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Shadow empires : an alternative imperial history

Barfield, Thomas Jefferson - 2023

course of history, include the imperial nomad confederacies that arose in Mongolia and extorted resources from China rather …

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The Costs and Benefits of Clan Culture : Elite Control versus Cooperation in China

Chen, Shuo; Fisman, Raymond; Lan, Xiaohuan; Wang, Yongxiang - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2024

Kinship ties are a common institution that may facilitate in-group coordination and cooperation. Yet their benefits - or lack thereof - depend crucially on the broader institutional environment. We study how the prevalence of clan ties affect how communities confronted two well-studied...

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The Moral Values of "Rugged Individualism"

Bazzi, Samuel; Fiszbein, Martín; Garcia, Maximiliano - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2024

distinctive cultural configuration to the country's frontier history. The frontier favored self-reliance, but also rewarded … history are more particularistic, displaying stronger opposition to federal taxes relative to state taxes, stronger communal … time, connections across counties display assortative matching on frontier history, highlighting the important role of …

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Gendered Change : 150 Years of Transformation in US Hours

Ngai, Liwa Rachel; Olivetti, Claudia; Petrongolo, Barbara - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2024

Women's contribution to the economy has been markedly underestimated in predominantly agricultural societies, due to their widespread involvement in unpaid agricultural work. Combining data from the US Census and several early sources, we create a consistent measure of male and female employment...

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How Successful Public Health Interventions Fail : Regulating Prostitution in Nineteenth-Century Britain

Goehring, Grant; Hanlon, W. Walker - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2024

Public health interventions often involve a trade-off between improving health and protecting individual rights. We study this trade-off in a high-stakes setting: prostitution regulations aimed at reducing the spread of sexually transmitted infections (STIs) in Victorian Britain. These...

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