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Picking winners? The effect of birth order and migration on parental human capital investments in pre-modern England
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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 custom or inheritance practices, making the “middling sorts” behave much more as families do in presentday labour studies than the contemporary elites. We also find a surprisingly high rate of return migration, questioning the emphasis on neo-locality and suggesting that parents could anticipate benefiting directly from positive externalities arising from the training provided to children. This interpretation also fits well with our finding that if parents had died before indenture, apprentices were significantly less likely to return home.(This abstract was borrowed from another version of this item.)
- KOBENHAVNS UNIVERSITET Denmark
- Københavns Universitet Denmark
- University of Southern Denmark Denmark
- University of Copenhagen Denmark
- London School of Economics Finland
Microsoft Academic Graph classification: Economic growth media_common.quotation_subject Human capital Economics media_common Interpretation (philosophy) Birth order Aptitude Demographic economics Gentry Apprenticeship Inheritance Externality
History, Economics, Econometrics and Finance (miscellaneous), Apprenticeship, Family Structure, Human Capital, Preindustrial England, Primogeniture, Education
History, Economics, Econometrics and Finance (miscellaneous), Apprenticeship, Family Structure, Human Capital, Preindustrial England, Primogeniture, Education
Microsoft Academic Graph classification: Economic growth media_common.quotation_subject Human capital Economics media_common Interpretation (philosophy) Birth order Aptitude Demographic economics Gentry Apprenticeship Inheritance Externality
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- KOBENHAVNS UNIVERSITET Denmark
- Københavns Universitet Denmark
- University of Southern Denmark Denmark
- University of Copenhagen Denmark
- London School of Economics Finland
- University of Copenhagen Denmark
- University of Southern Denmark
- University of Copenhague
- Utrecht University Netherlands
- IT University of Copenhagen Denmark
- London School of Economics and Political Science United Kingdom
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- KOBENHAVNS UNIVERSITET Denmark
- University of Copenhagen Denmark
- University of Copenhagen Denmark
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- London School of Economics
- University of Copenhagen Denmark
- University of Copenhagen Finland
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- University of Copenhagen Denmark
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 custom or inheritance practices, making the “middling sorts” behave much more as families do in presentday labour studies than the contemporary elites. We also find a surprisingly high rate of return migration, questioning the emphasis on neo-locality and suggesting that parents could anticipate benefiting directly from positive externalities arising from the training provided to children. This interpretation also fits well with our finding that if parents had died before indenture, apprentices were significantly less likely to return home.(This abstract was borrowed from another version of this item.)