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The in-hospital mortality rates of slaves and freemen: evidence from Touro infirmary, New Orleans, Louisiana, 1855 - 1860
Pritchett, Jonathan; Yun, Myeong-Su - 2008
Using a rich sample of admission records from New Orleans Touro Infirmary, we examine the in-hospital mortality risk of free and enslaved patients. Despite a higher mortality rate in the general population, slaves were significantly less likely to die in the hospital than the whites. We analyze...
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The evolution of the racial gap in education and the legacy of slavery
Bertocchi, Graziella; Dimico, Arcangelo - 2011
determined by the initial gap. We obtain these results with 2SLS estimates where slavery is used as an instrument for the initial … gap. The excludability of slavery is preliminarily established by instrumenting it with the share of disembarked slaves … initial racial gap in education and that slavery affects growth indirectly through this channel. …
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Web use and offshoring
Hanley, Aoife; Ott, Ingrid - 2009
Formulating a model which summarises transportation costs, uncertainty and price, we describe how a switch to ICT …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010265246
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Strategic Climate Cooperation and Greenhouse Gas Price Coordination
Clausing, Kimberly A.; Cramton, Peter C.; Ockenfels, Axel; … - In: Intereconomics 59 (2024) 1, pp. 55-56
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Access and Interconnection Pricing Issues in Telecommunications
Vogelsang, Ingo - In: CESifo DICE Report 04 (2006) 3, pp. 3-9
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Taiwan`s domestic politics since the presidential elections 2000
Halbeisen, Hermann - 2003
This paper looks at several developments that have taken place in domestic politics on Taiwan since the election of Chen Shui-bian as president of the Republic of China on Taiwan in 1998. After discussing the political successes and failures of the incumbent Chen administration, it analyses its...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010302323
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Clubs of autocrats: Regional organizations and authoritarian survival
Debre, Maria J. - In: The Review of International Organizations 17 (2021) 3, pp. 485-511
While scholars have argued that membership in Regional Organizations (ROs) can increase the likelihood of democratization, we see many autocratic regimes surviving in power albeit being members of several ROs. This article argues that this is the case because these regimes are often members in...
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The politicization of world politics and its effects: Eight propositions
Zürn, Michael - In: European Political Science Review 6 (2014) 1, pp. 47-71
World politics is no longer a matter of executive multilateralism and technocratic expert decisions. What we see instead is the politicization of international institutions – a twofold process of growing resistance to and the more intensive utilization of these institutions. After providing...
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Togo - 2018: Domestic politics, foreign affairs, socio-economic development
Kohnert, Dirk - In: Africa Yearbook Volume 15 - Politics, economy and …, (pp. 179-188). 2019
Throughout the year the controversial legislative elections dominated the political landscape. Huge anti-government demonstrations that called in vain for political alternance. The legislative elections of 20 December 2018, boycotted by the major opposition parties, resulted in an easy victory...
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The Legacies of Slavery in and out of Africa
Bertocchi, Graziella - 2015
The slave trades out of Africa represent one of the most significant forced migration experiences in history. In this paper I illustrate their long-term consequences. I first consider the influence of the slave trade on the "sending" countries in Africa, with attention to their economic,...
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