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A Three-Decade “Kuhnian” History of the Antebellum Puzzle: Explaining the shrinking of the US population at the onset of modern economic growth
Komlos, John - 2012
In 1979, when anthropometric history was still in its infancy, Robert Fogel and collaborators reported that the height of the US male white population began to decline quite unexpectedly around the birth cohorts of 1830. This was quite a conundrum on account of the fact that according to...
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Tracking down the business cycle: A dynamic factor model for Germany 1820-1913
Sarferaz, Samad; Uebele, Martin - 2007
better use of existing time series data than historical national accounting. To investigate industrialization we propose to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010263692
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Catch me if you can: education and catch-up in the industrial revolution
Becker, Sascha O.; Hornung, Erik; Woessmann, Ludger - 2009
industrialization itself. We find that basic education significantly accelerated non-textile industrialization in both phases of the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010269478
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Catch me iIf you can : education and catch-up in the industrial revolution
Becker, Sascha O.; Hornung, Erik; Woessmann, Ludger - 2009
industrialization itself. We find that basic education significantly accelerated non-textile industrialization in both phases of the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010271786
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European impact on Egyptian industrialization during the rule of Muhammad Ali Pasha (1805-1848)
Ahmeti, Samir; Rizaj, Gazmend S. - In: The Journal of European Economic History (JEEH) 53 (2024) 2, pp. 9-41
's industrialization. The Pasha was confronted with many difficulties on this course, especially the lack of a cadre adequate for the …
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Is the Elephant Stepping on its Trunk? The Problem of India's Unbalanced Growth
Douhan, Robin; Nordberg, Anders - 2008
It is often assumed that recent success in the high-technology software industry will lead India's development. However, evidence suggest that basic manufacturing industry is stagnant. This paper proposes a mechanism that ties these two trends together. A big-push type of model, featuring...
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Information, coordination, and the industrialization of countries
Englmaier, Florian; Reisinger, Markus - 2006
The industrialization process of a country is often plagued by a failure to coordinate investment decisions. Using the …
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Degrees of development: how geographic latitude sets the pace of industrialization and demographic change
Strulik, Holger - 2008
Successful economic development is usually characterized by two salient phenomena: industrialization and demographic …
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Beyond industrialization: New approaches to development strategy based on the service sector
Sheehan, Peter - 2008
Industrialization occupies a central place in the rich tapestry of development theory and practice. Although that place … income per capita can only occur through industrialization. This paper argues that it is becoming increasingly difficult for … most developing countries to achieve rapid growth through industrialization, and especially through export oriented …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010273465
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Profits and Politics: Coordinating Technology Adoption in Agriculture
Pande, Rohini - 2005
agricultural technology affects industrialization. We demonstrate the existence of multiple equilibria; the economy is either … characterized by the use of a traditional agricultural technology and a low level of industrialization or the use of a mechanized … technology and a high level of industrialization. Relative to the traditional technology, the mechanized technology increases …
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