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In this paper we investigate the impact of local quality of government on the attractiveness of European regions to migrants. The analysis is based on panel data estimations of 254 regions for the period between 1995 and 2009. Different instrumental variable techniques have been employed in...
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Have Irish, German or Italian settlers arriving in the US at the turn of the 20th century left an institutional trace which determines economic development differences to this day? Does the national origin of migrants matter for long-term development? This paper explores whether the distinct...
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This paper examines the extent to which the distinct settlement pattern of migrants arriving in the US during the big migration waves of the late 19th and early 20th centuries has left a legacy on the economic development of the counties where they settled and whether this legacy can be traced...
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institutions. …
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This paper delves into the factors which determine the attractiveness of regions in Europe for migrants. Contrary to … the literature on the US which has increasingly focused on the role of amenities, existing research in Europe tends to … Union (EU). Our findings therefore indicate that locational choices in Europe may be much more similar to place …
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Over the last millennium, the clan and the city have been the locus of cooperation in China and Europe respectively … advantage in pursuing collective actions. Moral groups perpetuate due to positive feedbacks between morality, institutions, and …
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length before or since. The elements of Europe's growth miracle -- wage moderation, high investment and rapid export growth … economy, on the external side international agreements and supranational institutions -- that solved problems of commitment …
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innovation. In the early-modern period parliaments declined in influence in southern and central Europe and gained in importance …. Active pre-1800 parliaments also enhanced the quality of democratic institutions in the nineteenth and early twentieth …
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We study barriers to labor mobility using panel data on gross region-to-region migration flows in Russia for 1995-2010. We find that barriers that hindered internal migration in 1990s have been generally eliminated by the end of 2000s. In 1990s many poor Russian regions were in poverty traps:...
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Intergenerational inequality and old-age poverty are salient issues in contemporary China. China's aging population threatens the fiscal sustainability of its pension system, a key vehicle for intergenerational redistribution. We analyze the positive and normative effects of alternative pension...
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