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来源类型	Discussion paper
规范类型	论文
来源ID	DP12987
	DP12987 Human Capital Formation during the First Industrial Revolution: Evidence from the Use of Steam Engines
	Alexandra de Pleijt; Alessandro Nuvolari; Jacob Weisdorf
发表日期	2018-06-12
出版年	2018
语种	英语
摘要	We examine the effect of technical change on human capital formation during England’s Industrial Revolution. Using the number of steam engines installed by 1800 as a synthetic indicator of technological change, and occupational statistics to measure working skills (using HISCLASS), we establish a positive correlation between the use of steam engines and the share of skilled workers at the county level. We use exogenous variation in carboniferous rock strata (containing coal to fuel the engines) to show that the effect was causal. While technological change stimulated the formation of working skills, it had an overall negative effect on the formation of primary education, captured by literacy and school enrolment rates. It also led to higher gender inequality in literacy.
主题	Economic History
关键词	Economic growth Education Human capital Industrialisation Technological change Steam engines
URL	https://cepr.org/publications/dp12987
来源智库	Centre for Economic Policy Research (United Kingdom)
资源类型	智库出版物
条目标识符	http://119.78.100.153/handle/2XGU8XDN/541795
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Alexandra de Pleijt,Alessandro Nuvolari,Jacob Weisdorf. DP12987 Human Capital Formation during the First Industrial Revolution: Evidence from the Use of Steam Engines. 2018.