Time and Work in England during the Industrial Revolution

About the Book

This book reconstructs patterns of time-use in England after 1750. It exploits previously unused court records to reconstruct the working lives of Englishmen and -women at the dawn of the Industrial Age. Working hours became much longer. Within 80 years, the length of the working year increased by approximately 20 percent.

About the Author

Hans-Joachim Voth is ICREA Research Professor of Economics at Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona. He studied in Bonn, Freiburg, Oxford, and Florence, and received a Master’s degree and a doctorate from Oxford University. He worked as a consultant with McKinsey & Company, and acted as advisor to the CEO of the German Stock Exchange. He has held visiting appointments at MIT, Princeton, NYU, and Stanford.