Knowledge, Human Capital and Economic Development: Evidence from the British Industrial Revolution, 1750-1930
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JEL classification:
- J24 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demand and Supply of Labor - - - Human Capital; Skills; Occupational Choice; Labor Productivity
- N13 - Economic History - - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics; Industrial Structure; Growth; Fluctuations - - - Europe: Pre-1913
- O14 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Development - - - Industrialization; Manufacturing and Service Industries; Choice of Technology
- O3 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Innovation; Research and Development; Technological Change; Intellectual Property Rights
- O31 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Innovation; Research and Development; Technological Change; Intellectual Property Rights - - - Innovation and Invention: Processes and Incentives
- O34 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Innovation; Research and Development; Technological Change; Intellectual Property Rights - - - Intellectual Property and Intellectual Capital
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This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-ENT-2015-01-31 (Entrepreneurship)
- NEP-GRO-2015-01-31 (Economic Growth)
- NEP-HIS-2015-01-31 (Business, Economic and Financial History)
- NEP-HPE-2015-01-31 (History and Philosophy of Economics)
- NEP-HRM-2015-01-31 (Human Capital and Human Resource Management)
- NEP-LMA-2015-01-31 (Labor Markets - Supply, Demand, and Wages)
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