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Poverty Traps, Distance, and Diversity : The Migration Connection

Williamson, Jeffrey G. - 2006

Within-country ethnic diversity in high-wage immigrant nations is driven by long distance migration. This paper documents the migration-diversity connection for the first global century before 1914 and the second global century after 1950. It distinguishes between ethnic diversity among the...

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International Migration in the Long-Run : Positive Selection, Negative Selection and Policy

Hatton, Timothy J. - 2004

Most labor scarce overseas countries moved decisively to restrict their immigration during the first third of the 20th century. This autarchic retreat from unrestricted and even publicly-subsidized immigration in the first global century before World War I to the quotas and bans introduced...

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Does Copyright Piracy Pay? The Effects of U.S. International Copyright Laws on the Market for Books, 1790-1920

Khan, B. Zorina - 2004

episode in American history provides us with a convenient way of investigating the consequences of international copyright …

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Winners and Losers Over Two Centuries of Globalization

Williamson, Jeffrey G. - 2002

concludes with four lessons of history and an agenda for international economists, including more attention to the impact of …

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"Convergence in the Age of Mass Migration"

Taylor, Alan M. - 1994

Between 1870 and 1913, economic convergence among present OECD members (or even a wider sample of countries) was dramatic, about as dramatic as it has been over the past century and a half. The convergence can be documented in GDP per worker-hour, GDP per capita and in real wages. What were the...

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Designing Women : Consumer Goods Innovations in Britain, France and the United States, 1750-1900

Khan, B. Zorina - 2017

Economic studies typically underestimate incremental changes in consumer goods and design innovations that enhance allocative efficiency and structural dynamics. This paper assesses over 12,000 innovations by female patentees and participants in industrial fairs and prize-granting institutions...

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‘To Have and Have Not’ : Are Rich Litigious Plaintiffs Favored in Court?

Khan, B. Zorina - 2015

A long-standing debate centers on the role of the "Haves" and the "Have Nots" in litigation. It is often suggested that wealthier plaintiffs are more likely to be repeat players, who tend to prevail in disputes before the courts. Do wealthy repeat players indeed capture courts and succeed in...

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Invisible Women : Entrepreneurship, Innovation and Family Firms in France during Early Industrialization

Khan, B. Zorina - 2015

Family firms are typically associated with negative characteristics, including lower tendencies towards innovation, a higher risk of failure, and inefficiencies deriving from nepotism among family members, criticisms which are even greater when the company is handed over to a female relative....

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Inequality and Schooling Responses to Globalization Forces : Lessons from History

Williamson, Jeffrey G. - 2006

abundant Europe and the high-wage, labor scarce New World. Those global forces contributed to a reduction in unskilled labor … scarcity in the New World and to a rise in unskilled labor scarcity in Europe. Thus, it contributed to rising inequality in … overseas countries, like the United States, and falling inequality in most of Europe. Falling unskilled labor scarcity and …

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Did Vasco da Gama Matter for European Markets? Testing Frederick Lane's Hypotheses Fifty Years Later

O'Rourke, Kevin H. - 2005

spice markets were already well integrated with those in Iberia and northern Europe, implying that Portugal could not have … relative spice prices, that is, accounting for inflation. It also draws on evidence from Iberia and northern Europe. In …

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