Missiaia

Summary, in English

This paper provides regional GDP estimates for the 24 Swedish regions (NUTS-3) for the benchmark year 1571 and for 11 ten-year benchmarks for the period 1750–1850. The 1571 estimates are based on tax sources and agricultural statistics. The 1750–1850 estimates are produced following the widely used methodology by Geary and Stark (2002): labour force figures from population censuses at regional level are used to allocate to regions the national estimates of agriculture, industry andservices while wages are used to correct for productivity differentials. By connecting our series to the existing ones by Enflo, Henning, and Schon ( € 2014) for the period 1860–2010, we are able to produce the longest set of regional GDP series to date for any single country.

Department/s

  • Department of Economic History

Publishing year

2018-03-09

Language

English

Pages

115-137

Publication/Series

Historical Methods

Volume

51

Issue

2

Document type

Journal article

Publisher

Heldref Publications

Topic

  • Economic History

Keywords

  • regional GDP
  • Sweden
  • long-run regional inequality
  • pre-industrial regional development

Status

Published

Project

  • Trade, market and regional development in pre-industrial Sweden (1750-1850)
  • Swedish Historical Regional Accounts 1571–2010
  • The evolution regional economies in the Nordic region – A long run approach

ISBN/ISSN/Other

  • ISSN: 0161-5440