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作者：Korchmina, Elena; Malinowski, Mikolaj
作者单位：University of Bologna; University of Groningen
摘要：We measure pre- and post-tax income inequality in Moscow Province in 1811. We collect new data on incomes for 7,399 asset-holding households, including all registered aristocrats and merchants. We estimate the average incomes of 21 additional social groups using financial records from government and private businesses. Combining this data, we construct a social table and measure top-tier income concentration, Gini coefficient, and the Extraction Ratio. Our findings reveal that serfdom resulted...
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作者：Chuchko, Marina
作者单位：Vienna University of Economics & Business
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作者：Agudo, David Gonzalez
作者单位：University of Valencia
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作者：Quinn, William; Turner, John D.
作者单位：Queens University Belfast
摘要：How do different types of investors perform during financial bubbles? Using a rich archival source, we explore investor performance during the British bicycle mania of the 1890s. We find that directors and employees of cycle companies reduced their holdings substantially during the crash. Those holding shares after the crash were generally not from groups stereotypically thought of as na & iuml;ve, but gentlemen living near a stock exchange, who had sufficient time, money, and opportunity to e...
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作者：Green, Allison
作者单位：Princeton University
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作者：de la Croix, David; Morault, Pauline
作者单位：Universite Bourgogne Europe; Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS); CY Cergy Paris Universite
摘要：Using a new database of European academics, we build a network of universities that is based on professors' mobility. We describe how the network was altered following the Protestant Reformation. We focus on fragmentation and on universities' centrality. Dyadic regressions confirm that geography and vernacular languages were important for mobility, but did not substitute for religion. We compare simulated networks with and without religious identity. Most universities lose centrality in the si...
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作者：Goehring, Grant
作者单位：Boston University
摘要：In the late 1800s, city leaders in the United States established red-light districts to contain prostitution. Progressive Era reformers argued these districts harmed public health, prompting their closure in the 1910s. This paper analyzes how closing the red-light districts affected neighborhood composition and public health. I find infant mortality from premature births and congenital defects increased after closure, which is consistent with an increase in congenital syphilis. There was also ...
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作者：Thomson, David K.
作者单位：Sacred Heart University
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作者：Jalil, Andrew
作者单位：Occidental College
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作者：Lennard, Jason; Paker, Meredith M.
作者单位：London School Economics & Political Science; University of London; London School Economics & Political Science; Centre for Economic Policy Research - UK; Grinnell College
摘要：This paper evaluates how a major policy shift-the suspension of the gold standard in September 1931-affected employment outcomes in interwar Britain. We use a new high-frequency industry-level dataset and difference-in-differences techniques to isolate the impact of devaluation on exporters. At the micro level, the break from gold reduced the unemployment rate by 2.7 percentage points for export-intensive industries relative to non-export industries. At the aggregate level, this effect stimula...
