Despite poor information flows, high levels of uncertainty, and low completion rates, training through apprenticeship provided the main mechanism for occupational human capital formation in pre‐industrial England. This paper demonstrates how training premiums complemented the formal legal framework surrounding apprenticeship to secure training contracts. Premiums compensated parties for the anticipated risk of default, but in most trades were small enough to allow access to apprenticeship training for youths from modest families
In England, the government plans to incentivise spending of billions of pounds over the next few yea...
Preindustrial apprenticeship is often considered more stable than its nineteenth- and twentieth cent...
Preindustrial apprenticeship is often considered more stable than its nineteenth- and twentieth cent...
Training through apprenticeship provided the main mechanism for occupational human capital formation...
Preindustrial apprenticeship is often considered more stable than its nineteenth- and twentieth cent...
England was the only pre-modern European country with national legislation covering apprenticeship (...
This paper uses recently digitised samples of apprentices and masters in London and Bristol to quant...
Apprenticeship was probably the largest mode of organized learning in early modern European societie...
Pre-industrial apprenticeship is often considered more stable than its nineteenth- and twentieth-cen...
This paper examines how contacts were used to secure apprenticeships in Early Modern Europe. How app...
This paper re-examines the economics of premodern apprenticeship in England. I present new data show...
This paper examines the development of apprenticeship training in three English-speaking countries w...
This paper examines the importance of social and geographical networks in structuring entry into ski...
Apprenticeship has been discussed from two angles. The first sees apprenticeship as a response to th...
This paper examines the development of apprenticeship training in three English-speaking countries w...
In England, the government plans to incentivise spending of billions of pounds over the next few yea...
Preindustrial apprenticeship is often considered more stable than its nineteenth- and twentieth cent...
Preindustrial apprenticeship is often considered more stable than its nineteenth- and twentieth cent...
Training through apprenticeship provided the main mechanism for occupational human capital formation...
Preindustrial apprenticeship is often considered more stable than its nineteenth- and twentieth cent...
England was the only pre-modern European country with national legislation covering apprenticeship (...
This paper uses recently digitised samples of apprentices and masters in London and Bristol to quant...
Apprenticeship was probably the largest mode of organized learning in early modern European societie...
Pre-industrial apprenticeship is often considered more stable than its nineteenth- and twentieth-cen...
This paper examines how contacts were used to secure apprenticeships in Early Modern Europe. How app...
This paper re-examines the economics of premodern apprenticeship in England. I present new data show...
This paper examines the development of apprenticeship training in three English-speaking countries w...
This paper examines the importance of social and geographical networks in structuring entry into ski...
Apprenticeship has been discussed from two angles. The first sees apprenticeship as a response to th...
This paper examines the development of apprenticeship training in three English-speaking countries w...
In England, the government plans to incentivise spending of billions of pounds over the next few yea...
Preindustrial apprenticeship is often considered more stable than its nineteenth- and twentieth cent...
Preindustrial apprenticeship is often considered more stable than its nineteenth- and twentieth cent...