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Joel Mokyr

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(50%) Department of Economics
Northwestern University

Evanston, Illinois (United States)
http://www.econ.northwestern.edu/
RePEc:edi:denwuus (more details at EDIRC)

(50%) Eitan Berglas School of Economics
Tel Aviv University

Tel Aviv, Israel
https://econ.tau.ac.il/
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Working papers

  1. Avner Greif & Joel Mokyr & Guido Tabellini, 2025. "Culture and Social Organizations in the Great Reversal: Europe and China, 1000-2000," CESifo Working Paper Series 12023, CESifo.
  2. Joel Mokyr & Guido Tabellini, 2023. "Social Organizations and Political Institutions: Why China and Europe Diverged," CESifo Working Paper Series 10405, CESifo.
  3. Kelly, Morgan & Mokyr, Joel & Ó Gráda, Cormac, 2020. "The Mechanics of the Industrial Revolution," CEPR Discussion Papers 14884, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers.
  4. van der Beek, Karine & Mokyr, Joel & Sarid, Assaf, 2019. "The Wheels of Change: Technology Adoption, Millwrights, and Persistence in Britain’s Industrialization," CEPR Discussion Papers 14138, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers.
  5. Doepke, Matthias & de la Croix, David & Mokyr, Joel, 2016. "Clans, Guilds, and Markets: Apprenticeship Institutions and Growth in the Pre-Industrial Economy," CEPR Discussion Papers 11199, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers.
  6. Morgan Kelly & Joel Mokyr & Cormac Ó Gráda, 2015. "Roots of the Industrial Revolution," Working Papers 201524, School of Economics, University College Dublin.
  7. Kelly, Morgan & Mokyr, Joel & Grada, Cormac O, 2015. "Roots of the Industrial Revolution," CAGE Online Working Paper Series 248, Competitive Advantage in the Global Economy (CAGE).
  8. Morgan Kelly & Joel Mokyr & Cormac Ó Gráda, 2013. "Precocious Albion: a new interpretation of the British industrial revolution," Working Papers 201311, School of Economics, University College Dublin.
  9. Morgan Kelly & Joel Mokyr & Cormac Ó Gráda, 2013. "Appendix to "Precocious Albion: a new interpretation of the British industrial revolution"," Working Papers 201312, School of Economics, University College Dublin.
  10. Matthias Doepke & Joel Mokyr & David de la Croix, 2013. "Apprenticeship and Technological Progress in the Malthusian World," 2013 Meeting Papers 76, Society for Economic Dynamics.
  11. Ralf Meisenzahl & Joel Mokyr, 2011. "The Rate and Direction of Invention in the British Industrial Revolution: Incentives and Institutions," NBER Working Papers 16993, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
  12. Joel Mokyr & Hans-Joachim Voth, 2006. "Understanding Growth in Europe, 1700-1870: Theory and Evidence," DEGIT Conference Papers c011_002, DEGIT, Dynamics, Economic Growth, and International Trade.
  13. Joel Mokyr, 2005. "The Great Synergy: The European Enlightenment as a Factor in Modern Economic Growth," 2005 Meeting Papers 179, Society for Economic Dynamics.
  14. J. Mokyr, 2004. "Useful Knowledge as an Evolving System: the view from Economic History," Papers on Economics and Evolution 2004-23, Philipps University Marburg, Department of Geography.
  15. Joel Mokyr & Cormac Ó Gráda, 2002. "What do people die of during famines : the Great Irish Famine in comparative perspective," Open Access publications 10197/449, School of Economics, University College Dublin.
  16. Mokyr, J. & O Grada, C., 1999. "Famine Disease and Famine Mortality: Lessons from the Irish Experience, 1845-1850," Papers 99/12, College Dublin, Department of Political Economy-.
  17. Joel Mokyr & Cormac Ó Gráda, 1994. "Height and health in the United Kingdom 1815–1860 : evidence from the East India company army," Working Papers 199407, School of Economics, University College Dublin.
  18. Joel Mokyr & Cormac Ó Gráda, 1990. "The heights of the British and the Irish c. 1800-1815 : evidence from recruits to the East India Company's army," Working Papers 199003, School of Economics, University College Dublin.
  19. Joel Mokyr & Cormac Ó Gráda, 1989. "The height of Irishmen and Englishmen in the 1770's : some evidence from the East India Company Army records," Open Access publications 10197/389, School of Economics, University College Dublin.
  20. Joel Mokyr & Cormac Ó Gráda, 1986. "Living standards in Ireland and Britain, 1800-1850 : the East India Company Army data," Working Papers 198644, School of Economics, University College Dublin.
  21. Joel Mokyr & Cormac Ó Gráda, 1985. "From poor to poorer? Living standards in Ireland before the famine : a new look," Working Papers 198533, School of Economics, University College Dublin.
