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作者：George Mason University
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作者：Wellesley College
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作者：California Institute of Technology; University of Cambridge
摘要：This article scrutinizes the recently postulated link between the European Marriage Pattern (EMP) and economic success. Multivariate analysis of 4,705 demographic observations, covering women's marriage age, female lifetime celibacy, and household complexity in 39 European countries, shows that the most extreme manifestations of the EMP were associated with economic stagnation rather than growth. There is no evidence that the EMP improved economic performance by empowering women, increasing hu...
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作者：University of Arizona
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作者：University of Michigan System; University of Michigan
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作者：Federal Reserve System - USA; Federal Reserve Bank - Atlanta
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作者：Australian National University
摘要：Railroads in late nineteenth-century Japan are credited with facilitating factor mobility as well as access to human and financial capital, but their impact on firms has been unclear. Using a prefecture-level panel data set and a difference-in-differences model that exploits the temporal and spatial variation of railroad expansion, I investigate the relationship between railways and increased firm activity. Rail access led to higher average firm capitalization, particularly in manufacturing, a...
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作者：Loyola University Chicago; Northwestern University
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作者：Harvard University; National Bureau of Economic Research; Harvard University; Harvard University
摘要：We study the initial expansion of public schooling across Brazilian states (1889-1930) and develop an alternative explanation of how colonial institutions may affect the provision of public goods in the long run. We find that states that exported commodities undergoing international booms, between 1889 and 1930, had significantly larger export tax revenues and could spend more on education, while other states lagged behind. Yet, such positive effect of commodity booms on education expenditures...
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作者：Yale University
