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SUMMARY:The development of the male occupational structure of England and 
 Wales between 1600 and 1850 - Sebastian Keibek\, University of Cambridge
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CONTACT:Dr Duncan Needham
DESCRIPTION:Historical occupational structures provide excellent insight i
 nto economic developments\, particularly at sub-national levels\, for whic
 h they are often the only quantifiable data available. This paper builds o
 n earlier work of the ‘Occupational Structure of Britain 1379-1911’ pr
 oject. It presents new methods for addressing key challenges in creating r
 eliable occupational structures\, such as the allocation of labourers to o
 ccupational sectors\, and the incorporation of by-employments. It combines
  the existing dataset of three million parish register observations with a
  new dataset of one-and-a-half million probate records in such a way that 
 the strengths of each data source are used to neutralise the weaknesses in
  the other. This results in a set of national estimates at much higher fre
 quency (every twenty years) than were available before\, and going back a 
 full century earlier in time\, as well as the first set of robust regional
  and local estimates. These form the basis for a reflection on the existin
 g literature on the long-run history of British industrialisation\, in par
 ticular on levels of productivity growth and on the balance between nation
 al and regional forces of change.
LOCATION:Lecture Theatre\, Trinity Hall
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