Table 2.

Summary statistics of aggregate variables

Variable	1540–1850	1540–1600	1600–1650	1650–1700	1700–1750	1750–1800	1800–1850
	(1)	(2)	(3)	(4)	(5)	(6)	(7)
Real Wage	70.83	80.73	60.71	65.74	69.45	67.49	78.57
	(11.70)	(14.16)	(6.19)	(8.61)	(7.60)	(5.54)	(9.44)
Crude Death Rate	26.93	26.54	25.66	29.36	28.94	27.21	23.64
	(4.47)	(6.23)	(3.92)	(4.07)	(4.11)	(1.69)	(1.65)
Mean Temperature	9.04			8.64	9.26	9.07	9.10
	(0.64)			(0.62)	(0.59)	(0.57)	(0.65)

Note: Standard deviations are shown in parentheses.

Source: Real wages from Clark (2007); crude death rates from Wrigley and Schofield (1989); temperatures are from Manley (1953) and are available from 1659.