More Power to the People: Electricity Adoption, Technological Change and Social Conflict
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- Enflo, Kerstin & Karlsson, Tobias & Molinder, Jakob, 2019. "More Power to the People: Electricity Adoption, Technological Change and Social Conflict," CEPR Discussion Papers 13986, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers.
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Keywords
technological change; electrification; labor demand; labor conflicts; strikes; infrastructure investments;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- N14 - Economic History - - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics; Industrial Structure; Growth; Fluctuations - - - Europe: 1913-
- N34 - Economic History - - Labor and Consumers, Demography, Education, Health, Welfare, Income, Wealth, Religion, and Philanthropy - - - Europe: 1913-
- N74 - Economic History - - Economic History: Transport, International and Domestic Trade, Energy, and Other Services - - - Europe: 1913-
- O14 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Development - - - Industrialization; Manufacturing and Service Industries; Choice of Technology
NEP fields
This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-ENE-2019-09-23 (Energy Economics)
- NEP-HIS-2019-09-23 (Business, Economic & Financial History)
- NEP-LAB-2019-09-23 (Labour Economics)
- NEP-REG-2019-09-23 (Regulation)
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