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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 2004 2020
Proposal to extend Northwestern University's Center for Economic History
Kiesling, L. & Mokyr, J.
4/1/17 → 3/31/20
Project: Research project
Economic History
Funding
Qualitative Research
Methodology
Doctoral Dissertation Research in Economics: Essays on the Self-Selection and Productivity of Migrants
8/1/14 → 7/31/16
Project: Research project
Productivity
Economics
Self-selection
Migrants
Labor market outcomes
Technology-Skill Complementarity during the Industrial Revolution: 1710-1810
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
7/15/11 → 12/31/12
Project: Research project
Rate of Direction and Invention in the British Industrial Revolution
Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation
5/8/09 → 12/31/10
Project: Research project
Research Output 1974 2018
1
Citation
(Scopus)
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
Bottom-up
Human capital
Incentives
Industrial revolution
Top-down
Building taller ladders
Mokyr, J., Jun 1 2018, In : Finance and Development. 55, 2, p. 32-35 4 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Comment/debate
7
Citations
(Scopus)
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
Apprenticeship
Guilds
Per capita income
Kinship
Population growth
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, 9088Research output: Contribution to journal › Letter
Economists
5
Citations
(Scopus)
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
Economic History
Industrial Revolution
Economic Growth
Social Historians
French Revolution