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022			_a0304-3878
024	8		_ahttps://doi.org/10.1016/j.jdeveco.2015.08.006
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100	1		_915014 _aAndersen, T.B.
245	1	4	_aThe heavy plow and the agricultural revolution in Medieval Europe
260			_aAmsterdam (Netherlands) : _bElsevier, _c2016.
500			_aPeer review
520			_aThis research sheds new light on the much-debated link between agricultural productivity and development. We do so by estimating the causal impact of a large shock to agricultural productivity—the introduction of the heavy plow in the Middle Ages—on long run development. We build on the work of Lynn White, Jr. (1962), who argued that it was impossible to take proper advantage of the fertile clay soils of Northern Europe prior to the invention and widespread adoption of the heavy plow. We implement the test in a difference-in-difference set-up by exploiting regional variation in the presence of fertile clay soils. Using a high quality dataset for Denmark, we find that historical counties with relatively more fertile clay soil experienced higher urbanization after the heavy plow had its breakthrough, which was around AD 1000. We obtain a similar result, when we extend the test to European regions. Our findings substantiate that agricultural productivity can be an important driver of long-run development.
546			_aText in English
650		7	_aAgricultural productivity _2AGROVOC _97443
650		7	_aPloughs _2AGROVOC _915015
650		7	_aDevelopment _2AGROVOC _91549
651		7	_2AGROVOC _94645 _aEurope
700	1		_915016 _aJensen, P.S.
700	1		_915017 _aSkovsgaard, C.V.
773	0		_gv. 118, p. 133-149 _dAmsterdam (Netherlands) : Elsevier, 2016. _x0304-3878 _tJournal of Development Economics _w445724
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