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Real wages and labour productivity in Britain and Germany, 1871-1938: a unified approach to the international comparison of living standards
Broadberry, Stephen; Burhop, Carsten - 2009
Throughout the period 1871-1938, the average British worker was better off than the average German worker, but there were significant differences between major sectors. For the aggregate economy, the real wage gap was about the same as the labour productivity gap, but again there were important...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010266982
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The Economic Effects of the Protestant Reformation: Testing the Weber Hypothesis in the German Lands
Cantoni, Davide - 2013
Following Max Weber, many theories have hypothesized that Protestantism should have favored economic development. With its religious heterogeneity, the Holy Roman Empire presents an ideal testing ground for this hypothesis. Using population figures of 272 cities in the years 1300–1900, I find...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010427659
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The economic effects of the protestant reformation : testing the Weber hypothesis in the German lands
Cantoni, Davide - 2013
Following Max Weber, many theories have hypothesized that Protestantism should have favored economic development. With its religious heterogeneity, the Holy Roman Empire presents an ideal testing ground for this hypothesis. Using population figures of 272 cities in the years 1300-1900, I find no...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009747005
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The Economic Effects of the Protestant Reformation: Testing the Weber Hypothesis in the German Lands
Cantoni, Davide - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2013
Following Max Weber, many theories have hypothesized that Protestantism should have favored economic development. With its religious heterogeneity, the Holy Roman Empire presents an ideal testing ground for this hypothesis. Using population figures of 272 cities in the years 1300–1900, I find...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011210862
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The Economic Effects of the Protestant Reformation: Testing the Weber Hypothesis in the German Lands
Cantoni, Davide - Barcelona Graduate School of Economics (Barcelona GSE) - 2010
Many theories, most famously Max Webers essay on the Protestant ethic, have hypothesized that Protestantism should have favored economic development. With their considerable religious heterogeneity and stability of denominational affiliations until the 19th century, the German Lands of the Holy...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010547482
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Pandemics and Political Development : The Electoral Legacy of the Black Death in Germany
Gingerich, Daniel; Vogler, Jan P. - 2020
Do pandemics have lasting consequences for political behavior? We address this question by examining the consequences of the most deadly pandemic of the last millennium: the Black Death (1347-1351). Our claim is that pandemics can influence politics in the long run if they impose sufficient loss...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014099500
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Real Wages and Labour Productivity in Britain and Germany, 1871-1938 : A Unified Approach to the International Comparison of Living Standards
Broadberry, Stephen N.; Burhop, Carsten - 2009
Throughout the period 1871-1938, the average British worker was better off than the average German worker, but there were significant differences between major sectors. For the aggregate economy, the real wage gap was about the same as the labour productivity gap, but again there were important...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014206968
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The economic effects of the Protestant Reformation: Testing the Weber hypothesis in the German Lands
Cantoni, Davide - Department of Economics and Business, Universitat … - 2010
Many theories, most famously Max Weber’s essay on the “Protestant ethic,” have hypothesized that Protestantism should have favored economic development. With their considerable religious heterogeneity and stability of denominational affiliations until the 19th century, the German Lands of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008804609
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Trade shocks, labour markets and elections in the first globalisation
Bräuer, Richard; Hungerland, Wolf-Fabian; Kersting, Felix - 2021
the Americas - in Prussia during the first globalisation (1871-1913). We show that this shock accelerated the structural … in cultivated crops within Prussia and instrument with Italian trade data to isolate exogenous variation. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012643303
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Trade shocks, labor markets and elections in the first globalization
Bräuer, Richard; Hungerland, Wolf-Fabian; Kersting, Felix - 2021
the Americas - in Prussia during the first globalization (1871-1913). We show that this shock accelerated the structural … do not observe declining per capita income, health outcomes or political polarization in counties aected by foreign …-regional variation in cultivated crops within Prussia and instrument with Italian trade data to isolate exogenous variation. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012653510