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Technology Adoption and Productivity Growth : Evidence from Industrialization in France
Juhász, Réka - 2020
technological change: The diffusion of mechanized cotton spinning during the Industrial Revolution in France. We document new …
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Engines of Growth : Domestic and Foreign Sources of Innovation
Eaton, Jonathan - 1995
We examine productivity growth since World War II in the five leading research economies: West Germany, France, the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012473670
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The March of the Techies : Technology, Trade, and Job Polarization in France, 1994-2007
Harrigan, James - 2016
market in France has polarized: employment shares of high and low wage occupations have grown, while middle wage occupations … conclude that technological change, mediated through techies, is an important cause of polarization in France. Firm-level trade …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012456564
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Human Capital and Industrialization : Evidence from the Age of Enlightenment
Squicciarini, Mara P. - 2014
the famous Encyclopédie in mid-18th century France. We show that subscriber density is a strong predictor of city growth …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012458447
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Techies and Firm Level Productivity
Harrigan, James; Reshef, Ariell; Toubal, Farid - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2023
We study the impact of techies--engineers and other technically trained workers--on firm-level productivity. We first report new facts on the role of techies in the firm by using French administrative data and unique surveys. Techies are STEM-skill intensive and are associated with innovation,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014322729
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Innovation Networks in the Industrial Revolution
Rosenberger, Lukas; Hanlon, W. Walker; Hallmann, Carl - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2024
How did Britain sustain faster rates of economic growth than comparable European countries, such as France, during the … innovation network using patent data from Britain and France in the late-18th and early-19th century. We show that the network … quantify the implications for technology growth rates in Britain compared to France. Our results indicate that the shape of the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10015056202
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Sectoral Productivity Slowdown
Nadiri, M. Ishaq - 1980
In this paper an attempt is made to answer two questions:1) What set of factors explains the recent slowdown of the U.S. aggregate labor productivity, and 2) whether the same set of forces account for the slowdown of sectoral productivity growth as well. We specify a model which relates measured...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012478722
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Experience, Vintage and Time Effects in the Growth of Earnings : AmericanScientists, 1960-1970
Weiss, Yoram - 1976
This paper is concerned with the growth of individual earnings over time. Four aspects of time are distinguished: experience, age, vintage and calendar year. The first section of the paper provides a brief outline of a theory of planned growth in earnings. The second and main section of the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012478991
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Trade, Technology, and the Great Divergence
O'Rourke, Kevin Hjortshøj - 2019
Why did per capita income divergence occur so dramatically during the 19th Century, rather than at the outset of the Industrial Revolution? How were some countries able to reverse this trend during the globalization of the late 20th Century? To answer these questions, this paper develops a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012479692
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The Changing Structure of American Innovation : Some Cautionary Remarks for Economic Growth
Arora, Ashish - 2019
A defiining feature of modern economic growth is the systematic application of science to advance technology. However, despite sustained progress in scientific knowledge, recent productivity growth in the U.S. has been disappointing. We review major changes in the American innovation ecosystem...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012479842