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Education, Segregation and Marital Sorting : Theory and an Application to UK Data
Fernández, Raquel - 2021
This paper presents a model of the intergenerational transmission of education and marital sorting where parents matter … impact in the UK than in the US as a result of the fertility and education transmission process. When the relative supply of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013313642
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Suffrage, Schooling, and Sorting in the Post-Bellum U.S. South
Naidu, Suresh - 2012
This paper estimates the political and economic effects of the 19th century disenfranchisement of black citizens in the U.S. South. Using adjacent county-pairs that straddle state boundaries, I examine the effect of voting restrictions on political competition, public goods, and factor markets....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013105449
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Historical Perspectives on Racial Differences in Schooling in the United States
Collins, William J.; Margo, Robert A. - 2021
African-Americans entered the post-Civil War era with extremely low levels of exposure to schooling. Relying primarily on micro-level census data, we describe racial differences in literacy rates, school attendance, years of educational attainment, age-in-grade distributions, spending per pupil,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013240539
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Investment in U.S. Education and Training
Mincer, Jacob - 2021
The current high rates of return to human capital stimulate a supply response via increased investments in education … differential in wages. This paper reports estimates of: the responses of investments in post-secondary education, measured by …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013211654
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Does School Quality Matter? Returns to Education and the Characteristics of Public Schools in the United States
Card, David; Krueger, Alan B. - 2021
, and the relative pay of teachers -- on the rate of return to education for men born between 1920 and 1949. Using earnings … education in the region where they currently reside, and other factors. A decrease in the pupil-teacher ratio from 30 to 25, for … example, is associated with a 0.4 percentage point increase in the rate of return to education. The estimated relationship …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013243437
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The Real Exchange Rate and Fiscal Policy During the Gold Standard Periodevidence from the United States and Great Britain
Kaminsky, Graciela - 2010
We study the determinants of the dollar/pound real exchange rate from 1879 to 1914 focusing on the role of fiscal policy. We present a simple dynamic model of the real exchange rate to frame our analysis. The econometric results are based upon the decomposition of the sources of the innovation...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013138854
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Childhood Health and Differences in Late-Life Health Outcomes between England and the United States
Banks, James W. - 2011
In this paper we examine the link between retrospectively reported measures of childhood health and the prevalence of various major and minor diseases at older ages. Our analysis is based on comparable retrospective questionnaires placed in the Health and Retirement Study and the English...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013124540
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International Trade and Finance Under the Two Hegemons : Complementaries in the United Kingdom 1870-1913 and the United States 1920-30
Taylor, Alan M. - 2007
Do international trade and finance flow together? In theory, trade and finance can be substitutes or complements, so the matter must be resolved empirically. We study trade and financial flows from the United Kingdom from 1870 to 1913 and the United States in the interwar years. Trade and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012778305
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The Great Inflation in the United States and the United Kingdom : Reconciling Policy Decisions and Data Outcomes
DiCecio, Riccardo - 2010
We argue that the Great Inflation experienced by both the United Kingdom and the United States in the 1970s has an explanation valid for both countries. The explanation does not appeal to common shocks or to exchange rate linkages, but to the common doctrine underlying the systematic monetary...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012757531
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How Progressive is the U.S. Federal Tax System? A Historical and International Perspective
Piketty, Thomas - 2010
This paper provides estimates of federal tax rates by income groups in the United States since 1960, with special emphasis on very top income groups. We include individual and corporate income taxes, payroll taxes, and estate and gift taxes. The progressivity of the U.S. federal tax system at...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012760747