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Technological progress and regress in pre-industrial times

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Shekhar Aiyar
Carl-Johan Dalgaard
Omer Moav ()

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Volume (Year): 13 (2008)
Issue (Month): 2 (June)
Pages: 125-144
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Keywords: Technological regress; Technological progress; Malthusian stagnation; Division of labor; O10; O33; O40; J11;

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