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Why did the Netherlands develop so early? The legacy of the Brethren of the Common Life
Akçomak, İbrahim Semih; Webbink, Herman Dinand; ter … - 2013
This research provides an explanation for high literacy, economic growth and societal developments in the Netherlands in the period before the Dutch Republic. We establish a link between the Brethren of the Common Life (BCL), a religious community founded by Geert Groote in the city of Deventer...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010291384
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Why Did the Netherlands Develop So Early? The Legacy of the Brethren of the Common Life
Akçomak, I. Semih; Webbink, Dinand; ter Weel, Bas - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2013
This research provides an explanation for high literacy, economic growth and societal developments in the Netherlands in the period before the Dutch Republic. We establish a link between the Brethren of the Common Life (BCL), a religious community founded by Geert Groote in the city of Deventer...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010791523
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Poverty in Britain in 1904: An Early Social Survey Rediscovered
Newell, Andrew Thomas; Gazeley, Ian - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2007
Until now there have been no national estimates of the extent of poverty in Britain at the turn of the 20th century … deficiencies. We use these data to estimate urban poverty in the British Isles in 1904. Applying Bowley’s poverty line we find that … close to Rowntree’s estimate of primary poverty for York 1899 and in the range that Bowley found in Northern towns in 1912 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005763813
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The Effect of Firm-Level Investment on Inequality and Poverty around the World
Tosun, Mehmet S.; Watson, Ethan D.; Yildiz, Serhat - 2022
This paper investigates the effect of firm-level investment on the levels of income inequality and poverty. Using a …-level investment is also negatively related to several measures of poverty. Overall, our results indicate that firm-level capital … reducing inequality and poverty. Our results may also be beneficial to policy makers as they consider a variety of regulatory …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013470443
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Murphy's Law or Luck of the Irish? Disparate Treatment of the Irish in 19th Century Courts
Bindler, Anna; Hjalmarsson, Randi; Machin, Stephen; … - 2023
Using data on 100 years of 19th century criminal trials at London's Old Bailey, this paper offers clear evidence of disparate treatment of Irish-named defendants and victims by English juries. We measure surname Irishness and Englishness using place of birth in the 1881 census. Irish-named...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014296815
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Women, medieval commerce, and the education gender gap
Bertocchi, Graziella; Bozzano, Monica - 2013
We investigate the historical determinants of the education gender gap in Italy in the late nineteenth century, immediately following the country's Unification. We use a comprehensive newly-assembled database including 69 provinces over twenty-year sub-samples covering the 1861-1901 period. We...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010293244
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Family Structure and the Education Gender Gap: Evidence from Italian Provinces
Bertocchi, Graziella; Bozzano, Monica - 2014
We investigate the determinants of the education gender gap in Italy in historical perspective with a focus on the influence of family structure. We capture the latter with two indicators: residential habits (nuclear vs. complex families) and inheritance rules (partition vs. primogeniture)....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010398354
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Inequality among European Working Households, 1890-1960
Gazeley, Ian; Holmes, Rose; Newell, Andrew T.; … - 2018
In this article we map, for the first time, the time-path of the size distribution of income among working class households in Western Europe, 1890-1960. To do this we exploit data extracted from a large number of newly digitised household expenditure surveys. Many are not representative of the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011816627
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The Cultural Diffusion of the Fertility Transition: Evidence from Internal Migration in 19th Century France
Daudin, Guillaume; Franck, Raphaël; Rapoport, Hillel - 2016
France experienced the demographic transition before richer and more educated countries. This paper offers a novel explanation for this puzzle that emphasizes the diffusion of culture and information through internal migration. It tests how migration affected fertility by building a decennial...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011494317
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Family Structure and the Education Gender Gap: Evidence from Italian Provinces
Bertocchi, Graziella; Bozzano, Monica - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014
We investigate the determinants of the education gender gap in Italy in historical perspective with a focus on the influence of family structure. We capture the latter with two indicators: residential habits (nuclear vs. complex families) and inheritance rules (partition vs. primogeniture)....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010812506