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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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What Was the Industrial Revolution?
Lucas, Robert E. - 2017
At some point in the first half of the 19th century per capita GDP in the United Kingdom and the United States began to grow at something like one to two percent per year and have continued to do so up to the present. Now incomes in many economies routinely grow at 2 percent per year and some...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012953500
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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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012758155
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Made in America? The New World, the Old, and the Industrial Revolution
Clark, Gregory - 2008
For two decades, the consensus explanation of the British Industrial Revolution has placed technological change and the supply side at center stage, affording little or no role for demand or overseas trade. Recently, alternative explanations have placed an emphasis on the importance of trade...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012771672
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Property Rights and Parliament in Industrializing Britain
Bogart, Daniel E. - 2010
During Britain's industrialization, Parliament operated a forum where rights to land and resources could be reorganized …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013148383
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Industrial Catching Up in the Poor Periphery 1870-1975
Williamson, Jeffrey G. - 2011
This paper documents industrial output and labor productivity growth around the poor periphery 1870-1975 (Latin America, the European periphery, the Middle East, South Asia, Southeast Asia and East Asia). Intensive and extensive industrial growth accelerated there over this critical century. The...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013129186
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When, Where, and Why? Early Industrialization in the Poor Periphery 1870-1940
Williamson, Jeffrey G. - 2010
This paper documents industrial output and labor productivity growth around the poor periphery 1870-1940 (Latin America, the European periphery, the Middle East, South Asia, Southeast Asia and East Asia). Intensive and extensive industrial growth accelerated there over these seven critical...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013138324
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How the West 'Invented' Fertility Restriction
Voigtländer, Nico - 2011
, raising average wages significantly, which in turn facilitated industrialization. We analyze the rise of this first socio …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013121013
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Globalization and the Great Divergence : Terms of Trade Booms and Volatility in the Poor Periphery 1782-1913
Williamson, Jeffrey G. - 2008
trade forces produced rising primary product specialization and de-industrialization in the poor periphery. More recently …, modern economists argue that volatility reduces growth in the poor periphery. This paper assess these de-industrialization … divergence between core and periphery. Third, the boom and its de-industrialization impact was only part of the story; growth …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012772451
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The Farm, the City, and the Emergence of Social Security
Caucutt, Elizabeth M. - 2010
During the period from 1880 to 1950, publicly managed retirement security programs became an important part of the social fabric in most advanced economies. In this paper we study the social, demographic and economic origins of social security. We describe a model economy in which demographics,...
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