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Innovation networks in the industrial revolution
Rosenberger, Lukas; Hanlon, W. Walker; Hallmann, Carl - 2024
How did Britain sustain faster rates of economic growth than comparable European countries, such as France, during the … innovation network using patent data from Britain and France in the late-18th and early-19th century. We show that the network … quantify the implications for technology growth rates in Britain compared to France. Our results indicate that the shape of the …
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Skilled scalable services : the new urban bias in economic growth
Eckert, Fabian; Ganapati, Sharat; Walsh, Conor - 2020
Since 1980, economic growth in the U.S. has been fastest in its largest cities. We show that a group of skill- and information-intensive service industries are responsible for all of this new urban bias in recent growth. We then propose a simple explanation centered around the interaction of...
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Religion and growth
Becker, Sascha O.; Rubin, Jared; Woessmann, Ludger - 2023
We use the elements of a macroeconomic production function-physical capital, human capital, labor, and technology-together with standard growth models to frame the role of religion in economic growth. Unifying a growing literature, we argue that religion can enhance or impinge upon economic...
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Labor scarcity, technology adoption and innovation : evidence from the cholera pandemics in 19th century France
Franck, Raphaël - 2022
of cholera across France in 1832, 1849 and 1854, before the transmission mode of this disease was understood. The results …
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Cost-benefit analysis for green demonstrators : application to the container glass industry in France
Sadighi, Maryam; Ponssard, Jean-Pierre; Sanin, María … - 2024
key indicator of public policy. Applied to France’s large-scale, high-quality container glass sector, CBA obtains an …
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Techies and firm level productivity
Harrigan, James; Reshef, Ariell; Toubal, Farid - 2023
We study the impact of techies-engineers and other technically trained workers-on firm-level productivity. We first report new facts on the role of techies in the firm by leveraging French administrative data and unique surveys. Techies are STEM-skill intensive and are associated with...
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Distribution and growth in an economy with limited needs
Saint-Paul, Gilles - 2001
This paper studies a model of the distribution of income under bounded needs. Utility derived from any given good reaches a bliss point at a finite consumption level of that good. On the other hand, introducing new varieties always increases utility. It is assumed that each variety is owned by a...
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The complementary between technology and human capital in the early phase of industrialization
Franck, Raphaël; Galor, Oded - 2015 - This Version: July 21st, 2015
variations in the adoption of steam engines across France, the study establishes that in contrast to conventional wisdom that …
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Can general purpose technology theory explain economic growth? : electrical power as a case study
Ristuccia, Cristiano Andrea; Solomou, Solomos - 2014
, Britain, France, Germany and Japan and proceeds to evaluate the hypothesis of a productivity bonus as postulated by many …
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Growth and welfare under endogenous lifetime
Schneider, Maik T.; Winkler, Ralph - 2017 - This Version: February 2017
We study the role of endogenous healthcare choices by households to extend their expected lifetimes on economic growth and welfare in a decentralized overlapping generations economy with the realistic feature that households' savings are held in annuities. We characterize healthcare spending in...
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