  22. Joel Mokyr & Cormac Ó Gráda, 1983. "New developments in Irish population history 1700-1850," Working Papers 198317, School of Economics, University College Dublin.
  23. Joel Mokyr & Cormac Ó Gráda, 1982. "Emigration and poverty in prefamine Ireland," Working Papers 198201, School of Economics, University College Dublin.
  24. Elizabeth Hoffman & Joel Mokyr, 1981. "Peasants, Potatoes, and Poverty: Transactions Costs in Prefamine Ireland," Discussion Papers 474, Northwestern University, Center for Mathematical Studies in Economics and Management Science.
  25. Joel Mokyr, 1978. "The Deadly Fungus: An Econometric Investigation into the Short Term Demographic Impact of the Irish Famine," Discussion Papers 333, Northwestern University, Center for Mathematical Studies in Economics and Management Science.

Articles

  1. Joel Mokyr & Guido Tabellini, 2024. "Social organizations and political institutions: why China and Europe diverged," Economica, London School of Economics and Political Science, vol. 91(362), pages 347-382, April.
  2. Morgan Kelly & Joel Mokyr & Cormac Ó Gráda, 2023. "The Mechanics of the Industrial Revolution," Journal of Political Economy, University of Chicago Press, vol. 131(1), pages 59-94.
  3. Kelly Morgan & Joel Mokyr & Cormac Ó Gráda, 2022. "Could Artisans Have Caused the Industrial Revolution?," Rivista di storia economica, Società editrice il Mulino, issue 1, pages 11-28.
  4. Joel Mokyr, 2022. "Incentives, Institutions, and Industrialization: A Prelude to Modern Economic Growth," Rivista di storia economica, Società editrice il Mulino, issue 2, pages 127-146.
  5. Joel Mokyr & Assaf Sarid & Karine van der Beek, 2022. "The Wheels of Change: Technology Adoption, Millwrights and the Persistence in Britain'S Industrialisation," The Economic Journal, Royal Economic Society, vol. 132(645), pages 1894-1926.
  6. Mokyr, Joel, 2022. "Institutions, ideas and economic change: some reflections on Geoffrey Hodgson's ‘Culture and Institutions’," Journal of Institutional Economics, Cambridge University Press, vol. 18(1), pages 169-174, February.
  7. Mokyr, Joel, 2020. "Technology in the Industrial Revolution. By Barbara Hahn. Cambridge and New York: Cambridge University Press, 2020. Pp. xii+225. $24.95, paperback," The Journal of Economic History, Cambridge University Press, vol. 80(4), pages 1237-1238, December.
  8. Mokyr, Joel, 2019. "The Technology Trap: Capital Labor, and Power in the Age of Automation. By Carl Benedikt Frey. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2019. Pp. 480. $29.95, hardcover," The Journal of Economic History, Cambridge University Press, vol. 79(4), pages 1183-1189, December.
  9. David de la Croix & Matthias Doepke & Joel Mokyr, 2018. "Clans, Guilds, and Markets: Apprenticeship Institutions and Growth in the Preindustrial Economy," The Quarterly Journal of Economics, President and Fellows of Harvard College, vol. 133(1), pages 1-70.
  10. Mokyr, Joel, 2018. "The Age of Machinery: Engineering the Industrial Revolution, 1770–1850. A review essay of Gillian Cookson. Woodbridge, Suffolk, Boydell Press, 2018. Pp. 337. $24.13, paper. - Artisanal Enlightenment: ," The Journal of Economic History, Cambridge University Press, vol. 78(4), pages 1252-1257, December.
  11. Mokyr, Joel, 2018. "Bottom-up or top-down? The origins of the Industrial Revolution," Journal of Institutional Economics, Cambridge University Press, vol. 14(6), pages 1003-1024, December.
  12. Christian Gehrke & Erik Buyst & Heinz D. Kurz & Bertram Schefold & Richard Sturn & Joel Mokyr, 2018. "Joel Mokyr’s A Culture of Growth: a book roundtable," The European Journal of the History of Economic Thought, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 25(6), pages 1493-1536, November.
  13. Mokyr, Joel, 2018. "The past and the future of innovation: Some lessons from economic history," Explorations in Economic History, Elsevier, vol. 69(C), pages 13-26.
  14. Mokyr, Joel, 2017. "Innovation and Its Enemies: Why People Resist New Technologies. By Calestous Juma. New York: Oxford University Press, 2016. Pp. xii+416. $29.95, hardcover," The Journal of Economic History, Cambridge University Press, vol. 77(3), pages 968-970, September.
  15. Zeev, Nadav Ben & Mokyr, Joel & van der Beek, Karine, 2017. "Flexible Supply of Apprenticeship in the British Industrial Revolution," The Journal of Economic History, Cambridge University Press, vol. 77(1), pages 208-250, March.
