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The farm, the city, and the emergence of social security
Caucutt, Elizabeth M. (contributor);  … - 2008
cross section of countries make it clear that urbanization and industrialization are strongly associated with the rise of … social insurance. We describe a model economy in which demographics, technology, and social security are linked together. We … study an economy with two locations (sectors), the farm (agricultural) and the city (industrial). The decision to migrate …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003759906
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Catch me if you can : education and catch-up in the industrial revolution
Becker, Sascha O.; Hornung, Erik; Woessmann, Ludger - 2009
industrialization itself. We find that basic education significantly accelerated non-textile industrialization in both phases of the … Industrial Revolution. -- Human capital ; industrialization ; Prussian economic history …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003916475
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Three revolutions of the modern era
Easterlin, Richard A. - 2019
The emergence and evolution of modern science since the 17th century has led to three major breakthroughs in the human condition. The first, the Industrial Revolution, started in the late 18th century and is based chiefly on developments associated with the rise of the natural sciences. The...
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Past dominations, current institutions and the Italian regional economic performance
Di Liberto, Adriana; Sideri, Marco - 2015
We study the connection between economic performance and the quality of government institutions for the sample of 103 Italian NUTS3 regions, including new measures of institutional performance calculated using data on the provision of different areas of public services. In order to address...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010469675
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Capital shares and income inequality : evidence from the long run
Bengtsson, Erik; Waldenström, Daniel - 2015
Wealth and Income Database, we find strong long-run links between the aggregate role of capital in the economy and the size …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011408188
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The use of quantile methods in economic history
Clarke, Damian; Llorca-Jaña, Manuel; Pailañir, Daniel - 2021
Quantile regression and quantile treatment effect methods are powerful econometric tools for considering economic impacts of events or variables of interest beyond the mean. The use of quantile methods allows for an examination of impacts of some independent variable over the entire distribution...
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Religion in economic history: a survey
Becker, Sascha O.; Rubin, Jared; Woessmann, Ludger - 2020
Islam and Islamic institutions played in political-economy outcomes and in the "long divergence" between the Middle East and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012239065
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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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What determines the capital share over the long run of history?
Bengtsson, Erik; Rubolino, Enrico; Waldenström, Daniel - 2020
This paper analyzes the determinants of the labor-capital split in national income for 20 countries since the late 1800s. Our main identification strategy focuses on unique historical quasi-experimental events: i) the introduction of universal suffrage, ii) close election wins of left-wing...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012210389
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Forced migration and mortality
Bauer, Thomas K.; Giesecke, Matthias; Janisch, Laura M. - 2017
We examine the long-run effects of forced migration from Eastern Europe into post-war Germany. Existing evidence suggests that displaced individuals are worse off economically, facing a considerably lower income and a higher unemployment risk than comparable natives even twenty years after being...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011757739