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The Gun-Slave Cycle in the 18th century British slave trade in Africa

Whatley, Warren - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2012

The trans-Atlantic slave trade is considered by many to have been a major shock to Africa, one that transformed African economies and contributed to long-term poverty. In this paper I combine data from the Transatlantic Slave Trade Database and the Anglo-African Trade Statistics to document some...

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Climate, ecosystem resilience and the slave trade

Fenske, James; Kala, Namrata - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2013

African societies exported more slaves in colder years. Lower temperatures reduced mortality and raised agricultural yields, lowering slave supply costs. Our results help explain African participation in the slave trade, which predicts adverse outcomes today. We use an annual panel of African...

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Climate, ecosystem resilience and the slave trade

Fenske, James; Kala, Namrata - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2012

African societies exported more slaves in colder years. Lower temperatures reduced mortality and raised agricultural yields, lowering the cost of supplying slaves. Our results help explain African participation in the slave trade, which is associated with adverse outcomes today. We merge annual...

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The transatlantic slave trade and the evolution of political authority in West Africa

Whatley, Warren - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2012

I trace the impact of the trans-Atlantic slave trade on the evolution of political authority in West Africa. I present econometric evidence showing that the trans-Atlantic slave trade increased absolutism in pre-colonial West Africa by approximately 17% to 35%, while reducing democracy and...

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The Long-Term Effects of Africa's Slave Trades

Nunn, Nathan - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2007

Can part of Africa’s current underdevelopment be explained by its slave trades? To explore this question, I use data from shipping records and historical documents reporting slave ethnicities to construct estimates of the number of slaves exported from each country during Africa’s slave...

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Systemy emerytalne w Europie – Estonia

Poteraj, Jarosław - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2007

The article presents an insight into the old age pension system in Estonia. There are four topic paragraphs: 1. the … that Estonia is a country with advanced IT systems in pension services. …

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E-learning as internationalization strategy in higher education: Lecturer’s and student’s perspective

Mihhailova, Gerda - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2005

are the major challenges from a student and academic personnel perspective using e-learning. This kind of analyses should … not exactly reflect the situation in all universities of Estonia. But due to the shared economic, cultural and historical … college and the results of the study are discussed in respect of historical, social and economic specifics of Estonia. …

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FOCUSING THE BALTIC AGRICULTURAL SECTOR TOWARDS THE NEW CONSUMER: ESTONIA'S CASE

Hoek, M. Peter van der; Chong, Yen Yee - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 1996

This paper analyses some of the current problems emerging in the Baltic economies with special reference to Estonia and …

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Influence of age of child on differences in marital satisfaction of males and females in East Asian countries

Yamamura, Eiji; Andrés, Antonio R. - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2011

marital satisfaction of males is barely affected by a child of the relationship, whereas the marital satisfaction of females … with a young child is lower than that of females who do not have a child. This result holds for countries of different …

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Influence of age of child on differences in life satisfaction of males and females: A comparative study among East Asian countries

Yamamura, Eiji - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2012

satisfaction of males is barely affected by a child of the relationship, whereas the life satisfaction of females with a young … child is lower than that of females who do not have a child. This result holds for countries at different development stages …

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