Understanding the fertility transition through Joel Mokyr’s knowledge framework

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Joel Mokyr's knowledge framework, originally developed to explain the Industrial Revolution, provides a valuable theoretical lens for understanding the historical fertility transition. Novelty: ClaimNovelty.INCREMENTAL. Consensus alignment: ConsensusAlignment.NEUTRAL.

Hiroaki Matsuura

doi:10.1080/19485565.2026.2644830

January 2, 2026Biodemography and Social BiologyOpen Access

Understanding the fertility transition through Joel Mokyr’s knowledge framework

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Joel Mokyr, together with Philippe Aghion and Peter Howitt, was awarded the 2025Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences for decades of work on the causes of theIndustrial Revolution and the drivers of sus...

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