Nathan Rosenberg
Biographic Data
| ID | 283202 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Nathan Rosenberg |
| GIVEN NAMES | Nathan |
| FAMILY NAME | Rosenberg |
| SIGNATURE | ROSENBERG N |
| AFFILIATIONS | Stanford University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-3379-0008 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 88 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 706 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 89 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1953 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 15 |
Assessing first graders’ code literacy
Background and Context Computational thinking and early programming skills are essential for digital literacy. This study investigates the code literacy (reading and explaining code) of first-grade students (ages 6–7) in a mandatory Early Childhood Robotics (ECR) program. The research focuses on students’ confidence and actual ability to interpret sequences, conditions, and loops, with specific attention to gender-related differences.Objective Th…
Enhancing Early STEM Engagement
This study examines the effects of integrating an inquiry-based final project into an early childhood robotics program, focusing on its influence on children’s problem-solving self-efficacy, attitudes toward collaboration, confidence in applying robotics to real-world challenges, and future interest in STEM. A total of 176 first-grade students (aged 6–7) were randomly assigned to either a research group that completed a culminating inquiry-based …
The Impact of Early Robotics on Kindergarten Children’s Self-Efficacy and Problem-Solving Abilities
This study examined the impact of early robotics experiences on kindergarten children’s self-efficacy and performance across multiple domains, including building, following visual instructions, problem-solving, and object repair. Ninety-seven children (ages 4–6) were assigned to either a research group (n = 46) receiving a year-long robotics curriculum or a control group (n = 51) following the standard curriculum. A quasi-experimental pre-test–po…
Handbook of the economics of innovation
Entrepreneurship at American Universities
A General-Purpose Technology at Work
The contribution to growth from the steam engine—Industrial Revolution icon and prime example of a “General Purpose Technology”—has remained unclear. This article examines the role that a particular design improvement in steam power, embodied in the Corliss engine, played in the growth of the U.S. economy in the late nineteenth century. Using detailed data on the location of Corliss engines and waterwheels and a two-stage estimation strategy, we …
Exploring the Black Box
Technology and the Wealth of Nations
Exploring the Black Box
Journal Article Exploring the Black Box: Technology, Economics, and History. Get access Exploring the Black Box: Technology, Economics, and History. By Rosenberg Nathan. (Cambridge and New York: Cambridge University Press, 1994. Pp. ix + 274. £40.00 hardback, US$54.95 hardback. ISBN 0 521 45270 8.) Gavin Cameron Gavin Cameron Nuffield College Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The Economic Journal, Volume 105…
Exploring the Black Box
Exploring the Black Box
The process of technological change takes a wide variety of forms. Propositions that may be accurate when referring to the pharmaceutical industry may be totally inappropriate when applied to the aircraft industry or to computers or forest products. The central theme of Nathan Rosenberg's new book is the idea that technological changes are often 'path dependent', in the sense that their form and direction tend to be influenced strongly by the par…
American universities and technical advance in industry
Technical Innovation and National Systems
This book is about national systems of technical innovation. The heart of the work consists of studies of 15 countries, including the large market-oriented industrialized ones, several smaller high-income countries, and a number of newly industrializing states. The studies have been carefully designed, developed, and written to illuminate the institutions and mechanisms supporting technical innovation in the various countries, the similarities an…
George Stigler
Dans quelle mesure la science est-elle exogène ? Le cas des laboratoires Bell et de la recherche fondamentale
Etablir une dialectique entre la science et l'économie permet de porter un regard plus lucide sur l'évolution de la recherche scientifique et l'état de la technologie. Un grand nombre d'exemples pris dans les décennies qui nous ont précédés permettent de poser la technologie comme un savoir qui oriente pour partie la recherche scientifique, alors qu'on ne pose généralement que la causalité inverse. Dans une période récente, l'évolution du télépho…
Scale and Scope
Technology and the Pursuit of Economic Growth
Journal Article Technology and the Pursuit of Economic Growth. By David C. Mowery and Nathan Rosenberg. (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1989. viii + 330 pp. $29.95.) Get access David A. Hounshell David A. Hounshell University of Delaware Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volume 77, Issue 4, March 1991, Page 1411, https://doi.org/10.2307/2078377 Published: 01 March 1991
The Lever of Riches
Journal Article The Lever of Riches: Technological Creativity and Economic Progress Get access The Lever of Riches: Technological Creativity and Economic Progress. By JOEL MOKYR. (New York and Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1990. Pp. ix + 349. US$24.95 hardback. ISBN o 19 506113 6.)Twenty-Five Centuries of Technological Change: An Historical Survey. By JOEL MOKYR. (Chur, London and New York: Harwood Academic Publishers, 1990. Pp. viii+142. US$3…
Technology and the Pursuit of Economic Growth
Why do firms do basic research (with their own money)?
