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Forbidden Fruits: The Political Economy of Science, Religion, and Growth
Bénabou, Roland; Ticchi, Davide; Vindigni, Andrea - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2015
or societal laws benefiting religious citizens. Rising income inequality can, however, lead some of the rich to form a …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011262883
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Race v. Suffrage: The Determinants of Development in Mississippi
Bertocchi, Graziella; Dimico, Arcangelo - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2011
We investigate the long term determinants of political and economic outcomes over a new data set composed of Mississippi counties. We analyze the effect of disfranchisement on voting registration at the end of the nineteenth century (1896-9), as well as the impact of voting registration on...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009321839
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The Evolution of the Racial Gap in Education and the Legacy of Slavery
Bertocchi, Graziella; Dimico, Arcangelo - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2011
We study the evolution of racial educational inequality across US states from 1940 to 2000. We show that throughout …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009399722
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The Macroeconomics of Model T
Foellmi, Reto; Wuergler, Tobias; Zweimüller, Josef - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2009
strong incentives for product innovations (new luxuries). We show that the inequality-growth relationship depends on which …
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Institutions and the Historical Roots of Latin American Divergence
Bértola, Luis - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2010
approaches seem to be exaggerated, proposing artificial breaks in the historical process. Inequality was at a high level by the … towards skill-intensive products, inequality gave rise to serious shortcomings in terms of human capital accumulation, and the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008468602
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Labor Market Frictions as a Source of Comparative Advantage, with Implications for Unemployment and Inequality
Helpman, Elhanan - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2010
inequality. This paper reviews this approach and reports a number of results from recent studies. …
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Product Market Integration, Wages and Inequality
Andersen, Torben M; Sorensen, Allan - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2005
and inequality. The reason is that product market integration enhances export possibilities through easier access to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005123528
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Capital Redistribution and the Market Allocation of Firm-Ownership
Grüner, Hans Peter; Schils, Ruediger - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2002
may in-duce dramatic changes in political outcomes and greater inequality pronounces the interest-rate effect and may lead …
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Sorting, Education and Inequality
Fernández, Raquel - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2001
neighborhoods, schools and households (spouses), can have important consequences for the acquisition of human capital and inequality …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005123607
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Are Endowments Fate?
Nugent, Jeffrey B; Robinson, James A - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2002
In recent theories of comparative development the role of institutional differences has been crucial. Yet what explains comparative institutional evolution? We investigate this issue by studying the coffee exporting economies of Latin America. While homogeneous in many ways, they experienced...
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