Dynamics and stagnation in the Malthusian Epoch
By: Quamrul Ashraf, Oded Galor
Contributors: Galor, Oded, 1953-; National Bureau of Economic Research
Series: NBER working paper series -- working paper 17037; Working paper series (National Bureau of Economic Research : Online) -- working paper no. 17037.
Publisher: National Bureau of Economic Research
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Cambridge, MA
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource] /
Description: "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"--National Bureau of Economic Research web site.
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