Technology and the Pursuit of Economic Growth
Technology's contribution to economic growth and competitiveness has been the subject of vigorous debate in recent years. This book demonstrates the importance of a historical perspective in understanding the role of technological innovation in the economy. The authors examine key episodes and institutions in the development of the U.S. research system and in the development of the research systems of other industrial economies. They argue that t…
Adam Smith and the Stock of Moral Capital
Research Article| March 01 1990 Adam Smith and the Stock of Moral Capital Nathan Rosenberg Nathan Rosenberg Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google History of Political Economy (1990) 22 (1): 1–18. https://doi.org/10.1215/00182702-22-1-1 Cite Icon Cite Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn MailTo Permissions Search Site Citation Nathan Rosenberg; Adam Smith and the Stock of Moral Capital. History of Political Economy 1 Mar…
Technology and the Pursuit of Economic Growth
Technology's contribution to economic growth and competitiveness has been the subject of vigorous debate in recent years. This book demonstrates the importance of a historical perspective in understanding the role of technological innovation in the economy. The authors examine key episodes and institutions in the development of the U.S. research system and in the development of the research systems of other industrial economies. They argue that t…
Why are Americans Such Poor Imitators
How the West Grew Rich
Inside the Black Box
Economists have long treated technological phenomena as events transpiring inside a black box and, on the whole, have adhered rather strictly to a self-imposed ordinance not to inquire too seriously into what transpires inside that box. The purpose of Professor Rosenberg's work is to break open and examine the contents of the black box. In so doing, a number of important economic problems be powerfully illuminated. The author clearly shows how sp…
Factors affecting the diffusion of technology
Technology and the Pursuit of Economic Growth
Technology's contribution to economic growth and competitiveness has been the subject of vigorous debate in recent years. This book demonstrates the importance of a historical perspective in understanding the role of technological innovation in the economy. The authors examine key episodes and institutions in the development of the U.S. research system and in the development of the research systems of other industrial economies. They argue that t…
Some Institutional Aspects of the Wealth of Nations
Inside the Black Box
Journal Article Inside the Black Box: Technology and Economics. Get access Inside the Black Box: Technology and Economics. By NATHAN ROSENBERG. (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1983. Pp. xi + 304. £19.50 hardback, £7-95 paperback.) S. B. Saul S. B. Saul University of York Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The Economic Journal, Volume 94, Issue 373, 1 March 1984, Pages 179–180, https://doi.org/10.2307/…
The Direction of Technological Change
Exploring the Black Box
Journal Article Exploring the Black Box: Technology, Economics, and History. Get access Exploring the Black Box: Technology, Economics, and History. By Rosenberg Nathan. (Cambridge and New York: Cambridge University Press, 1994. Pp. ix + 274. £40.00 hardback, US$54.95 hardback. ISBN 0 521 45270 8.) Gavin Cameron Gavin Cameron Nuffield College Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The Economic Journal, Volume 105…
Technological Change in the Machine Tool Industry, 1840-1910
Technological change has come to absorb an increasing share of the attention of the economist in recent years. Several attempts have been made to assess the quantitative importance of technological change, as opposed to increases in factor supplies, in accounting for the secular rise in per capita incomes in the United States. It appears, in all these studies, that technological changes (shifts in the production function) have been far more impor…
Science, Invention and Economic Growth
Journal Article Science, Invention and Economic Growth Get access Nathan Rosenberg Nathan Rosenberg The University of Wisconsin. Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The Economic Journal, Volume 84, Issue 333, 1 March 1974, Pages 90–108, https://doi.org/10.2307/2230485 Published: 01 March 1974
How the West Grew Rich
Journal Article How the West Grew Rich: The Economic Transformation of the Industrial World. By Nathan Rosenberg and L. E. Birdzell, Jr. (New York: Basic Books, 1986. xii + 353 pp. $19.95.) Get access Naomi R. Lamoreaux Naomi R. Lamoreaux Brown University Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volume 73, Issue 4, March 1987, Pages 1002–1003, https://doi.org/10.2307/1904062 Published: …
The Enfield Arsenal in Theory and History
