A technical workforce for regional industrial development? Origin and dispersion of graduates from the technical secondary schools in Malmö and Borås 1855–1930

IF 0.5 Q4 ECONOMICS

SCANDINAVIAN ECONOMIC HISTORY REVIEW Pub Date : 2021-04-01 DOI:10.1080/03585522.2021.1901776

Fay Lundh Nilsson, Per-Olof Grönberg

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ABSTRACT This article connects to the discussion on skills and knowledge during the early industrialisation. It focuses on how two out of four technical secondary schools in Sweden (Malmö and Borås) lived up to their aims communicated by politicians and other stakeholders: to provide emerging industries and crafts in their regions with technicians and to prepare for studies at the Technological Institute. Initially, a majority of students came from the school regions, but the share of long-distance students increased over time. A majority served in industry and craft, and the study reflects chemistry’s and electricity’s breakthrough with increasing shares of graduates employed over time. Several graduates continued to further studies; not only at the Technological Institute but also elsewhere in Sweden and abroad. As for the purpose to provide the regions with technicians, the results are ambiguous. Many graduates, especially from Borås, moved to other parts of Sweden and abroad. Malmö graduates stayed more often in the school region because Malmö was a larger city, and the school region more industrially diversified. The brain-drain from the school regions was not necessarily problematic as in-migration of technicians from other schools compensated.

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区域工业发展的技术劳动力？1855年至1930年马尔默和博尔斯中专毕业生的来源和分布

摘要本文与早期工业化期间关于技能和知识的讨论有关。它重点关注瑞典四分之二的中专学校（马尔默和博尔斯）如何实现政治家和其他利益相关者传达的目标：为所在地区的新兴产业和工艺提供技术人员，并为在理工学院学习做准备。最初，大多数学生来自学校地区，但随着时间的推移，远程学生的比例有所增加。大多数人在工业和工艺领域工作，这项研究反映了化学和电学的突破，随着时间的推移，毕业生的就业比例不断增加。几名毕业生继续深造；不仅在理工学院，而且在瑞典和国外的其他地方。至于为这些地区提供技术人员的目的，结果并不明确。许多毕业生，尤其是来自Borås的毕业生，搬到了瑞典其他地区和国外。马尔默的毕业生更多地留在学校区域，因为马尔默是一个更大的城市，学校区域的工业更加多样化。学校地区的人才外流并不一定有问题，因为从其他学校迁移技术人员是有补偿的。

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期刊介绍： Scandinavian Economic History Review publishes articles and reviews in the broad field of Nordic economic, business and social history. The journal also publishes contributions from closely related fields, such as history of technology, maritime history and history of economic thought. Articles dealing with theoretical and methodological issues are also included. The editors aim to reflect contemporary research, thinking and debate in these fields, both within Scandinavia and more widely. The journal comprises a broad variety of aspects and approaches to economic and social history, ranging from macro economic history to business history, from quantitative to qualitative studies.