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Becker, Sascha O., Hornung, Erik and Woessmann, Ludger (2011) Education and catch-up in the Industrial Revolution. American Economic Journal: Macroeconomics, Vol.3 (No.3). pp. 92-126. doi:10.1257/mac.3.3.92
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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1257/mac.3.3.92
Abstract
Research increasingly stresses the role of human capital in modern economic development. Existing historical evidence-mostly from British textile industries-however, rejects that formal education was important for the Industrial Revolution. Our new evidence from technological follower Prussia uses a unique school enrollment and factory employment database linking 334 counties from pre-industrial 1816 to two industrial phases in 1849 and 1882. Using pre-industrial education as instrument for later education and controlling extensively for pre-industrial development, we find that basic education is significantly associated with nontextile industrialization in both phases of the Industrial Revolution. Panel data models with county fixed effects confirm the results.
| Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||
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| Subjects: | H Social Sciences > HC Economic History and Conditions | ||||
| Divisions: | Faculty of Social Sciences > Economics | ||||
| Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): | Education -- Demographic aspects -- Germany -- Prussia -- History -- 19th century, Labor supply -- Effect of education on -- Germany -- Prussia -- History -- 19th century, Industrial revolution -- Germany -- Prussia, Human capital | ||||
| Journal or Publication Title: | American Economic Journal: Macroeconomics | ||||
| Publisher: | American Economic Association | ||||
| ISSN: | 1945-7707 | ||||
| Official Date: | July 2011 | ||||
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| Volume: | Vol.3 | ||||
| Number: | No.3 | ||||
| Page Range: | pp. 92-126 | ||||
| DOI: | 10.1257/mac.3.3.92 | ||||
| Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||
| Publication Status: | Published | ||||
| Access rights to Published version: | Restricted or Subscription Access | ||||
| Funder: | Wissenschaftsgemeinschaft Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz | ||||
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