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Detailed macroeconomic data to accompany the article in the Review of Economic Dynamics
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What effects do more open trade policies have on transitional and long run growth rates? This is the central question in trade and growth. Yet, despite numerous empirical studies over the past twenty-five years there are almost no enduring, robust results on the importance of (openness to) trade...
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What drove western population growth in the U.S. during the 19th century? The facts are: (i) The birth ratio was higher …% of the rate of population growth in the northwest region. The rest derived from natural increase. From 1890 to 1900, this … simulated to see whether it can match the time-series decomposition of population growth between migration and fertility. It can …
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Social norms are influenced by the technological environment that a society faces. Behavioral modes reflect purposive decision making by individuals, given the environment they live in. Thus, as technology changes, so might social norms. There were big changes in social norms during the 20th...
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There prevails a view that the monetary policy in the Euro area has changed, especially after the European Monetary System (EMS) came into operation in 1979. The goal of this paper is to quantify (1) the extent to which policy regime has changed and (2) the counterfactual effects of such regimes...
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variable. Reducing the differences between the peasantry and the rest of the population was identified as being a major goal of … to 7.66 years (Chinese Population Census 1982, 2000). Hence, this increase in schooling, 1.84 years, may have contributed …
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