Rethinking age-heaping, a cautionary tale from nineteenth century Italy
A swelling stream of literature employs age-heaping as an indicator of human capital, more specifically of numeracy. We re-examine this connection in light of evidence drawn from nineteenth century Italy: census data, death records, and direct, qualitative evidence on age-awareness and numeracy. Tho...
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| author | A'Hearn, B Delfino, A Nuvolari, A |
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| description | A swelling stream of literature employs age-heaping as an indicator of human capital, more specifically of numeracy. We re-examine this connection in light of evidence drawn from nineteenth century Italy: census data, death records, and direct, qualitative evidence on age-awareness and numeracy. Though it can stand in as an acceptable proxy for literacy, our findings suggest that age-heaping is most plausibly interpreted as a broad indicator of cultural and institutional modernisation rather than a measure of cognitive skills. |
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| spelling | oxford-uuid:b24bb970-8e7a-4828-8c8a-33af29695f8d2022-03-27T04:10:42ZRethinking age-heaping, a cautionary tale from nineteenth century ItalyWorking paperhttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_8042uuid:b24bb970-8e7a-4828-8c8a-33af29695f8dSymplectic ElementsBulk import via SwordUniversity of Oxford2016A'Hearn, BDelfino, ANuvolari, AA swelling stream of literature employs age-heaping as an indicator of human capital, more specifically of numeracy. We re-examine this connection in light of evidence drawn from nineteenth century Italy: census data, death records, and direct, qualitative evidence on age-awareness and numeracy. Though it can stand in as an acceptable proxy for literacy, our findings suggest that age-heaping is most plausibly interpreted as a broad indicator of cultural and institutional modernisation rather than a measure of cognitive skills. |
| spellingShingle | A'Hearn, B Delfino, A Nuvolari, A Rethinking age-heaping, a cautionary tale from nineteenth century Italy |
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