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Minding the happiness gap : political institutions and perceived quality of life in transition

Nikolova, Milena - 2015

volatility, stagnating labor market conditions, and changing norms. Yet, few papers have sought explanations for the life … satisfaction gap between post-socialist and advanced countries and the role of political institutions in explaining this gap. My … and may have even reversed it in the post-crisis years. As institutions and macroeconomic conditions continue to improve …

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Slavery, education, and inequality

Bertocchi, Graziella; Dimico, Arcangelo - 2010

slave states. -- slavery ; development ; inequality ; institutions ; education …

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Suffrage, labour markets and coalitions in colonial virginia

Nikolova, Elena; Nikolova, Milena - 2016

market dynamics. Indeed, Virginia’s liberal institutions initially served to attract indentured servants from England needed … reversing the earlier democratic institutions. Our main contribution stems from integrating the labour markets and bargaining …

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Stalin and the origins of mistrust

Nikolova, Milena; Popova, Olga; Otrachshenko, Vladimir - 2019

We show that current differences in trust levels within former Soviet Union countries can be traced back to the system of forced prison labor during Stalin's rule, which was marked by high incarceration rates, repression, and harsh punishments. We argue that those exposed to forced labor camps...

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Echoes of the past : the enduring impact of communism on contemporary freedom of speech values

Nikolova, Milena; Popova, Olga - 2023

economics of free speech, suggesting that freedom of speech may be a part of informal institutions and slow-changing cultural …

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Does joining the EU make you happy? : evidence from Bulgaria and Romania

Nikolova, Milena; Nikolaev, Boris - 2016

We examine the effect of joining the European Union on individual life satisfaction in Bulgaria and Romania in the … context of the 2007 EU enlargement. Although EU membership is among the most important events in Bulgaria and Romania's modern … life satisfaction in Bulgaria and had a positive but statistically insignificant effect in Romania. One explanation is that …

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The impact of body mass index on growth, schooling, productivity, and savings: a cross-country study

Tansel, Aysıt; Öztürk, Ceyhan; Erdil, Erkan - 2021

We examine the relationship between wealth and health through prominent growth indicators and cognitive ability. Cognitive ability is represented by nutritional status. The proxy variable for nutritional status is BMI. We use the reduced form equation in the cubic specification of time...

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Family structure and the education gender gap : evidence from Italian provinces

Bertocchi, Graziella; Bozzano, Monica - 2014

We investigate the determinants of the education gender gap in Italy in historical perspective with a focus on the influence of family structure. We capture the latter with two indicators: residential habits (nuclear vs. complex families) and inheritance rules (partition vs. primogeniture)....

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Origins and implications of family structure across Italian provinces in historical perspective

Bertocchi, Graziella; Bozzano, Monica - 2016

In this study we review the literature on the origins and implications of family structure in historical perspective with a focus on Italian provinces. Furthermore we present newly-collected data on three of the main features of family structure: female mean age at marriage, the female celibacy...

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Who are the microenterprise owners? : evidence from Sri Lanka on Tokman v. de Soto

De Mel, Suresh (contributor); McKenzie, David J. (contributor) - 2008

Is the vast army of the self-employed in low income countries a source of employment generation? We use data from surveys in Sri Lanka to compare the characteristics of own account workers (non-employers) with wage workers and with owners of larger firms. We use a rich set of measures of...

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