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A Colonial Legacy of African Gender Inequality? Evidence from Christian Kampala, 1895-2011

Meier zu Selhausen, Felix; Weisdorf, Jacob - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2015

The colonial legacy of African underdevelopment is widely debated but hard to document. We use occupational statistics from Protestant marriage registers of historical Kampala to investigate the hypothesis that African gender inequality and female disempowerment are rooted in colonial times. We...

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The German Transfer Problem, 1920-1933: A Sovereign Debt Perspective

Ritschl, Albrecht - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2012

The severity of the Great Depression in Germany has sometimes been blamed on reparations in simplistic fashion … Plan, which gave commercial credits seniority over reparations. I argue that the Young Plan of 1929 implied a reversal of … protection under the Dawes Plan created an incentive for Germany (and her commercial creditors) to drive out reparations. I …

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Sustainability of High Public Debt: What the Historical Record Shows

Ritschl, Albrecht - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1996

Proposals for reducing high public debt are sometimes viewed with scepticism, both because of adverse consequences for growth and political economy considerations. This paper looks into the debt history of Britain, Germany and France, to gain more insights into why national debt was accumulated...

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Shanghai’s Trade, China’s Growth: Continuity, Recovery, and Change since the Opium War

Keller, Wolfgang; Li, Ben; Shiue, Carol Hua - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2012

In this paper, we provide aggregate trends in China’s trade performance from the 1840s to the present. Based on historical benchmarks, we argue that China’s recent gains are not exclusively due to the reforms since 1978. Rather, foreign economic activity can be understood by developments...

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Networks in Conflict: Theory and Evidence from the Great War of Africa

König, Michael; Rohner, Dominic; Thoenig, Mathias; … - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2015

We study from both a theoretical and an empirical perspective how a network of military alliances and enmities affects the intensity of a conflict. The model combines elements from network theory and from the politico-economic theory of conflict. We postulate a Tullock contest success function...

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Evidence on the impact of minimum wage laws in an informal sector: Domestic workers in South Africa

Dinkelman, Taryn; Ranchhod, Vimal - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2011

South Africa and variation in the intensity of this law to identify increases in wages for domestic workers and find no …

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Land deals in Africa: pioneers and speculators

Collier, Paul; Venables, Anthony J - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2011

Much African land currently has low productivity and has attracted investors purchasing (or leasing) land as a speculative option on higher future prices or productivity. If land deals are to be beneficial they need to induce productivity enhancing investments. Some of these will be publicly...

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The Long-Run Effects of the Scramble for Africa

Michalopoulos, Stelios; Papaioannou, Elias - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2011

We examine the long-run consequences of the scramble for Africa among European powers in the late 19th century and … sizable causal impact of the scramble for Africa on warfare. …

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Human Development in Africa: A Long-run Perspective

Prados de la Escosura, Leandro - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2011

Long-run trends in Africa’s well-being are provided on the basis of a new index of human development, alternative to … experienced in other developing regions. Within Africa, Sub-Saharan Africa has fallen steadily behind the North since mid-20th …

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Divide and Rule or the Rule of the Divided? Evidence from Africa

Michalopoulos, Stelios; Papaioannou, Elias - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2010

-specific pre-colonial institutions in shaping comparative regional development in Africa. We utilize information on the spatial …

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