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In Good Company: About Agency and Economic Development in Global Perspective

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  • Jan Luiten van Zanden

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The paper discusses some evidence, based on a review of new literature on economic history, about what is coined the Sen-hypothesis, that increasing human agency (of both men and women) is a key factor in economic development. It briefly discusses various dimensions of agency (or its absence): slavery (as the absolute suppression of human agency), access to markets, agency concerning marriage, and political participation. This concept perhaps also allows economic historians to move beyond the historical determinism that is central to much recent work in this field.

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  • Jan Luiten van Zanden, 2012. "In Good Company: About Agency and Economic Development in Global Perspective," Economic History of Developing Regions, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 27(S1), pages 16-27.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:rehdxx:v:27:y:2012:i:s1:p:s16-s27
    DOI: 10.1080/20780389.2012.657456
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    1. On Agency
      by Johan Fourie in Johan Fourie's Blog on 2012-01-25 16:08:22
    2. Of Good and Better Companies: Reflections On Agency and Economic History
      by Manuel Bautista in NEP-HIS blog on 2012-03-26 09:12:06
    3. Of Good and Better Companies: Reflections On Agency and Economic History
      by Manuel Bautista in NEP-HIS blog on 2012-03-26 09:12:06
    4. Of Good and Better Companies: Reflections On Agency and Economic History
      by Manuel Bautista in NEP-HIS blog on 2012-03-26 09:12:06
    5. Agency condition e história econômica
      by Thomas H. Kang in Oikomania on 2012-03-28 17:45:00

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    2. Silvana Maubrigades, 2015. "Connections between women`s age at marriage and social and economic development," Documentos de trabajo 39, Programa de Historia Económica, FCS, Udelar.

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    JEL classification:

    • N00 - Economic History - - General - - - General
    • O10 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Development - - - General
    • O15 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Development - - - Economic Development: Human Resources; Human Development; Income Distribution; Migration

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