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Jesus speaks Korean : christianity and literacy in colonial Korea
Becker, Sascha O.; Won, Cheongyeon - 2021
In the mid 19th century, pre-colonial Korea under the Joseon dynasty was increasingly isolated and lagging behind in its economic development. Joseon Korea was forced to sign unequal treaties with foreign powers as a result of which Christian missionaries entered the country and contributed to...
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Islam and human capital in historical Spain
Cinnirella, Francesco; Naghavi, Alireza; Prarolo, Giovanni - 2020
This paper studies the impact of Muslim rule on human capital development. Using a unique novel dataset containing yearly data on Muslim presence in the period 711-1492 and literacy rate in 1900 for about 7500 municipalities in Spain, we estimate the local impact of the length of Muslim rule in...
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Why go to France or Germany, if you could as well go to the UK or the US? : selective features of immigration to four major OECD countries
Geis, Wido (contributor); Uebelmesser, Silke (contributor);  … - 2008
of migrants to four countries, viz. France, Germany, the UK and the US, which receive a substantial share of all …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003771831
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France's almost public private schools
Bertola, Giuseppe - 2015
This paper characterizes the determinants and implications of private schooling in a large and detailed set of French data. Empirical models detect negative selection into private schooling on observable and unobservable ability, while State-provided education appears more suitable to students...
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Fertility and modernity
Spolaore, Enrico; Wacziarg, Romain - 2019
We investigate the determinants of the fertility decline in Europe from 1830 to 1970 using a newly constructed dataset of linguistic distances between European regions. We find that the fertility decline resulted from a gradual diffusion of new fertility behavior from French-speaking regions to...
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The world's rust belts : the heterogeneous effects of deindustrialization on 1,993 cities in six countries
Gagliardi, Luisa; Moretti, Enrico; Serafinelli, Michel - 2023
We investigate the employment consequences of deindustrialization for 1,993 cities in France, Germany, Great Britain …
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Were Jews in interwar Poland more educated?
Abramitzky, Ran; Hałaburda, Hanna - 2020
In the context of interwar Poland, we find that Jews tended to be more literate than non-Jews, but show that this finding is driven by a composition effect. In particular, most Jews lived in cities and most non-Jews lived in rural areas, and people in cities were more educated than people in...
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Individual and developmental differences in the relationship of preferences and theory of mind
Leipold, Kristina; Vetter, Nora C.; Dittrich, Marcus; … - 2012
. Furthermore, by testing adolescents and adults, we examined the impact of age on this relation. Theory of mind is measured in a … the first round of the Public Goods Game. Regarding age differences, cooperative adults estimated the behavior of players … behavior than adults indicating ongoing development of theory of mind in adolescence. -- theory of mind ; social preferences …
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Children do not behave like adults : gender gaps in performance and risk taking within a random social context in the high-stakes game shows Jeopardy and Junior Jeopardy
Säve-Söderbergh, Jenny; Sjögren Lindquist, Gabriella - 2014
Using unique panel data, we compare cognitive performance and wagering behavior of children (10-11 years) with adults … with adults, and, while girls take more risk than women, boys take less risk than men. We also find that female behavior is …
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Central exams and adult skills : evidence from PIAAC
Leschnig, Lisa; Schwerdt, Guido; Zigova, Katarina - 2021
Central exams are often hypothesized to favorably affect incentive structures in schools. Indeed, previous research provides vast evidence on the positive effects of central exams on student test scores. But critics warn that these effects may arise through the strategic behavior of students and...
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