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high-frequency data to estimate the dynamic migration response to conflict for the case of the Mexican Revolution (1910 …
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status? The Chinese Communist Revolution in the 1950s and Cultural Revolution from 1966 to 1976 aimed to do exactly that … the pre-revolution generation re-emerges today. Almost half a century after the revolutions, individuals whose … grandparents belonged to the pre-revolution elite earn 16 percent more and have completed more than 11 percent additional years of …
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During the French Revolution, more than 100,000 individuals, predominantly supporters of the Old Regime, fled France … Revolution, the summer of 1792, marked by the abolition of the constitutional monarchy and bouts of local violence. Our findings …
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China's Cultural Revolution to understand how these beliefs can be affected, how they impact behavior, and how they are … transmitted across generations. During the Cultural Revolution, China's college admission system based on entrance exams was …
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Why did the most prosperous colonies in the British Empire mount a rebellion? Even more puzzling, why didn't the British agree to have American representation in Parliament and quickly settle the dispute peacefully? At first glance, it would appear that a deal could have been reached to share...
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The French Revolution of 1789 had a momentous impact on neighboring countries. The French Revolutionary armies during … that the Revolution destroyed (the institutional underpinnings of) the power of oligarchies and elites opposed to economic …
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We explore the long run impact of the Spanish missions on Native American outcomes in the early 20th century. Native communities who interacted with Spanish missionaries developed into enclaves which blended Catholicism with native culture. Some survived assaults on their property rights by...
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We use variation in exposure to victimization of 1,537 households of eastern Congo for each year of 1990-2013 to examine the formation of preferences to participate in armed groups. In this context, most armed groups are Congolese militia, whose objective is fighting foreign armed groups. We...
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Violent conflicts, particularly at election times in Africa, are a common cause of instability and economic disruption. This paper studies how firms react to electoral violence using the case of Kenyan flower exporters during the 2008 post-election violence as an example. The violence induced a...
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The Cultural Revolution deprived Chinese students of the opportunity to receive higher education for 10 years when … turned 18 during the Cultural Revolution, which sharply reduced their chances of attending college. Using multiple approaches … Revolution and a regression discontinuity approach, we show that Chinese firms led by CEOs without a college degree spend less on …
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