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Chiovelli, Giorgio - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2018

Landmine contamination affects the lives of millions in many conflict-ridden countries long after the cessation of hostilities. Yet, little research exists on its impact on post-conflict recovery. In this study, we explore the economic consequences of landmine clearance in Mozambique, the only...

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Retail Trade by Federal Reserve District, 1919 to 1939 : A Statistical History

Park, Haelim M. - 2010

Soon after beginning operations, the Federal Reserve established a nationwide network for collecting information about the economy. In 1919, the Fed began tabulating data by about retail sales, which it viewed as a fundamental measure of consumption. From 1920 until 1929, the Federal Reserve...

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Comparing Economic and Social Interventions to Reduce Intimate Partner Violence : Evidence from Central and Southern Africa

Iyengar, Radha - 2011

conducted a study in Burundi coupling discussion sessions with microfinancing to determine if they enhance the role of women in … in household authority, with the Burundi study showing statistical significance. In South Africa there was a large …, albeit short lived decrease in domestic violence. In Burundi there was small reduction but trends suggest a longer duration …

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The Financial Sector in Burundi

Nkurunziza, Janvier D. - 2012

This study investigates the performance of the financial system in Burundi in mobilizing and allocating resources … Burundi, it takes the view that unlocking the financing constraint could alleviate other impediments to growth and poverty …

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Domino Secessions : Evidence from the U.S

Lacroix, Jean; Mitchener, Kris; Oosterlinck, Kim - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2023

We analyze how secession movements unfold and the interdependence of regions' decisions to secede. We first model and then empirically examine how secessions can occur sequentially because the costs of secession decrease with the number of seceders and because regions update their decisions...

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Labor Market Integration Before the Civil War

Margo, Robert A. - 1998

This paper uses newly collected archival evidence to examine various aspects of the geographic performance of American labor markets before the Civil War. Much of the paper addresses the evolution of regional differences in real wages, of interest to economic historians because they speak to the...

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Labor Market Integration Before the Civil War

Margo, Robert A. - 1998

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Turning Points in the Civil War : Views from the Greenback Market

Willard, Kristen L. - 1995

In early 1862, the United States government began issuing Greenbacks, a legal tender currency that was not convertible into gold. The government promised to redeem the Greenbacks in gold eventually, but speculators understood that the probability of redemption depended on Union Army military...

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Fertility and Marriage in New York State in the Era of the Civil War

Haines, Michael R. - 1995

This paper analyzes a five percent systematic sample of households from the manuscripts of the New York State Census of 1865 for seven counties (Allegany, Dutchess, Montgomery, Rensselaer, Steuben, Tompkins, and Warren). The sample was selected to provide a diversity of locations, settlement...

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Explaining the Changing Dynamics of Unemployment : Evidence from Civil War Records

Costa, Dora L. - 1993

I investigate why workers' probability of leaving unemployment has fallen since 1900 by estimating the impact of a large government transfer, the first major pension program in the United States, covering Union Army veterans of the Civil War. The pension, because of the program's rules, was a...

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