Labor Scarcity, Technology Adoption and Innovation: Evidence from the Cholera Pandemics in 19th Century France
In: CEPR Discussion Paper No. DP16928
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In: CEPR Discussion Paper No. DP16928
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In: European journal of political economy, Band 21, Heft 4, S. 1071-1076
ISSN: 1873-5703
This article assesses the reasons that led a majority of French voters to reject the 29 October 2004 Treaty Establishing a Constitution for Europe. Their reasons are less connected with the Treaty itself than with a fear of loss of national sovereignty, immigration, & relocation of firms to European countries where the workforce is cheaper. Tables, References. [Copyright 2005 Elsevier B.V.]
In: European Journal of Political Economy, Band 20, Heft 4, S. 1100-1101
In: Economic Inquiry, Band 48, Heft 4, S. 841-859
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In: CESifo Working Paper No. 10885
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In: CEPR Discussion Paper No. DP12278
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In: NBER Working Paper No. w23197
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In: NBER Working Paper No. w23701
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In: NBER Working Paper No. w23936
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In: CESifo Working Paper Series No. 5485
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In: CESifo Working Paper Series No. 5354
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In: American political science review, Band 106, Heft 2, S. 294-325
ISSN: 1537-5943
In this article we reassess the role of ethnic favoritism in sub-Saharan Africa. Using data from 18 African countries, we study how the primary education and infant mortality of ethnic groups were affected by changes in the ethnicity of the countries' leaders during the last 50 years. Our results indicate that the effects of ethnic favoritism are large and widespread, thus providing support for ethnicity-based explanations of Africa's underdevelopment. We also conduct a cross-country analysis of ethnic favoritism in Africa. We find that ethnic favoritism is less prevalent in countries with one dominant religion. In addition, our evidence suggests that stronger fiscal capacity may have enabled African leaders to provide more ethnic favors in education but not in infant mortality. Finally, political factors, linguistic differences, and patterns of ethnic segregation are found to be poor predictors of ethnic favoritism.
In: American political science review, Band 106, Heft 2, S. 294-326
ISSN: 0003-0554
In: International journal of forecasting, Band 23, Heft 1, S. 71-84
ISSN: 0169-2070
In: IZA Discussion Paper No. 9758
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