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The wheels of change : technology adoption, millwrights, and persistence in Britain's industrialization

Van Der Beek, Karine; Mokyr, Joel; Sarid, Assaf - 2019

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Clans, guilds, and markets : apprenticeship institutions and growth in the pre-industrial economy

De la Croix, David; Doepke, Matthias; Mokyr, Joel - 2016

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Roots of the Industrial Revolution

Kelly, Morgan; Mokyr, Joel; Ó Gráda, Cormac - 2015

We analyze factors explaining the very different patterns of industrialization across the 42 counties of England … between 1760 and 1830. Against the widespread view that high wages and cheap coal drove industrialization, we find that … industrialization was restricted to low wage areas, while energy availability (coal or water) had little impact Instead we find that …

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Roots of the industrial revolution

Kelly, Morgan; Mokyr, Joel; Ó Gráda, Cormac - 2015

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011454116

Clans, guilds, and markets : apprenticeship institutions and growth in the pre-industrial economy

De la Croix, David; Doepke, Matthias; Mokyr, Joel - 2016

In the centuries leading up to the Industrial Revolution, Western Europe gradually pulled ahead of other world regions in terms of technological creativity, population growth, and income per capita. We argue that superior institutions for the creation and dissemination of productive knowledge...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011455581

Clans, guilds, and markets : apprenticeship institutions and growth in the pre-industrial economy

De la Croix, David; Doepke, Matthias; Mokyr, Joel - 2016

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011460405

Technological dynamism in a stagnant sector : safety at sea during the early Industrial Revolution

Kelly, Morgan; Ó Gráda, Cormac - 2017

Against the consensus that sailing ship technology was stagnant during the early Industrial Revolution,we find striking improvements in safety at sea. Between 1760 and 1825, the risk of being wrecked for Atlantic shipping fell by one third, and of foundering by two thirds, reflecting...

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Adam Smith, watch prices, and the industrial revolution

Kelly, Morgan; Ó Gráda, Cormac - 2015

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Adam Smith, watch prices, and the industrial revolution

Kelly, Morgan; Ó Gráda, Cormac - 2015

Although largely absent from modern accounts of the Industrial Revolution, watches were the first mass produced consumer durable, and were Adam Smith's pre-eminent example of technological progress. In fact, Smith makes the notable claim that watch prices may have fallen by up to 95 per cent...

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Ready for revolution? : the English economy before 1800

Kelly, Morgan; Ó Gráda, Cormac - 2014

Sustained economic growth in England can be traced back to the early seventeenth century. That earlier growth, albeit modest, both generated and was sustained by a demographic regime that entailed relatively high wages, and by an increasing endowment of human capital in the form of a relatively...

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