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The Shaping of Higher Education : The Formative Years in the United States, 1890 to 1940
Goldin, Claudia; Katz, Lawrence F. - National Bureau of Economic Research - 1998
The American university was shaped in a formative period from 1890 to 1940 long before the rise of federal funding, the G.I. Bill, and mass higher education. Both the scale and scope of institutions of higher education were greatly increased, the research university blossomed, states vastly...
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The Endless Frontier : Reaping what Bush Sowed?
Stephan, Paula - 2013
I examine and document how the Endless Frontier changed the research landscape at universities and how universities responded to the initiative. I show that the agencies it established and funded initially recruited research proposals from faculty and applications from students for fellowships...
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Sovereign Debt in Latin America, 1820-1913
Paolera, Gerardo della - 2012
This paper examines sovereign lending to Latin America and the Caribbean from 1820 to 1913. We examine four waves of capital flows where defaults were followed by a return to market access. In spite of extended default, countries kept promising high returns that attracted international investors...
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US Immigration from Latin America in Historical Perspective
Hanson, Gordon H.; Orrenius, Pia M.; Zavodny, Madeline - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2022
The share of US residents who were born in Latin America and the Caribbean plateaued recently, after a half century of rapid growth. Our review of the evidence on the US immigration wave from the region suggests that it bears many similarities to the major immigration waves of the 19th and early...
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The Making of the Modern Metropolis : Evidence from London
Heblich, Stephan - 2018
railways, newly-constructed spatially-disaggregated data for London from 1801-1921, and a quantitative urban model to provide … buildings in Greater London by 20 percent or more, and brings down commuting into the City of London from more than 370,000 to …
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London Fog : A Century of Pollution and Mortality, 1866-1965
Hanlon, W. Walker - 2018
This study provides new evidence on the impact of air pollution in London over the century from 1866-1965. To identify … weeks with elevated pollution levels I use new data tracking the timing of London's famous fog events, which trapped … exposure due to fog events accounted for at least one out of every 200 deaths in London during this century. I provide evidence …
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Neighborhood Effects : Evidence from Wartime Destruction in London
Redding, Stephen; Sturm, Daniel - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2024
We use the German bombing of London during the Second World War as an exogenous source of variation to provide evidence … destruction, property values, and socioeconomic composition in London before and after the Second World War. We develop a …
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Benevolent Colluders? The Effects of Antitrust Action on College Financial Aid and Tuition
Hoxby, Caroline M. - 2000
The Department of Justice's (DOJ's) investigation of private colleges for price-fixing caused the Overlap' group of colleges to discontinue their meetings. DOJ alleged that the meetings enabled the colleges to collude on higher tuition and increase their tuition revenue. The colleges claimed...
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Who is Selling the Ivory Tower? Sources of Growth in University Licensing
Thursby, Jerry G. - 2000
Historically, commercial use of university research has been viewed in terms of spillovers. Recently, there has been a dramatic increase in technology transfer through licensing as universities attempt to appropriate the returns from faculty research. This change has prompted concerns regarding...
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Dropout and Enrollment Trends in the Post-War Period : What Went Wrong in the 1970s?
Card, David - 2000
Over most of the 20th century successive generations of U.S. children had higher enrollment rates and rising levels of completed education. This trend reversed with the baby boom cohorts who attended school in the 1970s, and only resumed in the mid-1980s. Even today, the college entry rate of...
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