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dc.contributor.authorAshraf, Quamrulen
dc.contributor.authorGalor, Odeden
dc.date.accessioned2010-02-25-
dc.date.accessioned2012-09-17T11:31:35Z-
dc.date.available2012-09-17T11:31:35Z-
dc.date.issued2008-
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10419/62636-
dc.description.abstractThis paper empirically tests the predictions of the Malthusian theory with respect to both population dynamics and income per capita stagnation in the pre-Industrial Revolution era. The theory suggests that improvements in technology during this period generated only temporary gains in income per capita, eventually leading to a larger but not richer population. Using exogenous cross-country variations in land productivity and the timing of the Neolithic Revolution, the analysis demonstrates that, in accordance with the Malthusian theory, societies that were characterized by higher land productivity and an earlier onset of agriculture had higher population densities, but similar standards of living, during the time period 1-1500 CE.en
dc.language.isoengen
dc.publisher|aBrown University, Department of Economics |cProvidence, RIen
dc.relation.ispartofseries|aWorking Paper |x2008-14en
dc.subject.jelN10en
dc.subject.jelN30en
dc.subject.jelN50en
dc.subject.jelO10en
dc.subject.jelO40en
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dc.subject.ddc330en
dc.subject.keywordTechnological Progressen
dc.subject.keywordPopulation Dynamicsen
dc.subject.keywordMalthusian Stagnationen
dc.subject.keywordLand Productivityen
dc.subject.keywordNeolithic Revolutionen
dc.subject.stwVolkseinkommenen
dc.subject.stwEinkommenen
dc.subject.stwProduktivitäten
dc.subject.stwFruchtbarkeiten
dc.subject.stwBevölkerungstheorieen
dc.subject.stwWelten
dc.titleDynamics and stagnation in the Malthusian epoch: Theory and evidence-
dc.typeWorking Paperen
dc.identifier.ppn593029712en
dc.rightshttp://www.econstor.eu/dspace/Nutzungsbedingungenen

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