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: 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: Economic History; Instrumental Variables

JEL Classification:
      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: Brandenburg-Prussia

Time Period(s): 1685 – 1802

Universe: Manufactuing firms in Brandenburg Prussia (textile and other)

Data Type(s): administrative records data; census/enumeration data

Methodology

Unit(s) of Observation: Firms,

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V1 [2019-10-11]

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