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Dynamics and Stagnation in the Malthusian EpochQuamrul AshrafWilliams College - Department of Economics Oded GalorBrown University - Department of Economics; Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR); Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - School of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences, Department of Economics May 3, 2011 American Economic Review, Vol. 101, No. 5, 2011 Abstract: This paper examines the central hypothesis of the influential Malthusian theory, according to which improvements in the technological environment during the pre-industrial era had generated only temporary gains in income per capita, eventually leading to a larger, but not significantly richer, population. Exploiting exogenous sources of cross-country variations in land productivity and the level of technological advancement the analysis demonstrates that, in accordance with the theory, technological superiority and higher land productivity had significant positive effects on population density but insignificant effects on the standard of living, during the time period 1-1500 CE.
Number of Pages in PDF File: 56 Keywords: Technological Progress, Population Density, Malthusian Stagnation, Land Productivity, Neolithic Revolution JEL Classification: N10, N30, N50, O10, O40, O50 Accepted Paper SeriesDate posted: February 2, 2010 ; Last revised: July 4, 2012Suggested CitationContact Information
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