Urbanization with and without industrialization

Journal of Economic Growth

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 35-70

  Gollin, Douglas ^a   Jedwab, Remi ^b   Vollrath, Dietrich ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Economic development; Industrial revolution; Natural resource revolution; Structural change; Urbanization

Indexed keywords

EID: 84957949499     PISSN: 13814338     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10887-015-9121-4     Document Type: Article

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