工厂电气化的收益：来自北卡罗来纳州的证据，1905-1926

IF 2.6 1区历史学 Q1 ECONOMICS

Explorations in Economic History Pub Date : 2025-01-20 DOI:10.1016/j.eeh.2025.101654

Will Damron

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摘要

1900年至1930年间，美国制造业中来自电力的电力份额从10%增长到80%。尽管电气化带来了巨大的生产力提高，但数据的限制限制了之前的研究依赖于汇总数据。使用新收集的数据集，涵盖了20世纪初北卡罗来纳州的制造商，我研究了电气化在企业层面的影响。与没有电气化的制造商相比，电气化的制造商提高了生产率和产量。对工人的影响是复杂的。虽然电气化提高了平均工资，但它也提高了技能回报，降低了劳动收入占比。电力采用的延迟表明了电力传输和金融市场互补创新的重要性。

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Gains from factory electrification: Evidence from North Carolina, 1905–1926

Between 1900 and 1930, the share of power in American manufacturing coming from electricity grew from 10% to 80%. Although electrification has been attributed with dramatic productivity gains, data limitations have constrained previous research to rely on aggregate data. Using a newly-collected dataset covering manufacturers in North Carolina in the early 1900s, I examine the effects of electrification at the establishment level. Manufacturers who electrified increased their productivity and output relative to manufacturers who did not. The effects on workers were mixed. While electrification increased average wages, it also increased the return to skill and reduced the labor share. Delays in electricity adoption point to the importance of complementary innovations in electricity transmission and financial markets.

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2.50

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期刊介绍： Explorations in Economic History provides broad coverage of the application of economic analysis to historical episodes. The journal has a tradition of innovative applications of theory and quantitative techniques, and it explores all aspects of economic change, all historical periods, all geographical locations, and all political and social systems. The journal includes papers by economists, economic historians, demographers, geographers, and sociologists. Explorations in Economic History is the only journal where you will find "Essays in Exploration." This unique department alerts economic historians to the potential in a new area of research, surveying the recent literature and then identifying the most promising issues to pursue.