The research explores the effect of industrialization on human capital formation. Exploiting exogenous regional … variations in the adoption of steam engines across France, the study establishes that, in contrast to conventional wisdom that … views early industrialization as a predominantly deskilling process, the industrial revolution was conducive for human …

We investigate the difference in homeownership rates between natives and first-generation immigrants in France, and how …

the famous Encyclopédie in mid-18th century France. We show that subscriber density is a strong predictor of city growth … after the onset of French industrialization. Alternative measures of development such as soldier height, disposable income …