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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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011584642
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Culture, institutions and the wealth of nations
Gorodnichenko, Yuriy; Roland, Gerard - 2010
innovation in an individualist culture. This cultural effect may offset the negative effects of bad institutions on growth … individualism on growth through innovation. Using genetic data as instruments for culture we provide strong evidence of a causal … collectivism, in line with recent advances in biology and neuro-science. The effect of culture on long-run growth remains very …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010274699
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The Volatility of Survey Measures of Culture and Its Consequences
Zanella, Giulio; Bellani, Marina M. - 2019
substantial within-country volatility. This volatility is at odds with the notion of culture adopted in economics: a set of slow … interactions. The insufficient persistence of survey proxies for such traits may compromise empirical studies of culture as a …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012179923
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Culture, Institutions and the Wealth of Nations
Gorodnichenko, Yuriy; Roland, Gerald - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2010
innovation in an individualist culture. This cultural effect may offset the negative effects of bad institutions on growth … individualism on growth through innovation. Using genetic data as instruments for culture we provide strong evidence of a causal … collectivism, in line with recent advances in biology and neuro-science. The effect of culture on long-run growth remains very …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008680898
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Engineers, Innovative Capacity and Development in the Americas
Maloney, William F.; Caicedo, Felipe Valencia - 2014
Using newly collected national and sub-national data and historical case studies, this paper argues that differences in innovative capacity, captured by the density of engineers at the dawn of the Second Industrial Revolution, are important to explaining present income differences, and, in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010377359
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Engineers, Innovative Capacity and Development in the Americas
Maloney, William F.; Caicedo, Felipe Valencia - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014
Using newly collected national and sub-national data and historical case studies, this paper argues that differences in innovative capacity, captured by the density of engineers at the dawn of the Second Industrial Revolution, are important to explaining present income differences, and, in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010790517
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The Role of Historical Resource Constraints in Modern Gender Inequality: A Cross-Country Analysis
Hazarika, Gautam; Jha, Chandan Kumar; Sarangi, Sudipta - 2014
inequality, as gauged by the United Nations Development Programme's Gender Inequality Index. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010398268
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The Role of Historical Resource Constraints in Modern Gender Inequality: A Cross-Country Analysis
Hazarika, Gautam; Jha, Chandan Kumar; Sarangi, Sudipta - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014
inequality, as gauged by the United Nations Development Programme’s Gender Inequality Index. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010887060
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The effects of school libraries on language skills: Evidence from a randomized controlled trial in India
Borkum, Evan; He, Fang; Linden, Leigh L. - 2013
We conduct a randomized controlled trial of an Indian school library program. Overall, the program had no impact on students' scores on a language skills test administered after 16 months. The estimates are sufficiently precise to rule out effects larger than 0.053 and 0.037 standard deviations,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010293236
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Human Capital Persistence and Development
Rocha, Rudi; Ferraz, Claudio; Soares, Rodrigo R. - 2015
This paper examines the role of human capital persistence in explaining long-term development. We exploit variation …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011307313