The complementary between technology and human capital 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 education attainment.

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Year of publication:	2015
Authors:	Franck, Raphaël ; Galor, Oded
Publisher:	Providence, RI : Brown University, Department of Economics
Subject:	Capital-Skill Complementarity \| Economic Growth \| Industrialization \| Human Capital \| Steam Engine

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Series:	Working Paper ; 2015-3
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Type of publication (narrower categories):	Working Paper
Language:	English
Other identifiers:	822380935 [GVK] hdl:10419/145426 [Handle] RePEc:bro:econwp:2015-3 [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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