Научный семинар "Политическая экономика"

Докладчик: Raphaël Franck (Department of Economics, Hebrew University of Jerusalem)

Тема: Labor Scarcity, Technology Adoption and Innovation: Evidence from the Cholera Pandemics in 19th Century France

Аннотация:

To analyze the effect of labor scarcity on technology adoption and innovation, this study uses the differential spread of cholera across France in 1832, 1849 and 1854, before the transmission mode of this disease was understood. The results suggest that a larger share of cholera deaths in the population, which can be causally linked to summer temperature levels, had a positive and significant effect on technology adoption and innovation in agriculture in the mid-run but a negative and significant impact on technology adoption in industry in the short-run.  These results, which are not driven by migration, urbanization, religiosity or local financial intermediation, can be explained by the positive effect of labor scarcity on human capital formation.

Рабочий язык семинара — английский.

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