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The Consequences of Radical Reform: The French Revolution

Acemoglu, Daron; Cantoni, Davide; Johnson, Simon; … - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2009

The French Revolution of 1789 had a momentous impact on neighboring countries. The French Revolutionary armies during the 1790s and later under Napoleon invaded and controlled large parts of Europe. Together with invasion came various radical institutional changes. French invasion removed the...

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The Demographic Transition and the Emergence of Sustained Economic Growth

Galor, Oded - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2004

The demographic transition that swept the world in the course of the last century has been identified as one of the prime forces in the transition from stagnation to growth. The unprecedented increase in population growth during the early stages of industrialization was ultimately reversed and...

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Natural Selection and the Origin of Economic Growth

Galor, Oded; Moav, Omer - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2001

This research develops an evolutionary growth theory that captures the interplay between the evolution of mankind and economic growth since the emergence of the human species. This unified theory encompasses the observed evolution of population, technology and income per capita in the long...

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Fertility Control Early in Marriage in Ireland a Century Ago

Duffy, Niall; O'Gráda, Cormac - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1995

Data were extracted from the 1911 Irish manuscript census to study the regional variation in the extent and character of family limitation strategies in Ireland a century ago. Regression analysis of the data shows evidence of `spacing' in both urban and rural Ireland. Further analysis of the...

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Maternal Health and the Baby Boom

Albanesi, Stefania; Olivetti, Claudia - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2010

Abstract U.S. fertility rose from a low of 2.27 children for women born in 1908 to a peak of 3.21 children for women … born in 1932. It dropped to a new low of 1.74 children for women born in 1949, before stabilizing for subsequent cohorts … with a theory of fertility featuring a trade-off between the quality and quantity of children. The analysis provides new …

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Leaving Home: What Economics Has to Say about the Living Arrangements of Young Australians

Cobb-Clark, Deborah A. - Research School of Economics, College of Business and … - 2008

Like their counterparts elsewhere, more young Australians than ever are delaying the move to establish residential independence from their parents. This paper reviews the developing economics literature surrounding young people’s decisions to continue living in their parents’ homes in order...

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The Evolution of Entrepreneurial Spirit and the Process of Development

Galor, Oded; Michalopoulos, Stelios - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2006

This research suggests that the evolution of entrepreneurial spirit played a significant role in the process of economic development and the evolution of inequality within and across societies. The study argues that entrepreneurial spirit evolved non-monotonically in the course of human history....

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From Stagnation to Growth: Unified Growth Theory

Galor, Oded - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2004

This Paper examines the process of development from an epoch of Malthusian stagnation to a state of sustained economic growth. The analysis focuses on recently advanced unified growth theories that capture the intricate evolution of income per capita, technology, and population over the course...

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Evolution and the Growth Process: Natural Selection of Entrepreneurial Traits

Galor, Oded; Michalopoulos, Stelios - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2011

This research suggests that the evolution of entrepreneurial spirit played a significant role in the process of economic development and the dynamics of inequality within and across societies. The study argues that entrepreneurial spirit evolved non-monotonically in the course of human history....

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Malthus in the Bedroom: Birth Spacing as a Preventive Check Mechanism in Pre-Modern England

Cinnirella, Francesco; Klemp, Marc P B; Weisdorf, Jacob - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2012

We question the received wisdom that birth limitation was absent among historical populations before the fertility transition of the late nineteenth-century. Using duration and panel models on individual data, we find a causal negative effect of living standards on birth spacing in the three...

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