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Growing apart in early modern Europe? : a comparison of inequality trends in Italy and the Low Countries, 1500-1800
Alfani, Guido; Ryckbosch, Wouter - In: Explorations in economic history : EEH 62 (2016), pp. 143-153
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011638007
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The rich in historical perspective : evidence for preindustrial Europe (ca. 1300-1800)
Alfani, Guido - In: Cliometrica : journal of historical economics and … 11 (2017) 3, pp. 321-348
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011900696
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Estimating warfare-related civilian mortality in the early modern period : evidence from the Low Countries, 1620-99
Besouw, Bram van; Curtis, Daniel R. - In: Explorations in economic history : EEH 84 (2022), pp. 1-21
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013413060
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: Performance, pay and promotion: implementing a Weberian bureaucracy in nineteenth century Baden
Selgert, Felix - In: Cliometrica, Journal of Historical Economics and … 8 (2014) 1, pp. 79-113
This paper is based on the difference between the formal introduction of a Weberian bureaucracy and its actual implementation through state officials. This difference between the formal institutional framework and its actual implementation could lead to failed reforms. On the other side, there...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010875689
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Factor Market Distortions Across Time, Space, and Sectors in China
Brandt, Loren; Tombe, Trevor; Zhu, Xiadong - In: Review of Economic Dynamics 16 (2013) 1, pp. 39-58
In this paper, we measure TFP losses in China's non-agricultural economy associated with labour and capital misallocation across provinces and sectors between 1985-2007. We also decompose the overall loss into factor market distortions within provinces (between state and non-state sectors) and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010600533
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Why Don't Inventors Patent?
Moser, Petra - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2007
This paper argues that the ability to keep innovations secret may be a key determinant of patenting. To test this hypothesis, the paper examines a newly-collected data set of more than 7,000 American and British innovations at four world's fairs between 1851 and 1915. Exhibition data show that...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005580487
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Spatial Takeoff in the First Industrial Revolution
Trew, Alex - In: Review of Economic Dynamics 17 (2014) 4, pp. 707-725
Using the framework of Desmet and Rossi-Hansberg (2009), we present a model of spatial takeoff that is calibrated using spatially-disaggregated occupational data for England in c.1710. The model predicts changes in the spatial distribution of agricultural and manufacturing employment which match...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010945618
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The determinants of industrial location in Spain, 1856–1929
Martinez-Galarraga, Julio - In: Explorations in Economic History 49 (2012) 2, pp. 255-275
During the 19th century, the Spanish economy went through the early stages of the industrialisation process. This process developed in parallel to the growing market integration of goods and factors as a result of the liberal reforms and the construction of the railway network, with the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010576531
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Regional convergence in Italy, 1891–2001: testing human and social capital
Felice, Emanuele - In: Cliometrica, Journal of Historical Economics and … 6 (2012) 3, pp. 267-306
The article aims to present and discuss estimates of levels of human and social capital in Italy’s regions over the … inequality in Italy: convergence in value added per capita is tested in light of the neoclassical exogenous growth approach … growth in post-Unification Italy: It grew in importance only in the last decades. Conversely, human capital was more …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010583116
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The biological standard of living and mortality in Central Italy at the beginning of the 19th century
Coppola, Michela - In: Economics & Human Biology 11 (2013) 4, pp. 453-464
The biological standard of living in Central Italy at the beginning of the 19th century is analyzed using newly …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010719701