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Attaining autonomy in the Empire: French governors between 1860 and 1960
Viallet-Thévenin, Scott; Chambru, Cédric - 2020
This article builds on the concept of linked ecologies to present a study of the occupational careers of French colonial governors between 1830 and 1960. We consider empires as the by-product of social entities structuring themselves. Specifically, we analyse the process of empowerment of this...
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Britain's baker's dozen of disasters: The UK's thirteen worst economic policy mistakes since 1900
Clarke, Peter; Miller, Robert C. B. - 2015
economic policy decisions in British history since 1900, selected on the grounds of the ill consequences that flowed from them … he found it inconceivable that Germany should ever again depreciate its currency after the hyperinflations that followed … West Germany prospered in the 1950s, 1960s and 1970s, Britain lagged with slow growth, ever-quickening inflation and a …
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Producing Feminism: Television Work in the Age of Women's Liberation
Clark, Jennifer S. - 2024
strategies to examine the media industries." — Elana Levine, author of Her Stories: Daytime Soap Opera and US Television History …
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Does immigration weaken natives' support for the welfare state? Evidence from Germany
Stichnoth, Holger - 2010
Using data from the 1997 and 2002 waves of the German Socio-Economic Panel and from official statistics, I study whether natives are less supportive of state help for the unemployed in regions where the share of foreigners among the unemployed is high. Unlike previous studies, I use...
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German stagnation vs. Swedish progression: Gender wage gaps in comparison, 1960-2006
Gärtner, Svenja - 2013
This article provides a comparative analysis of the development of the gender wage gap in West Germany and Sweden … traditions penetrate institutional settings and ensnare Germany in a cultural trap with regard to gender equality. While Sweden … concerns (e.g., marriage and motherhood) decrease female income in Germany to a far greater extent than do such factors in …
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The Labour Market and the Job Miracle
Heckman, James J.; Agell, Jonas; Gertser, Florian; … - In: CESifo Forum 04 (2003) 2, pp. 29-48
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Does Immigration Weaken Natives' Support for the Welfare State? Evidence from Germany
Stichnoth, Holger - 2010
Using data from the 1997 and 2002 waves of the German Socio-Economic Panel and from official statistics, I study whether natives are less supportive of state help for the unemployed in regions where the share of foreigners among the unemployed is high. Unlike previous studies, I use...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011600915
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"Cholera Forcing" and the Urban Water Infrastructure: Lessons from Historical Berlin
Kappner, Kalle - 2019
Did cholera function as a potent catalyst for the reform of urban water infrastructure in 19th century Europe's disease-ridden cities, serving as "our old ally" in the struggle for urban sanitation (Robert Koch)? Based on a detailed case study of Berlin's hydrological reconfiguration, this paper...
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The rise and fall of social housing? Housing decommodification in long-run perspective
Kholodilin, Konstantin A.; Kohl, Sebastian; Müller, Florian - 2022
Wohlfahrtsstaat, aber überraschend resilient in Ländern mit öffentlichen Wohnungsbaugesellschaften. Innerhalb des umfassenderen …
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Kompensation und Stabilisierung
Nolte, Paul - In: List Forum für Wirtschafts- und Finanzpolitik 47 (2021) 1, pp. 97-109
Soziale Marktwirtschaft bezeichnet für die Geschichte der Bundesrepublik keine reale, sondern eine diskursive Ordnung. In der Corona-Pandemie folgte die Politik bislang einer hyperkeynesianischen Prämisse: Der Staat sieht sich in der Verantwortung, die ökonomische Krise bis zur Unspürbarkeit...
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