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Geographical Origins and Economic Consequences of Language Structures

Galor, Oded - 2016

This research explores the economic causes and consequences of language structures. It advances the hypothesis and establishes empirically that variations in pre-industrial geographical characteristics that were conducive to higher return to agricultural investment, larger gender gap in...

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Structural Transformation, Marketization, and Household Production Around the World

Bridgman, Benjamin - 2015

We provide evidence on household and market production in 36 countries since 1960. On average the household sector accounts for almost half of total hours worked. As GDP per capita increases, the employment share of household production in total hours worked initially declines and then hardly...

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Recent Trends in Co-Authorship in Economics : Evidence from RePEc

Rath, Katharina - 2015

This articles investigates the recent trends in co-authorship in economics. Using data from more than 700.000 journal …

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A Concise Bibliography of Language Economics

Gazzola, Michele - 2015

to several categories of literature in language economics. It consolidates the respective literature lists used by the …

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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 …

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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

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

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...

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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...

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Does Culture Affect Unemployment? Evidence from the Röstigraben

Brügger, Beatrix - 2009

This paper studies the role of culture in shaping unemployment outcomes. The empirical analysis is based on local comparisons across a language barrier in Switzerland. This Röstigraben separates cultural groups, but neither labor markets nor political jurisdictions. Local contrasts across the...

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