The Political Economy of Skills, Occupational Entitlements, and Social Mobility: Evidence from Industrializing Coventry, 1790–1850
研究了1790–1850年英国工业化时期考文垂男性社会流动模式的变化，发现1820年代末至1830年代初的自由贸易和市政改革削弱了行业特定社会资本的价值，同时提高了通用人力资本对社会流动的贡献。
Abstract This paper examines the interaction between political economy and social mobility during early industrialization in England. We analyze changes in male social mobility patterns in industrializing Coventry (c.1790–1850) following a transformation of key institutions affecting the labor market. Social mobility was framed by the interaction between trade policy, occupational skill formation, and municipal government. Using a longitudinal dataset and regression-discontinuity analysis, we find that liberal reforms to trade policy and municipal government during the late-1820s and early-1830s eroded the value of industry-specific social capital, while increasing the contribution of general human capital to social mobility.