How It All Began: Origins of the Modern Economy.

Stern, Walter M.; Rostow, W. W.

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“…While England was the first country to industrialize, France was a close follower and structurally similar to England (Crafts, 1977;Voigtländer and Voth, 2006). Similar to Britain, economic growth also accelerated in France in the mid-18th century (Rostow, 1975). However, in the initial phase of industrialization, in all three French sectors that we examine, the new technologies arrived from Britain.…”

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Technology Adoption and Productivity Growth: Evidence from Industrialization in France

Juhász,

Squicciarini,

Voigtländer

2024

Journal of Political Economy

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for excellent assistance throughout the construction of the dataset, Guillaume Daudin and Walker Hanlon for kindly sharing data, and Eugene White for sharing his expertise of hyperinflation during the French Revolution. Financial support from the National Science Foundation (Grant # 1628866) is gratefully acknowledged. The views expressed herein are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Bureau of Economic Research. NBER working papers are circulated for discussion and comment purposes. They have not been peer-reviewed or been subject to the review by the NBER Board of Directors that accompanies official NBER publications.

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confidence: 84%