Journal Article The Enfield Arsenal in Theory and History Get access Edward Ames, Edward Ames Purdue University. Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Nathan Rosenberg Nathan Rosenberg Purdue University. Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The Economic Journal, Volume 78, Issue 312, 1 December 1968, Pages 827–842, https://doi.org/10.2307/2229180 Published: 01 December 1968
A General-Purpose Technology at Work
The contribution to growth from the steam engine—Industrial Revolution icon and prime example of a “General Purpose Technology”—has remained unclear. This article examines the role that a particular design improvement in steam power, embodied in the Corliss engine, played in the growth of the U.S. economy in the late nineteenth century. Using detailed data on the location of Corliss engines and waterwheels and a two-stage estimation strategy, we …
On Technological Expectations
Iron and Steel in Nineteenth Century America
Journal Article Iron and Steel in Nineteenth Century America Get access Iron and Steel in Nineteenth Century America. By P. Temin. (Cambridge, Mass.: M.I.T. Press, 1965. Pp. viii + 304. $7.50.) Nathan Rosenberg Nathan Rosenberg Purdue University Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The Economic Journal, Volume 76, Issue 304, 1 December 1966, Pages 927–929, https://doi.org/10.2307/2229123 Published: 01 December …
Adam Smith and the Stock of Moral Capital
Research Article| March 01 1990 Adam Smith and the Stock of Moral Capital Nathan Rosenberg Nathan Rosenberg Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google History of Political Economy (1990) 22 (1): 1–18. https://doi.org/10.1215/00182702-22-1-1 Cite Icon Cite Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn MailTo Permissions Search Site Citation Nathan Rosenberg; Adam Smith and the Stock of Moral Capital. History of Political Economy 1 Mar…
Adam Smith, Consumer Tastes, and Economic Growth
The Lever of Riches
Journal Article The Lever of Riches: Technological Creativity and Economic Progress Get access The Lever of Riches: Technological Creativity and Economic Progress. By JOEL MOKYR. (New York and Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1990. Pp. ix + 349. US$24.95 hardback. ISBN o 19 506113 6.)Twenty-Five Centuries of Technological Change: An Historical Survey. By JOEL MOKYR. (Chur, London and New York: Harwood Academic Publishers, 1990. Pp. viii+142. US$3…
Mandeville and Laissez-Faire
Adam Smith on Profits--Paradox Lost and Regained
Economic Development and the Transfer of Technology
Economic Development and the Transfer of Technology: Some Historical Perspectives NATHAN ROSENBERG I Back in an earlier, more naive day, we managed to allow ourselves to believe that there was a purely technological solution—a cheap “tech nological fix”—to the problems of poverty and economic backwardness which beset most of the human race. In the Point Four of his 1949 inaugural address President Truman spoke optimistically of the incal culabl…
Changing Technological Leadership and Industrial Growth
Journal Article Changing Technological Leadership and Industrial Growth Get access Edward Ames, Edward Ames Department of Economics, Purdue University, Indiana Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Nathan Rosenberg Nathan Rosenberg Department of Economics, Purdue University, Indiana Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The Economic Journal, Volume 73, Issue 289, 1 March 1963, …
Anglo-American Wage Differences in the 1820's
In 1829 Zachariah Allen, a lifelong resident of Providence, Rhode Island, published his book, The Science of Mechanics. Neither the title nor a casual glance at the contents of the book suggests that it contains material of major interest to economists or economic historians. Allen's book was intended as a manual for American mechanics and manufacturers. It summarized that portion of the industrial arts of its day which the author considered most…
Marx as a Student of Technology
This paper will attempt to demonstrate that a major reason for the fruitfulness of Marx's framework for the analysis of social change was that Marx was, himself, a careful student of technology. By this I mean not only that he was fully aware of, and insisted upon, the historical importance and the social consequences of technology. That much is obvious. Marx additionally devoted much time and effort to explicating the distinctive characteristics…
Technological Interdependence in the American Economy
Another Advantage of the Division of Labor
Stability and Maturation of Kuder Interest Patterns During High School
Middle Category Response
Effectiveness of a Forced-Choice Leadership Test Under Varied Experimental Conditions
Some Institutional Aspects of the Wealth of Nations
Economic Planning in the British Building Industry
