Replication data for: Immigration and the Diffusion of Technology: The Huguenot Diaspora in Prussia
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Project Citation:
Hornung, Erik. Replication data for: Immigration and the Diffusion of Technology: The Huguenot Diaspora in Prussia. Nashville, TN: American Economic Association [publisher], 2014. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2019-10-11. https://doi.org/10.3886/E112731V1
Project Description
Summary:
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This paper analyzes long-term effects of skilled-worker immigration
on productivity for the Huguenot migration to Prussia. In 1685,
religiously persecuted French Huguenots settled in Brandenburg-
Prussia and compensated for population losses due to plagues during
the Thirty Years' War. We combine Huguenot immigration lists from
1700 with Prussian firm-level data on the value of inputs and outputs
in 1802 in a unique database to analyze the effects of skilled immigration
to places with underused economic potential. Exploiting this
settlement pattern in an instrumental-variable approach, we find substantial
long-term effects of Huguenot settlement on the productivity
of textile manufactories.
Scope of Project
Subject Terms:
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Economic History;
Instrumental Variables
JEL Classification:
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J24 Human Capital; Skills; Occupational Choice; Labor Productivity
J61 Geographic Labor Mobility; Immigrant Workers
L67 Other Consumer Nondurables: Clothing, Textiles, Shoes, and Leather Goods; Household Goods; Sports Equipment
N33 Economic History: Labor and Consumers, Demography, Education, Health, Welfare, Income, Wealth, Religion, and Philanthropy: Europe: Pre-1913
N63 Economic History: Manufacturing and Construction: Europe: Pre-1913
O33 Technological Change: Choices and Consequences; Diffusion Processes
O47 Empirical Studies of Economic Growth; Aggregate Productivity; Cross-Country Output Convergence
J24 Human Capital; Skills; Occupational Choice; Labor Productivity
J61 Geographic Labor Mobility; Immigrant Workers
L67 Other Consumer Nondurables: Clothing, Textiles, Shoes, and Leather Goods; Household Goods; Sports Equipment
N33 Economic History: Labor and Consumers, Demography, Education, Health, Welfare, Income, Wealth, Religion, and Philanthropy: Europe: Pre-1913
N63 Economic History: Manufacturing and Construction: Europe: Pre-1913
O33 Technological Change: Choices and Consequences; Diffusion Processes
O47 Empirical Studies of Economic Growth; Aggregate Productivity; Cross-Country Output Convergence
Geographic Coverage:
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Brandenburg-Prussia
Time Period(s):
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1685 – 1802
Universe:
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Manufactuing firms in Brandenburg Prussia (textile and other)
Data Type(s):
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administrative records data;
census/enumeration data
Methodology
Unit(s) of Observation:
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Firms,
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