En dos artículos recientes se analizan, respectivamente, aspectos de la difusión geográfica de la manufactura y la migración de la mano de obra en el período 1870 hasta la actualidad. Uno de ellos se focaliza en el desarrollo del capital humano inglés, mientras que en el otro se estudia el desplazamiento de las manufacturas desde el centro hacia la periferia.
Por una parte, Tim Hatton ha publicado: Population, Migration and Labour Supply: Great Britain 1871 - 2011, en cuyo abstract leemos. "A country's most important asset is its people. This paper outlines the development of Britain's human resources since the middle of the 19th century. It focuses on four key elements. The first is the demographic transition - the processes through which birth rates and death rates fell, leading to a slowdown in population growth. The second is the geographical reallocation of population through migration. This includes emigration and immigration as well as migration within Britain. The third issue is labour supply: the proportion of the population participating in the labour market and the amount and type of labour supplied. Related to this, the last part of the chapter charts the growth in education and skills of the population and the labour force."
Asimismo, Agustín Bénétrix, junto a Kevin O'Rourke y Jeffrey Williamson publicaron The Spread of Manufacturing to the Periphery 1870-2007: Eight Stylized Facts
cuyo resumen sostiene: "This paper documents industrial output growth around the poor periphery (Latin America, the European periphery, the Middle East and North Africa, Asia, and sub-Saharan Africa) between 1870 and 2007. We provide answers to the following questions: When and where did rapid industrial growth begin in the periphery? When and where did peripheral growth rates exceed those in the industrial core? When was the high-point of peripheral industrial growth? When and where did it become widespread? When was the high-point of peripheral convergence on the core? How variable was the growth experience between countries? And how persistent was peripheral industrial growth?"
