Why England? Demographic Factors, Structural Change and Physical Capital Accumulation during the Industrial Revolution

Nico Voigtländer; Hans-Joachim Voth

doi:10.1007/s10887-006-9007-6

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Why England? Demographic Factors, Structural Change and Physical Capital Accumulation during the Industrial Revolution

Nico Voigtländer, Hans-Joachim Voth

Journal of Economic Growth 11, pp. 319-361 (2006)

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Abstract

Why did England industrialize first? And why was Europe ahead of the rest of the world? We present a probabilistic two-sector model where the initial escape from Malthusian constraints depends on the demographic regime.

Keywords: Industrial Revolution, demography, capital accumulation, England, long-run growth
DOI: 10.1007/s10887-006-9007-6
Canonical: https://www.jvoth.com/papers/why-england.html

Nico Voigtländer, Hans-Joachim Voth (2006). “Why England? Demographic Factors, Structural Change and Physical Capital Accumulation during the Industrial Revolution.” Journal of Economic Growth.