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Trade and geography in the economic origins of Islam : theory and evidence
Michalopulos, Stelios; Naghavi, Alireza; Prarolo, Giovanni - 2010 - This draft: May, 2010
religious principles of Islam affecting its economic trajectory in the preindustrial world. -- Religion ; Islam ; Geography … systematically larger along the pre-Islamic trade routes in the Old World. The theory argues that this particular type of geography …, capital accumulation remained low and wealth inequality bounded. Geography and trade shaped the set of economically relevant …
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Unequal transition : the widening wealth gap amidst China's rapid growth
Jiang, Yangtian; Zheng, Yu; Zhu, Lijun - 2023
possible growth-equity trade-offs. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014314291
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Land accumulation dynamics in developing country agriculture
Henderson, Heath; Corral, Leonardo; Simning, Eric; … - 2014
Understanding land accumulation dynamics is relevant for policy makers interested in the economic effects of land inequality in developing country agriculture. We thus explore and simultaneously test the leading theories of microlevel land accumulation dynamics using unique panel data from...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011286681
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Farm size and income distribution of Latin American agriculture : new perspectives on an old issue
Gáfaro, Margarita; Ibáñez, Ana María; … - 2023
Latin American and Caribbean countries have historically been known for their rates of land inequality, highest in the world. However, these countries also exhibit a high degree of heterogeneity in their patterns of land concentration and average farm sizes. These cross-country differences play...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014536736
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Religion as an unemployment insurance and the basis of support for public safety nets : the case of Latin America and the Caribbean
Pecha, Camilo; Ruprah, Inder S. - 2015
This paper explores the role of religion in mitigating the degree to which unemployment reduces subjective well … method to tease out a causal relation between religion and well-being. We find that religion acts as a buffer: Unemployed …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011292968
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Countering misinformation with targeted messages : experimental evidence using mobile phones
Armand, Alex; Augsburg, Britta; Bancalari, Antonella; … - 2021
into either Muslim or Hindu, guaranteeing exogenous variation in religion concordance between messenger and recipient … misconceptions are observed only when there is religion concordance and mainly for religious-salient misconceptions. Correcting …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012612903
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Household saving and labor informality : the case of Chile
Schclarek, Alfredo; Caggia, Mauricio - 2015
This paper compares the saving behavior of formal and informal workers and additionally provides a socioeconomic and financial characterization of informal workers in Chile. The paper uses the Financial Household Survey conducted by the Central Bank of Chile in 2007, 2008, 2009 and 2010, which...
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Informal finance : a theory of moneylenders
Madestam, Andreas - 2009
I study the coexistence of formal and informal finance in underdeveloped credit markets. While weak institutions constrain formal banks, shallow pockets hamper informal lenders. In such economies, informal finance has two effects. By increasing the investment return it decreases borrowers'...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008821863
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Targeting credit through community members
Vera Cossío, Diego Alejandro - 2019
Limited borrower information may create targeting distortions in credit markets. Community-based lending programs may reduce these distortions by exploiting information transmitted in local networks, but connections may create asymmetries in power. This paper analyzes how local leaders balance...
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Coastal proximity and individual living standards : econometric evidence from geo-referenced household surveys
Wild, Frederik; Stadelmann, David - 2021
We investigate geo-referenced household-level data consisting of up to 206,896 individuals living in 21,826 localities across 28 sub-Saharan African countries over 20 years. We analyse the relevance of coastal proximity as a predictor of individual economic living standards. Our setting allows...
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