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Institutions and Growth Dynamics in Latin America, 1801–2015

open access: yesEconomics of Transition and Institutional Change, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Institutions are regularly blamed for poor economic performance, and Latin America is often used as the prime example of the potentially damaging effects of inadequate institutions on economic development. In this paper, annual data is constructed over the past two centuries for seven Latin American countries and for few advanced settler ...
Miethy Zaman
wiley   +1 more source

Moving from opportunity: Intergenerational mobility of rural–urban return migrants in Sweden, 1890s–1940s

open access: yesThe Economic History Review, EarlyView.
Abstract Using a novel longitudinal dataset, we study the intergenerational mobility of rural–urban migrants who returned to the countryside in due course. By examining pairs of brothers during the entire migration lifecycle – from childhood until age 34 – we estimate the effect of temporarily relocating to an urban area on occupational income over the
Jonatan Andersson
wiley   +1 more source

A U‐shaped curve of female entrepreneurs? The development of women's entrepreneurship in the Netherlands, 1899–2020

open access: yesThe Economic History Review, EarlyView.
Abstract Many economic historians have shown that the relationship between female labour force participation and economic development is U‐shaped. However, most studies on this phenomenon do not differentiate between female wage labourers and entrepreneurs.
Selin Dilli, Corinne Boter
wiley   +1 more source

Close and more distant relatives are associated with child mortality risk in historical Finland. [PDF]

open access: yesEvol Hum Sci
Lahdenperä M   +5 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Lawnmower Poetry and the Poetry of Lawnmowers

open access: yes
Critical Quarterly, EarlyView.
Francesca Gardner
wiley   +1 more source

No gold‐diggers here: Women investors in colonial Australian mining

open access: yesThe Economic History Review, EarlyView.
Abstract We draw upon an extensive database of investors in colonial Australian mining, during the 1850s–80s, to provide the first historical analysis of the nature of women's share investing in Australia. Women were a minority of investors by number and value of holdings and faced a series of obstacles, yet their presence grew throughout the period ...
Grant Fleming   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

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