Project info
Work package
- Inclusion
Sustainability threat
- External Shocks
- Feedback Cycles
Challenge
- Accommodating newcomers
Study info
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Journeymen Migration and Settlement in Eighteenth-century Holland
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Dissertation: Born abroad, studied here: a historical and psychological account of migrant doctors integrating
Journeymen Migration and Settlement in Eighteenth-century Holland
Description of Study
Like many modern organizations, the Amsterdam Surgeons’ Guild recruited its members during the eighteenth century from the ranks of locally born citizens as well as migrants. But how a surgeon’s migration status impacted his chances of being admitted by, and making a career within, the Surgeons’ Guild, remains a mystery. This article analyses enrolment lists of apprentices, journeymen, and master surgeons in order to find out how a surgeon’s birth-place influenced his chances of a career within the Amsterdam Surgeons’ Guild. By looking at the guild’s official stance towards newcomers, and pairing this with the actual career paths of migrants within the Amsterdam Surgeons’ Guild, this article demonstrates that migrants could be retained for the guild if they received their apprenticeship training in Amsterdam. In other words, it was not so much origin, but rather the geography of education and work that shaped careers. These results reveal mechanisms of integration that can be generalised to cases outside the Amsterdam Surgeons’ Guild.
Study research question
How open was the Amsterdam Surgeons' Guild to migrant newcomers in the eighteenth century?
How did the Amsterdam Surgeons' Guild's admittance and training policy affect the retention of migrants within the guild?
Collection provenance
- Collected during project
Collection methods
- Archival
Personal data
No
External Source
Source description
File formats
- excel
- SPSS
Data types
- Structured
- Unstructured
Languages
- Dutch
Coverage start
Coverage end
01/01/1759
01/01/1765
Spatial coverage
Amsterdam
Dutch Republic
Germany
Collection period start
01/01/2019
Collection period end
02/09/2019
Variables
Unit
Unit description
Sample size
Sampling method
Individuals
Apprentice surgeons, journeyman surgeons, and master surgeons in the Amsterdam Surgeons' Guild
apprentices 98; journeymen 459; masters 354
From archive
Organizations
Laws and bylaws of the Amsterdam Surgeons' Guild
1
Qualitatative
Hypothesis
Theory
The research question was explorative, hence there are no hypotheses.
However, the research questions are embedded in a debate about the openness/closedness of craft guilds to newcomers, especially newcomers with a migration background.
Variable type
Variable name
Variable description
Independent variable
Apprentice origin
Amsterdam. Netherlands (excluding Amsterdam), Germany, Other
Independent variable
Journeyman origin
Amsterdam. Netherlands (excluding Amsterdam), Germany, Other
Independent variable
Apprentice characteristics
enrolment date, contract duration, town of origin, acquired local experience
Independent variable
Journeyman characteristics
enrolment date, contract duration, town of origin, acquired local experience
Dependent variable
Apprentice promotion probability
Likelihood that apprentice will be promoted to journeyman
Dependent variable
Journeyman promotion probability
Likelihood that journeyman will be promoted to master
Control variable
Master characteristics
origin, number of students take on, experience
Discipline-specific operationalizations
Conflict of interest
No
Data packages
Newcomers, migrants, surgeons
Data package DOI
10.17605/OSF.IO/2HCBY
Description
Data package
Accessibility
Open Access
Repository
User license
Retention period
10
Publications
Newcomers, Migrants, Surgeons: Making Career in the Amsterdam Surgeons’ Guild of the Eighteenth Century
TSEG - The Low Countries Journal of Social and Economic History, 17(3), 7–36
Documents
Filename
Description
Date
Ethics
Ethical assessment
No
Ethical committee