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Slavery, education, and inequality
Bertocchi, Graziella; Dimico, Arcangelo - In: European Economic Review 70 (2014) C, pp. 197-209
We investigate the effect of slavery on the current level of income inequality across US counties. We find that a larger proportion of slaves over population in 1860 persistently increases inequality, and in particular inequality across races. We also show that a crucial channel of transmission...
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Slavery, Education, and Inequality
Bertocchi, Graziella; Dimico, Arcangelo - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2010
alternative channels of transmission between slavery and inequality: a land inequality theory, a racial discrimination theory and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008742948
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Slavery, Education, and Inequality
Bertocchi, Graziella; Dimico, Arcangelo - Dipartimento di Economia "Marco Biagi", Università … - 2010
alternative channels of transmission between slavery and inequality: a land inequality theory, a racial discrimination theory and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008671740
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Slavery, Education, and Inequality
Bertocchi, Graziella; Dimico, Arcangelo - Rimini Centre for Economic Analysis (RCEA) - 2010
alternative channels of transmission between slavery and inequality: a land inequality theory, a racial discrimination theory and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008675794
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Slavery, Education, and Inequality
Bertocchi, Graziella; Dimico, Arcangelo - Dipartimento di Economia "Marco Biagi", Università … - 2010
three alternative channels of transmission between slavery and inequality: a land inequality theory, a racial discrimination …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008802462
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Measuring electoral competitiveness : with application to the Indian States
Bhusana Dash, Bharatee; Ferris, John Stephen; Winer, … - 2018
We consider alternative methods of measuring the competitiveness of a majoritarian electoral system in the context of an analysis of Indian State elections. Our analysis highlights a number of weaknesses in the construction and interpretation of commonly used measures such as the effective...
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The determinants of livelihood graduation of rural poor women in Bangladesh : experiences from RMP
Al-Mamun, Abdullah; Bilkes, Farzana - In: Bangladesh journal of political economy 26 (2010) 1, pp. 67-82
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Determinants of participation in self-help-groups (SHG) and its impact on women empowerment
Mohapatra, Simantini; Sahoo, Bimal Kishore - In: Indian growth and development review 9 (2016) 1, pp. 53-78
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Do Trade Preferences Impact the Working Poverty Rate? Case Study on Bangladesh
Khorana, Sangeeta; Caram, Santiago; Biagetti, Marco - 2022
Bangladesh is set to graduate from the least developed country status. Currently, Bangladesh benefits from preferential … Bangladesh’s position as a major exporter of ready-made garments to the European Union. This paper examines whether preferential … market access for exports supported poverty reduction in Bangladesh. We test the relationship with a fixed-effects estimator …
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Rural credit and cooperative development
Verma, Sawalia Bihari (contributor) - 2006
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