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On the Origins of Gender Roles : Women and the Plough
Alesina, Alberto F. - 2011
This paper seeks to better understand the historical origins of current differences in norms and beliefs about the appropriate role of women in society. We test the hypothesis that traditional agricultural practices influenced the historical gender division of labor and the evolution and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013124476
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Occupational Choice and the Spirit of Capitalism
Doepke, Matthias - 2015
The British Industrial Revolution triggered a reversal in the social order of society whereby the landed elite was replaced by industrial capitalists rising from the middle classes as the economically dominant group. Many observers have linked this transformation to the contrast in values...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012707835
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Alternative Cash Transfer Delivery Mechanisms : Impacts on Routine Preventative Health Clinic Visits in Burkina Faso
Akresh, Richard - 2012
We conducted a unique randomized experiment to estimate the impact of alternative cash transfer delivery mechanisms on household demand for routine preventative health services in rural Burkina Faso. The two-year pilot program randomly distributed cash transfers that were either conditional or...
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The Economic Progress of American Jewry : From 18th Century Merchants to 21st Century Professionals
Chiswick, Barry R. - 2009
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Children of War : The Long-Run Effects of Large-Scale Physical Destruction and Warfare on Children
Akbulut-Yuksel, Mevlude - 2009
During World War II, more than one-half million tons of bombs were dropped in aerial raids on German cities, destroying about one-third of the total housing stock nationwide. This paper provides causal evidence on long-term consequences of large-scale physical destruction on the educational...
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Women's Liberation : What's in it for Men?
Doepke, Matthias; Tertilt, Michèle - 2021
The nineteenth century witnessed dramatic improvements in the legal rights of married women. Given that these changes took place long before women gained the right to vote, they amounted to a voluntary renouncement of power by men. In this paper, we investigate men's incentives for sharing power...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013324828
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Long-Run Longevity Effects of a Nutritional Shock Early in Life : The Dutch Potato Famine of 1846-1847
van den Berg, Gerard J.; Lindeboom, Maarten; Portrait, … - 2021
Background: Nutrition in utero and infancy may causally affect health and mortality at old ages. Until now, very few studies have demonstrated long-Run effects on survival of early life nutrition, mainly because of data limitations and confounding issues. Methods: This paper investigates whether...
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Testing the Inverseness of Fertility and Labor Supply : The Case of Ethiopia
Solomon, Blen - 2009
We test the inverseness of fertility and labor supply for married women in Ethiopia to determine if previous research … addressing the endogeneity of fertility. Using data from the Demographic Health Survey (DHS) of Ethiopia, we use the husband … fertility and labor supply in Ethiopia, perhaps because the persistence of traditional family structures in the face of rising …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012765218
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Welfare Effect and Elite Capture in Agricultural Cooperatives Intervention : Evidence from Ethiopian Villages
Gelo, Dambala - 2019
Ethiopia on per capita income as well as across sub-social groups. The intervention is intended to improve the market power of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012864880
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Free Primary Education, Schooling, and Fertility : Evidence from Ethiopia
Chicoine, Luke - 2016
generated by the removal of school fees in Ethiopia. The increase in schooling caused by this reform is identified using both … reform. The model finds that the removal of school fees in Ethiopia led to an increase of over 1.5 years of schooling for …
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