La “Doña” è Mobile: The Role of Women in Social Mobility in a Pre-Modern Economy
利用18世纪西班牙穆尔西亚的婚姻记录，研究女性在前现代时期社会流动中的作用，发现社会地位（以“don”或“doña”头衔衡量）的传递存在性别差异，同性传递强于异性，且祖父母会影响孙辈的地位。
We use data from marriage records in Murcia, Spain, in the eighteenth century to study the role of women in social mobility in the pre-modern era. Our measure of social standing is identification as a don or doña , an honorific denoting high, though not necessarily noble, status. We show that this measure, which is acquired over the lifecycle, shows gendered transmission patterns. In particular, same-sex transmission is stronger than opposite-sex, for both sons and daughters. The relative transmission from fathers versus mothers varies over the lifecycle, and grandparents may affect the status of their grandchildren.