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Gender inequality in urban British Africa: Evidence from Anglican marriage registers

The Economic History Review, EarlyView.
Abstract We examine the colonial origins and evolution of gender inequality in mission schooling and formal labour force participation across six cities in British colonial Africa, using marriage register data for some 30,000 Anglican brides and grooms well‐positioned to benefit from colonial educational and employment opportunities.
Felix Meier zu Selhausen, Jacob Weisdorf
wiley   +1 more source

Strategy or Necessity? The Determinants of Marriage Between Relatives in the Barcelona Area, Sixteenth-Nineteenth Centuries. [PDF]

Am J Hum Biol
Ruíz García J, Pujadas-Mora JM, López-Villanueva C.   +2 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Public support for tax policies in COVID-19 times: evidence from Luxembourg. [PDF]

Int Tax Public Financ, 2022
Olivera J, Van Kerm P.
europepmc   +1 more source

Declining female participation: Mechanisms at play in the Viennese private annuity market, c. 1360–1450

The Economic History Review, EarlyView.
Abstract During the high and late Middle Ages, the European economy witnessed the emergence and substantial growth of capital markets, a phenomenon connected to urbanization and pestilence, both of which brought profound changes to the social, legal, and economic positions of women.
Anna Molnár
wiley   +1 more source

Examining how fiscal policies influence innovation in TCM enterprises: the role of R&D investment and executives with pharmaceutical backgrounds. [PDF]

Front Public Health
Guo D, Qi L, Song X.
europepmc   +1 more source

The evolution of economic and political inequality: minding the gap. [PDF]

Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci, 2023
Carlisle JE, Maloney TN.
europepmc   +1 more source

Women in business: Gender and commercial space in nineteenth‐century Glasgow

The Economic History Review, EarlyView.
Abstract Focusing on women entrepreneurs in a large British city, we examine how women's commercially listed businesses populated that city. Using commercial property rental records, our study allows us to understand sectoral variation and the distribution of businesses across the city and to assess both the absolute and relative contribution of women ...
Graeme Acheson, Gill Newton, Linda Perriton   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

State formation across cultures and the role of grain, intensive agriculture, taxation and writing. [PDF]

Nat Hum Behav
Opie C, Atkinson QD.
europepmc   +1 more source

Economic inequality and social mobility in preindustrial societies: What we know, what we don't (but should) know

The Economic History Review, EarlyView.
Abstract In recent years economic inequality has become a major research topic in economic history. However, much remains to be done to complete our knowledge of long‐term distributive dynamics. This article highlights several promising avenues for future research, focusing on the preindustrial period.
Guido Alfani
wiley   +1 more source

Elite persistence in family: The role of adoption in prewar Japan

The Economic History Review, EarlyView.
Abstract Why do elite families often maintain their social and economic status across generations? This paper examines the role of adoption in sustaining elite persistence in prewar Japan. Under the Japanese inheritance system, families without a biological son could adopt an heir to continue the family lineage and transfer assets and social status ...
Hiroshi Kumanomido, Yutaro Takayasu
wiley   +1 more source