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The Ku Klux Klan reached its heyday in the mid-1920s, claiming millions of members. In this paper, we analyze the 1920s Klan, those who joined it, and the social and political impact that it had. We utilize a wide range of newly discovered data sources including information from Klan membership...
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the main variables used, a report of results and tests, and discussion of the links among social capital, education …
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In the United States, religious attendance rises sharply with education across individuals, but religious attendance … declines sharply with education across denominations. This puzzle is explained if education both increases the returns to … social connection and reduces the extent of religious belief. The positive effect of education on sociability explains the …
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Human capital is almost always identified as a crucial ingredient for growing economies, but empirical investigations of cross-national growth have done little to clarify the dimensions of relevant human capital or any implications for policy. This paper concentrates on the importance of labor...
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Though the real exchange rate is a key price for most economies, our understanding of its determinants is still incomplete. This paper studies the implications of status competition in the marriage market for the real exchange rate. In theory, a rise in the sex ratio (increasing relative surplus...
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observe gender imbalances in labor markets: men are more competitively inclined than women. Whether, and to what extent, such … attenuate the gender differences, including whether the job is performed in teams, whether the job task is female-oriented, and …
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Ichino and Moretti (2009) find that menstruation may contribute to gender gaps in absenteeism and earnings, based on …
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analysis considers various experimental treatments and finds that the existence of gender differences depends crucially on the …
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panel data from three rather different educational institutions, and use them to examine the relationship between the gender … composition of the students in an academic department and the gender composition of its faculty at the time the students were …
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This paper studies the effect of trade liberalization on an under-explored aspect of wage inequality - gender … gender. A reduction in tariffs induces more productive firms to modernize their technology and enter the export market. New …
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