Luddites, the industrial revolution, and the demographic transition

DOI10.1007/S10887-013-9096-YMaRDI QIDQ382973zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Kevin Hjortshøj O'Rourke, Ahmed S. Rahman, Alan M. Taylor

Publication date 22 November 2013

Published in Journal of Economic Growth (Search for Journal in Brave)

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zbMATH Keywords

demographyendogenous growthdirected technological changeskill biasunified growth theory

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Mathematical geography and demography (91D20) General equilibrium theory (91B50)

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