Luddites, the industrial revolution, and the demographic transition

Technological change was unskilled-labor-biased during the early industrial revolution, but is skill-biased today. This implies a rich set of non-monotonic macroeconomic dynamics which are not embedded in extant unified growth models. We present historical evidence and develop a model which can endo...

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Main Authors: O'Rourke, K, Rahman, A, Taylor, A
Format: Journal article
Published: Springer US* 2013