Education and Catch-up in the Industrial Revolution †

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The economic case for education† (2016, background): “See, in particular, Becker, Hornung, and Woessmann (2011), Botticini and Eckstein (2007), and Becker and Woessmann (2009).”
Human Capital and Industrialization: Evidence from the Age of Enlightenment (2015, unknown): “Mitch, 1993; Becker et al., 2011). This is motivated by the historical evidence in Houston (1982) and Nicholas and Nicholas (1992), who show that medium- and high-skilled professions had much higher literacy rates than unskilled ones.”
Immigration and the Diffusion of Technology: The Huguenot Diaspora in Prussia (2020, unknown): “This is in line with Becker et al. (2011) who find that the progress of the textile industry in Prussia was more incremental than disruptive.”
Landownership Concentration and the Expansion of Education (2016, result): “This result is consistent with the study of Becker et al. (2011) who argue that, differently from Britain, education had a causal effect on industrialization in Prussia.”