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

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Hornung, Erik·2014·American Economic Review
DOI 10.1257/aer.104.1.84
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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. (JEL J24, J61, L67, N33, N63, O33, O47)

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Authors
Hornung, E.
Venue
American Economic Review
Publisher
American Economic Association
Published
2014-01-01
Volume
104
Issue
1
Pages
84-122
ISSN
0002-8282 (ISSN-L)
DOI
10.1257/aer.104.1.84
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W2037086617
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280
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57
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29.48
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Language
en
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