Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/246944 
Year of Publication: 
2012
Series/Report no.: 
EHES Working Papers in Economic History No. 13
Publisher: 
European Historical Economics Society (EHES), s.l.
Abstract: 
This paper explores the pattern of agricultural productivity across 19th century Prussia to gain new insights on the causes of the 'Little Divergence' between European regions. We argue that access to urban demand was the dominant factor explaining the gradient of agricultural productivity as had been suggested much earlier theoretically by von Thünen (1826) and empirically by Engel (1867). This is in line with recent findings on a limited degree of interregional market integration in 19th century Prussia.
Subjects: 
Prussia
Agricultural Productivity
Industrialisation
Market Access
JEL: 
N53
O43
O47
Q13
R12
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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