Matthias Blum|Christopher L. Colvin|Laura McAtackney|Eoin McLaughlin
Women of an uncertain age: quantifying human capital accumulation in rural Ireland in the nineteenth century†
Queen's University Belfast|Queen's University Belfast|Aarhus University|University of St Andrews
geary stark find irelands postfamine per capita gdp converged british levels convergence largely due total factor productivity growth rather mass emigration article new longrun measurements human capital accumulation ireland devised order facilitate better assessment sources productivity growth including relative contribution men women done exploiting frequency age data heap round ages widely interpreted indicator populations basic numeracy skills fldvri van leeuwen van leeuwenli find genderspecific trends measure derived census returns biased reporting recording age information computed numeracy trends corrected using data prison workhouse registers sources women ostensibly selfreported age findings show rural irish women born early nineteenth century substantially lower levels human capital uncorrected census data would otherwise suggest results large magnitude thus economically significant speed women converged consistent geary starks interpretation irish economic history ireland probably graduated europes club advanced economies thanks part rapid advances female human capital