Quantifying human capital accumulation in rural Ireland in the nineteenth century
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- Matthias Blum & Christopher L. Colvin & Laura McAtackney & Eoin McLaughlin, 2017. "Women of an uncertain age: quantifying human capital accumulation in rural Ireland in the nineteenth century," Economic History Review, Economic History Society, vol. 70(1), pages 187-223, February.
- Matthias Blum & Christopher L. Colvin & Laura McAtackney & Eoin McLaughlin, 2015. "Quantifying Human Capital Accumulation in Rural Ireland in the Nineteenth Century," Discussion Papers in Environment and Development Economics 2015-22, University of St. Andrews, School of Geography and Sustainable Development.
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age heaping; female numeracy; selection bias; prisons; workhouses; Ireland;JEL classification:
- I25 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Education - - - Education and Economic Development
- N33 - Economic History - - Labor and Consumers, Demography, Education, Health, Welfare, Income, Wealth, Religion, and Philanthropy - - - Europe: Pre-1913
- O47 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Growth and Aggregate Productivity - - - Empirical Studies of Economic Growth; Aggregate Productivity; Cross-Country Output Convergence
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This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-GRO-2016-01-03 (Economic Growth)
- NEP-HIS-2016-01-03 (Business, Economic & Financial History)
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