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作者:Yale University; University of Murcia; Auburn University System; Auburn University
摘要:We use data from marriage records in Murcia, Spain, in the eighteenth century to study the role of women in social mobility in the pre-modern era. Our measure of social standing is identification as a don or dona, an honorific denoting high, though not necessarily noble, status. We show that this measure, which is acquired over the lifecycle, shows gendered transmission patterns. In particular, same-sex transmission is stronger than opposite-sex, for both sons and daughters. The relative trans...
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作者:Weller, Leonardo
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作者:University of York - UK
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作者:University of Nottingham
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作者:University of California System; University of California Davis
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作者:University of Colorado System; University of Colorado Boulder; University of Victoria; University of Bonn; IZA Institute Labor Economics; University of Bonn; University of British Columbia
摘要:Abundant land and strong property rights are conventionally viewed as key factors underpinning U.S. economic development success. This view relies on the Pristine Myth of an empty undeveloped land, but the abundant land of North America was already made productive and was the recognized territory of sovereign Indigenous Nations. We demonstrate that the development of strong property rights for European/American settlers was mirrored by the attenuation and increasing disregard of Indigenous pro...
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作者:University of Pennsylvania
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作者:Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
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作者:Lund University
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作者:University of Valencia; Universite de Montreal
摘要:We study the effects of domestic conflict and external shocks on Spanish trade policy in the interwar period. Our account mobilizes a new granular dataset on exports and imports, and good-country level information on tariffs, trade agreements, and quotas. Into the Depression, the mainstay of policy was the tariff. The establishment of the Second Republic in 1931 was a turning point in policymaking. The new regime initiated bilateral trade negotiations. The Republic's dilemma was to find countr...