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Joel Mokyr

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Joel Mokyr
יואל מוקיר
Mokyr in 2012
Born (1946-07-26) 26 July 1946 (age 79)
Leiden, South Holland, Netherlands
NationalityIsraeli
American
Dutch
AwardsHeineken Award for History (2006)
Balzan Prize (2015)
Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences (2025)
Academic background
Alma materHebrew University of Jerusalem (BA)
Yale University (MPhil, PhD)
Doctoral advisorWilliam N. Parker
John C. H. Fei
Academic work
DisciplineEconomic history
InstitutionsNorthwestern University
Doctoral studentsAvner Greif[1]
Main interestsEconomic history of Europe
InfluencedCormac Ó Gráda[2]

Joel Mokyr (born 26 July 1946) is a Dutch-born American-Israeli economic historian.[3] He is a professor of economics and history at Northwestern University.[4] He is also a scholar at Tel Aviv University.[4]

He was awarded half a share of the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences in 2025, "for having identifed the prerequistes for sustained growth through technological progress".[5]

References

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  1. ↑ Greif, Avner (1991). "The Organization of Long-Distance Trade: Reputation and Coalitions in the Geniza Documents and Genoa During the Eleventh and Twelfth Centuries". Journal of Economic History. 51 (2): 459. doi:10.1017/S0022050700039097. S2CID 154791174.
  2. ↑ de Bromhead, Alan (Winter 2017). "An Interview with Cormac Ó Gráda" (PDF). The Newsletter of the Cliometric Society. 31 (2): 20–23. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2017-07-24. Retrieved 2018-01-27.
  3. ↑ "Joel Mokyr". Nobel Foundation.
  4. 1 2 "CURRICULUM VITAE - Joel Mokyr" (PDF). bpb-us-e1.wpmucdn.com.
  5. ↑ "The Prize in Economic Sciences 2025" (PDF). The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences. 13 October 2025.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)

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  • Profile, Northwestern.edu; accessed 21 January 2016.
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