Dalgaard, Carl-Johan; Strulik, Holger - 2017
the world today. It is perhaps less well known that as recently as 1500 C.E. it was the other way around. The present … paper provides a theory of why the “latitude gradient” seemingly changed sign in the course of the last half millennium. In … economic development during pre-industrial times, yet allow for an early onset of sustained growth. As a result, the theory …