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Monotheism (From a Sociopolitical and Economic Perspective)
Iyigun, Murat F. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2007
sociopolitical institutions because they (a) involve a strong degree of increasing returns to scale and the natural monopoly powers …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005762170
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Ottoman Conquests and European Ecclesiastical Pluralism
Iyigun, Murat - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2006
This paper emphasizes that the evolution of religious institutions in Europe was influenced by the expansionary threat …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005762252
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Cultures, Clashes and Peace
Fletcher, Erin; Iyigun, Murat - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2009
Ethnic and religious fractionalization have important effects on economic growth and development, but their role in internal violent conflicts has been found to be negligible and statistically insignificant. These findings have been invoked in refutation of the Huntington hypothesis, according...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005566684
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Slavery, Education, and Inequality
Bertocchi, Graziella; Dimico, Arcangelo - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2010
We investigate the impact of slavery on the current performances of the US economy. Over a cross section of counties, we find that the legacy of slavery does not affect current income per capita, but does affect current income inequality. In other words, those counties that displayed a higher...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008742948
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Does Bilateral Trust Affect International Movement of Goods and Labor?
Spring, Eva; Grossmann, Volker - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2013
Trust in the citizens of a potential partner country may affect the decision to trade with or to migrate to a foreign country. This paper employs panel data to examine the causal impact of such bilateral trust on international trade and migration patterns. We apply instrumental variables (IV)...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010658714
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International Trade and its Effects on Economic Growth in China
Sun, Peng; Heshmati, Almas - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2010
International trade, as a major factor of openness, has made an increasingly significant contribution to economic growth. Chinese international trade has experienced rapid expansion together with its dramatic economic growth which has made the country to target the world as its market. This...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008611315
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Lessons from the Ottoman Harem (On Ethnicity, Religion and War)
Iyigun, Murat - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2008
, covering the era between 1453 C. E. and 1699 C. E. In this paper, I exploit the empire’s unique culture and institutions to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005763535
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Labour-Market Institutions and the Dispersion of Wage Earnings
Salverda, Wiemer; Checchi, Daniele - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014
two separate literatures that should be brought together, and bring 'new institutions' into play. Growing female … wage rates and the role of institutions is evaluated, from the early 1980s to the recent literature on job polarization and … realizing their institutional preconditions. The institutional approach faces an abundance of institutions without a clear …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010884144
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Identity Changes and the Efficiency of Reputation Systems
Wibral, Matthias - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014
Reputation systems aim to induce honest behavior in online trade by providing information about past conduct of users. Online reputation, however, is not directly connected to a person, but only to the virtual identity of that person. Users can therefore shed a negative reputation by creating a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010884234
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Institution Formation and Cooperation with Heterogeneous Agents
Kube, Sebastian; Schaube, Sebastian; … - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014
institutions. In this paper, we test within a unified framework how the process of institution formation is affected by three key … preferences to be limiting the scope for institution formation. Inequality-averse players frequently object to institutions that … and drawbacks of stipulating unanimous support for implementing institutions that foster cooperation. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010959561