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Engineers and the Knowledge Gap Between Andean and Nordic Countries, 1850–1939

In: Natural Resources and Divergence

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  • José Peres-Cajías

    (Universitat de Barcelona)

  • Kristin Ranestad

    (Lund University)

Abstract

In this chapter, we explore how natural resources can be exploitable resources thanks to knowledge improvements. This issue is tackled by looking at the evolution of engineering faculties and graduate engineers from 1850 to 1939 in Andean and Nordic countries, two regions where natural resources were critical at the onset of modern economic growth. We find the consolidation of a knowledge gap between Andean and Nordic countries during the First Globalization that was materialized in: (a) a drastic difference in the total number of locally trained engineers; (b) the role that these engineers played in their respective labour markets. These differences were the result of differences in public support to primary education and migration traditions. Both, in turn, are linked to historical and geographic contingencies.

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  • José Peres-Cajías & Kristin Ranestad, 2021. "Engineers and the Knowledge Gap Between Andean and Nordic Countries, 1850–1939," Palgrave Studies in Economic History, in: Cristián Ducoing & José Peres-Cajías (ed.), Natural Resources and Divergence, chapter 0, pages 169-218, Palgrave Macmillan.
    • Handle: RePEc:pal:palscp:978-3-030-71044-6_7
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-71044-6_7
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    1. Peres-Cajías, José & Torregrosa-Hetland, Sara & Ducoing, Cristián, 2022. "Resource abundance and public finances in five peripheral economies, 1850s–1930s," Resources Policy, Elsevier, vol. 76(C).
    2. Peres-Cajías, José & Torregrosa-Hetland, Sara & Ducoing, Cristián, 2020. "Resource abundance and public finances in five peripheral economies, 1850-1939," Lund Papers in Economic History 216, Lund University, Department of Economic History.

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    JEL classification:

    • N40 - Economic History - - Government, War, Law, International Relations, and Regulation - - - General, International, or Comparative
    • N50 - Economic History - - Agriculture, Natural Resources, Environment and Extractive Industries - - - General, International, or Comparative
    • N80 - Economic History - - Micro-Business History - - - General, International, or Comparative
    • O33 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Innovation; Research and Development; Technological Change; Intellectual Property Rights - - - Technological Change: Choices and Consequences; Diffusion Processes
    • O38 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Innovation; Research and Development; Technological Change; Intellectual Property Rights - - - Government Policy

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