作者：University of Melbourne
作者：University of British Columbia; Canadian Institute for Advanced Research (CIFAR); University of Barcelona
摘要：We exploit the records of a large Toledan hospital to study the compensation of female labor and the gender wage gap in early modern Castile in the context of nursing-a non-gendered, low-skill occupation in which men and women performed the same clearly defined tasks. We employ a robust methodology to estimate the value of in-kind compensation, and show it to constitute a central part of the labor contract, far exceeding subsistence requirements. Patient admissions records are used to measure ...
作者：Lund University; University of Groningen; University of London; London School Economics & Political Science; Stellenbosch University
摘要：The institutions that governed most of the rural population in British colonial Africa have been neglected in the literature on colonialism. We use new data on local governments, or Native Authorities, to present the first quantitative comparison of African institutions under indirect rule in four colonies in 1948: Nigeria, the Gold Coast, Nyasaland, and Kenya. Tax data show that Native Authorities' capacity varied within and between colonies, due to both underlying economic inequalities and A...
作者：University of London; London School Economics & Political Science
