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Usury, slavery, and limited liability

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, namely, the abolition of slavery and the evolution of bankruptcy laws. This paper investigates the welfare implications of … sub-optimal outcomes under the institutions of slavery and unlimited liability. The abolition of slavery and the …

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"The same contract that is suitable for your Excellency" : immigration and emulation in the adoption of sharecropping-cum-debt arrangements in Brazil (1835-80)

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Slavery, cliometrics and the Austrian school of economics

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Chapter 3 Historical Perspectives on Racial Differences in Schooling in the United States

Collins, William J.; Margo, Robert A. - In: Handbook of the economics of education : volume 1, (pp. 107-154). 2006

In this chapter we present an overview of the history of racial differences in schooling in the United States. We present basic data on literacy, school attendance, educational attainment, various measures of school quality, and the returns to schooling. Then, in the context of a simple model of...

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