BIP! Finder - Picking winners? The effect of birth order and migration on parental human capital investments in pre-modern England

2013 • Picking winners? The effect of birth order and migration on parental human capital investments in pre-modern England

Authors: Klemp M.; Minns C.; Wallis P.; Weisdorf J.

Venue: European Review of Economic History

Type: Publication

Abstract: This paper uses linked apprenticeship-family reconstitution records to explore the influence of family structure on human capital formation in preindustrial England. We observe a small but significant relationship between birth order, resources and human capital investments. Among the gentry, eldest sons were almost never apprenticed. Outside the gentry, a large number of apprentices were eldest sons, even from farming families. This Implies a relatively large place for a child’s aptitude and interest in shaping their career compared to custo... (read more)

Topics: Labour economics Demographic economics

DOI: 10.1093/ereh/het004

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