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Putting the Co in Education : Timing, Reasons, and Consequences of College Coeducation from 1835 to the Present
Goldin, Claudia; Katz, Lawrence F. - 2010
The history of coeducation in U.S. higher education is explored through an analysis of a database containing information on all institutions offering four-year undergraduate degrees that operated in 1897, 1924, 1934, or 1980, most of which still exist today. These data reveal surprises about the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013139134
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Fetters of Debt, Deposit, or Gold During the Great Depression? The International Propagation of the Banking Crisis of 1931
Richardson, Gary - 2010
A banking crisis began in Austria in May 1931 and intensified in July, when runs struck banks throughout Germany. In September, the crisis compelled Britain to quit the gold standard. Newly discovered data shows that failure rates rose for banks in New York City, at the center of the United...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012760300
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Did Vasco Da Gama Matter for European Markets? Testing Frederick Lane's Hypotheses Fifty Years Later
O'Rourke, Kevin H. - 2009
century Venetian spice markets were already well integrated with those in Iberia and northern Europe, implying that Portugal … Europe. In addition, it explores European market integration before and after 1503, the year when da Gama returned from his …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012767453
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The Rate of Return on Everything, 1870–2015
Jordà, Òscar - 2018
What is the aggregate real rate of return in the economy? Is it higher than the growth rate of the economy and, if so, by how much? Is there a tendency for returns to fall in the long-run? Which particular assets have the highest long-run returns? We answer these questions on the basis of a new...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012931594
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A Long Term Perspective on the Euro
Bordo, Michael D. - 2008
This study grounds the establishment of EMU and the euro in the context of the history of international monetary cooperation and of monetary unions, above all in the U.S., Germany and Italy. The purpose of national monetary unions was to reduce transactions costs of multiple currencies and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012772728
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Populism and the Economics of Globalization
Rodrik, Dani - 2017
populist politicians highlight. The first has been predominant in Latin America, and the second in Europe. I argue that these …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012952507
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How the West 'Invented' Fertility Restriction
Voigtländer, Nico - 2011
Europeans restricted their fertility long before the Demographic Transition. By raising the marriage age of women and ensuring that a substantial proportion remained celibate, the "European Marriage Pattern" (EMP) reduced childbirths by up to one third between the 14th and 18th century. In a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013121013
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The European Crisis in the Context of the History of Previous Financial Crises
Bordo, Michael D. - 2013
There are some striking similarities between the pre 1914 gold standard and EMU today. Both arrangements are based on fixed exchange rates, monetary and fiscal orthodoxy. Each regime gave easy access by financially underdeveloped peripheral countries to capital from the core countries. But the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013080834
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The Rise of Europe : Atlantic Trade, Institutional Change and Economic Growth
Acemoglu, Daron; Johnson, Simon; Robinson, James A. - 2021
This paper documents that the Rise of (Western) Europe between 1500 and 1850 is largely accounted for by the growth of …. Atlantic trade and colonialism affected Europe both directly, and indirectly by inducing institutional changes. In particular …, thus enabling new merchants in these countries to benefit from Atlantic trade. Therefore, the Rise of Europe was largely …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013246977
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The Heights of Europeans Since 1750 : a New Source for European Economic History
Floud, Roderick - 2021
Economic and social historians have traditionally been concerned to measure changes in the income and welfare of populations in the past.Until recently, however, they have not recognized that anthropometric data, such as evidence on the average height achieved by a population at a particular...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013216884