industrialization in the second half of the nineteenth century. We find that industries and regions more exposed to international trade … controlling for these factors, we find that greater exposure to globalization shaped the pattern of regional industrialization in …

During Britain's industrialization, Parliament operated a forum where rights to land and resources could be reorganized …

, and the transition to skill-biased technological change. The simulated model tracks British industrialization in the 18th …

provided. We test both hypotheses using calibrated general equilibrium models of the British economy and the rest of the world …

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 …

security. We describe a model economy in which demographics, technology, and social security are linked together. We study an … economy with two locations (sectors), the farm (agricultural) and the city (industrial). The decision to migrate from rural to …. Furthermore, the level of social security is determined by majority voting. We show that a calibrated version of this economy is …