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作者：York University - Canada
摘要：Under the Civil War pension act of 1862, Union Army widows were entitled to pensions; however, they lost these pensions if they remarried. Using a database compiled from widows' pension files, I estimate the effect this had on widows' remarriage decisions. I find that receiving a pension lowered the hazard rate of remarriage by 25 percent, which implies an increase in the median time to remarriage of 3.5 years. Among older women, the effect is greater. These results suggest that many Union Arm...
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作者：Franklin, Sarah L.
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作者：University of Colorado System; University of Colorado Boulder
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作者：University of Tennessee System; University of Tennessee Knoxville
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作者：University of Ulsan
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作者：University of Kansas
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作者：University of British Columbia
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作者：University of Colorado System; University of Colorado Boulder
摘要：When private incentives are insufficient, a big push by government may lead to industrialization. This article uses mobilization for WWII to test the big push hypothesis in the context of postwar industrialization in the American South. Specifically, I investigate the role of capital deepening at the county level using newly assembled data on the location and value of wartime investment. Despite a boom in manufacturing activity during the war, the evidence is not consistent with differential p...
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作者：University of Wollongong; University of Wollongong; University of Wollongong
摘要：Outside of the United States, few studies have estimated the effects of World War II service. In Australia, general war-time conscription and minimal involvement in the Korean War led to large cohort differences in military service rates, which we use for identification. We find a small, temporary negative effect on employment and a substantial positive effect on post-school qualifications, but not at the university level. While service increased home ownership slightly, it greatly reduced out...
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作者：Rice University
