Numeracy and consistency in age declarations: a case study on nineteenth and twentieth century Catalonia
Joana María Pujadas-Mora,
María Carmen Pérez-Artés
Abstract:A rich tradition exists on measuring human capital in historical societies through basic mathematical skills using the method of age heaping. In this article, we novelty propose to calculate it also through the analysis of the consistency in individual consecutive age declaration statements in five towns of Baix Llobregat’s county (Barcelona, Spain) during the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. The region underwent a proto-industrialization in the eighteenth century and was one of the main wool and cott… Show more
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