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War, finance, and mercantilism -- Great divergence, fiscal-military state and economic policy -- From trading cities to territorial states -- The "military revolution" -- The rise of the fiscal state -- Different paths to public finance and fiscal systems -- European states and the crisis of the...
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Ethnicity has become an increasingly important factor in neighborhood formation in many developed economies. We specify … among people of one's own ethnic group, but in a sufficiently diverse neighborhood. We discuss ways to extend and apply our …
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We estimate the parameters of a dynamic, forward-looking neighborhood choice model in 197 metro areas where households … each household type. Thus, the instrument predicts variation in neighborhood-level racial shares, which for a given within …
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This paper introduces a new measure of residential segregation based on individual-level data. We exploit complete census manuscript files to derive a measure of segregation based upon the racial similarity of next-door neighbors. Our measure allows us to analyze segregation consistently and...
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This paper introduces a new measure of residential segregation based on individual-level data. We exploit complete census manuscript files to derive a measure of segregation based upon the racial similarity of next-door neighbors. Our measure allows us to analyze segregation consistently and...
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, especially after individual, social origin and childhood neighborhood characteristics have been taken into consideration. Using a … deprived area brings no benefits for future neighborhood outcomes. Ethnic groups’ unequal access to neighborhoods suggests that … group-specific preferences and constrains play a role in neighborhood attainment …
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that firms led by neighborhood CEOs – defined by physical distance and personal values - exhibit better workplace … CEOs who emphasize neighborhood engagement adopt a management style tilted toward employees’ welfare …
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This paper identifies racial neighborhood effects at the transaction level. By matching two large micro-datasets (ZTRAX … and HMDA) for the state of Virginia, we pin down the impact of a marginal change of racial composition in a neighborhood … potential mechanisms that might explain the effects, including reverse causality and neighborhood expansions …
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how the distinct neighborhood contexts in which different racial and ethnic groups reside explain variations in criminal … ethnicity. At the neighborhood-level, black youth tend to reside in areas with significantly higher levels of concentrated … poverty than other youth, and lower levels of collective efficacy than white youth. Variations in neighborhood tolerance of …
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