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slave states. -- slavery ; development ; inequality ; institutions ; education …
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In this study we review the literature on the origins and implications of family structure in historical perspective with a focus on Italian provinces. Furthermore we present newly-collected data on three of the main features of family structure: female mean age at marriage, the female celibacy...
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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)....
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The transition economies have lower rates of entrepreneurship than are observed in most developed and developing market … Europe. We link these differences partly with the legacy of communist planning, which needs to be replaced with formal market …-supporting institutions. But many of these developments have now taken place, yet entrepreneurial activity still remains low in many places …
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We analyze theoretically and empirically the impact of the shadow economy on entrepreneurial entry, utilising 1998-2005 individual-level Global Entrepreneurship Monitor data merged with macro level variables. A simple correlation coefficient suggests a positive linear link between the size of...
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This paper compares the impact of institutions on individual decisions to become entrepreneurs in the form of new …
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-growth ventures. We find that institutions exert different effects on entrepreneurial entry and on the individual choice to launch …
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property rights. -- entrepreneurship ; institutions ; corruption ; property rights ; government ; Global Entrepreneurship …
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We empirically assess the effect of historical slavery on the African American family structure. Our hypothesis is that female single headship among blacks is more likely to emerge in association not with slavery per se, but with slavery in sugar plantations, since the extreme demographic and...
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