Journal of Economic Growth

1996 - 2025

Current editor(s): Oded Galor

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Economic reforms and industrial policy in a panel of Chinese cities pp. 305-349: Simon Alder, Lin Shao and Fabrizio Zilibotti
Natural land productivity, cooperation and comparative development pp. 351-408: Anastasia Litina
The economic consequences of the Spanish Reconquest: the long-term effects of Medieval conquest and colonization pp. 409-464: Daniel Oto-Peralías and Diego Romero-Ávila

The European origins of economic development pp. 225-257: William Easterly and Ross Levine
Military conflict and the rise of urban Europe pp. 259-282: Mark Dincecco and Massimiliano Onorato

Birthplace diversity and economic prosperity pp. 101-138: Alberto Alesina, Johann Harnoss and Hillel Rapoport
Are the world’s poorest being left behind? pp. 139-164: Martin Ravallion
50 is the new 30—long-run trends of schooling and retirement explained by human aging pp. 165-187: Holger Strulik and Katharina Werner
A tale of minorities: evidence on religious ethics and entrepreneurship pp. 189-224: Luca Nunziata and Lorenzo Rocco

Premature deindustrialization pp. 1-33: Dani Rodrik
Premature deindustrialization pp. 1-33: Dani Rodrik
Urbanization with and without industrialization pp. 35-70: Douglas Gollin, Remi Jedwab and Dietrich Vollrath
Urbanization with and without industrialization pp. 35-70: Douglas Gollin, Remi Jedwab and Dietrich Vollrath
Of maize and men: the effect of a New World crop on population and economic growth in China pp. 71-99: Shuo Chen and James Kung
Of maize and men: the effect of a New World crop on population and economic growth in China pp. 71-99: Shuo Chen and James Kung

Democracy, education and the quality of government pp. 333-363: Piergiuseppe Fortunato and Ugo Panizza
Modern gender roles and agricultural history: the Neolithic inheritance pp. 365-404: Casper Hansen, Peter Jensen and Christian Skovsgaard
Subnational leaders and economic growth: evidence from Chinese cities pp. 405-436: Yang Yao and Muyang Zhang

Patent rights, product market reforms, and innovation pp. 223-262: Philippe Aghion, Peter Howitt and Susanne Prantl
The longevity of famous people from Hammurabi to Einstein pp. 263-303: David de la Croix and Omar Licandro
Growth on a finite planet: resources, technology and population in the long run pp. 305-331: Pietro Peretto and Simone Valente

Too much finance? pp. 105-148: Jean-Louis Arcand, Enrico Berkes and Ugo Panizza
National income and its distribution pp. 149-175: Markus Brueckner, Era Dabla Norris and Mark Gradstein
Old habits die hard (sometimes) pp. 177-222: Tommy Murphy

Catching up and falling behind pp. 1-36: Nancy Stokey
The physiological foundations of the wealth of nations pp. 37-73: Carl-Johan Dalgaard and Holger Strulik
International business travel: an engine of innovation? pp. 75-104: Nune Hovhannisyan and Wolfgang Keller

The role of lactase persistence in precolonial development pp. 369-406: Justin Cook
The two sides of envy pp. 407-438: Boris Gershman
Asia’s little divergence: state capacity in China and Japan before 1850 pp. 439-470: Tuan-Hwee Sng and Chiaki Moriguchi

Growth in regions pp. 259-309: Nicola Gennaioli, Rafael La Porta, Florencio Lopez De Silanes and Andrei Shleifer
Africa is on time pp. 311-338: Maxim Pinkovskiy and Xavier Sala-i-Martin
Agriculture, transportation and the timing of urbanization: Global analysis at the grid cell level pp. 339-368: Mesbah Motamed, Raymond Florax and William Masters

The democratic transition pp. 141-181: Fabrice Murtin and Romain Wacziarg
Sequential R&D and blocking patents in the dynamics of growth pp. 183-219: Guido Cozzi and Silvia Galli
Violence and economic activity: evidence from African American patents, 1870–1940 pp. 221-257: Lisa Cook

Catch-up and fall-back through innovation and imitation pp. 1-35: Jess Benhabib, Jesse Perla and Christopher Tonetti
Women’s rights and development pp. 37-80: Raquel Fernández
Inequality and growth: the neglected time dimension pp. 81-104: Daniel Halter, Manuel Oechslin and Josef Zweimüller
Malthus in cointegration space: evidence of a post-Malthusian pre-industrial England pp. 105-140: Niels Møller and Paul Sharp

How important are human capital, physical capital and total factor productivity for determining state economic growth in the United States, 1840–2000? pp. 319-371: Chad Turner, Robert Tamura and Sean Mulholland
Luddites, the industrial revolution, and the demographic transition pp. 373-409: Kevin O’Rourke, Ahmed Rahman and Alan Taylor
The past and future of knowledge-based growth pp. 411-437: Holger Strulik, Klaus Prettner and Alexia Fürnkranz-Prskawetz

Seeds of distrust: conflict in Uganda pp. 217-252: Dominic Rohner, Mathias Thoenig and Fabrizio Zilibotti
Can specific policy indicators identify reform priorities? pp. 253-283: Aart Kraay and Norikazu Tawara
Legacies of violence: trust and market development pp. 285-318: Alessandra Cassar, Pauline Grosjean and Sam Whitt

Parasitical cultures? The cultural origins of institutions and development pp. 109-136: Robbert Maseland
Federal regulation and aggregate economic growth pp. 137-177: John Dawson and John Seater
Geography, institutions, and the making of comparative development pp. 179-215: Raphael Auer

The farm, the city, and the emergence of social security pp. 1-32: Elizabeth Caucutt, Thomas Cooley and Nezih Guner
Basic research, openness, and convergence pp. 33-68: Hans Gersbach, Maik Schneider and Olivier Schneller
Measuring human development: a stochastic dominance approach pp. 69-108: Mehmet Pinar, Thanasis Stengos and Nikolas Topaloglou