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A numerical revolution: The diffusion of practical mathematics and the growth of pre-modern European economies

Danna, Raffaele; Iori, Martina; Mina, Andrea - 2022

th century, and the diffusion of knowledge through organised learning had positive and significant effects on the growth …

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Generating economic growth : an analytical survey

Thompson, Maria - In: The open economics journal 1 (2008), pp. 25-36

processes. Revisiting the models that constitute the core of growth theory, we expose analytically the main mechanisms through …

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Delays in Technology Adoption, Appropriate Human Capital, Natural Resources and Growth

Berdugo, Byniamin; Sadik, Jacques; Sussman, Nathan - 2014

This paper analyzes the link between natural resources abundance, the quality of learning institutions and retardation … in technology adoption. We offer a model in which human capital is technology specific and that learning to master the … quality of learning institutions may account for persistent differences in the level of income per capita, and may be an …

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Was higher education a major channel through which the US became an economic superpower in the 20th century?

Cook, Adam; Ehrlich, Isaac - 2018

This paper offers a thesis for why the US overtook the UK and other European countries in the 20th century in both aggregate and per capita GDP as a case study of recent models of endogenous growth, where "human capital" is the engine of growth. By human capital we mean an intangible asset, best...

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Was higher education a major channel through which the US became an economic superpower in the 20th century?

Cook, Adam; Ehrlich, Isaac - 2018

This paper offers a thesis for why the United States (US) overtook the United Kingdom (UK) and other European countries in the 20th century in both aggregate and per capita GDP as a case study of recent models of endogenous growth, where "human capital" is the engine of growth. By human capital...

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What accounts for the US ascendancy to economic superpower by the early 20th century : the morrill act - human capital hypothesis

Ehrlich, Isaac; Cook, Adam; Yin, Yong - 2018

Maddison's international panel data show that technically it was the faster growth rate of the US economy that led to its overtaking the UK as economic superpower. We explore the contributing factors. Identifying the land-grant colleges system triggered by the 1862/1890 Morrill Acts (MAs) as a...

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Public expenditure, demography and growth : theory and evidence from India

Pranab Kumar Das; Kar, Saibal - 2016

Many countries in the developed world are ageing in terms of their distribution of population. Conversely, a number of countries in the south have younger population. India for example, has 60% of its population in the age group of 15-59, with the mean age close to 27 years as of present times....

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The great divergence : a network approach

Lindner, Ines; Strulik, Holger - 2015

We present a multi-country theory of economic growth in which countries are connected by a network of mutual knowledge …

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The great divergence : a network approach

Lindner, Ines; Strulik, Holger - 2014

We present a multi-country theory of economic growth in which countries are connected by a network of mutual knowledge …

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The great divergence : a network approach

Lindner, Ines; Strulik, Holger - 2014

We present a multi-country theory of economic growth in which countries are connected by a network of mutual knowledge …

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