Abstract
To analyze the impact 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 short-run effect on technology adoption and innovation in agriculture but a negative and significant short-run impact on technology adoption in industry. These results can be explained by the positive impact of labor scarcity on human capital formation.
| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 543-583 |
| Number of pages | 41 |
| Journal | Journal of Economic Growth |
| Volume | 29 |
| Issue number | 4 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Dec 2024 |
Bibliographical note
Publisher Copyright:© The Author(s) 2024.
UN SDGs
This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
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SDG 3 Good Health and Well-being -
SDG 8 Decent Work and Economic Growth -
SDG 9 Industry, Innovation, and Infrastructure
Keywords
- Epidemics
- I15
- Labor scarcity
- N13
- O33
- Technology adoption
- Technology-skill complementarity
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