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Market Forces Shaping Human Capital in Eighteenth Century London
van der Beek, Karine; Justman, Moshe - Becker Friedman Institute for Research in Economics, … - 2013
market forces of supply and demand. We regress apprenticeship premiums on journeymen's wages, set up costs and a selection of …We draw on quantitative and descriptive data from Robert Campbell's widely cited manual for prospective apprentices …, The London Tradesman (1747), to demonstrate the responsiveness of apprenticeship in mid-eighteenth century London to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010903249
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Age heaping and numeracy : looking behind the curtain
Blum, Matthias; Krauss, Karl-Peter - 2017
Age heaping-based numeracy indicators have served as valuable tools to derive basic human capital estimates, especially for periods where other indicators are unavailable. However, the accuracy of individual age statements usually remains unknown, and due to the lack of precise information it...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011669765
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The fall of Constantinople and the rise of the West
Link, Andreas - 2023
The Renaissance era in Western Europe was marked by a flourishing of economic and cultural life that gave rise to numerous discoveries and inventions. This paper studies the role played by Greek migrants in this process. Using a newly constructed dataset on Greek migrants in Europe after the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014227815
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Age heaping and numeracy: Looking behind the curtain
Blum, Matthias; Krauss, Karl-Peter - 2017
Age heaping-based numeracy indicators have served as valuable tools to derive basic human capital estimates, especially for periods where other indicators are unavailable. However, the accuracy of individual age statements usually remains unknown, and due to the lack of precise information it...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011674613
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The fall of Constantinople and the rise of the West
Link, Andreas - 2023
The Renaissance era in Western Europe was marked by a flourishing of economic and cultural life that gave rise to numerous discoveries and inventions. This paper studies the role played by Greek migrants in this process. Using a newly constructed dataset on Greek migrants in Europe after the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014476228
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International Migration and Development: A review in light of the crisis
Alonso, Jose Antonio - Department of Economic and Social Affairs, United Nations - 2011
Increasing international migratory flows in the last four decades is one of the most visible manifestations of the globalization process. In spite of its potential positive effect on global efficiency and well-being, little progress has been made in designing and promoting a normative and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010550920
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The complementary between technology and human capital in the early phase of industrialization
Franck, Raphaël; Galor, Oded - 2015 - This Version: July 21st, 2015
The research explores the effect of industrialization on human capital formation. Exploiting exogenous regional variations in the adoption of steam engines across France, the study establishes that in contrast to conventional wisdom that views early industrialization as a predominantly...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011309633
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Technology-skill complementarity in the early phase of industrialization
Franck, Raphaël; Galor, Oded - 2016
The research explores the effect of industrialization on human capital formation. Exploiting exogenous regional variations in the adoption of steam engines across France, the study establishes that, in contrast to conventional wisdom that views early industrialization as a predominantly...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011452726
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Flowers of evil? : industrialization and long run development
Franck, Raphaël; Galor, Oded - 2018
This research explores the effect of industrialization on the process of development. In contrast to conventional wisdom that views industrial development as a catalyst for economic growth, the study establishes that while the adoption of industrial technology was conducive to economic...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011886975
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Estimating returns to schooling and experience : a history of thought
Chiswick, Barry R. - 2023
This paper is a review of the literature in economics up to the early 1980s on the issue of estimating the earnings return to schooling and labor market experience. It begins with a presentation of Adam Smith's (1776) analysis of wage determination, with the second of his five points on...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014444219