Picking Winners? The Effect of Birth Order and Migration on Parental Human Capital Investments in Pre-Modern England
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- Marc Klemp & Chris Minns & Patrick Wallis & Jacob Weisdorf, 2013. "Picking winners? The effect of birth order and migration on parental human capital investments in pre-modern England," European Review of Economic History, European Historical Economics Society, vol. 17(2), pages 210-232, May.
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Apprenticeship; Family Structure; Human Capital; Preindustrial England; Primogeniture;All these keywords.
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