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The Seeds of Ideology : Historical Immigration and Political Preferences in the United States
Giuliano, Paola - 2020
ideology during one of the largest episodes of redistribution in US history -- the New Deal - and that such effects persisted …We test the relationship between historical immigration to the United States and political ideology today. We …-lasting effect on the political ideology of US born individuals. Our analysis proceeds in three steps. First, we document that the …
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What Drives Media Slant? Evidence from U.S. Daily Newspapers
Gentzkow, Matthew - 2006
confirms an economically significant demand for news slanted toward one's own political ideology. Firms respond strongly to …
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Elections, Ideology, and Turnover in the U.S. Federal Government
Bolton, Alexander - 2016
A defining feature of public sector employment is the regular change in elected leadership. Yet, we know little about how elections influence public sector careers. We describe how elections alter policy outputs and disrupt the influence of civil servants over agency decisions. These changes...
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How Do Voters Matter? Evidence from US Congressional Redistricting
Jones, Daniel B. - 2016
How does the partisan composition of an electorate impact the policies adopted by an elected representative? We take advantage of variation in the partisan composition of Congressional districts stemming from Census-initiated redistricting in the 1990's, 2000's, and 2010's. Using this variation,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012456153
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Competition and Ideological Diversity : Historical Evidence from US Newspapers
Gentzkow, Matthew - 2012
We study the competitive forces that shaped ideological diversity in the US press in the early twentieth century. We find that households preferred like-minded news and that newspapers used their political orientation to differentiate from competitors. We formulate a model of newspaper demand,...
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The evolution of retirement : an American economic history, 1880 - 1990
Costa, Dora L. - 1998
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A brief history of education in the United States
Goldin, Claudia (contributor) - 1999 - [Elektronische Ressource]
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A prelude to the welfare state : the origins of workers' compensation
Fishback, Price Van Meter; Kantor, Shawn Everett - 2000
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Emerging Financial Markets and Early U.S. Growth
Rousseau, Peter L. - 1999
Studies of early U.S. growth traditionally have emphasized real-sector explanations for an acceleration that by many accounts became detectable between 1815 and 1840. Interestingly, the establishment of the nation's basic financial structure predated by three decades the canals, railroads, and...
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A Brief History of Education in the United States
Goldin, Claudia - National Bureau of Economic Research - 1999
the broad outlines of U.S. educational history from the nineteenth century to the present, including changes in …
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