The complementary between technology and human capital in the early phase of industrialization

Raphae͏̈l Franck; Oded Galor

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 education attainment.

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Year of publication:	2015 ; This Version: July 21st, 2015
Authors:	Franck, Raphaël ; Galor, Oded
Publisher:	München : CESifo
Subject:	capital-skill complementarity \| economic growth \| industrialization \| human capital \| steam engine \| Humankapital \| Human capital \| Wirtschaftswachstum \| Economic growth \| Industrialisierung \| Industrialization \| Technischer Fortschritt \| Technological change \| Dampfmaschine \| Steam engine

Extent:	Online-Ressource ([1], 36 S.) graph. Darst., Kt.
Series:	CESifo working papers. - München : [Verlag nicht ermittelbar], ISSN 2364-1428, ZDB-ID 2065232-X. - Vol. 5485
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Type of publication (narrower categories):	Arbeitspapier ; Working Paper ; Graue Literatur ; Non-commercial literature
Language:	English
Notes:	Systemvoraussetzungen: PDF-Reader
Other identifiers:	hdl:10419/123127 [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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