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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.
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
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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Proposal to extend Northwestern University's Center for Economic History
Mokyr, J. & Kiesling, L. L.
4/1/17 → 8/31/23
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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Could Artisans Have Caused the Industrial Revolution?
Kelly, M., Mokyr, J. & Grada, C. O., Apr 1 2022, In: Rivista di Storia Economica. 38, 1, p. 11-27 17 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Institutions, ideas and economic change: Some reflections on Geoffrey Hodgson's 'Culture and Institutions'
Mokyr, J., Feb 24 2022, In: Journal of Institutional Economics. 18, 1, p. 169-174 6 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review
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Why our knowledge economy can survive the new age of pestilence
MOKYR, JOEL., Sep 2020, In: MIT Sloan Management Review. 62, 1, p. 22-24 3 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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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
3 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 Access7 Scopus citations