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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, Dr.. (2011) Did children's education matter? Family migration as a mechanism of human capital investment : evidence from nineteenth-century Bohemia. The Economic History Review, Vol.64 (No.3). pp. 730-764. ISSN 0013-0117
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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1468-0289.2010.00542.x
Abstract
This article analyses the rural-urban migration of families in the Bohemian region of Pilsen in 1900. Using a new 1,300-family dataset from the 1900 population census, the role of children's education in rural-urban migration is examined. The findings indicate 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: | Journal Article |
|---|---|
| Subjects: | D History General and Old World > DB Austria H Social Sciences > HC Economic History and Conditions L Education > LC Special aspects of education |
| Divisions: | Faculty of Social Sciences > Economics |
| Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): | Human capital -- Czech Republic -- Bohemia -- History -- 19th century, Education -- Economic aspects -- Czech Republic -- Bohemia -- History -- 19th century, Rural-urban migration -- Czech Republic -- Bohemia -- History -- 19th century, Bohemia (Czech Republic) -- Economic conditions -- 19th century |
| Journal or Publication Title: | The Economic History Review |
| Publisher: | Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd. |
| ISSN: | 0013-0117 |
| Date: | August 2011 |
| Volume: | Vol.64 |
| Number: | No.3 |
| Page Range: | pp. 730-764 |
| Identification Number: | 10.1111/j.1468-0289.2010.00542.x |
| Status: | Peer Reviewed |
| Publication Status: | Published |
| Access rights to Published version: | Restricted or Subscription Access |
| URI: | http://wrap.warwick.ac.uk/id/eprint/38649 |
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