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Occupational Choice and the Spirit of Capitalism
Doepke, Matthias; Zilibotti, Fabrizio - Institut für Schweizerisches Bankwesen <Zürich> - 2007
The British Industrial Revolution triggered a reversal in the social order whereby the landed elite was replaced by industrial capitalists rising from the middle classesas the economically dominant group. Many observers have linked this transformation to the contrast in values between a...
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Bounds on counterfactual distributions under semi-monotonicity constraints
Boes, Stefan - 2009
This paper explores semi-monotonicity constraints in the distribution of potential outcomes, first, conditional on an instrument, and second, in terms of the response function. The imposed assumptions are strictly weaker than traditional instrumental variables assumptions and can be gainfully...
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Economic cycle and deceleration of female labor force participation in Latin America
Serrano, Joaquín; Gasparini, Leonardo; Marchionni, Mariana - 2018
In this paper we analyze the role of economic growth in the recent deceleration of female labor force participation (LFP) in Latin America. We study the relationship between the business cycle and female LFP by estimating fixed effects models, using data from harmonized national household...
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Attractiveness, anthropometry or both? : their relationship and role in economic research
Oreffice, Sonia; Quintana-Domeque, Climent - 2014
We analyze how attractiveness rated at the start of the interview is related to weight (controlling for height), and … the first to show that height, weight, and BMI all strongly contribute to male and female attractiveness when … hourly wage and spousal education, showing that attractiveness and height matter in the labor market, whereas both male and …
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Short and long-term impacts of famines : the case of the siege of Paris 1870-1871
Cogneau, Denis; Kesztenbaum, Lionel - 2016
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Beyond the exodus of may-june 1940 : internal flows of refugees in France during the Second World War
Bonnet, Florian - 2019
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The global equity premium revisited : what human rights Imply for assets’ purchasing power
Białkowski, Je̜drzej; Ronn, Ehud I. - 2017
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Additive nonparametric instrumental regressions : a guide to implementation
Centorrino, Samuele; Fève, Frédérique; Florens, … - 2015 - This version: October 19, 2015
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Workplace peer effects in fertility decisions
De Paola, Maria; Nisticò, Roberto; Scoppa, Vincenzo - 2024
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Natural resource windfalls in nonproducing areas
Ome, Alejandro; Pérez, Javier - 2022
We study the impact of natural resource royalties on educational outcomes in Colombia. We analyze a reform enacted in 2012 that made the distribution of these royalties more equitable. Before the reform, most royalties were assigned to the regions where the natural resources were exploited; with...
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