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Enfranchisement and Representation: Italy 1909-1913
Larcinese, Valentino - Suntory and Toyota International Centres for Economics … - 2011
This paper presents evidence on the consequences of the 1912 introduction of "quasiuniversal" male suffrage in Italy. The reform increased the electorate from slightly less than three million to 8,650,000 and left the electoral rules and the district boundaries unchanged. This allows us to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009368612
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Medieval Universities, Legal Institutions, and the Commercial Revolution
Cantoni, Davide; Yuchtman, Noam - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2012
markets in Germany. We use these data to test whether medieval universities played a causal role in expanding economic … activity, examining the foundation of Germany's first universities after 1386 following the Papal Schism. We find that the … close to universities or cities belonging to territories that included universities. Universities provided training in newly …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011227904
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Land Inequality, Education, and Marriage : Empirical Evidence from Nineteenth-Century Prussia
Cinnirella, Francesco - 2016
In this study we review the literature on the relationship between landownership inequality and the accumulation of human capital in historical perspective. Furthermore we provide new evidence on the relationship between landownership inequality and marriage patterns at the county level in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012980585
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The impact of industrialization on secondary schooling during the industrial revolution : evidence from 19th century France
Franck, Raphaël - 2023
This study explores the impact of industrialization on secondary schooling in 19th century France. As a source of exogenous variation in industrialization across the French territory, it takes advantage of the openings and closures of mines which were supervised by the Ministry of Public Works,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013486144
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The Impact of Industrialization on Secondary Schooling During the Industrial Revolution : Evidence from 19th Century France
Franck, Raphael - 2023
This study explores the impact of industrialization on secondary schooling in 19th century France. As a source of exogenous variation in industrialization across the French territory, it takes advantage of the openings and closures of mines which were supervised by the Ministry of Public Works,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014262693
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Medieval Universities, Legal Institutions, and the Commercial Revolution
Cantoni, Davide; Yuchtman, Noam - CESifo - 2013
markets in Germany. We use these data to test whether medieval universities played a causal role in expanding economic … activity, examining the foundation of Germany’s first universities after 1386 following the Papal Schism. We find that the … specifications that address concerns about the endogeneity of university location. Universities provided training in newly …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010706001
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Medieval Universities, Legal Institutions, and the Commercial Revolution
Cantoni, Davide; Yuchtman, Noam - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2014
markets in Germany. We use these data to test whether medieval universities played a causal role in expanding economic … activity, examining the foundation of Germany's first universities after 1386 following the papal schism. We find that the … specifications that address concerns about the endogeneity of university location. Universities provided training in newly …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011079276
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Landownership Concentration and the Expansion of Education
Cinnirella, Francesco; Hornung, Erik - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2013
This paper studies the effect of landownership concentration on school enrollment for nineteenth century Prussia. Prussia is an interesting laboratory given its decentralized educational system and the presence of heterogeneous agricultural institutions. We find that landownership concentration,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011084473
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From pensions to pupils? : schooling, resource constraints and old age pensions in Ireland 1901-11
Heaney, Tiarnán - 2024
A large literature argues that resource constraints inhibit human capital accumulation. We test this hypothesis using the introduction of the Old Age Pension in Ireland in 1908, evaluating its spillover on school enrolments within multigenerational households. Exploiting the OAP's age-based and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10015078720
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Modern secondary education and economic performance : the introduction of the Gewerbeschule and Realschule in nineteenth-century Bavaria
Semrad, Alexandra - 2014
Do new school types focusing on practical and business-related knowledge lead to increased economic performance? To analyze this question, this paper examines the introduction of two types of modern secondary education, the Gewerbeschule and its successor, the Realschule, in nineteenth-century...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010438296