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Luddites and the Demographic Transition
O'Rourke, Kevin H. - 2010
, and the transition to skill-biased technological change. The simulated model tracks British industrialization in the 18th …
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Two Views of the British Industrial Revolution
Temin, Peter - 2021
There are two views of the British Industrial Revolution in the literature today. The more traditional description, represented by the views of Ashton and Landes, sees the Industrial Revolution as a broad change in the British economy and society. This broad view of the Industrial Revolution has...
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The Transition to a New Economy after the Second Industrial Revolution
Atkeson, Andrew; Kehoe, Patrick J. - 2021
During the Second Industrial Revolution, 1860-1900, many new technologies, including electricity, were invented. These inventions launched a transition to a new economy, a period of about 70 years of ongoing, rapid technical change. After this revolution began, however, several decades passed...
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Economic Backwardness in Political Perspective
Acemoglu, Daron; Robinson, James A. - 2021
We construct a simple model where political elites may block technological and institutional development, because of a 'political replacement effect'. Innovations often erode elites' incumbency advantage, increasing the likelihood that they will be replaced. Fearing replacement, political elites...
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The Rate and Direction of Invention in the British Industrial Revolution : Incentives and Institutions
Meisenzahl, Ralf - 2014
During the Industrial Revolution technological progress and innovation became the main drivers of economic growth. But why was Britain the technological leader? We argue that one hitherto little recognized British advantage was the supply of highly skilled, mechanically able craftsmen who were...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013068131
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Human Capital and Industrialization : Evidence from the Age of Enlightenment
Squicciarini, Mara - 2014
after the onset of French industrialization. Alternative measures of development such as soldier height, disposable income …
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Technical Change and the Wage Structure During the Second Industrial Revolution : Evidence from the Merchant Marine, 1865-1912
Chin, Aimee; Juhn, Chinhui; Thompson, Peter - 2022
Using a large, individual-level wage data set, we examine the impact of a major technological innovation the steam … engine on skill demand and the wage structure in the merchant shipping industry. We find that the technical change created a … counterparts on sail. A wholesale switch from sail to steam would increase the 90/10 wage ratio by 40%, with most of the rise in …
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Skill-Biased Technological Change, Earnings of Unskilled Workers, and Crime
Mocan, Naci H. - 2011
This paper investigates the impact of unskilled workers' earnings on crime. Following the literature on wage inequality …
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The Spread of Manufacturing to the Poor Periphery 1870---2007
Bénétrix, Agustín S. - 2012
peripheral industrialization stretch into the late 19th century, the high point of peripheral industrialization was the 1950 …-1973 period, which saw widespread import- substituting industrialization. This period was also the high point of unconditional …
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Division of Labor and the Rise of Cities : Evidence from U.S. Industrialization, 1850-1880
Kim, Sukkoo - 2006
were adopted by an ever growing number of industries, industrialization became concentrated in cities throughout the …
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