In zunehmendem Maße wendet sich die Entwicklungsforschung Fragen zu, die den Boden von Beschreibungen sozio-ökonomischer Entwicklungsprozesse anhand quantitativ meßbarer Daten verlassen. Mehr und mehr rücken qualitative Aspekte in den Mittelpunkt des Interesses, wie das Beispiel der...

Long-run development (in income) causes a large fall in the share of agriculture commonly known as the agricultural transition. We confirm that this conventional wisdom is strongly supported by the data. Long-run development (in income) also causes a large increase in democracy known as the...

The Grand Transition (GT) view claims that economic development is causal to institutional development, and that many institutional changes can be understood as transitions occurring at roughly the same level (zones) of development. The Primacy of Institutions (PoI) view claims that economic...

The Grand Transition (GT) view claims that economic development is causal to institutional development, and that many institutional changes can be understood as transitions occurring at roughly the same level (zones) of development. The Primacy of Institutions (PoI) view claims that economic...