Journal of Economic History

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• A History of Financial Crises: Dreams and Follies of Expectations AI翻译
  作者：Wellesley College
• Common Tongue: The Impact of Language on Educational Outcomes AI翻译
  作者：Indian School of Business (ISB)
  摘要：This article investigates the impact of official language policies on education using state formation in India. Colonial provinces consisted of some districts where the official language matched the district's language and some where it did not. Linguistically mismatched districts have 18.0 percent lower literacy rates and 20.1 percent lower college graduation rates, driven by difficulty in acquiring education due to a different medium of instruction in schools. Educational achievement caught ...
• Marketing and Pricing Risk in Marine Insurance in Sixteenth-Century Antwerp AI翻译
  作者：University of Antwerp; University of Antwerp
  摘要：Drawing on a set of insurance contracts brokered in Antwerp in 1562-1563, we demonstrate that by that time Antwerp hosted a sophisticated, large, and international market for marine insurance in which small and large traders could acquire and sell insurance, backed by the intermediation of a large broker, Juan Henriquez who functioned as an open-access institution. Using information from Henriquez's ledgers which was also available to underwriters, we find that insurance premiums reflected the...
• The (South) American Dream: Mobility and Economic Outcomes of First- and Second-Generation Immigrants in Nineteenth-Century Argentina AI翻译
  作者：University of California System; University of California Davis
  摘要：I study the mobility and economic outcomes of European immigrants and their children in nineteenth-century Argentina, the second largest destination country during the Age of Mass Migration. I use new data linking males across censuses and passenger lists of arrivals to Buenos Aires. First-generation immigrants experienced faster occupational upgrading than natives. Occupational mobility was substantial relative to Europe; immigrants holding unskilled occupations upon arrival experienced high ...
• The Engine of Enterprise: Credit in America AI翻译
  作者：Hansen, Bradley A.
• The Midas Paradox: Financial Markets, Government Policy Shocks, and the Great Depression AI翻译
  作者：University of Mississippi
• Taxes and the Choice of Organizational Form in Late Nineteenth Century Japan AI翻译
  作者：University of Osaka; Australian National University
  摘要：How do changes to taxation policy affect the organizational choices of firms? Using historical firm data constructed from Japanese corporate genealogies, we examine the short-run impact of introducing a personal income tax (PIT) in 1887 on tax-motivated incorporation. Between 1880 and 1892, we find that the introduction of PIT increased the share of incorporated firms by more than 3 percentage points, indicating firms chose their organizational structure to avoid new taxation. Furthermore, our...
• Selling Power: Economics, Policy, and Electric Utilities Before 1940. AI翻译
  作者：Melbourne Genomics Health Alliance
• State, Economy, and the Great Divergence: Great Britain and China, 1680s-1850s AI翻译
  作者：Williams College
• The National Rise in Residential Segregation AI翻译
  作者：University System of Ohio; Ohio State University; National Bureau of Economic Research; William & Mary; National Bureau of Economic Research
  摘要：Exploiting complete census manuscript files, we derive a new segregation measure using the racial similarity of next-door neighbors. The fineness of our measure reveals new facts not captured by traditional segregation indices. First, segregation doubled nationally from 1880 to 1940. Second, contrary to prior estimates, Southern urban areas were the most segregated in the country and remained so over time. Third, increasing segregation in the twentieth century was not strictly driven by urbani...