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Research Project Details

Occupational Choice in 18th Century Italy

Discipline: History     Sociology               

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Institution: Yale School of Public Health
Principal Investigators: Jason Fletcher

Description: I examine the spatial distribution of occupations in the city of Turin, Italy from a census taken in the early 18th century. I also examine the intergenerational correlation of occupational "choice" for father-son pairs.

Software Used: GeoDa, MATLAB

Contact: Jason Fletcher