Gillian Hamilton, University of Toronto

Research

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Latest funding

Wealth and success in an 18th century North American society: growth, reproduction, and intergenerational mobility, evidence from New France
SSHRC · 2007 · Principal investigator
$50,000
Studies on apprenticeship and marriage
SSHRC · 2002 · Principal investigator
$60,039
The decline of apprenticeship, the decline in the use of marriage contracts in pre-industrial Montreal, and differential fecundity in seventeeth century Quebec
SSHRC · 1998 · Principal investigator
$37,500

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Wealth and success in an 18th century North American society: growth, reproduction, and intergenerational mobility, evidence from New France

Principal investigatorSSHRC2007Standard Research Grants

Principal investigators: Hamilton, Gillian C.

Keywords: historical; wealth; growth; demography; marriage; fertility; mortality; family

$50,000

Studies on apprenticeship and marriage

Principal investigatorSSHRC2002Standard Research Grants

Principal investigators: Hamilton, Gillian C.

Keywords: historic; child labour and apprenticeship; apprenticeship contracts; prenuptial contracts; marriage

$60,039

The decline of apprenticeship, the decline in the use of marriage contracts in pre-industrial Montreal, and differential fecundity in seventeeth century Quebec

Principal investigatorSSHRC1998Standard Research Grants

Principal investigators: Hamilton, Gillian

Keywords: Training; skill acquisition; marriage markets; fertility; women and property

$37,500

From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.

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