Technology-Skill Complementarity in the Early Phase of Industrialization

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:	2016
Authors:	Franck, Raphaël ; Galor, Oded
Publisher:	Bonn : Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA)
Subject:	technology-skill complementarity \| economic growth \| industrialization \| human capital \| steam engine

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Series:	IZA Discussion Papers ; 9758
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Type of publication (narrower categories):	Working Paper
Language:	English
Other identifiers:	85713972X [GVK] hdl:10419/141517 [Handle] RePEc:iza:izadps:dp9758 [RePEc]
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:	EconStor

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