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This paper examines the evolving effects of England's Old Poor Law (1601-1834). It establishes that poor relief reduced social unrest from around the late-17th century through the turn of the 19th century, at which point it began to spur population growth and its social stability effects...
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We revisit the effect of long run income growth on population fertility in some of the poorest countries in the world. Causal inference is enabled through proxying income windfalls by oil price shocks in oil rich versus oil poor provinces. Using various fertility measures as outcomes, we find...
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In recent years, the private sector has been recognized as a key engine of Africa's economic development. Yet, the most … sector countries are concentrated in Western Africa (Cote d'Ivoire, Guinea, Niger, Senegal and Togo), Central Africa … (Cameroun, Republic of Congo) and Eastern Africa (Kenya, Sudan, Uganda and Tanzania), with the addition of Mauritius. Countries …
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The slave trades out of Africa represent one of the most significant forced migration experiences in history. In this …" countries in Africa, with attention to their economic, institutional, demographic, and social implications. Next I evaluate the …
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We study the long-term determinants of the high rates of HIV infection in sub-Saharan Africa, particularly among women …
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We explore the effect of historical ethnic borders on contemporary conflict in Africa. We document that both the …
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providing evidence of a resource curse. Extractive industries in South Africa, Botswana, and Namibia have positive direct …
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-Saharan Africa. Following an instrumental variable strategy, we document that individuals have a lower likelihood of owning land near … historical ethnic borders in Sub-Saharan Africa. …
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Evidence suggests that the prehistoric Out of Africa Migration has impacted the degree of intra-population genetic and …. Leveraging a folklore catalogue of 958 oral traditions across the world, we find that ethnic groups further away from East Africa …, phenotypic, and phonemic traits along the Out of Africa migration routes, setting conditions for the emergence and proliferation …
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A commonly expressed concern about immigration is that it undermines social cohesion in the receiving country. In this paper, we study the impact of a large and sudden inflow of asylum seekers on several indicators of social cohesion. In 2015/16, over one million asylum seekers from Syria,...
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