  16. Greif, Avner & Mokyr, Joel, 2017. "Cognitive rules, institutions, and economic growth: Douglass North and beyond," Journal of Institutional Economics, Cambridge University Press, vol. 13(1), pages 25-52, March.
  17. Joel Mokyr, 2016. "Institutions and the Origins of the Great Enrichment," Atlantic Economic Journal, Springer;International Atlantic Economic Society, vol. 44(2), pages 243-259, June.
  18. Greif, Avner & Mokyr, Joel, 2016. "Institutions and economic history: a critique of professor McCloskey," Journal of Institutional Economics, Cambridge University Press, vol. 12(1), pages 29-41, March.
  19. Joel Mokyr & Chris Vickers & Nicolas L. Ziebarth, 2015. "The History of Technological Anxiety and the Future of Economic Growth: Is This Time Different?," Journal of Economic Perspectives, American Economic Association, vol. 29(3), pages 31-50, Summer.
  20. Joel Mokyr, 2014. "A Flourishing Economist: A Review Essay on Edmund Phelps's Mass Flourishing: How Grassroots Innovation Created Jobs, Challenge, and Change," Journal of Economic Literature, American Economic Association, vol. 52(1), pages 189-196, March.
  21. Morgan Kelly & Joel Mokyr & Cormac Ó Gráda, 2014. "Precocious Albion: A New Interpretation of the British Industrial Revolution," Annual Review of Economics, Annual Reviews, vol. 6(1), pages 363-389, August.
  22. Mokyr, Joel, 2014. "Metals, Culture, and Capitalism: An Essay on the Origins of the Modern World. By Jack Goody. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 2012. Pp. 349. $26.99, paper," The Journal of Economic History, Cambridge University Press, vol. 74(2), pages 644-646, June.
  23. Joel Mokyr & José-Antonio Espín-Sánchez, 2013. "The Institutional Revelation: A comment on Douglas W. Allen’s The Institutional Revolution," The Review of Austrian Economics, Springer;Society for the Development of Austrian Economics, vol. 26(4), pages 375-381, December.
  24. Joel Mokyr, 2013. "Cultural entrepreneurs and the origins of modern economic growth," Scandinavian Economic History Review, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 61(1), pages 1-33, March.
  25. Joel Mokyr, 2013. "Human Capital, Useful Knowledge, and Long-Term Economic Growth," Economia politica, Società editrice il Mulino, issue 3, pages 251-272.
  26. Joel Mokyr & Hans-Joachim Voth, 2012. "Understanding Growth in Europe, 1700–1870: Theory and Evidence," Journal of Economic Sociology, National Research University Higher School of Economics, vol. 13(5), pages 57-102.
  27. Mokyr, Joel, 2012. "Prime Movers of Globalization: The History and Impact of Diesel Engines and Gas Turbines. By Vaclav Smil. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 2010. Pp. 261. $29.95, hardcover," The Journal of Economic History, Cambridge University Press, vol. 72(1), pages 278-280, March.
  28. Mokyr, Joel, 2010. "1688: The First Modern Revolution. By Steve Pincus. New Haven, CT and London: Yale University Press, 2009. Pp. xiii, 647. $40.00," The Journal of Economic History, Cambridge University Press, vol. 70(2), pages 510-515, June.
  29. Joel Mokyr, 2009. "Intellectual Property Rights, the Industrial Revolution, and the Beginnings of Modern Economic Growth," American Economic Review, American Economic Association, vol. 99(2), pages 349-355, May.
  30. Howard Aldrich & Geoffrey Hodgson & David Hull & Thorbjørn Knudsen & Joel Mokyr & Viktor Vanberg, 2008. "In defence of generalized Darwinism," Journal of Evolutionary Economics, Springer, vol. 18(5), pages 577-596, October.
  31. Joel Mokyr & Brian Snowdon, 2007. "The Power of Ideas," World Economics, World Economics, 1 Ivory Square, Plantation Wharf, London, United Kingdom, SW11 3UE, vol. 8(3), pages 53-110, July.
  32. Joel Mokyr & John V. C. Nye, 2007. "Distributional Coalitions, the Industrial Revolution, and the Origins of Economic Growth in Britain," Southern Economic Journal, John Wiley & Sons, vol. 74(1), pages 50-70, July.
  33. Mokyr, Joel, 2007. "The simple economics of Richard Nelson: A review essay," Research Policy, Elsevier, vol. 36(10), pages 1668-1672, December.
  34. Mokyr, Joel, 2006. "Economic Transformations," The Journal of Economic History, Cambridge University Press, vol. 66(4), pages 1072-1075, December.
