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Jacob Louis Weisdorf

University of Copenhagen - Department of Economics

Øster Farimagsgade 5

Bygning 26

1353 Copenhagen K.

Denmark

  • University of Copenhagen - Department of Economics

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1.

The Simplest Unified Growth Theory

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The Simplest Unified Growth Theory

Leibniz Universitat Hannover Discussion Paper No. 375
Number of pages: 32 Posted: 25 Sep 2007 Last Revised: 28 Sep 2009
Holger Strulik and Jacob Louis Weisdorf
University of Goettingen (Gottingen) - School of Law, Economics, Social Sciences and University of Copenhagen - Department of Economics
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Economic Growth, Population Growth, Structural Change, Industrial Revolution

The Simplest Unified Growth Theory

CEPR Discussion Paper No. DP6528
Number of pages: 21 Posted: 05 Jun 2008
Holger Strulik and Jacob Louis Weisdorf
University of Goettingen (Gottingen) - School of Law, Economics, Social Sciences and University of Copenhagen - Department of Economics
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Economic Growth, Industrial Revolution, Population Growth, Structural Change

2.

Ranking Economic History Journals: A Citation-Based Impact-Adjusted Analysis

Cliometrica, 2010, Univ. of Copenhagen Dept. of Economics Discussion Paper No. 09-11
Number of pages: 20 Posted: 13 Aug 2008 Last Revised: 28 Sep 2009
Gianfranco Di Vaio and Jacob Louis Weisdorf
LUISS Guido Carli University and University of Copenhagen - Department of Economics
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Economic history, journal ranking, citation analysis, scientometrics, impact factor

3.

Why did the First Farmers Toil? Human Metabolism and the Origins of Agriculture

Univ. of Copenhagen Dept. of Economics Discussion Paper No. 08-15
Number of pages: 24 Posted: 30 Jul 2008
Jacob Louis Weisdorf
University of Copenhagen - Department of Economics
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Agriculture, Hunting-Gathering, Malthus, Metabolism, Neolithic Revolution

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Made for Toil: Natural Selection at the Dawn of Agriculture

Paris School of Economics Working Paper No. 2007-33
Number of pages: 31 Posted: 30 Nov 2007 Last Revised: 10 Dec 2007
Jacob Louis Weisdorf
University of Copenhagen - Department of Economics
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Hunting, Labour Input, Malthus, Metabolism, Neolithic Revolution, Patience Capital

5.

The Child Quantity-Quality Trade-Off During the Industrial Revolution in England

Univ. of Copenhagen Dept. of Economics Discussion Paper No. 11-16
Number of pages: 29 Posted: 03 Jun 2011
Marc Klemp and Jacob Louis Weisdorf
University of Copenhagen - Department of Economics and University of Copenhagen - Department of Economics
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child quantity-quality trade-off, demographic transition, Industrial Revolution, instrumental variable analysis, human capital formation

6.

Was There an ‘Industrious Revolution’ Before the Industrial Revolution? An Empirical Exercise for England, c. 1300-1830

Univ. of Copenhagen Dept. of Economics Discussion Paper No. 10-14
Number of pages: 30 Posted: 09 May 2010
Robert C. Allen and Jacob Louis Weisdorf
University of Oxford - Department of Economics and University of Copenhagen - Department of Economics
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Consumer Revolution, Cost-of-Living Index, Day Wages, ‘Industrious’ Revolution, Industrial Revolution, Labour Supply, Standard of Living

7.

A Malthusian Model for All Seasons

University of Copenhagen Discussion Paper
Number of pages: 7 Posted: 25 Sep 2007 Last Revised: 28 May 2009
Jacob Louis Weisdorf and Paul Richard Sharp
University of Copenhagen - Department of Economics and University of Southern Denmark - Department of Business and Economics
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Boserup, Labour Productivity, Labour Surplus, Land Productivity, Malthus, Seasonality

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Malthus Revisited: Fertility Decision Making Based on Quasi-Linear Preferences

Economics Letters, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 6 Posted: 03 Oct 2007
Jacob Louis Weisdorf
University of Copenhagen - Department of Economics
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Citation 1

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Demographic Transition, Fertility, Malthus

