2023-09-28 14:46:10 +00:00
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abstract: 'Using the Ensenada Cadastre, a unique database on Castilian households
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circa 1750, this paper provides new evidence on the relationship between
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human capital and male labor earnings in eighteenth-century Spain. Human
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capital is proxied by individual indicators of basic skills (literacy
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and numeracy) and of occupational skills. We employ a Mincerian
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regression approach and find a positive and statistically significant
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association between skills and average earnings. Although we cannot
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reliably assess causality in the observed relationship, these findings
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are robust to conditioning on household composition, job
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characteristics, and place of residence. Nonetheless, further testing
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indicates that the earnings gradient associated with literacy is driven
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mainly by unobservable variables (e.g., ability, family background) that
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explain both the worker''s acquisition of this skill and his earnings.
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The estimated associations are stronger for urban than for rural workers
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and are highly heterogeneous across activity sectors. Our analysis
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reveals that workers with higher skills were not only better remunerated
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in their main occupation but also more likely to diversify their
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earnings through ``by-employment{''''}. Finally, quantile regression
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analysis indicates that earnings disparities between workers with
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different skills were much smaller at the lower than the upper end of
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the earnings distribution. This evidence suggests that, in
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pre-industrial Castile, human capital may have contributed to inequality
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of earnings. (C) 2017 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.'
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affiliation: 'Palencia, FR (Corresponding Author), Univ Pablo Olavide, Dept Econ,
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Carretera Utrera Km 1, Seville 41013, Spain.
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Alvarez, Begona, Univ Vigo, Dept Appl Econ, Campus Lagoas Marcosende, Vigo 36310,
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Spain.
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Ramos Palencia, Fernando, Univ Pablo Olavide, Dept Econ, Carretera Utrera Km 1,
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Seville 41013, Spain.'
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author: Alvarez, Begona and Ramos Palencia, Fernando
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author-email: 'alvarez@uvigo.es
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fernando.ramos.palencia@gmail.com'
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author_list:
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- family: Alvarez
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given: Begona
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- family: Ramos Palencia
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given: Fernando
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da: '2023-09-28'
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doi: 10.1016/j.eeh.2017.10.005
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eissn: 1090-2457
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files: []
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issn: 0014-4983
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journal: EXPLORATIONS IN ECONOMIC HISTORY
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keywords: 'Literacy; Numeracy; Occupational skills; Pre-industrial Spain;
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Individual earnings; Skill premia'
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keywords-plus: 'TECHNOLOGICAL DIFFUSION; WESTERN-EUROPE; INEQUALITY; SPAIN; EDUCATION;
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LITERACY; SKILLS; PARTICIPATION; 19TH-CENTURY; FERTILITY'
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language: English
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month: JAN
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number-of-cited-references: '112'
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orcid-numbers: 'Alvarez, Begoña/0000-0003-1756-7014
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Ramos-Palencia, Fernando/0000-0002-4677-2730
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Palencia, Fernando Ramos/0000-0002-4677-2730'
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pages: 105-133
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papis_id: 62b69d3116d269a2a90d3f57ba1b5424
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ref: Alvarez2018humancapital
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researcherid-numbers: 'Alvarez, Begoña/H-9724-2015
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Ramos-Palencia, Fernando/E-8556-2016
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Palencia, Fernando Ramos/N-5092-2019'
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times-cited: '17'
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title: Human capital and earnings in eighteenth-century Castile
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2023-10-01 08:15:07 +00:00
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type: article
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2023-09-28 14:46:10 +00:00
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unique-id: WOS:000424188200006
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usage-count-last-180-days: '0'
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usage-count-since-2013: '9'
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volume: '67'
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web-of-science-categories: Economics; History Of Social Sciences
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year: '2018'
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