Networks in the premodern economy: the market for London apprenticeships, 1600-1749
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- Tim Leunig & Chris Minns & Patrick Wallis, 2009. "Networks in the Premodern Economy: the Market for London Apprenticeships, 1600-1749," CEP Discussion Papers dp0956, Centre for Economic Performance, LSE.
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Apprenticeship; human capital formation; training; migration; networks; UK; early modern;All these keywords.
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- N3 - Economic History - - Labor and Consumers, Demography, Education, Health, Welfare, Income, Wealth, Religion, and Philanthropy
- J6 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Mobility, Unemployment, Vacancies, and Immigrant Workers
- J2 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demand and Supply of Labor
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