Technology-Skill Complementarity in Early Phases of Industrialization

Oded Galor and Raphael Franck

No 11865, CEPR Discussion Papers from C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers

Abstract: 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 wide-ranging gains in literacy rates and educational attainment.

Keywords: Technology-skill complementarity; Economic growth; Industrialization; Human capital; Steam engine (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: N33 N34 O14 O33 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2017-02
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Journal Article: Technology-Skill Complementarity in Early Phases of Industrialisation (2022)
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Working Paper: Technology-Skill Complementarity in the Early Phase of Industrialization (2016)
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