Blar i NHH Brage på emneord "Intergenerational mobility, human capital transmission, nepotism, upper-tail human capital, pre-industrial Europe, simulated method of moments"
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Nepotism vs. Intergenerational Transmission of Human Capital in Academia (1088–1800)
(DP SAM;09/2021, Working paper, 2021-03-16)We argue that the waning of nepotism in academia bolstered scientific production in pre-industrial Europe. We build a database of families of scholars (1088–1800), measure their scientific output, and develop a general ...