Was the wealth of nations determined in 1000 B.C.?
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Author
Contributions
- Easterly, William Russell - Contributor
- Gong, Erick - Contributor
- Harvard Business School - Contributor
Publication
2008 - Harvard Business School, Boston, Massachusetts
Language
English
Word Count
16,500 words, Guess
Page Count
66 pages
Identifiers
- OCLC Control Number543796297
- Open LibraryOL50176720M
Description
We assemble a dataset on technology adoption in 1000 B.C., 0 A.D., and 1500 A.D. for the predecessors to today's nation states. We find that this very old history of technology adoption is surprisingly significant for today's national development outcomes. Our strong and robust results are for 1500 A.D. determining per capita income today. We find technological persistence across long epochs: from 1000 BC to 0 AD, from 0 AD to 1500 AD, and from 1500 AD to the present. Although the data allow only some suggestive tests of rival hypotheses to explain long?run technological persistence, we find the evidence to be most consistent with a model of endogenous technology adoption where the cost of adopting new technologies declines sufficiently with the current level of adoption. The evidence is less consistent with a dominant role for population as predicted by the semi?endogenous growth models or for country-level factors like culture, genes or institutions.
Subjects
Series Statement
- Working paper / Harvard Business School -- 09-052
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