The Market for Skill

Name: The Market for Skill | Apprenticeship and Economic Growth in Early Modern England
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Apprenticeship and Economic Growth in Early Modern England

Patrick Wallis(Autor*in)

Princeton University Press

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Erschienen am 18. Februar 2025

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Cover
Contents
List of Figures and Tables
Acknowledgements
Abbreviations
1. Introduction
Apprenticeship: The Debate
Apprenticeship: The Contract
The Basis and Structure of the Book
Part I. Apprenticeship and Development
2. The Rise and (Partial) Fall of Apprenticeship
Rise and Fall?
Apprenticeship in London and the Nation, 1500-1800
Apprenticeship and Industrialisation in the Eighteenth Century
Conclusion
3. Diffusing Skill and Innovation
Success and the Concentration of Training
Learning from the Best
The Timing of Training
Conclusion
4. Mobilising Labour
Apprenticeship as a Response to Crisis
Migration
Sectoral Mobility
Urban Occupational Mobility
Unequal Opportunities: Mobility and Money
Conclusion
Part II. A System of Training
5. Apprenticeship as Learning
Learning and Training
Learning on the Shop Floor
Norms and Culture
Specific and General Human Capital
Training beyond the Shop Floor: Academies and Technical Education
Conclusion
6. The Flexibility of Apprenticeship
Absent Apprentices
Why Did Apprentices Leave?
Conclusion
7. Enforcing Apprenticeship
Guilds and Discipline
Masterpieces and Examinations
The Chamberlain's Justice
The Lord Mayor's Court
Equity and Recovering Apprenticeship Premiums
Apprenticeship Bonds and Central Equity Courts
Beyond the Metropolis
Conclusion
8. Outcomes
Freedom
The Determinants of Freedom
Returning Home
Conclusion
Part III. Apprenticeship and the Enemies of Opportunity
9. Laws, Rules, and Barriers to Skill
Laws, Rules, and Barriers
The State and Laws of Apprenticeship
Urban Law and Custom
Conclusion
10. Exclusion in Practice? The Effects of Rules on Apprenticeship
Implementation
Nationality
Fees
Age
The Seven-Year Term
Conclusion
11. Cultural Barriers
Gender
Birth Order
Conclusion
12. Social Networks and the Search for Opportunity
Measuring Ties between Masters and Apprentices
Kinship
Occupation and Guild
Geography
Searching for a Master
Conclusion
13. Conclusion
Appendix 1: Apprenticeship Registration Records
Appendix 2: Estimating the Number of Apprentices in London's Guilds, 1500-1850
Appendix 3: Estimating the Incidence of Apprenticeship in England
Appendix 4: Guild Ordinances
Appendix 5: Social Origins of Apprentices in England
Appendix 6: Apprentice Migration and Family Background
Appendix 7: Reconstructing the Training Careers of Masters
Appendix 8: Identifying Apprentices as Freemen
Notes
References
Index

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