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Enlightenment Ideals and Belief in Progress in the Run-up to the Industrial Revolution: A Textual Analysis
Almelhem, Ali; Iyigun, Murat; Kennedy, Austin; Rubin, Jared - 2023
Using textual analysis of 173,031 works printed in England between 1500 and 1900, we test whether British culture evolved to manifest a heightened belief in progress associated with science and industry. Our analysis yields three main findings. First, there was a separation in the language of...
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Murphy's Law or Luck of the Irish? Disparate Treatment of the Irish in 19th Century Courts
Bindler, Anna; Hjalmarsson, Randi; Machin, Stephen; … - 2023
Using data on 100 years of 19th century criminal trials at London's Old Bailey, this paper offers clear evidence of …-induced migration to London. We do not find evidence, however, that the first bombing campaign of the Irish Republican Brotherhood (in …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014296815
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Why did the Netherlands develop so early? The legacy of the Brethren of the Common Life
Akçomak, İbrahim Semih; Webbink, Herman Dinand; ter … - 2013
This research provides an explanation for high literacy, economic growth and societal developments in the Netherlands in the period before the Dutch Republic. We establish a link between the Brethren of the Common Life (BCL), a religious community founded by Geert Groote in the city of Deventer...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010291384
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Why Did the Netherlands Develop So Early? The Legacy of the Brethren of the Common Life
Akçomak, I. Semih; Webbink, Dinand; ter Weel, Bas - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2013
This research provides an explanation for high literacy, economic growth and societal developments in the Netherlands in the period before the Dutch Republic. We establish a link between the Brethren of the Common Life (BCL), a religious community founded by Geert Groote in the city of Deventer...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010791523
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Unions, Work-Related Training, and Wages: Evidence for British Men
Francesconi, Marco; Booth, Alison L.; Zoega, Gylfi - 2003
coverage on work-related training and how the union-training link affects wages and wage growth for a sample of full-time men …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010261935
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Who Pays for General Training? New Evidence for British Men and Women
Booth, Alison L.; Bryan, Mark L. - 2002
forms of work-related training received by men and women over the period 1998-2000, and to estimate their impact on wages … estimate the impact of training – controlling for its financing method – on wages levels and wages growth. We find that … employer-financed training increases wages both in the current and future firms, with some evidence that the impact in future …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010262766
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The employment and earnings of migrants in Great Britain
Andrews, Martyn J.; Clark, Ken; Whittaker, William - 2007
Using nationally representative, longitudinal data from the first 14 waves of the British Household Panel Survey we examine the labour market returns to inter-regional migration in Great Britain. Controlling for endogeneity, heterogeneity and self-selection, we find substantial long-run wage...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010268349
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The life-cycle and the business-cycle of wage risk: a cross-country comparison
Bayer, Christian; Juessen, Falko - 2009
, we find that household characteristics explain about 25% of the dispersion in wages within an age group in all three … countries. Second, the cross-sectional variance of wages is almost linearly increasing in household age in all three countries …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010271322
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Obesity and labor market outcomes: evidence from the British NCDS
Lindeboom, Maarten; Lundborg, Petter; van der Klaauw, Bas - 2009
We study the effect of obesity on wages and employment, using data from the British NCDS. The results show a …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010274403
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Migration and imperfect labor markets: Theory and cross-country evidence from Denmark, Germany and the UK
Brücker, Herbert; Jahn, Elke J.; Upward, Richard - 2012
bargaining, minimum wages, employment protection and unemployment benefits affect the way in which wages respond to labor supply … shocks, and, hence, the labor market effects of immigration. We employ a wage-setting approach which assumes that wages …
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