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Precocious Albion: A New Interpretation of the British Industrial Revolution
- Morgan Kelly, J. Mokyr, C. Ó'Gráda
- Economics, History
- 1 September 2013
Many explanations have been offered for the British Industrial Revolution. This article points to the importance of human capital (broadly defined) and the quality of the British labor force on the…
The Mechanics of the Industrial Revolution
- C. Ó'Gráda
- Economics, HistorySSRN Electronic Journal
- 1 June 2020
For contemporaries, Britain’s success in developing the technologies of the early Industrial Revolution rested in large part on its abundant supply of artisan skills, notably in metalworking. In this…
The Fertility of the Irish in America in 1910
- T. Guinnane, C. Ó'Gráda, Carolyn M. Moehling
- History, Economics
- 1 October 2002
In most western societies, marital fertility began to decline in the nineteenth century. But in Ireland, fertility in marriage remained stubbornly high into the twentieth century. Explanations of…
Living Standards and Mortality Since the Middle Ages
- Morgan Kelly, C. Ó'Gráda
- History, Economics
- 24 September 2010
Existing studies find little connection between living standards and mortality in England, but go back only to the sixteenth century. Using new data on inheritances, we extend estimates of mortality…
Change Points and Temporal Dependence in Reconstructions of Annual Temperature: Did Europe Experience a Little Ice Age?
- Morgan Kelly, C. Ó'Gráda
- Environmental Science
- 25 October 2013
We analyze the timing and extent of northern European temperature falls during the Little Ice Age, using standard temperature reconstructions. However, we can find little evidence of long swings or…
Roots of the Industrial Revolution
- Morgan Kelly, J. Mokyr, C. Ó'Gráda
- Economics, History
- 26 November 2015
We analyze factors explaining the very different patterns of industrialization across the 42 counties of England between 1760 and 1830. Against the widespread view that high wages and cheap coal…
Fertility in South Dublin a Century Ago: A First Look
- T. Guinnane, Carolyn M. Moehling, C. Ó'Gráda
- Economics
- 1 November 2001
Ireland's relatively late and feeble fertility transition remains poorly-understood. The leading explanations stress the role of Catholicism and a conservative social ethos. This paper reports the…
Population and Poverty in Ireland on the Eve of the Great Famine
- A. Fernihough, C. Ó'Gráda
- Economics
- 5 December 2018
The link between demographic pressure and economic conditions in pre-Famine Ireland has long interested economists. This paper re-visits the topic, harnessing the highly disaggregated parish-level…
The Next World and the New World: Relief, Migration, and the Great Irish Famine
- C. Ó'Gráda
- Economics, History
- 5 December 2018
Ireland on the eve of the Great Famine was a poor and backward economy. The Great Irish Famine of the 1840s is accordingly often considered the classic example of Malthusian population economics in…
Adam Smith, Watch Prices, and the Industrial Revolution
- Morgan Kelly, C. Ó'Gráda
- Economics, History
- 28 February 2015
Although largely absent from modern accounts of the Industrial Revolution, watches were the first mass produced consumer durable, and were Adam Smith’s pre-eminent example of technological progress.…
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