2026 Joel Mokyr: Economics and Finance Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Economics and Finance	61	777	700	485	428	331	17988

Research.com Recognitions

2018 - Distinguished Fellow of the American Economic Association
2015 - International Balzan Prize
2011 - Fellows of the Econometric Society
2001 - Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences
1996 - Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
1980 - Fellow of John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation

Overview

Joel Mokyr is affiliated with Northwestern University in the United States. Their research spans multiple fields within the social sciences and economics, focusing on historical economic and social studies, culture and economic development, and religion and society interactions.

The scientist has published extensively in areas including economics and econometrics, sociology and political science, demography, history and philosophy of science, and anthropology. Their main topics of work include:

Historical Economic and Social Studies
Culture, Economy, and Development Studies
Religion and Society Interactions
Australian History and Society
Historical Studies and Socio-cultural Analysis
Colonialism, slavery, and trade
Chinese history and philosophy

Joel Mokyr's recent papers include:

"The Wheels of Change: Technology Adoption, Millwrights and the Persistence in Britain'S Industrialisation" (2022) published in The Economic Journal
"'The Holy Land of Industrialism': rethinking the Industrial Revolution" (2021) published in Journal of the British Academy
"The Wheels of Change: Technology Adoption, Millwrights, and the Persistence in Britain's Industrialization" (2021) published in Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
"Social organizations and political institutions: why China and Europe diverged" (2023) published in Economica

In addition, Joel Mokyr has collaborated with several frequent co-authors, including:

Guido Tabellini
Assaf Sarid
Avner Greif
Morgan Kelly
Cormac Ó Gráda

The common venues for their publications include:

SSRN Electronic Journal
Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
Journal of Political Economy
The Economic Journal
Journal of the British Academy

Joel Mokyr has also contributed to the academic literature through books published by Princeton University Press, with works titled "Two Paths to Prosperity" slated for publication in 2025.

The scientist has been recognized with several awards over their career, among them:

Distinguished Fellow of the American Economic Association (2018)
International Balzan Prize (2015)
Fellow of the Econometric Society (2011)
Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences (2001)
Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences (1996)
Fellow of John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation (1980)

Best Publications

The Lever of Riches: Technological Creativity and Economic Progress

Joel Mokyr

3164
Citations
The Gifts of Athena: Historical Origins of the Knowledge Economy

Joel Mokyr

1757
Citations
The history of technological anxiety and the future of economic growth: Is this time different?

Joel Mokyr;Chris Vickers;Nicolas L. Ziebarth

918
Citations
The Enlightened Economy: An Economic History of Britain 1700-1850

Joel Mokyr

747
Citations
In defence of generalized Darwinism

Howard E. Aldrich;Geoffrey M. Hodgson;David L. Hull;Thorbjørn Knudsen

470
Citations
The British Industrial Revolution: An Economic Perspective

Joel Mokyr

401
Citations
The Lever of Riches: Technological Creativity and Economic Progress.

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389
Citations
Long-Term Economic Growth and the History of Technology

Joel Mokyr

297
Citations
The Intellectual Origins of Modern Economic Growth

Joel Mokyr

283
Citations
Clans, Guilds, and Markets: Apprenticeship Institutions and Growth in the Pre-Industrial Economy

David de la Croix;Matthias Doepke;Joel Mokyr

233
Citations
Why Ireland Starved : A Quantitative and Analytical History of the Irish Economy, 1800-1850

Joel Mokyr

224
Citations
A Culture of Growth: The Origins of the Modern Economy

Joel Mokyr

203
Citations
Why "more work for mother?" Knowledge and household behavior, 1870-1945.

Joel Mokyr

186
Citations
The Rate and Direction of Invention in the British Industrial Revolution: Incentives and Institutions

Ralf R. Meisenzahl;Joel Mokyr

179
Citations
Punctuated Equilibria and Technological Progress

Joel Mokyr

171
Citations
Precocious Albion: A New Interpretation of the British Industrial Revolution

Morgan Kelly;Joel Mokyr;Cormac Ó Gráda

157
Citations
The Economics of the Industrial Revolution

Joel Mokyr

156
Citations
The Lever of Riches: Technological Creativity and Economic Progress

Daniel R. Headrick;Joel Mokyr

152
Citations
Intellectual Property Rights, the Industrial Revolution, and the Beginnings of Modern Economic Growth

Joel Mokyr

150
Citations
Editor’s Introduction: The New Economic History and the Industrial Revolution

Joel Mokyr

149
Citations
Technological Inertia in Economic History

Joel Mokyr

147
Citations
The enlightened economy : Britain and the Industrial Revolution, 1700-1820

Joel Mokyr

92
Citations
The Lever of Riches: Technological Creativity and Economic Progress.@@@Twenty-Five Centuries of Technological Change: An Historical Survey.@@@Technology and the Pursuit of Economic Growth.

D. C. Coleman;Joel Mokyr;David C. Mowery;Nathan Rosenberg

8
Citations
The Political Economy of the Cotton South: Households, Markets, and Wealth in the Nineteenth Century.

Joel Mokyr;Gavin Wright

1
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Cormac Ó Gráda University College Dublin

Matthias Doepke Northwestern University

Hans-Joachim Voth University of Zurich

William J. Baumol New York University

Avner Greif Stanford University

Charles P. Kindleberger MIT

David L. Hull Northwestern University

Donald N. McCloskey University of Illinois at Chicago

John T. Scott Dartmouth College

Andreas Pyka University of Hohenheim

External Links

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