Journal Article Economic Planning in the British Building Industry Get access Economic Planning in the British Building Industry. By N. Rosenberg. (Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 1961. Pp.159. 40s.) Marian Bowley Marian Bowley University College, London Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The Economic Journal, Volume 72, Issue 285, 1 March 1962, Pages 209–211, https://doi.org/10.2307/2228645 P…
Changing Technological Leadership and Industrial Growth
Journal Article Changing Technological Leadership and Industrial Growth Get access Edward Ames, Edward Ames Department of Economics, Purdue University, Indiana Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Nathan Rosenberg Nathan Rosenberg Department of Economics, Purdue University, Indiana Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The Economic Journal, Volume 73, Issue 289, 1 March 1963, …
Technological Change in the Machine Tool Industry, 1840-1910
Technological change has come to absorb an increasing share of the attention of the economist in recent years. Several attempts have been made to assess the quantitative importance of technological change, as opposed to increases in factor supplies, in accounting for the secular rise in per capita incomes in the United States. It appears, in all these studies, that technological changes (shifts in the production function) have been far more impor…
Mandeville and Laissez-Faire
The United States Business Cycle before i860
The United States Business Cycle before 1860
The progressive division and specialization of industries
(1965). The progressive division and specialization of industries. The Journal of Development Studies: Vol. 1, No. 4, pp. 363-383
Adam Smith on the Division of Labour
Adam Smith's treatment of the division of labour has intrigued readers and commentators for many years. On the one hand it provided a masterful analysis of the gains from specialization and exchange upon which, it is no exaggeration to say, the discipline of economics was nurtured. On the other hand, Smith's apparent afterthoughts of Book V, where he refers to the deleterious effects of the division of labour upon the work force, constitute a maj…
Iron and Steel in Nineteenth Century America
Journal Article Iron and Steel in Nineteenth Century America Get access Iron and Steel in Nineteenth Century America. By P. Temin. (Cambridge, Mass.: M.I.T. Press, 1965. Pp. viii + 304. $7.50.) Nathan Rosenberg Nathan Rosenberg Purdue University Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The Economic Journal, Volume 76, Issue 304, 1 December 1966, Pages 927–929, https://doi.org/10.2307/2229123 Published: 01 December …
Anglo-American Wage Differences in the 1820's
In 1829 Zachariah Allen, a lifelong resident of Providence, Rhode Island, published his book, The Science of Mechanics. Neither the title nor a casual glance at the contents of the book suggests that it contains material of major interest to economists or economic historians. Allen's book was intended as a manual for American mechanics and manufacturers. It summarized that portion of the industrial arts of its day which the author considered most…
The Roots of American Economic Growth, 1607-1861
Land, Labour and Population in the Industrial Revolution
Adam Smith, Consumer Tastes, and Economic Growth
The Enfield Arsenal in Theory and History
Journal Article The Enfield Arsenal in Theory and History Get access Edward Ames, Edward Ames Purdue University. Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Nathan Rosenberg Nathan Rosenberg Purdue University. Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The Economic Journal, Volume 78, Issue 312, 1 December 1968, Pages 827–842, https://doi.org/10.2307/2229180 Published: 01 December 1968
The doctor shortage
The Direction of Technological Change
Technology in Early America
Economic Development and the Transfer of Technology
Economic Development and the Transfer of Technology: Some Historical Perspectives NATHAN ROSENBERG I Back in an earlier, more naive day, we managed to allow ourselves to believe that there was a purely technological solution—a cheap “tech nological fix”—to the problems of poverty and economic backwardness which beset most of the human race. In the Point Four of his 1949 inaugural address President Truman spoke optimistically of the incal culabl…
Hospital Insurance of Alcoholic Patients
Alcoholics stayed in hospital for shorter periods than other psychiatric patients and fewer had hospitalization insurance
Prison Adjustment of Alcoholic Felons
Alcoholics in a penitentiary were more intelligent, older, had more previous arrests and shorter prison sentences and were more likely to be White than nonalcoholic prisoners. The prison adjustment of alcoholics who attended A.A. meetings was better than that of those not attending A.A. and of nonalcoholics
Technology and the Environment
Economics (51 works) · Political science (32 works) · Computer Science (29 works) · Economic Growth and Productivity (20 works) · Sociology (19 works) · Law (17 works) · History (15 works) · Engineering (14 works) · Library science (14 works) · Neoclassical economics (14 works)