The paper provides, a cliometric analysis on the impact of steam engine technology on the rise of adult education in nineteenth-century France. We exploit exogenous regional variations in the distribution of steam engines across France to evidence that technological change significantly contributed to the development of lifelong training during the 1850-1881 period. Our research shows that steam technology adoption in France was not deskilling. We argue that this process raised the demand for new skills adapted to the development of French industries.
The paper provides, a cliometric analysis on the impact of steam engine technology on the rise of adult education in nineteenth-century France. We exploit exogenous regional variations in the distribution of steam engines across France to evidence that technological change significantly contributed to the development of lifelong training during the 1850-1881 period. Our research shows that steam technology adoption in France was not deskilling. We argue that this process raised the demand for new skills adapted to the development of French industries.
Titre
en
Learning outside the factory : a cliometric reappraisal on the impact of technological change on human capital accumulation
Auteur(s)
Claude Diebolt1
, Charlotte Le Chapelain1
, Audrey-Rose Menard1
1
BETA -
Bureau d'Économie Théorique et Appliquée
( 93745 )
- Université de Lorraine, UFR Droit Sciences Economiques et Gestion, 13 place Carnot CO 70026, 54035 Nancy Cedex
Université de Strasbourg, Faculté des Sciences Economiques et de Gestion, 61 avenue de la Forêt Noire 67085 Strasbourg Cedex
- France
Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique UMR1443 ( 92114 )
;
Université de Strasbourg ( 199013 )
;
Université de Lorraine ( 413289 )
;
Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique UMR7522 ( 441569 )
Langue du document
Anglais
Nom de la revue
European Journal of the History of Economic Thought
(ISSN : 0967-2567, ISSN électronique : 1469-5936)
Publié par Taylor & Francis (Routledge)
Revue non référencée dans Sherpa-Romeo
Vulgarisation
Non
Comité de lecture
Oui
Audience
Internationale
Date de publication
2019-08-20
Volume
26
Numéro
4
Page/Identifiant
775-800
Public visé
Scientifique
Numéro spécial
Numéro spécial
Domaine(s)
Sciences de l'Homme et Société/Economies et finances
A - General Economics and Teaching/A.A1 - General Economics/A.A1.A12 - Relation of Economics to Other Disciplines
C - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods/C.C1 - Econometric and Statistical Methods and Methodology: General/C.C1.C18 - Methodological Issues: General
C - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods/C.C8 - Data Collection and Data Estimation Methodology • Computer Programs/C.C8.C80 - General
I - Health, Education, and Welfare/I.I2 - Education and Research Institutions/I.I2.I21 - Analysis of Education
N - Economic History/N.N1 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics • Industrial Structure • Growth • Fluctuations/N.N1.N13 - Europe: Pre-1913
N - Economic History/N.N3 - Labor and Consumers, Demography, Education, Health, Welfare, Income, Wealth, Religion, and Philanthropy/N.N3.N33 - Europe: Pre-1913
O - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth/O.O1 - Economic Development/O.O1.O14 - Industrialization • Manufacturing and Service Industries • Choice of Technology
O - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth/O.O3 - Innovation • Research and Development • Technological Change • Intellectual Property Rights/O.O3.O33 - Technological Change: Choices and Consequences • Diffusion Processes
Mots-clés
en
Adult education, Cliometrics, France, Human capital, Industrialization, Steam engines, Technological change
Claude Diebolt, Charlotte Le Chapelain, Audrey-Rose Menard. Learning outside the factory : a cliometric reappraisal on the impact of technological change on human capital accumulation. European Journal of the History of Economic Thought, 2019, 26 (4), pp.775-800. ⟨10.1080/09672567.2019.1630461⟩. ⟨halshs-02611104⟩