Education and Skills during the First Industrial Revolution in England
This paper studies how the expansion of schooling contributed to England’s Industrial Revolution by increasing upper-tail human capital and entry into skill-intensive apprenticeships.
02 Apr 2026
Flow of Ideas: Economic Societies and the Rise of Useful Knowledge
Economic societies emerged during the late eighteenth century. We argue that these institutions reduced the costs of accessing useful knowledge by adopting, producing, and diffusing new ideas.
01 Jul 2025
Teacher-directed scientific change: The case of the English Scientific Revolution
This paper studies teacher-directed scientific change during the Scientific Revolution. It shows that teachers at seventeenth century Oxford and Cambridge shaped students’ direction of research.
03 Mar 2025