Colonizzazioni Interne e Migrazioni

Immigration and the Diffusion of Technology: The Huguenot Diaspora in Prussia

Titolo

Immigration and the Diffusion of Technology: The Huguenot Diaspora in Prussia

Autore

Erik Hornung

Data

2014-01-01

Tipo

Journal Article

Author

Erik Hornung

Tipo documento

Journal Article

DOI

10.1257/aer.104.1.84

Abstract Note

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.

Data

2014-01-01

Issue

1

Journal Abbreviation

The American Economic Review

Library Catalog

IngentaConnect

Pagine

84-122

Publication Title

The American Economic Review

Short Title

Immigration and the Diffusion of Technology

Titolo

Immigration and the Diffusion of Technology: The Huguenot Diaspora in Prussia

Volume

104

Citazione

Erik Hornung, “Immigration and the Diffusion of Technology: The Huguenot Diaspora in Prussia,” Colonizzazioni Interne e Migrazioni, accesso il 01 maggio 2025, http://storia.dh.unica.it/risorse_omc/items/show/1055.

Item Relations

This item has no relations.

Embed

Copy the code below into your web page

Position: 2851 (85 views)