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The colonial legacy in India : how persistent are the effects of historical institutions?
Lakshmi Iyer; Weir, Coleson - 2024
Using updated data, we analyze the long-run effects of two British colonial institutions established in India. Iyer (2010) showed that areas under direct colonial rule had fewer schools, health centers, and roads than areas under indirect colonial rule. Two decades later, we find that these...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014545242
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Growth, colonization, and institutional development : in and out of Africa
Bertocchi, Graziella - 2011
research agenda which accounts not only for basic economic and demographic factors, but also for the role of history and … institutional development. After reporting results from standard growth regressions, I analyze the role of Africa's peculiar history … research. -- growth ; Africa ; history ; colonization ; institutions ; state fragility ; slavery …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009310834
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Historical data: where to find them, how to use them
Giuliano, Paola; Matranga, Andrea - 2020
migration, colonialism, natural disasters, and many other forces. We also point out which methodological advances allow …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012296635
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The American origin of the French Revolution
Ottinger, Sebastian; Rosenberger, Lukas - 2023
France sent five thousand men to fight alongside George Washington's army in the American Revolutionary War. We show that the French combatants' exposure to the United States of America increased support for the French Revolution a decade later. French regions (départements) from which more...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014229151
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Past dominations, current institutions and the Italian regional economic performance
Di Liberto, Adriana; Sideri, Marco - 2015
confirms that the quality of institutions matters for development, and that history can be used to find suitable instruments. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010469675
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Urban economics in a historical perspective: recovering data with machine learning
Combes, Pierre-Philippe; Gobillon, Laurent; Zylberberg, … - 2021
A recent literature has used a historical perspective to better understand fundamental questions of urban economics. However, a wide range of historical documents of exceptional quality remain underutilised: their use has been hampered by their original format or by the massive amount of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012519104
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Suffrage, labour markets and coalitions in colonial virginia
Nikolova, Elena; Nikolova, Milena - 2016
We study Virginia's suffrage from the early 17th century until the American Revolution using an analytical narrative and econometric analysis of unique data on franchise restrictions. First, we hold that suffrage changes reflected labour market dynamics. Indeed, Virginia’s liberal institutions...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011543173
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The age of mass migration : economic and institutional determinants
Bertocchi, Graziella (contributor);  … - 2006
through a set of instruments exploiting colonial history and the quality of institutions inherited from the past. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003522695
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Growth, history, or institutions? : what explains state fragility in sub-Saharan Africa
Bertocchi, Graziella; Guerzoni, Andrea - 2010
reverse causality. Colonial variables reflecting the history of the region display a marginal impact on fragility once … institutions are accounted for. -- State fragility ; Africa ; institutions ; colonial history …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003942306
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Brainy Africans to fortress Europe : for money or colonial vestiges?
Constant, Amelie; Tien, Bienvenue N. - 2009
Economic reasons along with cultural affinities and the existence of networks have been the main determinants explaining migration flows between home and host countries. This paper reconsiders these approaches combined with the gravity model and empirically tests the hypothesis that ex-colonial...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003925496