  35. Joel Mokyr, 2006. "Economics and the Biologists: A Review of Geerat J. Vermeij's Nature: An Economic History," Journal of Economic Literature, American Economic Association, vol. 44(4), pages 1005-1013, December.
  36. Mokyr, Joel, 2005. "The Intellectual Origins of Modern Economic Growth," The Journal of Economic History, Cambridge University Press, vol. 65(2), pages 285-351, June.
  37. Joel Mokyr, 2004. "Commentary : global demographic change : dimensions and economic significance," Proceedings - Economic Policy Symposium - Jackson Hole, Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City, issue Aug, pages 57-71.
  38. Mokyr, Joel, 2003. "Altruistically Inclined? The Behavioral Sciences, Evolutionary Theory, and the Origins of Reciprocity. By Alexander J. Field. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, 2001. Pp. xvi, 373. $65.00," The Journal of Economic History, Cambridge University Press, vol. 63(1), pages 298-300, March.
  39. Mokyr, Joel & Ó Gráda, Cormac, 2002. "What do people die of during famines: the Great Irish Famine in comparative perspective," European Review of Economic History, Cambridge University Press, vol. 6(3), pages 339-363, December.
  40. Mokyr, Joel, 2002. "L'Invention Technique au Siècle des Lumières. By Liliane Hilaire-Pérez. Paris: Albin Michel, 2000. Pp. 443. Ffr 140.00," The Journal of Economic History, Cambridge University Press, vol. 62(4), pages 1146-1148, December.
  41. Mokyr, Joel, 2002. "Technology, Growth and Development: An Induced Innovation Perspective. By Vernon W. Ruttan. New York and Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2001. Pp. xvi, 656," The Journal of Economic History, Cambridge University Press, vol. 62(1), pages 272-273, March.
  42. Mokyr, Joel, 2001. "Eight: Eurocentric Historians. By J. M. Blaut. New York: Guilford Press, 2000. Pp. xii, 227. $22.00, paper," The Journal of Economic History, Cambridge University Press, vol. 61(2), pages 583-584, June.
  43. Joel Mokyr, 2001. "Demographic shocks: the view from history: discussion," Conference Series ; [Proceedings], Federal Reserve Bank of Boston, vol. 46.
  44. Mokyr, Joel, 2001. "The Industrial Revolution and the economic history of technology: Lessons from the British experience, 1760-1850," The Quarterly Review of Economics and Finance, Elsevier, vol. 41(3), pages 295-311.
  45. Mokyr, Joel, 2001. "The rise and fall of the factory system: technology, firms, and households since the industrial revolution," Carnegie-Rochester Conference Series on Public Policy, Elsevier, vol. 55(1), pages 1-45, December.
  46. Mokyr, Joel, 2000. "Why “More Work for Mother?” Knowledge and Household Behavior, 1870–1945," The Journal of Economic History, Cambridge University Press, vol. 60(1), pages 1-41, March.
  47. Mokyr, Joel, 1999. "Paths of Innovation: Technological Change in Twentieth-Century America. By David C. Mowery and Nathan Rosenberg. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1998. Pp. 214. $27.95," The Journal of Economic History, Cambridge University Press, vol. 59(1), pages 240-242, March.
  48. Joel Mokyr, 1998. "Induced technical innovation and medical history: an evolutionary approach," Journal of Evolutionary Economics, Springer, vol. 8(2), pages 119-137.
  49. Joel Mokyr, 1997. "Are we living in the middle of an Industrial Revolution?," Economic Review, Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City, vol. 82(Q II), pages 31-43.
  50. Mokyr, Joel & O Grada, Cormac, 1996. "Height and Health in the United Kingdom 1815-1860: Evidence from the East India Company Army," Explorations in Economic History, Elsevier, vol. 33(2), pages 141-168, April.
  51. Mokyr, Joel, 1994. "The Rise and Decline of Holland's Economy: Merchant Capitalism and the Labour Market. By Jan L. Van Zanden. Manchester: Manchester University Press, 1993. Pp. xii, 186. Cloth, $69.95," The Journal of Economic History, Cambridge University Press, vol. 54(1), pages 202-203, March.
  52. Joel Mokyr, 1994. "Europe," The ANNALS of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, , vol. 533(1), pages 203-204, May.
  53. Mokyr, Joel, 1994. "Cardwell's Law and the political economy of technological progress," Research Policy, Elsevier, vol. 23(5), pages 561-574, September.
  54. Mokyr, Joel, 1993. "Technological Progress and the Decline of European Mortality," American Economic Review, American Economic Association, vol. 83(2), pages 324-330, May.
  55. Mokyr, Joel, 1992. "Technological Inertia in Economic History," The Journal of Economic History, Cambridge University Press, vol. 52(2), pages 325-338, June.
