Kerstin Enflo
Professor
Regional GDP estimates for Sweden, 1571-1850
Author
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 and services while wages are used to correct for productivity differentials. By connecting our series to the existing ones by Enflo et al. (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
2017
Language
English
Publication/Series
Lund Papers in Economic History: General Issues
Issue
162
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Document type
Working paper
Publisher
Department of Economic History, Lund University
Topic
- Economic History
Keywords
- regional GDP
- Sweden
- long-run regional inequality
- pre-industrial regional development
- N01
- N13
- N93
Status
Published
Project
- Swedish Historical Regional Accounts 1571–2010
ISBN/ISSN/Other
- ISSN: 1101-346X