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This paper provides a historical and geographical perspective on the composition of households in present-day Europe. Many more people today live on their own than was the case in pre-industrial England, but there are some surprising continuities in household composition. In particular,...
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the pressure of demand remained constant. 'Actual' changes in the labour force have been adjusted for changes in census …
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the post war period is the decennial Census of Population (1951-81). We show in this paper that the inference of a … errors in Census evidence. Finally we adjust the Census information in the light of our activity rates by age group "less … to be available in the future. Since the 1971 Census seems to have been exceptionally extensive in its coverage of the …
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reform, because politicians have the incentive to embrace growth-enhancing reforms to win elections. On the other hand …
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China’s reform worked and produced some of the most impressive growth in the largest developing and transition economy … conventional institutions such as rule of law and secure private property rights is puzzling. To understand how reform works in a … initial conditions and to function as stepping stones in the transition toward the goal. Underlying China’s reform is a serial …
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different models of growth associated with different stages of reform. The speed with which individual countries progress …
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The translation of legal independence into actual independence is primarily determined by the rule of law. Inspired by the economic growth literature, where the role of institutions already is incorporated, we introduce Institutional Quality Indicators that can be used as reasonable proxies for...
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. Members have the same consumption benefit of reform but weak and strong members differ in their cost of exerting reform … efforts. As decisions are taken by unanimity, the reform level is determined by the weakest member. However, strong members … members into the Union) can have different effects on deepening (more reform effort). When a new member is stronger than the …
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banks in 26 former socialist economies (FSEs). The indices reveal that central bank reform in the FSE during the 1990s has …
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on resource abundance equals 10.9 percentage points more reform, a large effect given that the mean probability of reform …
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