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Geography, Insolation and Institutional Change in 19th Century African-American and White Stature in Southern States

Carson, Scott A. - 2021

The use of height data to measure living standards is now a well-established method in the economic literature. While much is known about 19th century black legal and material conditions, less is known about how 19th century biological conditions were related to the physical environment and...

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Geography and Insolation in 19th Century US African-American and White Statures

Carson, Scott A. - 2021

The use of height data to measure living standards is now a well-established method in the economic literature. Moreover, while much is known about 19th century black legal and material conditions, less is known about how 19th century institutional arrangements were related to black stature....

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013316573

Regional Inequality and Decentralization - An Empirical Analysis

Lessmann, Christian - 2011

This paper analyzes the impact of political and fiscal decentralization on regional inequalities using a unique data set which covers 56 countries at different stages of economic development. Cross-section and panel data estimations show that decentralization decreases regional inequalities in...

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Regional Inequality and Internal Conflict

Lessmann, Christian - 2013

This paper studies the influence of interregional inequality within countries on internal con-flicts. Regional inequalities are measured by the population-weighted coefficient of variation of regional GDP per capita. As the main innovation, I use a panel data set of country-level re- gional...

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Foreign Direct Investment and Regional Inequality : A Panel Data Analysis

Lessmann, Christian - 2013

Foreign direct investments (FDI) are an important determinant of economic growth. Countries try to attract mobile capital in order to foster economic development, albeit FDI might increase regional inequality since the many different regions of a country usually do not receive FDI in equal...

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Income Inequality and Oligarchs in Russian Regions : A Note

Fidrmuc, Jarko - 2017

We trace the rise of the so called oligarchs in post-Soviet Russia and examine their relationship to income distribution in Russia. When Russia moved to a market economy in the 1990s a new business elite evolved. Russia's distinctive path towards market economy, among other factors, gave rise to...

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Climatic Roots of Loss Aversion

Galor, Oded - 2018

This research explores the origins of loss aversion and the variation in its prevalence across regions, nations and ethnic group. It advances the hypothesis and establishes empirically that the evolution of loss aversion in the course of human history can be traced to the adaptation of...

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Demographic, Residential, and Socioeconomic Effects on the Distribution of 19th Century U.S. White Statures

Carson, Scott A. - 2009

Using a source of 19th century U.S. state prison records, this study addresses European-American stature variation. The most commonly cited sources for stature variation are diets, disease, and work effort. However, vitamin D is also vital in human statures and health. This paper demonstrates...

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Feeling the Heat : Temperature, Physiology & the Wealth of Nations

Heal, Geoffrey M. - 2014

Does temperature affect economic performance? Has temperature always affected social welfare through its impact on … physical and cognitive function? While many studies have explored the indirect links between climate and welfare (e … composite of labor hours, task performance, and effort – is decreasing in temperature deviations from the biological optimum. We …

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Demographic, Residential, and Socioeconomic Effects on the Distribution of 19th Century White Body Mass Index Values

Carson, Scott A. - 2021

Little research exists on the body mass index values of 19th century Americans of European descent. Using a new BMI data set and robust statistics, between 1860 and 1880, BMIs decreased across the distribution; however, after 1880, BMIs in the highest quantiles increased, while those in lower...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013316044

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