International audienceEvidence of conventional human capital indicators (e.g. literacy, educational attainment, years of schooling) by marital status is rare or inexistent for the period prior to the 20th century. An indicator of human capital frequently used for the pre-1900 period is the age heaping. We employ this method to chart and analyze the heterogeneity and gender-specific differences of cognitive abilities (numeracy) across France in the mid- 19th century by marital status. We find that married women heap significantly less than unmarried women, while single men heap less than married men. We explore the reliability of four hypotheses to explain those differences. We find that married and non-married women’s data are prone to bias...
Deville Jean-Claude. Harmonie Analysis of the Timing of Family Formation in France. Social Inequalit...
Age heaping is widely employed as an indicator of human capital, more specifically of numeracy. We r...
Age heaping is widely employed as an indicator of human capital, more specifically of numeracy. We r...
Evidence of conventional human capital indicators (e.g. literacy, educational attainment, years of s...
The role of human capital in economic growth is now largely uncontested. One indicator of human capi...
Henry Louis and Houdaille Jacques. Celibacy and Age at Marriage in the 18th and 19th Centuries in Fr...
Age data frequently display excess frequencies at round or attractive ages, such as even numbers and...
Women's Literacy Rate and School Attendance in Northern France During the French Revolution. XVIIth...
A study made of the age distribution of single women and men from 1851 to 1896 highlights regional d...
This paper traces the human capital development of 14 Asian countries for the period of 1900-60, usi...
Marriage, Educational Background, and Social Position - The professional standing of an individual i...
Age data frequently display excess frequencies at round or attractive ages, such as even numbers and...
We look at women's labour force participation for the whole of France in the nineteenth and twentiet...
Recent theoretical developments of growth models, especially on unified theories of growth, suggest ...
This paper draws on a data set of 6 623 "completed" reconstituted families relating to the Saguenay ...
Deville Jean-Claude. Harmonie Analysis of the Timing of Family Formation in France. Social Inequalit...
Age heaping is widely employed as an indicator of human capital, more specifically of numeracy. We r...
Age heaping is widely employed as an indicator of human capital, more specifically of numeracy. We r...
Evidence of conventional human capital indicators (e.g. literacy, educational attainment, years of s...
The role of human capital in economic growth is now largely uncontested. One indicator of human capi...
Henry Louis and Houdaille Jacques. Celibacy and Age at Marriage in the 18th and 19th Centuries in Fr...
Age data frequently display excess frequencies at round or attractive ages, such as even numbers and...
Women's Literacy Rate and School Attendance in Northern France During the French Revolution. XVIIth...
A study made of the age distribution of single women and men from 1851 to 1896 highlights regional d...
This paper traces the human capital development of 14 Asian countries for the period of 1900-60, usi...
Marriage, Educational Background, and Social Position - The professional standing of an individual i...
Age data frequently display excess frequencies at round or attractive ages, such as even numbers and...
We look at women's labour force participation for the whole of France in the nineteenth and twentiet...
Recent theoretical developments of growth models, especially on unified theories of growth, suggest ...
This paper draws on a data set of 6 623 "completed" reconstituted families relating to the Saguenay ...
Deville Jean-Claude. Harmonie Analysis of the Timing of Family Formation in France. Social Inequalit...
Age heaping is widely employed as an indicator of human capital, more specifically of numeracy. We r...
Age heaping is widely employed as an indicator of human capital, more specifically of numeracy. We r...