Sascha O. Becker|Erik Hornung|Ludger Woessmann
Education and Catch-up in the Industrial Revolution
University of Warwick|Ifo Institute for Economic Research|Ifo Institute for Economic Research
research increasingly stresses role human capital modern economic development existing historical evidencemostly british textile industrieshowever rejects formal education important industrial revolution new evidence technological follower prussia uses unique school enrollment factory employment database linking 334 counties preindustrial 1816 two industrial phases 1849 1882 using preindustrial education instrument later education controlling extensively preindustrial development find basic education significantly associated nontextile industrialization phases industrial revolution panel data models county fixed effects confirm results jel i20 j24 n13 n33 n63