  56. Mokyr, Joel, 1992. "Bionomics: The Inevitability of Capitalism. By Michael Rothschild. New York: Henry Holt, 1990. Pp. xv, 423. $24.95," The Journal of Economic History, Cambridge University Press, vol. 52(2), pages 524-525, June.
  57. Mokyr, Joel, 1992. "Technology in World Civilization: A Thousand–Year History. ByArnold Pacey · Cambridge, Mass.: MIT Press, 1991. vii + 238 pp. Illustrations, notes, bibliography, and index. Paper, $10.95. ISBN 0-262-66," Business History Review, Cambridge University Press, vol. 66(1), pages 221-223, April.
  58. Mokyr, Joel, 1991. "Evolutionary Biology, Technological Change and Economic History," Bulletin of Economic Research, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 43(2), pages 127-149, April.
  59. Mokyr, Joel, 1991. "More Heat Than Light: Economics as Social Physics, Physics as Nature's Economics. By Philip Mirowski. New York: Cambridge University Press, 1989. Pp. xii, 450. $59.50," The Journal of Economic History, Cambridge University Press, vol. 51(3), pages 762-764, September.
  60. Mokyr, Joel & Nye, John V. C., 1990. "La Grande Quantification," The Journal of Economic History, Cambridge University Press, vol. 50(1), pages 172-176, March.
  61. Mokyr, Joel, 1990. "Punctuated Equilibria and Technological Progress," American Economic Review, American Economic Association, vol. 80(2), pages 350-354, May.
  62. Mokyr, Joel, 1989. "Early Modern - Pre-Industrial Economic Growth: Social Organization and Technological Progress in Europe. By Karl Gunnar Persson. New York: Basil Blackwell, 1988. Pp. viii, 159. $45.00," The Journal of Economic History, Cambridge University Press, vol. 49(3), pages 727-728, September.
  63. Mokyr, Joel, 1989. "British Historical Statistics. By Brian R. Mitchell. New York: Cambridge University Press, 1988. Pp. xi, 886. $135.00," The Journal of Economic History, Cambridge University Press, vol. 49(4), pages 1016-1018, December.
  64. Mokyr, Joel, 1988. "The standard of living: The Tanner lectures : Amartya Sen, Cambridge, 1985, edited by Geoffrey Hawthorn. (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1987), pp. xiv + 125, $25.00," Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, Elsevier, vol. 10(3), pages 365-368, October.
  65. Joel Mokyr & Cormac Ó Gráda, 1988. "Poor and getting poorer? Living standards in Ireland before the Famine," Economic History Review, Economic History Society, vol. 41(2), pages 209-235, May.
  66. Mokyr, Joel, 1988. "The British Economy since 1700: A Macroeconomic Perspective. By C. H. Lee. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1986. Pp. ix, 297. $49.50 cloth, $16.95 paper," The Journal of Economic History, Cambridge University Press, vol. 48(2), pages 459-461, June.
  67. Mokyr, Joel, 1988. "Economics, History, and Human Biology: Review Article," Economic Development and Cultural Change, University of Chicago Press, vol. 36(3), pages 559-564, April.
  68. Mokyr, Joel, 1988. "Is There Still Life in the Pessimist Case? Consumption during the Industrial Revolution, 1790—1850," The Journal of Economic History, Cambridge University Press, vol. 48(1), pages 69-92, March.
  69. Mokyr, Joel, 1987. "Has the industrial revolution been crowded out? Some reflections on Crafts and Williamson," Explorations in Economic History, Elsevier, vol. 24(3), pages 293-319, July.
  70. Mokyr, Joel, 1987. "La Revolucion Industrial y la Nueva Historia Economica (I)," Revista de Historia Económica / Journal of Iberian and Latin American Economic History, Cambridge University Press, vol. 5(2), pages 203-241, September.
  71. Mokyr, Joel, 1987. "La Revolución Industrial y La Nueva Historia Económica (y II)," Revista de Historia Económica / Journal of Iberian and Latin American Economic History, Cambridge University Press, vol. 5(3), pages 441-482, December.
  72. Joel Mokyr, 1987. "Review: The Famine in Ireland," Irish Economic and Social History, , vol. 14(1), pages 117-119, March.
  73. Mokyr, Joel, 1987. "How the West Grew Rich: The Economic Transformation of the Industrial World. By Nathan Rosenberg and L. E. Birdzell Jr New York: Basic Books, 1986. Pp. xii, 353. $19.95," The Journal of Economic History, Cambridge University Press, vol. 47(2), pages 595-596, June.
  74. Mokyr, Joel, 1985. "The European Periphery and Industrialization, 1780–1914. By Iván T. Berend and György Ránki. New York: Cambridge University Press; Paris: Editions de la Maison des Sciences de l'Homme, 1982. Pp. 180. ," The Journal of Economic History, Cambridge University Press, vol. 45(4), pages 991-992, December.
