ABSTRACT

It is generally found that human capital has had positive effects on industrial development and economic growth. But the relationship between formal education, work practice, industrial development and economic growth, and changes over time, remains unclear, largely because of a lack of empirical evidence. This note argues that an investigation of the Danish dairy industry can contribute to further our understanding of the impacts and limitations of formal education and practice. It describes unique sources that can be used to construct a database, which in turn can be used to make an empirically solid investigation of whether, and how, knowledge learned at school and through practice contributed to technological changes, diffusion of technology and increased productivity in the Danish dairy industry from the 1860s to 1920, a period when this industry went through a technological and industrial transformation. The purpose of this planned investigation will be to fill a gap in Danish historiography, but also to contribute to the wider literature about the role of education and practice in innovation with empirical evidence, and by further developing concepts of knowledge and technology.

摘要

人们普遍认为，人力资本对工业发展和经济增长具有积极作用。但正规教育、工作实践、工业发展和经济增长以及随时间变化之间的关系仍不清楚，主要是因为缺乏经验证据。本说明认为，对丹麦乳制品行业的调查有助于我们进一步了解正规教育和实践的影响和局限性。它描述了可用于构建数据库的独特来源，反过来又可用于对在学校和实践中学到的知识是否以及如何促进技术变革、技术传播和提高生产力进行实证研究。从 1860 年代到 1920 年的丹麦乳业，这个行业经历了技术和产业转型的时期。这项计划中的调查的目的将是填补丹麦史学的空白，同时也通过经验证据以及进一步发展知识和技术的概念，为更广泛的关于教育和实践在创新中的作用的文献做出贡献。