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Three revolutions of the modern era
Easterlin, Richard A. - 2019
The emergence and evolution of modern science since the 17th century has led to three major breakthroughs in the human condition. The first, the Industrial Revolution, started in the late 18th century and is based chiefly on developments associated with the rise of the natural sciences. The...
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Technology-skill complementarity in the early phase of industrialization
Franck, Raphaël; Galor, Oded - 2016
The research explores the effect of industrialization on human capital formation. Exploiting exogenous regional … views early industrialization as a predominantly deskilling process, the industrial revolution was conducive for human …
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Africa's industrialization prospects : a fresh look
Naudé, Wim; Tregenna, Fiona - 2023
This paper identifies the determinants of industrialization in 18 African countries, 1965 to 2018, using various … estimators and applying a battery of robustness checks. Industrialization in Africa is driven by historical legacies such as …-shape relationship between industrialization and GDP per capita is consistent with (premature) de-industrialization. Technological change …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014249268
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For want of a cup: the rise of tea in England and the impact of water quality on mortality
Antman, Francisca M. - 2022
This paper explores the impact of water quality on mortality by exploiting a natural experiment. the rise of tea consumption in 18th century England. This resulted in an unintentional increase in consumption of boiled water, thereby reducing mortality rates. The methodology uses two identication...
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People and machines : a look at the evolving relationship between capital and skill in manufacturing 1860 - 1930 using immigration shocks
Lafortune, Jeanne; Tessada, José A.; Lewis, Ethan - 2015
This paper estimates the elasticity of substitution between capital and skill using variation across U.S. counties in immigration-induced skill-mix changes between 1860 and 1930. We find that capital began as a q-complement for skilled and unskilled workers, and then dramatically increased its...
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Technical change and the wage structure during the second industrial revolution : evidence from the merchant marine, 1865 - 1912
Chin, Aimee (contributor); Juhn, Chinhui (contributor);  … - 2004 - [Elektronische Ressource]
"Using a large, individual-level wage data set, we examine the impact of a major technological innovation -- the steam engine -- on skill demand and the wage structure in the merchant shipping industry. We find that the technical change created a new demand for skilled workers, the engineers,...
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Factory automation, labor demand, and local labor market
Kawaguchi, Daiji; Okazaki, Tetsuji; Zhu, Xuanli - 2024
This study examines the impact of a technological change on employment and wages, focusing on the adoption of power looms in the silk-weaving industry. Exploiting plant-level panel data from 20th century Japan, we demonstrate that at the plant level, the power loom adaption increased the...
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The farm, the city, and the emergence of social security
Caucutt, Elizabeth M. (contributor);  … - 2008
cross section of countries make it clear that urbanization and industrialization are strongly associated with the rise of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003759906
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Catch me if you can : education and catch-up in the industrial revolution
Becker, Sascha O.; Hornung, Erik; Woessmann, Ludger - 2009
industrialization itself. We find that basic education significantly accelerated non-textile industrialization in both phases of the … Industrial Revolution. -- Human capital ; industrialization ; Prussian economic history …
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The legacies of slavery in and out of Africa
Bertocchi, Graziella - 2015
The slave trades out of Africa represent one of the most significant forced migration experiences in history. In this paper I illustrate their long-term consequences. I first consider the influence of the slave trade on the "sending" countries in Africa, with attention to their economic,...
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