  75. Mokyr, Joel, 1985. "An Economic History of Ulster, 1820–1939. Edited by Liam Kennedy and Philip Ollerenshaw. Manchester: Manchester University Press, 1985. Pp. 248. $26.00," The Journal of Economic History, Cambridge University Press, vol. 45(4), pages 976-977, December.
  76. Mokyr, Joel, 1985. "Discussion," The Journal of Economic History, Cambridge University Press, vol. 45(2), pages 471-479, June.
  77. Mokyr, Joel, 1985. "Economists and the Irish Economy from the Eighteenth Century to the Present Day. Edited by Antoin Murphy. Dublin: Irish Academic Press, 1984. Pp. 174. $25.00," The Journal of Economic History, Cambridge University Press, vol. 45(3), pages 731-732, September.
  78. Mokyr, Joel, 1984. "Discussion," The Journal of Economic History, Cambridge University Press, vol. 44(2), pages 341-343, June.
  79. Mokyr, Joel, 1984. "Disparities, Gaps, and Abysses: Review Article," Economic Development and Cultural Change, University of Chicago Press, vol. 33(1), pages 173-177, October.
  80. Joel Mokyr, 1984. "Reply to Peter Solar," Irish Economic and Social History, , vol. 11(1), pages 116-121, June.
  81. Joel Mokyr & Cormac Ó Gráda, 1984. "New Developments in Irish Population History, 1700-1850," Economic History Review, Economic History Society, vol. 37(4), pages 473-488, November.
  82. Mokyr, Joel, 1984. "And Thou, Happy Austria? A Review Essay," The Journal of Economic History, Cambridge University Press, vol. 44(4), pages 1094-1099, December.
  83. Mokyr, Joel, 1983. "Three Centuries of Population Change," Economic Development and Cultural Change, University of Chicago Press, vol. 32(1), pages 183-192, October.
  84. Mokyr, Joel & Grada, Cormac O, 1982. "Emigration and poverty in prefamine Ireland," Explorations in Economic History, Elsevier, vol. 19(4), pages 360-384, October.
  85. Mokyr, Joel, 1982. "Irish Population, Economy, and Society: Essays in Honour of the Late K. H. Connell. Edited by J. M. Goldstrom and L. A. Clarkson. New York: The Clarendon Press, Oxford University Press, 1981. Pp. x, 3," The Journal of Economic History, Cambridge University Press, vol. 42(3), pages 706-707, September.
  86. Mokyr, Joel, 1982. "Prosperous Interlude: Review Article," Economic Development and Cultural Change, University of Chicago Press, vol. 30(4), pages 863-869, July.
  87. Joel Mokyr, 1981. "Irish History with the Potato," Irish Economic and Social History, , vol. 8(1), pages 8-29, June.
  88. Joel Mokyr, 1981. "Industrialization in Two Languages," Economic History Review, Economic History Society, vol. 34(1), pages 143-149, February.
  89. Mokyr, Joel, 1981. "Discussion," The Journal of Economic History, Cambridge University Press, vol. 41(1), pages 177-178, March.
  90. Mokyr, Joel, 1980. "Malthusian Models and Irish History," The Journal of Economic History, Cambridge University Press, vol. 40(1), pages 159-166, March.
  91. Mokyr, Joel, 1980. "A.A.G. Bijdragen, Vol. 22. Wageningen: Afdeling Agrarische Geschiedenis Landbouwhogeschool, 1979. Pp. 220," The Journal of Economic History, Cambridge University Press, vol. 40(2), pages 401-402, June.
  92. Mokyr, Joel, 1979. "Kernproblemen der Economische Geschiedenis. Edited by H. Baudet and H. Van Der Meulen. Groningen: Wolters-Noordhoff, 1978. Pp. xi, 404. DF 45," The Journal of Economic History, Cambridge University Press, vol. 39(2), pages 535-537, June.
  93. Mokyr, Joel, 1979. "Industriële Naamloze Vennootschappen in België, 1819–1857. By Julienne Laureyssens. Interuniversitair Centrum voor Hedendaagse Geschiedenis, Bijdragen No. 78. Leuven: Editions Nauwelaerts, 1975. Pp. 7," The Journal of Economic History, Cambridge University Press, vol. 39(3), pages 788-789, September.
  94. Mokyr, Joel, 1979. "Barges and Capitalism: Passenger Transportation in the Dutch Economy: 1632–1839. By Jan de Vries. Published in “A.A.G. Bijdragen,”Wageningen, The Netherlands, Vol. 21, 1978. Pp. 398. By subscription," Business History Review, Cambridge University Press, vol. 53(3), pages 445-447, October.
