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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 ISSN 1945-7707.
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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 | ||||
Date of first compliant deposit: | 18 December 2015 | ||||
Date of first compliant Open Access: | 18 December 2015 | ||||
Funder: | Wissenschaftsgemeinschaft Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz | ||||
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