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Capital-skill complementarity and the emergence of labor emancipation
Ashraf, Quamrul H.; Cinnirella, Francesco; Galor, Oded; … - 2017
acquisition, without fear of losing their skill premium to expropriation. In line with the proposed hypothesis, exploiting a …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011669329
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Social Conformity and Child Labor
Katav-Herz, Shirit - 2001
This paper investigates the phenomenon of child labor. I consider a society that in principle values education. Parents derive utility from social conformity, and “good” and “bad” equilibria can arise where the majority of children respectively do and do not go to school. In a “bad”...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013204708
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Importing sobrie'tea': Understanding the tea trade during the Industrial Revolution
Bora, Kabeer - 2023
period of stagnant real wages. This has led many historians to investigate changes in the diet of the working class during …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014581805
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The evolution of wages in early modern Normandy (1600-1850)
Chambru, Cédric; Maneuvrier-Hervieu, Paul - 2021
This paper presents new estimations of wages for Normandy between 1600 and 1850. We used a vast array of primary and … secondary sources to assemble two new databases on wages and commodity prices to establish a new regional consumer price index … resulting labour shortage, led to a convergence of wages across unskilled occupations and a relative catch-up with urban skilled …
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Flowers of evil? Industrialization and long run development
Franck, Raphaël; Galor, Oded - 2018
This research explores the effect of industrialization on the process of development. In contrast to conventional wisdom that views industrial development as a catalyst for economic growth, the study establishes that while the adoption of industrial technology was conducive to economic...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012058637
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The complementary between technology and human capital in the early phase of industrialization
Franck, Raphaël; Galor, Oded - 2015
The research explores the effect of industrialization on human capital formation. Exploiting exogenous regional variations in the adoption of steam engines across France, the study establishes that in contrast to conventional wisdom that views early industrialization as a predominantly...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011526713
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Industrialization and the fertility decline
Franck, Raphaël; Galor, Oded - 2015
The research provides the first empirical examination of the hypothesized effect of industrialization on the fertility decline. Exploiting exogenous source of regional variations in the adoption of steam engines across France, the study establishes that industrialization was a major catalyst in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011526716
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Brain drain and development traps
Bénassy, Jean-Pascal; Brézis, Elise S. - 2011
human capital leads to low wages, and low wages leads to emigration of valuable human capital. We also show that our model …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010335994
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Is there an income convergence across provinces of Turkey?
Öz, Sumru - 2017
In this paper, whether there is a convergence of per capita incomes across Turkish provinces during 2004-2014 period is examined following the availability of per capita incomes of Turkish provinces for this period as of December 2016. Considering that firms and households of different regions...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012060229
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Macroeconomic Instability, Migration, and the Option Value of Education
Katz, Eliakim; Rapoport, Hillel - 2001
We explore the relation between variability in the rate of return to human capital and investment in education in the context of migration. Specifically, we show that if migration is a possibility, such variability in the rate of return to human capital can induce residents of developing...
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