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The impact of industrialization on secondary schooling during the industrial revolution : evidence from 19th century France
Franck, Raphaël - 2023
This study explores the impact of industrialization on secondary schooling in 19th century France. As a source of … exogenous variation in industrialization across the French territory, it takes advantage of the openings and closures of mines … that industrialization had a negative but mostly insignificant effect on high-school enrollment. However, industrialization …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013486144
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Net foreign asset positions and appreciation expectations on the Swiss franc and the Japanese yen
Latsos, Sophia; Schnabl, Gunther - 2015
The paper shows that currencies of countries with persistent current account surpluses and high foreign-currency denominated assets, such as the Swiss franc and the Japanese yen, are under persistent appreciation pressure, particularly when the centres of the world monetary system follow...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011309557
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Devotion and development : religiosity, education, and economic progress in 19th-century France
Squicciarini, Mara P. - 2019 - This version: 14th July 2019
growth, the Second Industrial Revolution (1870-1914) in France. In this period, technology became skill-intensive, leading to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012039060
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Did caselaw foster England's economic development during the industrial revolution? : data and evidence
Grajzl, Peter; Murrell, Peter - 2022
We generate and analyze data pertinent to the role of caselaw in England's economic development during the Industrial Revolution. Applying topic modeling to a corpus of 67,455 reports on English court cases, we construct annual time series of caselaw developments between 1765 and 1865. We then...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013453766
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A re-examination of the link between real exchange rates and real interest rate differentials
Hoffmann, Mathias; MacDonald, Ronald - 2003
The real exchange rate - real interest rate (RERI) relationship is central to most open economy macroeconomic models. However, empirical support for the relationship, especially when cointegrationbased methods are used, is rather weak. In this paper we reinvestigate the RERI relationship using...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011506475
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Historical analysis of national subjective wellbeing using millions of digitized books
Hills, Thomas; Proto, Eugenio; Sgroi, Daniel - 2016
from millions of digitized books for the USA, UK, Germany, France, Italy and Spain. While existing measures go back at most …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011476047
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Credibility and transparency of Central Banks : new results based on Ifo s world economicy survey
Hamella, Sandra; Haan, Jakob de - 2004
This paper reports the results of a survey among private sector economists about credibility and transparency of central banks. In line with the survey of Alan Blinder among central bankers, we asked participants in Ifo s World Economic Survey to answer questions on the importance and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011399168
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Low homeownership in Germany : a quantitative exploration
Kaas, Leo; Kocharkov, Georgi; Preugschat, Edgar; … - 2017
The homeownership rate in Germany is one of the lowest among advanced economies. To better understand this fact, we analyze the role of three specific policies which discourage homeownership in Germany: an extensive social housing sector with broad eligibility criteria, high transfer taxes when...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011761605
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Valuing public goods : the life satisfaction approach
Frey, Bruno S.; Lüchinger, Simon; Stutzer, Alois - 2004
to estimate utility losses caused by terrorist activities in France, the UK and the Republic of Ireland. Terrorism in …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011402544
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Exchange rate dynamics : where is the saddle path?
Cheung, Yin-Wong; Gardeazabal, Javier; Vázquez, Jesús - 2004
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011402689