Focusing on the shipping sector, this article discusses the influence of labour migrants from rural areas on economic development in Copenhagen and Stockholm during the long eighteenth century. During this period, the two cities developed in markedly different ways; Copenhagen flourished while Stockholm stagnated, and the qualitative and quantitative contribution of migrants was essential in facilitating these differences. Both capitals were maritime hubs that relied on a constant influx of mariners who originated from the two cities’ rural hinterlands. By examining different characteristics of the migrant mariners and the improvements of mariners’ human capital across the eighteenth century, this article emphasises the importance of the shipping sector as well as labour migration in the socio-economic development of Copenhagen and Stockholm.

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向哥本哈根和斯德哥尔摩的农村海事劳动力迁移（1700-1800）

本文以航运业为中心，讨论了 18 世纪来自农村地区的劳动力移民对哥本哈根和斯德哥尔摩经济发展的影响。在此期间，两个城市的发展方式截然不同；哥本哈根蓬勃发展，而斯德哥尔摩则停滞不前，移民在质量和数量上的贡献对于促进这些差异至关重要。这两个首都都是海上枢纽，依赖于来自两个城市农村腹地的不断涌入的海员。本文通过考察 18 世纪移民海员的不同特征和海员人力资本的改善，强调航运业和劳动力迁移在哥本哈根和斯德哥尔摩社会经济发展中的重要性。