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The Black Death killed 40% of Europe's population between 1347-1352, making it one of the largest shocks in the history … of mankind. Despite its historical importance, little is known about its spatial effects and the effects of pandemics … more generally. Using a novel dataset that provides information on spatial variation in Plague mortality at the city level …
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Voigtländer and Voth argue that the Black Death shifted England towards pastoral agriculture, increasing wages for unmarried women, thereby delaying female marriage, lowering fertility, and unleashing economic growth. We show that this argument does not hold. Its crucial assumption is...
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national uprising as it highlighted continued discrimination of the African-American community. Amidst the coronavirus pandemic …
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