Replication data for: Was the Wealth of Nations Determined in 1000 BC?
Principal Investigator(s): View help for Principal Investigator(s) Diego Comin; William Easterly; Erick Gong
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Project Citation:
Comin, Diego, Easterly, William, and Gong, Erick. Replication data for: Was the Wealth of Nations Determined in 1000 BC? Nashville, TN: American Economic Association [publisher], 2010. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2019-10-12. https://doi.org/10.3886/E114180V1
Project Description
Summary:
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We assemble a dataset on technology adoption in 1000 bc, 0 ad, and 1500 AD for the predecessors to today's nation states. Technological differences are surprisingly persistent over long periods of time. Our most interesting, strong, and robust results are for the association of 1500 AD technology with per capita income and technology adoption today. We also find robust and significant technological persistence
from 1000 BC to 0 AD, and from 0 AD to 1500 AD. The evidence is consistent with a model where the cost of adopting new technologies declines sufficiently with the current level of adoption.
(JEL N10, O33, O47)
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JEL Classification:
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N10 Economic History: Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics; Industrial Structure; Growth; Fluctuations: General, International, or Comparative
O33 Technological Change: Choices and Consequences; Diffusion Processes
O47 Empirical Studies of Economic Growth; Aggregate Productivity; Cross-Country Output Convergence
N10 Economic History: Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics; Industrial Structure; Growth; Fluctuations: General, International, or Comparative
O33 Technological Change: Choices and Consequences; Diffusion Processes
O47 Empirical Studies of Economic Growth; Aggregate Productivity; Cross-Country Output Convergence
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