From Malthus to Ohlin: Trade, industrialisation and distribution since 1500.

A recent endogenous growth literature has focused on the transition from a Malthusian world where real wages were linked to factor endowments, to one where modern growth has broken that link. In this paper we present evidence on another, related phenomenon: the dramatic reversal in distributional tr...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: O'Rourke, K, Williamson, J
Format: Journal article
Language:English
Published: Springer 2005