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Survival of the Richest? Social Status, Fertility, and Social Mobility in England 1541-1824

Univ. of Copenhagen Dept. of Economics Discussion Paper No. 11-02
Number of pages: 31 Posted: 01 Feb 2011
Nina Boberg-Fazlic, Paul Richard Sharp and Jacob Louis Weisdorf
University of Copenhagen - Department of Economics, University of Southern Denmark - Department of Business and Economics and University of Copenhagen - Department of Economics
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demography, pre-industrial England, fertility, social mobility, survival of the richest

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Malthus in the Bedroom: Birth Spacing as a Preventive Check Mechanism in Pre-Modern England

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Malthus in the Bedroom: Birth Spacing as a Preventive Check Mechanism in Pre-Modern England

CESifo Working Paper Series No. 3936
Number of pages: 41 Posted: 27 Sep 2012
Francesco Cinnirella, Marc Klemp and Jacob Louis Weisdorf
CESifo (Center for Economic Studies and Ifo Institute) - Ifo Institute, University of Copenhagen - Department of Economics and University of Copenhagen - Department of Economics
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spacing, birth intervals, fertility, limitation, natural fertility, preventive check

Malthus in the Bedroom: Birth Spacing as a Preventive Check Mechanism in Pre-Modern England

CEPR Discussion Paper No. DP9116
Number of pages: 43 Posted: 28 Sep 2012
Francesco Cinnirella, Marc Klemp and Jacob Louis Weisdorf
CESifo (Center for Economic Studies and Ifo Institute) - Ifo Institute, University of Copenhagen - Department of Economics and University of Copenhagen - Department of Economics
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Birth intervals, Fertility limitation, Natural fertility, Preventive check, Spacing

11.

Citation Success: Evidence from Economic History Journal Publications

Univ. of Copenhagen Dept. of Economics Discussion Paper No. 10-01
Number of pages: 23 Posted: 06 Jan 2010
Gianfranco Di Vaio, Daniel Waldenström and Jacob Louis Weisdorf
LUISS Guido Carli University, Research Institute of Industrial Economics and University of Copenhagen - Department of Economics
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Bibliometrics, Citation Analysis, Citation Success, Economic History, Scientometrics, Poisson Regression

12.

From Foraging to Farming: Explaining the Neolithic Revolution

Journal of Economic Surveys, Vol. 19, No. 4, pp. 561-586, September 2005
Number of pages: 33 Posted: 05 Sep 2005
Jacob Louis Weisdorf
University of Copenhagen - Department of Economics
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The Neolithic Revolution from a Price-Theoretic Perspective

Univ. of Copenhagen Dept. of Economics Discussion Paper No. 10-13
Number of pages: 27 Posted: 28 Apr 2010
Ricardo Andres Guzman and Jacob Louis Weisdorf
affiliation not provided to SSRN and University of Copenhagen - Department of Economics
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neolithic Revolution, hunter-gatherers, child labor, Thomas Malthus

14.

Product Variety and the Demographic Transition

Univ. of Copenhagen Dept. of Economics Discussion Paper No. 09-25
Number of pages: 6 Posted: 11 Dec 2009 Last Revised: 02 Feb 2010
Ricardo Andres Guzman and Jacob Louis Weisdorf
affiliation not provided to SSRN and University of Copenhagen - Department of Economics
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Citation 1

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demographic transition, demand for children, product variety, Malthus

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The Lasting Damage to Mortality of Early-Life Adversity: Evidence from the English Famine of the Late 1720s

Univ. of Copenhagen Dept. of Economics Discussion Paper No. 11-14
Number of pages: 30 Posted: 04 May 2011
Marc Klemp and Jacob Louis Weisdorf
University of Copenhagen - Department of Economics and University of Copenhagen - Department of Economics
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Citation 1

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Death Risk, Malthus, Longevity, Positive Checks, Scarring Effect, Selection Effect

16.

Fecundity, Fertility and Family Reconstitution Data: The Child Quantity-Quality Trade-Off Revisited

CEPR Discussion Paper No. DP9121
Number of pages: 31 Posted: 28 Sep 2012
Marc Klemp and Jacob Louis Weisdorf
University of Copenhagen - Department of Economics and University of Copenhagen - Department of Economics
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Child Quantity-Quality Trade-Off, Demographic Transition, Human Capital Formation, Industrial Revolution, Instrumental Variable Analysis

17.

