Technology-skill complementarity in the early phase of industrialization

Raphae͏̈l Franck (Bar-Ilan University and Brown University), Oded Galor (Brown University and IZA)

The research explores the effect of industrialization on human capital formation. Exploiting exogenous regional variations in the adoption of steam engines across France, the study establishes that, in contrast to conventional wisdom that views early industrialization as a predominantly deskilling process, the industrial revolution was conducive for human capital formation, generating broad increases in literacy rates and educational attainment.

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Year of publication:	February 2016
Authors:	Franck, Raphaël ; Galor, Oded
Publisher:	Bonn, Germany : IZA
Subject:	technology-skill complementarity \| economic growth \| industrialization \| human capital \| steam engine \| Humankapital \| Human capital \| Industrialisierung \| Industrialization \| Wirtschaftswachstum \| Economic growth \| Dampfmaschine \| Steam engine \| Frankreich \| France \| Technischer Fortschritt \| Technological change

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Extent:	1 Online-Ressource (circa 64 Seiten) Illustrationen
Series:	Discussion paper series / IZA. - Bonn : IZA, ZDB-ID 2120053-1. - Vol. no. 9758
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Type of publication (narrower categories):	Arbeitspapier ; Working Paper ; Graue Literatur ; Non-commercial literature
Language:	English
Other identifiers:	hdl:10419/141517 [Handle]
Classification:	N33 - Europe: Pre-1913 ; N34 - Europe: 1913- ; O14 - Industrialization; Manufacturing and Service Industries; Choice of Technology ; O33 - Technological Change: Choices and Consequences; Diffusion Processes
Source:	ECONIS - Online Catalogue of the ZBW

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