Learning outside the factory: a cliometric reappraisal on the impact of technological change on human capital accumulation

Claude Diebolt, Charlotte Le Chapelain () and Audrey-Rose Menard ()
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Charlotte Le Chapelain: BETA - Bureau d'Économie Théorique et Appliquée - INRA - Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique - UNISTRA - Université de Strasbourg - UL - Université de Lorraine - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique
Audrey-Rose Menard: BETA - Bureau d'Économie Théorique et Appliquée - INRA - Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique - UNISTRA - Université de Strasbourg - UL - Université de Lorraine - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

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Abstract: The paper provides, a cliometric analysis on the impact of steam engine technology on the rise of adult education in nineteenth-century France. We exploit exogenous regional variations in the distribution of steam engines across France to evidence that technological change significantly contributed to the development of lifelong training during the 1850-1881 period. Our research shows that steam technology adoption in France was not deskilling. We argue that this process raised the demand for new skills adapted to the development of French industries.

Keywords: Adult education; Cliometrics; France; Human capital; Industrialization; Steam engines; Technological change (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2019-08-20
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Published in European Journal of the History of Economic Thought, 2019, 26 (4), pp.775-800. ⟨10.1080/09672567.2019.1630461⟩

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DOI: 10.1080/09672567.2019.1630461

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