Ahmed Rahman
Biographic Data
| ID | 5847369 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Ahmed Rahman |
| GIVEN NAMES | Ahmed |
| FAMILY NAME | Rahman |
| SIGNATURE | RAHMAN A |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 1 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 1 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2008 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2008 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Luddites and the Demographic Transition
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…
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Luddites and the Demographic Transition
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…
Biology (1 work) · Culture, Economy, and Development Studies (1 work) · Demographic transition (1 work) · Demography (1 work) · Economic Growth and Productivity (1 work) · Genetics (1 work) · Geography (1 work) · Historical Economic and Social Studies (1 work) · Population (1 work) · Sociology (1 work)