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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
- 6 Finished
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Proposal to extend Northwestern University's Center for Economic History
4/1/17 → 8/31/21
Project: Research project
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Doctoral Dissertation Research in Economics: Essays on the Self-Selection and Productivity of Migrants
8/1/14 → 7/31/16
Project: Research project
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Technology-Skill Complementarity during the Industrial Revolution: 1710-1810
United States-Israel Binational Science Foundation
10/1/11 → 12/31/15
Project: Research project
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Doctoral Dissertation Research in Economics: The Great Depression from a Firm-Level View
7/15/11 → 12/31/12
Project: Research project
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Rate of Direction and Invention in the British Industrial Revolution
Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation
5/8/09 → 12/31/10
Project: Research project
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The economics of apprenticeship
Mokyr, J., Jan 1 2019, Apprenticeship in Early Modern Europe. Cambridge University Press, p. 20-43 24 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
1 Scopus citations -
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 › peer-review
Open Access4 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 › peer-review
2 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 › peer-review
23 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, 9088Research output: Contribution to journal › Letter › peer-review