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The Wages of Women in England, 1260-1850

Humphries, Jane; Weisdorf, Jacob - Department of Economics, Oxford University - 2014

This paper presents a wage series for unskilled English women workers from 1260 to 1850 and compares it with existing evidence for men. Our series cast light on long run trends in women's agency and wellbeing, revealing an intractable, indeed widening gap between women and men's remuneration...

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A Dissection of Trading Capital: Cultural persistence of trade in the aftermath of the fall of the Iron Curtain

Rauch, Ferdinand; Beestermoller, Matthias - Department of Economics, Oxford University - 2014

We show that the countries of the former Austro-Hungarian monarchy trade significantly more with one another in the aftermath of the collapse of the Iron Curtain than predicted by a standard gravity model. This trade surplus declines linearly and monotonically over time. We argue that these...

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When Smaller Families Look Contagious: A Spatial Look at the French Fertility Decline Using an Agent-Based Simulation Model

Gonzalez-Bailon, Sandra; Murphy, Tommy - Department of Economics, Oxford University - 2008

Despite some disagreements about specific timing, it is now widely accepted that France was the first European country to experience a systematic decline in fertility, a decline that took place in a very distinctive geographical pattern. Whereas two areas of low birth rates (the Seine valley...

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The Rural Urban Wage Gap in the Industrialization of Russia, 1885-1913

Leonard, Carol Scott; Borodkin, Leonid - Department of Economics, Oxford University - 2000

This study provides statistical evidence that Russian rural/urban wages diverged substantially during the industrialization of Russia in the late nineteenth century. However, over time both the variation declined and integration somewhat increased as rural labour responded to new opportunities....

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Pessimism Preserved: Real Wages in the British Industrial Revolution

Allen, Robert; Allen, Robert C. - Department of Economics, Oxford University - 2007

The paper compares Feinstein`s and Clark`s consumer price and real wage indices for the British industrial revolution. The sources for their weights and component price series are evaluated. While some of Clark`s innovations are improvements, many of his changes degrade the price index. A new...

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Globalization, 1870-1914

Morys, Matthias; Daudin, Guillaume - Department of Economics, Oxford University - 2008

This paper surveys the causes and consequences of late 19th century globalization, as well as the anti-globalization backlash of that period.

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Development and Religious Polarization: The Emergence of Reform and Ultra-Orthodox Judaism

Carvalho, Jean-Paul; Koyama, Mark - Department of Economics, Oxford University - 2011

Jewish emancipation in nineteenth century Europe produced drastically different responses. In Germany, a liberal variant known as Reform developed, while ultra-Orthodox Judaism emerged in eastern Europe. We develop a model of religious organization which explains this polarization. In...

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Popish habits vs. nutritional need: Fasting and fish consumption in Iberia in the early modern period

Grafe, Regina - Department of Economics, Oxford University - 2004

Studies of consumption in early modern Europe fall into two groups. Some have looked at the overall supply of nutritional components to the average consumer in an attempt to trace standards of living. Others have examined the changing demand for particular goods by specific consumers to...

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The height production function from birth to maturity

Cao, Elisabetta De - Department of Economics, Oxford University - 2014

Height is the result of a complex process of growth that begins at birth and reaches the end in early adulthood. This … paper studies the determinants of height from birth to maturity. A height production function is specified whose structure … allows height to be the result of the accumulation of inputs (i.e., nutrition and diseases) over time. The empirical …

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The effects of externalities and framing on bribery in a petty corruption experiment

Barr, Abigail; Serra, Danila - Department of Economics, Oxford University - 2008

Using a simple one-shot bribery game, we find evidence of a negative externality effect and a framing effect. When the losses suffered by third parties due to a bribe being offered and accepted are high and the game is presented as a petty corruption scenario instead of in abstract terms...

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