Journal of Economic History

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• Whitelashing: Black Politicians, Taxes, and Violence AI翻译
  作者：University System of Ohio; Ohio State University; National Bureau of Economic Research
  摘要：This paper provides the first evidence of the effect of tax policy on violent attacks against Black politicians. I find a positive effect of local tax revenue on subsequent violence against Black politicians. A dollar increase in per capita county taxes in 1870 increased the likelihood of a violent attack by more than 25 percent. The result is robust to controls for numerous economic, historical, and political factors. I also find counties where Black officeholders were attacked have the large...
• How the World Became Rich. The Historical Origins of Economic Growth AI翻译
  作者：Universidad Carlos III de Madrid
• The Historical Gender Gap Index: A Longitudinal and Spatial Assessment of Sweden, 1870-1990 AI翻译
  作者：Lund University; Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts & Sciences; International Institute of Social History (IISH-KNAW)
  摘要：This paper investigates the evolution of gender equality in Sweden during a phase characterized by industrialization, urbanization, and demographic transition. To this end, we build a database with quantitative indicators to construct a spatial Historical Gender Gap Index. We find that after a period of stagnation, Sweden made significant progress in closing the gender gap from the 1940s onward to reach the high level of gender equality that it is now famous for. The empirical exploration of t...
• Internal Borders and Population Geography in the Unification of Italy (vol 83, pg 747, 2023) AI翻译
  作者：A'Hearn, Brian; Rueda, Valeria
• The Efficiency of Occupational Licensing during the Gilded and Progressive Eras: Evidence from Judicial Review AI翻译
  作者：Kanazawa, Mark Tooru
  摘要：This paper proposes a novel approach to assessing the efficiency and distributional consequences of occupational licensing statutes during the Gilded and Progressive eras, based on the practice of judicial review. At the time, state judges ruling on the constitutionality of police powers regulation operated under powerful legal norms that militated against redistribution and class legislation. Evidence presented in the paper strongly suggests that judges were significantly more likely to uphol...
• State Capacity, Property Rights, and External Revenues: Haiti, 1932-1949 AI翻译
  作者：Utah System of Higher Education; Utah State University
  摘要：External revenues blunt investments in fiscal capacity. But how do external revenues affect investments in legal capacity? In a simple model of state capacity investment, external revenues should be positively correlated with investments in legal capacity. But this implication could flip if fiscal capacity lowers the cost of legal capacity investments. I test the model by looking at Haiti in 1942 when U.S. mobilization caused a negative shock to external revenues. Contrary to the basic model, ...
• The Impact of Business Cycle Conditions on Firm Dynamics and Composition AI翻译
  作者：Artunc, Cihan
  摘要：This paper estimates the causal impact of short-term aggregate fluctuations in Egypt, 1911-48, using global cotton price shocks. Firm entry was procyclical, and exit was acyclical. There were persistent differences between cohorts over the cycle; expansionary cohorts were of lower quality. The evidence supports models of firm entry with ex-ante heterogeneity. The findings highlight the extensive margin of entry as the primary adjustment mechanism. As a result, recessions had a strong isolation...
• Technology Transfer and Early Industrial Development: Evidence from the Sino-Soviet Alliance AI翻译
  作者：University of California System; University of California Los Angeles; Tsinghua University
• Can Pensions Save Lives? Evidence from the Introduction of Old-Age Assistance in the UK AI翻译
  作者：Jager, Philipp
• Rooted to the Soil: Social Housing and Population in Ireland since 1911 AI翻译
  作者：Trinity College Dublin; Queens University Belfast