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Technology and Human Capital in Historical Perspective

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Editors:
  1. Jonas Ljungberg

    1. Lund University, Sweden

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  2. Jan-Pieter Smits

    1. University of Groningen, The Netherlands

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Table of contents (9 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xiii
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  2. Technology and Human Capital in Historical Perspective: An Introduction

    • Jonas Ljungberg
    Pages 1-21

  3. Human Capital and Industrialization: The Case of a Latecomer — Portugal, 1890

    • Jaime Reis
    Pages 22-48

  4. Engineering Expertise and the Canadian Exploitation of the Technology of the Second Industrial Revolution

    • Marvin McInnis
    Pages 49-78

  5. Technology Shifts, Industrial Dynamics and Labour Market Institutions in Sweden, 1920–95

    • Lars Svensson
    Pages 79-101

  6. Did Higher Technical Education Pay?

    • Jonas Ljungberg
    Pages 102-119

  7. Economic Growth, Technology Transfer and Convergence in Spain, 1960–73

    • Mar Cebrián, Santiago López
    Pages 120-144

  8. Variations in Total Factor Productivity Analysed with Cointegration: Swedish Manufacturing Industry, 1950–94

    • Camilla Josephson
    Pages 145-181

  9. Spain’s Low Technological Level: An Explanation

    • José M. Ortiz-Villajos
    Pages 182-204

  10. Technological Specialization in Sweden and Finland 1963–97: Contrasting Developments

    • Svante Lingärde, Jani Saarinen
    Pages 205-225

  11. Back Matter

    Pages 226-239
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About this book

One theme of this volume is whether the complementarity between technology and human capital is a recent phenomenon, or whether it can be traced through history. Different approaches to human capital as well as technology are applied, and besides historical surveys are total factor productivity and patent data employed. The studies deal with the Iberian peninsula, Scandinavia, and Canada, countries displaying different patterns in the international development.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Lund University, Sweden

    Jonas Ljungberg

  • University of Groningen, The Netherlands

    Jan-Pieter Smits

About the editors

JONAS LJUNGBERG is Associate Professor in Economic History at Lund University, Sweden.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Technology and Human Capital in Historical Perspective

  • Editors: Jonas Ljungberg, Jan-Pieter Smits

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230523814

  • Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan London

  • eBook Packages: Palgrave Economics & Finance Collection, Economics and Finance (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Macmillan Publishers Limited 2005

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-4039-2067-6Published: 29 October 2004

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-349-51489-2Published: 29 October 2004

  • eBook ISBN: 978-0-230-52381-4Published: 29 October 2004

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XIII, 239

  • Topics: Development Economics, History of Technology, Economic History

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