This study explores the impact of industrialization on secondary schooling in 19th century France. As a source of … exogenous variation in industrialization across the French territory, it takes advantage of the openings and closures of mines … which were supervised by the Ministry of Public Works, independently from the Ministry of Education. The results suggest …

of education inequality measures across age groups allows us to assess the effect of inter-generational education …

The research provides the first empirical examination of the hypothesized effect of industrialization on the fertility … establishes that industrialization was a major catalyst in the fertility decline in the course of the demographic transition …. Moreover, the analysis further suggests that the contribution of industrialization to the decline in fertility plausibly …

This research explores the long-run effect of industrialization on the process of development. In contrast to … subsequent decades. Nevertheless, early industrialization had an adverse effect on income per capita, employment and equality by … that the characteristics that permitted the onset of industrialization, rather than the adoption of industrial technology …

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 … capital formation, generating broad increases in literacy rates and education attainment. …

This research explores the effect of industrialization on the process of development. In contrast to conventional … steam engines across French departments during the early phases of industrialization, the research establishes that … intensive industrialization in the middle of the 19th century increased income per capita in the subsequent decades but …