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Apprenticeship and economic growth in early modern England

2025/5/14
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Patrick Wallis: 我认为，学徒制是解决年轻人如何获得技能以在成年后茁壮成长这一问题的答案。父母可以传授基本技能，但随着经济变得复杂，家庭模式变得不那么有用。现代解决方案，如大学和公司培训，在早期现代英格兰并不适用。因此，学徒制应运而生，它弥合了家庭和现代解决方案之间的差距。它通过提供标准化的合同、当地法院的执行以及经济和政治激励措施，创造了一个技能市场。这个市场降低了交易成本，增加了升级的回报，从而产生了一个广泛而深入的技能市场。通过学徒制，年轻人可以从农村转移到城市，从农业家庭转移到制造业和服务业，并获得新的技能和知识。学徒制将培训集中在最成功的师傅中，从而传播了创新。总而言之，学徒制是一种让有技能的工人出售他们的培训，并让父母投资孩子未来的方式。 Patrick Wallis: 我认为，学徒制是解决年轻人如何获得技能以在成年后茁壮成长这一问题的答案。父母可以传授基本技能，但随着经济变得复杂，家庭模式变得不那么有用。现代解决方案，如大学和公司培训，在早期现代英格兰并不适用。因此，学徒制应运而生，它弥合了家庭和现代解决方案之间的差距。它通过提供标准化的合同、当地法院的执行以及经济和政治激励措施，创造了一个技能市场。这个市场降低了交易成本，增加了升级的回报，从而产生了一个广泛而深入的技能市场。通过学徒制，年轻人可以从农村转移到城市，从农业家庭转移到制造业和服务业，并获得新的技能和知识。学徒制将培训集中在最成功的师傅中，从而传播了创新。总而言之，学徒制是一种让有技能的工人出售他们的培训，并让父母投资孩子未来的方式。

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This chapter explores how societies equip young people with skills for adult life, contrasting the traditional family model with the modern state-firm model. It highlights the limitations of the family model in complex economies and introduces apprenticeship as an alternative solution.
  • The family model of skill transmission is effective for simple economies but fails in complex ones.
  • Modern solutions (state-funded education, firm-sponsored training) are unavailable in societies lacking strong states or large firms.
  • Pre-modern apprenticeship emerges as a solution, bridging the gap between family and state-firm models.

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Contributor(s): Professor Patrick Wallis | In his latest book, The Market for Skill: apprenticeship and economic growth in early-modern England, which forms the basis of this event, Patrick Wallis shows how apprenticeship helped reshape the English economy between 1500-1800. By detailing the activities of apprentices and masters, the strategies of ambitious parents, the interventions of guilds and the decisions of town officials, he shows how the system contributed to the growth of cities, the movement of workers, and the spread of new technologies. He argues that this success was because it was a flexible institution which allowed apprentices to change their minds and exit contracts early, providing a vital training accessible to most young people, whatever their background.