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The Great Divergence : A Network Approach
Lindner, Ines - 2016
knowledge throughout the world explains a period of increasing world inequality after the take-off of the forerunners of the … industrial revolution, followed by decreasing relative inequality. Knowledge diffusion through a Small World network explains the … individual countries in the course of world development …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013001168
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Institutions and Economic Growth in Historical Perspective : Part 2
Ogilvie, Sheilagh - 2014
This is Part 2 of a two-part paper which surveys the historical evidence on the role of institutions in economic growth. The paper provides a critical scrutiny of a number of stylized facts widely accepted in the growth literature. It shows that private-order institutions have not historically...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013051272
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Institutions and Economic Growth in Historical Perspective : Part 1
Ogilvie, Sheilagh - 2014
This is Part 1 of a two-part paper which surveys the historical evidence on the role of institutions in economic growth. The paper provides a critical scrutiny of a number of stylized facts widely accepted in the growth literature. It shows that private-order institutions have not historically...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013051273
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Brain Drain in the Age of Mass Migration : Does Relative Inequality Explain Migrant Selectivity?
Stolz, Yvonne; Baten, Joerg - 2021
Brain drain is a core economic policy problem for many developing countries today. Does relative inequality in source and destination countries influence the brain-drain phenomenon? We explore human capital selectivity during the period 1820-1909.We apply age heaping techniques to measure human...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013315938
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Overcoming History through International Organizations – Historical Roots of EU Support and Euroscepticism
Gehring, Kai - 2019
There is little causal evidence about deep-rooted sources of support for shifting power from nation-states to international organizations. Focusing on the European Union, this paper develops the hypothesis that citizens appreciate the role of international organizations in constraining member...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012862881
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The Impact of an Unexpected Wage Cut on Corruption : Evidence from a 'Xeroxed' Exam
Borcan, Oana - 2013
This paper aims to understand how corruption responds to an income loss. We exploit an unexpected 25% wage cut incurred in 2010 by all Romanian public sector employees, including the public education staff. We investigate a corruptible high-stake exam taking place shortly after the wage...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013089162
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Environmental Regulation and Competitiveness : Evidence from Romania
Arouri, Mohamed El Hedi; Caporale, Guglielmo Maria; … - 2021
estimates a gravity model to establish whether the implementation of more stringent regulations in Romania has indeed affected …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013315867
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Determinants of Pollution Abatement and Control Expenditure in Romania : A Multilevel Analysis
Caporale, Guglielmo Maria; Rault, Christophe; Sova, Robert - 2021
analyses the determinants of Pollution Abatement and Control Expenditure (PACE) at plant level in the case of Romania using … survey data and a Multilevel Regression Model (MRM). Our findings suggest that, although Romania has improved its …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013316131
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Not the Opium of the People : Income and Secularization in a Panel of Prussian Counties
Becker, Sascha O. - 2013
The interplay between religion and the economy has occupied social scientists for long. We construct a unique panel of income and Protestant church attendance for six waves of up to 175 Prussian counties spanning 1886-1911. The data reveal a marked decline in church attendance coinciding with...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013086410
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Overvalued : Swedish Monetary Policy in the 1930s
Rathke, Alexander - 2013
enabling the country to benefit quickly from the eventual recovery of world demand …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013091832