Search Results - person:"Strobl, Eric"

The Jamaica life expectancy paradox and hookworm eradication

Preyer, Elisabeth; Strobl, Eric - 2026

Despite stagnant economic and living conditions, early 20th-century colonial Jamaica experienced a remarkable increase in life expectancy — a phenomenon referred to as the Jamaica Paradox. One factor believed to be key in this transformation was the Hookworm Campaign (1919-1936), an...

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The creative-destructive force of hurricanes : evidence from technological adoption in colonial Jamaican sugar estates

Huesler, Joel; Strobl, Eric - 2025

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Climate adaptation in early Australian wheat farming (1860-1960)

Fileccia, Costanza Maria; Strobl, Eric - 2025

The "European" agricultural model introduced during the first British settlement in 1788 proved unsuitable for the very different Australian environment, forcing farmers to adapt creatively. This study examines how climate shaped such adaptive behavior in wheat farming in Australia from the...

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FDI spillovers in history : interwar Japanese investment in the Chinese cotton industry

Görg, Holger; Okubo, Toshihiro; Strobl, Eric; Ehrlich, … - 2025

In this paper we use comprehensive historic firm level data for 1925 to 1938 to estimate productivity spillovers from Japanese textile companies' affiliates in China (Zaikabo) to local cotton producers in China. We geo-localized firms in order to capture the important role of distance in...

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Colonial governance and resource allocation in the British West Indies (1838-1938)

Bertinelli, Luisito; Gatti, Fabio; Strobl, Eric - 2025

Plantation elites continued to dominate local colonial governments in the British West Indies even after the abolition of slavery in 1834, directing public spending towards maintaining public order and protecting their property. As such they resisted any reforms that threatened their power,...

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Modeling the impact of extreme climate events on household welfare : an empirical framework

Spencer, Nekeisha; Strobl, Eric - 2025

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Life insurance, natural disasters, and human capital investment : a case of early 20th century Japan

Okazaki, Tetsuji; Okubo, Toshihiro; Strobl, Eric - 2025

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Large fires and the rise of fire insurance in early twentieth-century Japan

Okazaki, Tetsuji; Okubo, Toshihiro; Strobl, Eric - 2025

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Transmission of natural disasters to the banking sector : evidence from thirty years of tropical storms in the Caribbean

Brei, Michael; Mohan, Preeya; Pérez-Barahona, Agustín; … - 2024

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Flooding away the economic gains from transport infrastructure : evidence from colonial Jamaica

Huesler, Joel; Strobl, Eric - 2024

We investigate how the frequent flooding that damaged the internal transport infrastructure in late 19th and early 20th colonial Jamaica affected local economies. To this end the evolution of the road and railways transport system was geo-referenced and combined with geo-localized damaging flood...

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