Journal of Economic Growth

1996 - 2026

Current editor(s): Oded Galor

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Legacies of liberation: political dynamics in Civil War refugee camps pp. 179-203: Diego Ramos-Toro
Fighting for resources: a unified growth model of the Great Divergence pp. 205-260: Tanguy Le Fur and Etienne Wasmer
Taking Kuznets seriously pp. 261-290: Jakob Madsen and Holger Strulik
Keeping up with the Joneses? The rise of modern universities and local economic development in Italy pp. 291-347: Elena Cottini, Paolo Ghinetti and Simone Moriconi

Overseas students, ideology, and the fall of dynastic China pp. 1-40: James Kai-sing Kung and Alina Wang
It makes a village: child care and prosociality pp. 41-76: Alessandra Cassar, Alejandrina Cristia, Pauline Grosjean and Sarah Walker
Wealth and the origins of the education take-off pp. 77-124: Michele Battisti, Antonio Francesco Gravina, Andrea Mario Lavezzi, Giuseppe Maggio and Giorgio Tortorici
Cultural doorways in the barriers to development pp. 125-178: Marcello D’Amato and Francesco Flaviano Russo

The toll of tariffs: The impact of protectionism on education and fertility in late 19th century France pp. 461-495: Vincent Bignon and Cecilia García-Peñalosa
Evolutionary advantage of moderate fertility during Ming–Qing China: a unified growth perspective pp. 497-519: Sijie Hu
The long shadow of history? the impact of colonial labor institutions on economic development in Peru pp. 521-565: Leticia Abad and Noel Maurer

Free-riding Yankees: Canada and the Panama Canal pp. 339-382: Sebastian Galiani, Luis F. Jaramillo and Mateo Uribe-Castro
Public provision of healthcare and basic research: What are the joint effects on economic growth and welfare? pp. 383-415: Pintu Parui and Klaus Prettner
The unequal spirit of the Protestant Reformation: particularism and wealth distribution in early modern Germany pp. 417-460: Felix S. F. Schaff

Measuring the characteristics and employment dynamics of U.S. inventors pp. 237-269: Ufuk Akcigit and Nathan Goldschlag
Floods, droughts, and environmental circumscription in early state development: the case of ancient Egypt pp. 271-305: Laura Mayoral and Ola Olsson
Reversing fortunes of German regions, 1926–2019: Boon and bane of early industrialization? pp. 307-337: Paul Berbée, Sebastian Braun and Richard Franke

Scars of pandemics from lost schooling and experience: aggregate implications and gender differences through the lens of COVID-19 pp. 1-47: Paul Romer, Roberto Samaniego, Remi Jedwab and Asif Islam
Has the real rate of return “depreciated”? pp. 49-85: Carl-Johan Dalgaard and Morten Olsen
Religion and persecution pp. 87-159: Umair Khalil and Laura Panza
The long-term implications of destruction during the Second World War on private wealth in Germany pp. 161-235: Christoph Halbmeier and Carsten Schröder

Nepotism vs. intergenerational transmission of human capital in Academia (1088–1800) pp. 469-514: David de la Croix and Marc Goñi
Human capital, self-esteem, and income inequality pp. 515-541: Mark Gradstein and Luigi Ventura
Labor scarcity, technology adoption and innovation: evidence from the cholera pandemics in 19th century France pp. 543-583: Raphael Franck

Educational quality and disparities in income and growth across countries pp. 361-389: Hanol Lee and Jong-Wha Lee
On the coevolution of individualism and institutions pp. 391-432: Israel Eruchimovitch, Moti Michaeli and Assaf Sarid
Elites and health infrastructure improvements in industrializing regimes pp. 433-468: Tommy Krieger

Women legislators and economic performance pp. 151-214: Thushyanthan Baskaran, Sonia Bhalotra, Brian Min and Yogesh Uppal
Automation and unemployment: help is on the way pp. 215-250: Hideki Nakamura and Joseph Zeira
Missions, fertility transition, and the reversal of fortunes: evidence from border discontinuities in the emirates of Nigeria pp. 251-325: Dozie Okoye and Roland Pongou
Social mobility and economic development pp. 327-359: Guido Neidhöfer, Matías Ciaschi, Leonardo Gasparini and Joaquín Serrano

Culture, institutions and the long divergence pp. 1-40: Alberto Bisin, Jared Rubin, Avner Seror and Thierry Verdier
“Let them eat cake”: drought, peasant uprisings, and demand for institutional change in the French Revolution pp. 41-77: Maria Waldinger
Female education and social change pp. 79-119: Mathias Bühler, Leonhard Vollmer and Johannes Wimmer
Business is tense: new evidence on how language affects economic activity pp. 121-149: Francesco Campo, Luca Nunziata and Lorenzo Rocco

Trade and economic growth: Does the sophistication of traded goods matter? pp. 481-524: P. Niluka S. P. Ekanayake, Jakob Madsen and Tushar Bharati
‘Getting to Denmark’: the role of agricultural elites for development pp. 525-569: Nina Boberg-Fazlic, Peter Jensen, Markus Lampe, Paul Sharp and Christian Volmar Skovsgaard
Democratization, leader education and growth: firm-level evidence from Indonesia pp. 571-600: Paul Pelzl and Steven Poelhekke

Men. Male-biased sex ratios and masculinity norms: evidence from Australia’s colonial past pp. 339-396: Victoria Baranov, Ralph Haas and Pauline Grosjean
The Impact of Long–Term Orientation Traits on Pandemic Fatigue Behavior: Evidence from the Columbian Exchange pp. 397-438: Sutanuka Roy, Sudhir Gupta and Rabee Tourky
Religion, rulers, and conflict pp. 439-480: Metin Cosgel, Thomas J. Miceli and Sadullah Yıldırım

The empirics of economic growth over time and across nations: a unified growth perspective pp. 173-224: Matteo Cervellati, Gerrit Meyerheim and Uwe Sunde
Islam and human capital in historical Spain pp. 225-257: Francesco Cinnirella, Alireza Naghavi and Giovanni Prarolo
Comparative European Institutions and the Little Divergence, 1385–1800 pp. 259-294: António Henriques and Nuno Palma
Correction to: Comparative european institutions and the little divergence, 1385–1800 pp. 295-295: António Henriques and Nuno Palma
Liquidity creation, investment, and growth pp. 297-336: Thorsten Beck, Robin Döttling, Thomas Lambert and Mathijs Dijk
Correction: Creativity over time and space pp. 337-338: Michel Serafinelli and Guido Tabellini

Human capital transfers and sub-national development: Armenian and Greek legacy in post-expulsion Turkey pp. 1-43: Cemal Eren Arbatli and Gunes Gokmen
The power of religion pp. 45-78: Jeanet Bentzen and Gunes Gokmen
Left-handedness and economic development pp. 79-123: Fabio Mariani, Marion Mercier and Luca Pensieroso
Landed elites and education provision in England: evidence from school boards, 1871-99 pp. 125-171: Marc Goñi