Why England? Demographic factors, structural change and physical capital accumulation during the industrial revolution

DOI10.1007/S10887-006-9007-6zbMath1274.91305OpenAlexW2084175438MaRDI QIDQ868681

Hans-Joachim Voth, Nico Voigtländer

Publication date: 6 March 2007

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

Full work available at URL: http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.146.1480

zbMATH Keywords

endogenous growthcalibrationindustrial revolutiontransitionunified growth theoryBritish economic growth before 1850

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Multisectoral models in economics (91B66) Trade models (91B60) Economic growth models (91B62)

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