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Dittmar, Jeremiah; Meisenzahl, Ralf R. – Centre for Economic Performance, 2022
We examine the role of universities in knowledge production and industrial change using historical evidence. Political shocks led to a profound pro-science shift in German universities around 1800. To study the consequences, we construct novel microdata. We find that invention and manufacturing developed similarly in cities closer to and farther…
Descriptors: Research Universities, Educational History, Foreign Countries, Scientific Attitudes