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Age at Leaving Home in Rural Ireland, 1901–1911

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  • Guinnane, Timothy W.

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Economic historians have stressed the importance of households and household formation but have devoted little attention to the process of leaving home. Leaving home in Ireland is important because of households' role in post-Famine demographic patterns. A matched Irish manuscript census sample for 1901 and 1911 shows that Irish males left home later than females. Statistical tests show that much of this reflects an Irish inheritance system that led many males never to leave home. Other economic forces, such as labor market opportunities, often had opposite impacts on males and females.

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  • Guinnane, Timothy W., 1992. "Age at Leaving Home in Rural Ireland, 1901–1911," The Journal of Economic History, Cambridge University Press, vol. 52(3), pages 651-674, September.
    • Handle: RePEc:cup:jechis:v:52:y:1992:i:03:p:651-674_01
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    1. Thomas Jordan, 1996. "A weighted index of quality of life for Irish children; 1841, 1851, and 1861," Social Indicators Research: An International and Interdisciplinary Journal for Quality-of-Life Measurement, Springer, vol. 37(1), pages 47-73, January.
    2. Timothy Guinnane & Desmond McCabe & Cormac Ó Gráda, 2003. "Agency and famine relief : Enniskillen workhouse during the Great Irish Famine," Working Papers 200315, School of Economics, University College Dublin.
    3. Joseph Day, 2018. "Leaving home in 19th century England and Wales: A spatial analysis," Demographic Research, Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research, Rostock, Germany, vol. 39(4), pages 95-135.
    4. Aude Bernard & Martin Bell & Elin Charles-Edwards, 2014. "Life-Course Transitions and the Age Profile of Internal Migration," Population and Development Review, The Population Council, Inc., vol. 40(2), pages 213-239, June.

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