From Malthusian stagnation to modern growth.

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• Publication year

  1999

• Venue

  The American Economic Review

• Publication date

  1999-05-01

• Fields of study

  Economics, History

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  DOI 10.1257/AER.89.2.150
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  Open on Semantic Scholar

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  Semantic Scholar

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