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Joel Mokyr

  • 3303 Citations
1974 …2018

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Research Interests

Economic history of Europe, specializing in the period 1750-1914; understanding the economic and intellectual roots of technological progress and the growth of useful knowledge in European societies, as well as the impact that industrialization and economic progress have had on economic welfare.

Education/Academic qualification

Economics, PhD, Yale University

… → 1974

Economics, MPhil, Yale University

… → 1972

Economics and History, BA, Hebrew University of Jerusalem

… → 1968

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Grants

Proposal to extend Northwestern University's Center for Economic History

Kiesling, L. & Mokyr, J.

Anonymous Foundation (VIII)

4/1/17 → 8/31/20

Project: Research project

    • Doctoral Dissertation Research in Economics: Essays on the Self-Selection and Productivity of Migrants

    Mokyr, J.

    National Science Foundation

    8/1/14 → 7/31/16

    Project: Research project

    • Technology-Skill Complementarity during the Industrial Revolution: 1710-1810

    Mokyr, J.

    United States-Israel Binational Science Foundation

    10/1/11 → 12/31/15

    Project: Research project

    Doctoral Dissertation Research in Economics: The Great Depression from a Firm-Level View

    Mokyr, J.

    National Science Foundation

    7/15/11 → 12/31/12

    Project: Research project

    Rate of Direction and Invention in the British Industrial Revolution

    Mokyr, J.

    Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation

    5/8/09 → 12/31/10

    Project: Research project

    Research Output

    Bottom-up or top-down? The origins of the Industrial Revolution

    Mokyr, J., Dec 1 2018, In : Journal of Institutional Economics. 14, 6, p. 1003-1024 22 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

    Open Access
    • 2 Scopus citations

    Building taller ladders

    Mokyr, J., Jun 2018, In : Finance and Development. 55, 2, p. 32-35 4 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journal › Comment/debate

    1 Scopus citations

    Clans, guilds, and markets: Apprenticeship institutions and growth in the preindustrial economy

    De La Croix, D., Doepke, M. & Mokyr, J., Feb 1 2018, In : Quarterly Journal of Economics. 133, 1, p. 1-70 70 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

    • 14 Scopus citations

    Economists respond [1]

    Dosi, G., Helfat, C., Malerba, F., Mokyr, J., Nelson, R., Pyka, A., Saviotti, P. P., Scherer, F. M. & Winter, S., May 12 2018, In : Economist (United Kingdom). 414, 9088

    Research output: Contribution to journal › Letter

    Editor’s introduction: The new economic history and the industrial revolution

    Mokyr, J., Jan 1 2018, The British Industrial Revolution: An Economic Perspective. Taylor and Francis, p. 1-127 127 p.

    Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter

    • 7 Scopus citations