Luddites and the Demographic Transition
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 19080089 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Kevin H O''Rourke (0000-0001-6272-2090, corresponding author), Kevin O'Rourke, Ahmed S Rahman (0000-0002-2829-0666), Ahmed Rahman, Alastair M Taylor (0000-0003-3273-0844), Alan Taylor (0000-0003-1137-0691) |
| Year | 2008 |
| Publication date | 2008-11-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | REPORT |
| Venue | National Bureau of Economic Research (REPOSITORY) |
| Publisher | National Bureau of Economic Research (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.3386/w14484 |
| OpenAlex | W2148636464 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 8 |
| References cited | 16 |
Technological change was unskilled-labor-biased during the early Industrial Revolution, but is skill-biased today. This is not embedded in extant unified growth models. We develop a model which can endogenously account for these facts, where factor bias reflects profit-maximizing decisions by innovators. Endowments dictate that the early Industrial Revolution be unskilled-labor-biased. Increasing basic knowledge causes a growth takeoff, an income-led demand for fewer educated children, and the transition to skill-biased technological change. The simulated model tracks British industrialization in the 18th and 19th centuries and generates a demographic transition without relying on either rising skill premia or exogenous educational supply shocks
Biology · Demographic transition · Geography · Population · Sociology · Culture, Economy, and Development Studies · Demography · Economic Growth and Productivity · Historical Economic and Social Studies · Genetics
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| Unique citing works | 8 |
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| Citations per year | 0,53 |
| Citation span | 2011 - 2017 (7) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 3 |