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Jakob Madsen

The University of Western Australia

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Scholarly Papers (8)

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How Much Do Institutions Matter? Growth Dynamics and Institutions in Latin America, 1801-20151

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How Much Do Institutions Matter? Growth Dynamics and Institutions in Latin America, 1801-20151

Number of pages: 32 Posted: 15 Jun 2022
Miethy Zaman and Jakob Madsen
Deakin University and The University of Western Australia
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Institutions and growth, transmission of institutions to growth, Latin America's growth 1801-2015

How Much Do Institutions Matter? Growth Dynamics and Institutions in Latin America, 1801-20151

Number of pages: 32 Posted: 06 Sep 2022
Miethy Zaman and Jakob Madsen
Deakin University and The University of Western Australia
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Institutions and growth, transmission of institutions to growth, Latin America's growth 1801-2015

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Blood, Education and Economic Development: How the 19th Century Wars in Latin America Foiled its Economic Development

Number of pages: 21 Posted: 04 Mar 2023
Miethy Zaman and Jakob Madsen
Deakin University and The University of Western Australia
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Military campaigns, education and economic development, crowding out, State Capacity, Latin America

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Pro-Poor Land Reforms, Education and Fertility: International Evidence, 1820-2010

Number of pages: 25 Posted: 20 Jan 2025
Jakob Madsen, Lan Tong and Mehmet Ali Ulubasoglu
The University of Western Australia, Deakin University and Deakin University - Department of Economics
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Pro-poor land reforms, education, fertility, economic development

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How Education Has Shaped American Inequality Since 1800

Number of pages: 16 Posted: 24 Jun 2025
Jakob Madsen and Holger Strulik
The University of Western Australia and University of Göttingen - School of Law, Economics, Social Sciences
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Education, skill premium, inequality, Kuznets curve, Gini coefficient

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Lives Versus Livelihoods in the Middle Ages: The Impact of the Plague on Markets Over 400 Years

Number of pages: 36 Posted: 29 Jun 2022
Jakob Madsen, Peter E. Robertson and Longfeng Ye
The University of Western Australia, The University of Western Australia and Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (RMIT University)
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Epidemics, Trade costs, Social Distancing, Black Death, Public Health

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Capital Composition and the Decline of the Labor Share: Why Buildings Matter

Number of pages: 23 Posted: 17 Jun 2025
Jakob Madsen, Holger Strulik and Jacob Kerspien
The University of Western Australia, University of Göttingen - School of Law, Economics, Social Sciences and affiliation not provided to SSRN
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labor income share, heterogeneous capital, elasticity of substitution, prices of machinery and buildings

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The Aging Society: Is Growth Reverting to Pre-Industrial Levels in the 21st Century?

Number of pages: 29 Posted: 03 Jun 2024
Jakob Madsen
The University of Western Australia
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Aging, productivity growth, education, innovations, endogenous labor market participation

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The Global Expansion in Robotization and the Declining Gender Wage Gap

Number of pages: 31 Posted: 18 Mar 2026
Jakob Madsen, Mohammad Farhad and Erica Lukas
The University of Western Australia, The University of Western Australia and Curtin University
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Robotization, gender wage gap