Narrow search
Showing 1 - 10 of 331
Cover Image
When the State Mirrors the Family: The Design of Pension Systems
Galasso, Vincenzo; Profeta, Paola - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2011
We study how the prevailing internal organization of the family affected the initial design of pension systems. Our theoretical framework predicts that, in society with weak family ties, pensions systems were introduced to act as a safety net, while in societies with strong ties they replicate...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009399717
Cover Image
The 'Out of Africa' Hypothesis, Human Genetic Diversity, and Comparative Economic Development
Ashraf, Quamrul; Galor, Oded - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2011
This research argues that deep-rooted factors, determined tens of thousands of years ago, had a significant effect on the course of economic development from the dawn of human civilization to the contemporary era. It advances and empirically establishes the hypothesis that, in the course of the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009209826
Cover Image
Human Genetic Diversity and Comparative Economic Development
Ashraf, Quamrul; Galor, Oded - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2008
This research contributes to the understanding of human genetic diversity within a society as a significant determinant of its economic development. The hypothesis advanced and empirically examined in this paper suggests that there are socioeconomic trade-offs associated with genetic diversity...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005123897
Cover Image
Genetic Diversity and the Origins of Cultural Fragmentation
Ashraf, Quamrul; Galor, Oded - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2013
genetic diversity, predominantly determined during the prehistoric “out of Africa” migration of humans, is an underlying cause …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011084190
Cover Image
On the origins of gender roles: women and the plough
Alesina, Alberto F; Giuliano, Paola; Nunn, Nathan - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2011
This paper seeks to better understand the historical origins of current differences in norms and beliefs about the appropriate role of women in society. We test the hypothesis that traditional agricultural practices influenced the historical gender division of labor and the evolution and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009371474
Cover Image
Trade, Migration and Convergence: An Historical Perspective
O'Rourke, Kevin Hjortshøj - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1996
important impact on factor prices in some countries, just as Heckscher and Ohlin would have predicted. Migration was a more …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005124198
Cover Image
From Farmers to Merchants: A Human Capital Interpretation of Jewish Economic History
Botticini, Maristella; Eckstein, Zvi - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2003
Since the Middle Ages the Jews have been engaged primarily in urban, skilled occupations, such as crafts, trade, finance and medicine. This distinctive occupational selection occurred between the seventh and the ninth centuries in the Muslim Empire and spread to other locations. We argue that...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005114213
Cover Image
Jewish Occupational Selection: Education, Restrictions or Minorities?
Botticini, Maristella; Eckstein, Zvi - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2004
This Paper documents the major features of Jewish economic history in the first millennium to explain the distinctive occupational selection of the Jewish people into urban, skilled occupations. We show that many Jews entered urban occupations in the eighth-ninth centuries in the Muslim Empire...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005662358
Cover Image
The Era of Migration: Lessons for Today
O'Rourke, Kevin Hjortshøj - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2004
an era of largely free migration. As such, it constitutes a unique policy experiment, in which migration flows reflected … underlying economic forces, rather than government policy. Moreover, since there was large-scale migration between relatively … rich countries with relatively well-developed states, and since the migration was legal, it was extremely well …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005788958
Cover Image
Social Capital and Political Accountability
Nannicini, Tommaso; Stella, Andrea; Tabellini, Guido; … - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2010
In this paper, we empirically investigate a channel through which social capital may improve economic wellbeing and the functioning of institutions: political accountability. The main idea is that voters who share norms of generalized morality demand higher standards of behavior on their elected...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008530376