  95. Mokyr, Joel, 1978. "The Cambridge Economic History of Europe, Vol. V: The Economic Organization of Early Modern Europe. Edited by E. E. Rich and C. H. Wilson. New York, Cambridge University Press, 1977. Pp. xi + 749. $38," Business History Review, Cambridge University Press, vol. 52(3), pages 443-445, October.
  96. Mokyr, Joel, 1978. "La Population de Diest pendant les deux premiers tiers du XIXe siècle. By Michel Theys. Collection Pro Civitate, ser. 8, no. 50. Brussels: Credit Communal de Belgique, 1977. Pp. 164. 300 BF," The Journal of Economic History, Cambridge University Press, vol. 38(3), pages 828-828, September.
  97. Mokyr, Joel, 1978. "De Economische Geschiedenis van Nederland. Edited by J. H. Van Stuijvenberg. Groningen: Wolters Noordholt, 1977. Pp. x, 398; index. DF 39.50," The Journal of Economic History, Cambridge University Press, vol. 38(3), pages 829-831, September.
  98. Hughes, Jonathan R. T. & Mokyr, Joel, 1978. "Introduction," The Journal of Economic History, Cambridge University Press, vol. 38(1), pages 1-2, March.
  99. DeCanio, Stephen J. & Mokyr, Joel, 1977. "Inflation and the wage lag during the American Civil War," Explorations in Economic History, Elsevier, vol. 14(4), pages 311-336, November.
  100. Mokyr, Joel, 1977. "Demand vs. Supply in the Industrial Revolution," The Journal of Economic History, Cambridge University Press, vol. 37(4), pages 981-1008, December.
  101. Mokyr, Joel, 1977. "Economisch- en Sociaal-Historisch Jaarboek, vol. 39, 1976. The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, for Het Nederlandsch Economisch-Historisch Archief, 1976. Pp. 390," The Journal of Economic History, Cambridge University Press, vol. 37(3), pages 812-813, September.
  102. Mokyr, Joel, 1976. "Growing-up and the industrial revolution in Europe," Explorations in Economic History, Elsevier, vol. 13(4), pages 371-396, November.
  103. Mokyr, Joel, 1976. "Industrial Growth and Stagnation in the Low Countries, 1800–1850," The Journal of Economic History, Cambridge University Press, vol. 36(1), pages 276-278, March.
  104. Mokyr, Joel, 1974. "The Industrial Revolution in the Low Countries in the First Half of the Nineteenth Century: A Comparative Case Study," The Journal of Economic History, Cambridge University Press, vol. 34(2), pages 365-391, June.

Chapters

  1. Joel Mokyr, 2025. "Culture Versus Institutions in the Great Enrichment," Springer Books, in: Claude Ménard & Mary M. Shirley (ed.), Handbook of New Institutional Economics, edition 0, chapter 34, pages 897-925, Springer.
  2. Joel Mokyr, 2016. "Culture and Economics," Introductory Chapters, in: A Culture of Growth: The Origins of the Modern Economy, Princeton University Press.
  3. David S. Landes & Joel Mokyr & William J. Baumol, 2012. "The Entrepreneur in History," Introductory Chapters, in: The Invention of Enterprise: Entrepreneurship from Ancient Mesopotamia to Modern Times, Princeton University Press.
  4. Joel Mokyr, 2011. "The European Enlightenment, the Industrial Revolution, and Modern Economic Growth," Chapters, in: Peer Zumbansen & Gralf-Peter Calliess (ed.), Law, Economics and Evolutionary Theory, chapter 1, Edward Elgar Publishing.
  5. Ralf R. Meisenzahl & Joel Mokyr, 2011. "The Rate and Direction of Invention in the British Industrial Revolution: Incentives and Institutions," NBER Chapters, in: The Rate and Direction of Inventive Activity Revisited, pages 443-479, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
  6. Joel Mokyr, 2010. "Institutions and the Beginnings of Economic Growth in Eighteenth-Century Britain," Chapters, in: Neri Salvadori (ed.), Institutional and Social Dynamics of Growth and Distribution, chapter 1, Edward Elgar Publishing.
  7. Mokyr, Joel, 2010. "The Contribution of Economic History to the Study of Innovation and Technical Change," Handbook of the Economics of Innovation, in: Bronwyn H. Hall & Nathan Rosenberg (ed.), Handbook of the Economics of Innovation, edition 1, volume 1, chapter 0, pages 11-50, Elsevier.
  8. Joel Mokyr, 2008. "Ken Sokoloff and the Economic History of Technology: An Appreciation," NBER Chapters, in: Understanding Long-Run Economic Growth: Geography, Institutions, and the Knowledge Economy, pages 355-361, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
  9. Joel Mokyr, 2006. "The Great Synergy: The European Enlightenment as a Factor in Modern Economic Growth," Chapters, in: Wilfred Dolfsma & Luc Soete (ed.), Understanding the Dynamics of a Knowledge Economy, chapter 1, Edward Elgar Publishing.
