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 …

shifting away from their sector of specialization, rural labor markets saw faster wage growth and industrialization than non …

Industrialization experiences differ significantly across countries. We use a bench-mark model of structural change to … countries can generate variation in industrialization experiences similar to those found in the data, including premature …

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 …