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Education, Social Mobility and Religious Movements: A Theory of the Islamic Revival in Egypt

Binzel, Christine; Carvalho, Jean-Paul - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2013

This paper examines the economic origins of the Islamic revival that took place in Egypt in the 1970-80s, and in Muslim societies more generally. We provide the first systematic evidence of a decline in social mobility among educated youth in Egypt. Developing a behavioral model of religion, we...

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Assimilation, Criminality and Ethnic Conflict

Dasgupta, Indraneel; Mukherjee, Diganta - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014

We examine the consequences, of integrating large minorities into productivity-relevant majority ethno-linguistic norms, for distribution, ethnic conflict and crime. We develop a two-community model where such assimilation generates social gains by: (a) facilitating economic interaction, and (b)...

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‘Living’ Wage, Class Conflict and Ethnic Strife

Dasgupta, Indraneel - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2008

We examine how group-specific differences in reservation wage, arising due to asymmetries in social entitlements, impact on distribution via the joint determination of class conflict between workers and employers, and ‘ethnic’ conflict among workers. We model a two-dimensional contest, where...

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Employment Industry and Occupational Continuity in Germany: From the Nazi Regime to the Post-War Economic Miracle

Puhani, Patrick A. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014

Using retrospective survey data that covers 1939, 1950, 1960, and 1971, I compare individual-level changes in employment industry and occupational status in Germany from the beginning of World War II to the post-war reconstruction era dubbed the Economic Miracle (Wirtschaftswunder). This...

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Consensual and Conflictual Democratization

Cervellati, Matteo; Fortunato, Piergiuseppe; Sunde, Uwe - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2006

We study the process of endogenous democratization from inefficient oligarchic systems in an economy where … the conditions under which democratization initially takes place. The political regime and the extent of redistribution …

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Hobbes to Rousseau: Inequality, Institutions, and Development

Cervellati, Matteo; Fortunato, Piergiuseppe; Sunde, Uwe - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2005

. We study the conditions under which a state of law can be implemented under oligarchy, and when democratization is … necessary. Inequality in endowments and incomes prolongs the absence of good institutions and delays democratization. Conversely …

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Volunteering and the State

Hackl, Franz; Halla, Martin; Pruckner, Gerald J. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2009

(consensual crowding out). And finally, the more a government supports democratization, the lower is the individual's engagement …

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Do Output Contractions Trigger Democratic Change?

Burke, Paul J.; Leigh, Andrew - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2010

Does faster economic growth increase pressure for democratic change, or reduce it? Using data for 154 countries for the period 1963-2007, we examine the short-run relationship between economic growth and moves toward and away from greater democracy. To address the potential endogeneity of...

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Trade Liberalization, Democratization and Technology Adoption

Cervellati, Matteo; Naghavi, Alireza; Toubal, Farid - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2013

We study the role of trade liberalization, democratization and their interaction for technology adoption. A general … accelerate technology adoption if coupled with democratization but may lead to a slow down if these regime changes are imbalanced … variation and the heterogenous timing of openness and democratization. The results document the existence of robust positive …

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Democratization, Violent Social Conflicts, and Growth

Cervellati, Matteo; Sunde, Uwe - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2011

. Exploiting within-country variation to identify the effect of democratization during the “Third Wave”, we find evidence that the … effect of democratization is weaker than reported previously once one accounts for the incidence of conflict, while the … significantly reduce the incidence and onset of conflict, which suggests that part of the positive growth effect of democratization …

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