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Did children’s education matter? : family migration as a mechanism of human capital investment : evidence from nineteenth century Bohemia
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Klein, Alexander (2009) Did children’s education matter? : family migration as a mechanism of human capital investment : evidence from nineteenth century Bohemia. Working Paper. Department of Economics, University of Warwick: University of Warwick. The Warwick Economics Research Paper Series (TWERPS), Vol.2009 (No.923).
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Abstract
This paper analyzes the rural-urban migration of families in the Bohemian region of Pilsen in 1900. Using a new 1300-family dataset from the 1900 population census I examine the role of children‘s education in rural-urban migration. I find that families migrated to the city such that the educational attainment of their children would be maximized and that there is a positive correlation between family migration and children being apprentices in urban areas. The results suggest that rural-urban migration was powered not only by the exploitation of rural-urban wage gaps but also by aspirations to engage in human capital investment.
Item Type: | Working or Discussion Paper (Working Paper) | ||||
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Subjects: | D History General and Old World > DB Austria | ||||
Divisions: | Faculty of Social Sciences > Economics | ||||
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): | Pilsen (Czech Republic) -- History -- 19th century, Rural-urban migration -- Czech Republic -- Pilsen, Apprentices -- Czech Republic -- Pilsen -- History -- 19th century, Education -- Czech Republic -- Pilsen -- History -- 19th century | ||||
Series Name: | The Warwick Economics Research Paper Series (TWERPS) | ||||
Publisher: | University of Warwick | ||||
Place of Publication: | Department of Economics, University of Warwick | ||||
Official Date: | 2009 | ||||
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Volume: | Vol.2009 | ||||
Number: | No.923 | ||||
Institution: | University of Warwick | ||||
Status: | Not Peer Reviewed | ||||
Access rights to Published version: | Open Access (Creative Commons) | ||||
Funder: | European Commission (EC) | ||||
Grant number: | MRTN-CT-2004-512439 (EC) |
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