  10. Joel Mokyr, 2005. "The Intellectual Origins of Modern Economic Growth," Springer Books, in: Alberto Quadrio Curzio & Marco Fortis (ed.), Research and Technological Innovation, pages 17-80, Springer.
  11. Mokyr, Joel, 2005. "Long-Term Economic Growth and the History of Technology," Handbook of Economic Growth, in: Philippe Aghion & Steven Durlauf (ed.), Handbook of Economic Growth, edition 1, volume 1, chapter 17, pages 1113-1180, Elsevier.
  12. Joel Mokyr & Rebecca Stein, 1996. "Science, Health, and Household Technology: The Effect of the Pasteur Revolution on Consumer Demand," NBER Chapters, in: The Economics of New Goods, pages 143-206, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.

Books

  1. Joel Mokyr, 2016. "A Culture of Growth: The Origins of the Modern Economy," Economics Books, Princeton University Press, edition 1, number 10835.
  2. David S. Landes & Joel Mokyr & William J. Baumol, 2012. "The Invention of Enterprise: Entrepreneurship from Ancient Mesopotamia to Modern Times," Economics Books, Princeton University Press, edition 1, number 9006.
  3. Piaggesi, Danilo & Mokyr, Joel & Mitchell, Graham R. & Villaschi Filho, Arlindo & Murray, T. Scott & Hammond, Allen & Katz, Rob & Paul, John & Tran, Julia & Cordella, Antonio & Furlong, Shauneen & Ray, 2005. "The Knowledge Economy in Development: Perspectives for Effective Partnerships," IDB Publications (Books), Inter-American Development Bank, number 319, October.
  4. Mokyr, Joel (ed.), 2003. "The Oxford Encyclopedia of Economic History: 5 volumes: print and e-reference editions available," OUP Catalogue, Oxford University Press, number 9780195105070.
  5. Mokyr, Joel, 1992. "The Lever of Riches: Technological Creativity and Economic Progress," OUP Catalogue, Oxford University Press, number 9780195074772.

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  1. NEP-HIS: Business, Economic and Financial History (18) 2005-02-27 2006-12-01 2011-05-07 2013-10-02 2013-10-05 2015-11-21 2015-12-01 2016-04-09 2016-04-16 2016-04-23 2016-05-08 2016-05-21 2020-08-10 2020-08-24 2021-06-21 2023-05-29 2023-06-26 2025-08-25. Author is listed
  2. NEP-GRO: Economic Growth (9) 2015-11-21 2015-12-01 2016-04-09 2016-04-16 2016-04-23 2020-08-10 2020-08-24 2021-06-21 2025-08-25. Author is listed
  3. NEP-INO: Innovation (7) 2005-02-27 2011-05-07 2015-12-01 2016-04-09 2016-04-16 2016-05-08 2016-05-21. Author is listed
  4. NEP-EVO: Evolutionary Economics (5) 2015-11-21 2015-12-01 2016-05-08 2023-06-26 2025-08-25. Author is listed
  5. NEP-CNA: China (3) 2023-05-29 2023-06-26 2025-08-25
  6. NEP-MAC: Macroeconomics (3) 2016-04-09 2016-04-23 2016-05-21
  7. NEP-SOC: Social Norms and Social Capital (3) 2023-05-29 2023-06-26 2025-08-25
  8. NEP-ENE: Energy Economics (2) 2020-08-24 2021-06-21
  9. NEP-HPE: History and Philosophy of Economics (2) 2005-02-27 2006-12-01
  10. NEP-HRM: Human Capital and Human Resource Management (2) 2013-10-02 2013-10-05
  11. NEP-LMA: Labor Markets - Supply, Demand, and Wages (2) 2016-04-09 2016-04-23
  12. NEP-CBE: Cognitive and Behavioural Economics (1) 2005-02-27
  13. NEP-CUL: Cultural Economics (1) 2025-08-25
  14. NEP-CWA: Central and Western Asia (1) 2021-06-21
  15. NEP-DES: Economic Design (1) 2023-05-29
  16. NEP-DEV: Development (1) 2006-12-01
  17. NEP-EUR: Microeconomic European Issues (1) 2025-08-25
  18. NEP-FDG: Financial Development and Growth (1) 2013-10-05
  19. NEP-HME: Heterodox Microeconomics (1) 2011-05-07
  20. NEP-LAB: Labour Economics (1) 2011-05-07
  21. NEP-LTV: Unemployment, Inequality and Poverty (1) 2025-08-25
  22. NEP-PKE: Post Keynesian Economics (1) 2016-05-08
  23. NEP-SEA: South East Asia (1) 2025-08-25

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