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"The Complementary between Technology and Human Capital in the Early Phase of Industrialization"

Franck, Raphael; Galor, Oded - Brown University, Department of Economics - 2015

The research explores the effect of industrialization on human capital formation. Exploiting exogenous regional variations in the adoption of steam engines across France, the study establishes that in contrast to conventional wisdom that views early industrialization as a predominantly...

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The demographic transition: causes and consequences

Galor, Oded - In: Cliometrica, Journal of Historical Economics and … 6 (2012) 1, pp. 1-28

This paper develops the theoretical foundations and the testable implications of the various mechanisms that have been proposed as possible triggers for the demographic transition. Moreover, it examines the empirical validity of each of the theories and their significance for the understanding...

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The Demographic Transition and the Emergence of Sustained Economic Growth

Galor, Oded - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2004

The demographic transition that swept the world in the course of the last century has been identified as one of the prime forces in the transition from stagnation to growth. The unprecedented increase in population growth during the early stages of industrialization was ultimately reversed and...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005662096

Natural Selection and the Origin of Economic Growth

Galor, Oded; Moav, Omer - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2001

This research develops an evolutionary growth theory that captures the interplay between the evolution of mankind and … economic growth since the emergence of the human species. This unified theory encompasses the observed evolution of population … theory suggests that prolonged economic stagnation prior to the transition to sustained growth stimulated natural selection …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005666934

Human Capital Distribution, Technological Progress, and Economic Growth

Galor, Oded; Tsiddon, Daniel - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1994

This paper analyses the interaction between the distribution of human capital, technological progress, and economic growth. It demonstrates the significant role of the distribution of human capital in the process of economic development. The evolutionary pattern of the human capital...

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From Physical to Human Capital Accumulation: Inequality in the Process of Development

Galor, Oded; Moav, Omer - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1999

This paper presents a unified theory that provides an intertemporal reconciliation between conflicting viewpoints about …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005666981

Natural Selection and the Origin of Economic Growth

Galor, Oded; Moav, Omer - Institutet för Framtidsstudier - 2000

This research develops an evolutionary growth theory that captures the interplay between the evolution of mankind and … economic growth since the emergence of the human species. This uni...ted theory encompasses the observed evolution of … growth. The theory suggests that prolonged economic stagnation prior to the transition to sustained growth stimulated natural …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005196962

Trade and the Great Divergence: The Family Connection

Galor, Oded; Mountford, Andrew - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2006

This research argues that the rapid expansion of international trade in the second phase of the industrial revolution has played a major role in the timing of demographic transitions across countries and has thereby been a significant determinant of the distribution of world population and a...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005124051

Technological Progress, Mobility, and Economic Growth

Galor, Oded; Tsiddon, Daniel - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1996

This paper analyses the relationship between technological progress, intergenerational earnings mobility, and economic growth. The analysis demonstrates that the interplay between technological progress and two components that determine individual earnings – parental human capital and...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005124238

Inequality in Land Ownership, the Emergence of Human Capital Promoting Institutions and the Great Divergence

Galor, Oded; Moav, Omer; Vollrath, Dietrich - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2008

. The prediction of the theory regarding the adverse effect of the concentration of land ownership on education expenditure …

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