Unreal Wages? Real Income and Economic Growth in England, 1260-1850

CEPR Discussion Paper No. DP11999
Number of pages: 62 Posted: 02 May 2017
Jane Humphries and Jacob Louis Weisdorf
University of Oxford - Department of Modern History and University of Copenhagen - Department of Economics
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England; Industrial Revolution; Industrious Revolution; Labour Supply; Living standards; Malthusian Model; Real Wages

18.

Social Mobility Among Christian Africans: Evidence from Anglican Marriage Registers in Uganda, 1895-2011

CEPR Discussion Paper No. DP11767
Number of pages: 54 Posted: 17 Jan 2017
Felix Meier zu Selhausen, Marco H.D. van Leeuwen and Jacob Louis Weisdorf
Utrecht University, Utrecht University and University of Copenhagen - Department of Economics
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Chiefs, Christian Missionaries, Indirect Colonial Rule, Labour History, Social mobility, Uganda

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'Decessit Sine Prole' - Childlessness, Celibacy, and Survival of the Richest in Pre-Industrial England

CEPR Discussion Paper No. DP11752
Number of pages: 55 Posted: 09 Jan 2017
David de la Croix, Eric Schneider and Jacob Louis Weisdorf
Catholic University of Louvain (UCL) - Institut de Recherches Economiques et Sociales (IRES), London School of Economics & Political Science (LSE) and University of Copenhagen - Department of Economics
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European Marriage Pattern, Evolutionary Advantage, Fertility, industrial revolution, Marriage, Middle class

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Malthus in the Bedroom: Birth Spacing as Birth Control in Pre-Transition England

CESifo Working Paper Series No. 6167
Number of pages: 47 Posted: 13 Dec 2016
Francesco Cinnirella, Marc Klemp and Jacob Louis Weisdorf
CESifo (Center for Economic Studies and Ifo Institute) - Ifo Institute, University of Copenhagen - Department of Economics and University of Copenhagen - Department of Economics
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spacing, birth intervals, birth control, fertility limitation, preventive check

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The Effect of the Italian Unification on the Comparative Regional Development in Literacy, 1821-1911

CEIS Working Paper No. 392
Number of pages: 42 Posted: 25 Jul 2016
Carlo Ciccarelli and Jacob Louis Weisdorf
University of Rome, Tor Vergata - Faculty of Economics and University of Copenhagen - Department of Economics
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Human capital, literacy, regional economics, Italy

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A Colonial Legacy of African Gender Inequality? Evidence from Christian Kampala, 1895–2011

The Economic History Review, Vol. 69, Issue 1, pp. 229-257, 2016
Number of pages: 29 Posted: 19 Jan 2016
Felix Meier zu Selhausen and Jacob Louis Weisdorf
Utrecht University and University of Copenhagen - Department of Economics
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A Colonial Legacy of African Gender Inequality? Evidence from Christian Kampala, 1895-2011

CEPR Discussion Paper No. DP10333
Number of pages: 59 Posted: 23 Jan 2015
Felix Meier zu Selhausen and Jacob Louis Weisdorf
Utrecht University and University of Copenhagen - Department of Economics
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Africa, church books, colonialism, development, female disempowerment, gender discrimination, gender inequality, missionaries, Uganda

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The Wages of Women in England, 1260-1850

CEPR Discussion Paper No. DP9903
Number of pages: 44 Posted: 02 Jun 2014
Jane Humphries and Jacob Louis Weisdorf
University of Oxford - Department of Modern History and University of Copenhagen - Department of Economics
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Black Death, England, Gender segregation, Gender wage gap, Industrial Revolution, Wages, Women

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From Domestic Manufacture to Industrial Revolution: Long-Run Growth and Agricultural Development

Oxford Economic Papers, Vol. 58, No. 2, pp. 264-287, 2006
Posted: 29 Feb 2008
Jacob Louis Weisdorf
University of Copenhagen - Department of Economics

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