Joel Mokyr

11.4k total citations · 3 hit papers
180 papers, 4.5k citations indexed

About

Joel Mokyr is a scholar working on Economics and Econometrics, Demography and Sociology and Political Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Joel Mokyr has authored 180 papers receiving a total of 4.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 72 papers in Economics and Econometrics, 24 papers in Demography and 20 papers in Sociology and Political Science. Recurrent topics in Joel Mokyr's work include Historical Economic and Social Studies (55 papers), Culture, Economy, and Development Studies (20 papers) and Economic Theory and Institutions (19 papers). Joel Mokyr is often cited by papers focused on Historical Economic and Social Studies (55 papers), Culture, Economy, and Development Studies (20 papers) and Economic Theory and Institutions (19 papers). Joel Mokyr collaborates with scholars based in United States, Israel and Ireland. Joel Mokyr's co-authors include Rondo Cameron, Cormac Ó Gráda, Nicolas L. Ziebarth, Chris Vickers, E. A. Wrigley, Daniel R. Headrick, George R. Boyer, Avner Greif, James C. Riley and Geoffrey M. Hodgson and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Nature Communications and SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología.

In The Last Decade

Joel Mokyr

168 papers receiving 3.9k citations

Hit Papers

The Lever of Riches: Technological Creativity and Economi... 1991 2026 2002 2014 1991 2015 2008 100 200 300

Peers

Joel Mokyr
David S. Landes United States
Stanley L. Engerman United States
Nicholas Crafts United Kingdom
Robert H. Frank United States
David Collard United Kingdom
Peter T. Leeson United States
Philip Mirowski United States
Deirdre N. McCloskey United States
Richard Swedberg United States
David S. Landes United States
Joel Mokyr
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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Greif, Avner, Joel Mokyr, & Guido Tabellini. (2025). Two Paths to Prosperity. Princeton University Press eBooks.
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Mokyr, Joel. (2020). Why Our Knowledge Economy Can Survive the New Age of Pestilence. CERN Document Server (European Organization for Nuclear Research). 62(1). 22–24. 2 indexed citations
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Zeev, Nadav Ben, et al.. (2017). Flexible Supply of Apprenticeship in the British Industrial Revolution. The Journal of Economic History. 77(1). 208–250. 25 indexed citations
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Mokyr, Joel. (2016). A Culture of Growth: The Origins of the Modern Economy. RePEc: Research Papers in Economics. 89 indexed citations
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Mokyr, Joel. (2015). Peer Vries's Great Divergence. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 1 indexed citations
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Mokyr, Joel. (2013). Human Capital, Useful Knowledge, and Long-Term Economic Growth. Economia Politica. 30(3). 251–272. 6 indexed citations
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Mokyr, Joel. (2012). The Commons of Knowledge: A Historical Perspective. SSRN Electronic Journal. 29–44. 3 indexed citations
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Mokyr, Joel. (2011). The enlightened economy : Britain and the Industrial Revolution, 1700-1820. Penguin eBooks. 46 indexed citations
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Mokyr, Joel. (2011). The European Enlightenment, the Industrial Revolution, and Modern Economic Growth. Cadmus - EUI Research Repository (European University Institute). 1 indexed citations
10.
Vries, Jan de, Laura Cruz, & Joel Mokyr. (2010). The birth of modern Europe : culture and economy, 1400-1800 : essays in honor of Jan de Vries. BRILL eBooks. 5 indexed citations
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Mokyr, Joel & Brian Snowdon. (2007). The Power of Ideas. World Economy. 8(3). 53–110. 1 indexed citations
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Mokyr, Joel. (2006). Economic Transformations: General Purpose Technologies and Long-Term Economic Growth. By Richard G. Lipsey, Kenneth I. Carlow, and Clifford T. Bekar.. The Journal of Economic History. 66(4). 1072–1075. 1 indexed citations
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Mokyr, Joel. (2003). Thinking About Technology and Institutions. HIMALAYA. 13(1). 8. 12 indexed citations
14.
Link, Albert N., Joel Mokyr, William L. Baldwin, et al.. (2001). Economics of technological change. Routledge eBooks. 3 indexed citations
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Mokyr, Joel. (1996). Man Vs. Machine. Review of Kirkpatrick Sale, Rebels Against the Future: The Luddites and their War on the Industrial Revolution: Lessons For The Computer Age. 4 indexed citations
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Mokyr, Joel, et al.. (1996). Science, Health, and Household Technology: The Effect of the Pasteur Revolution on Consumer Demand. NBER Chapters. 143–206. 6 indexed citations
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Mokyr, Joel. (1993). Technological progress and the decline of European mortality. American Economic Review. 83(2). 324–330. 21 indexed citations
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Mokyr, Joel. (1990). Punctuated Equilibria and Technological Progress. American Economic Review. 80(2). 350–354. 101 indexed citations
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Mokyr, Joel & Cormac Ó Gráda. (1988). The height of Irishmen and Englishmen in the 1770's : some evidence from the East India Company Army records. Research Repository UCD (University College Dublin). 4. 83–92. 1 indexed citations
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Mokyr, Joel. (1988). Industrialization and Growth: A Comparative Study. By Hollis Chenery; Sherman Robinson; Moshe Syrquin; Gershon Feder. Journal of Economic Literature. 26(4). 1755–1756.

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