Arbeitspapier
Human capital and industrialization: German settlers in late imperial Russia
Between 1890 and 1913, Russian Empire experienced a rapid transition to an industrial economy, catching up with Western countries. Using accidental elements in German settlement locations in Russia 1763-1861, the paper estimates the effects of the more educated Germans in Russia's industrial transition in 1890-1913. I demonstrate that German settlers had significant external benefits in their regions through improved schooling infrastructure and increased literacy among the local population. Educational benefits translated into a higher share of industrial occupations, per-capita local expenditures and urbanization by 1897. I also find a positive impact of education on productivity, mainly in industries that experienced technological transformation and had higher human capital requirements. Furthermore, panel estimates reveal that German areas experienced a higher industrial growth only after 1890 with the adaption of more progressive technologies. Finally, I find no evidence supporting alternative explanations of the German impact: increased agricultural productivity, lower exposure to serfdom, demographic transition or changes in landownership structure.
- Sprache
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Englisch
- Erschienen in
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Series: EHES Working Paper ; No. 221
- Klassifikation
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Wirtschaft
Economic History: Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics; Industrial Structure; Growth; Fluctuations: Europe: 1913-
Education and Economic Development
Empirical Studies of Economic Growth; Aggregate Productivity; Cross-Country Output Convergence
- Thema
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Human capital
Russian economic history
Industrialization
- Ereignis
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Geistige Schöpfung
- (wer)
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Malein, Viktor
- Ereignis
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Veröffentlichung
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European Historical Economics Society (EHES)
- (wo)
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s.l.
- (wann)
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2021
- Handle
- Letzte Aktualisierung
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10.03.2025, 11:43 MEZ
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Objekttyp
- Arbeitspapier
Beteiligte
- Malein, Viktor
- European Historical Economics Society (EHES)
Entstanden
- 2021
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