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Slavery, Education, and Inequality
Bertocchi, Graziella; Dimico, Arcangelo - Dipartimento di Economia "Marco Biagi", Università … - 2010
We investigate the impact of slavery on the current performances of the US economy. Over a cross section of counties, we find that the legacy of slavery does not affect current income per capita, but does affect current income inequality. In other words, those counties that displayed a higher...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008671740
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Slavery, Education, and Inequality
Bertocchi, Graziella; Dimico, Arcangelo - Rimini Centre for Economic Analysis (RCEA) - 2010
We investigate the impact of slavery on the current performances of the US economy. Over a cross section of counties, we find that the legacy of slavery does not affect current income per capita, but does affect current income inequality. In other words, those counties that displayed a higher...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008675794
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Slavery, Education, and Inequality
Bertocchi, Graziella; Dimico, Arcangelo - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2010
We investigate the impact of slavery on the current performances of the US economy. Over a cross section of counties, we find that the legacy of slavery does not affect current income per capita, but does affect current income inequality. In other words, those counties that displayed a higher...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008680759
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Slavery, Education, and Inequality
Bertocchi, Graziella; Dimico, Arcangelo - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2010
We investigate the impact of slavery on the current performances of the US economy. Over a cross section of counties, we find that the legacy of slavery does not affect current income per capita, but does affect current income inequality. In other words, those counties that displayed a higher...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008742948
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Slavery, education, and inequality
Bertocchi, Graziella; Dimico, Arcangelo - In: European Economic Review 70 (2014) C, pp. 197-209
We investigate the effect of slavery on the current level of income inequality across US counties. We find that a larger proportion of slaves over population in 1860 persistently increases inequality, and in particular inequality across races. We also show that a crucial channel of transmission...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010930996
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Slavery, education, and inequality
Bertocchi, Graziella; Dimico, Arcangelo - 2010
We investigate the impact of slavery on the current performances of the US economy. Over a cross section of counties, we find that the legacy of slavery does not affect current income per capita, but does affect current income inequality. In other words, those counties that displayed a higher...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010278600
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Slavery, Education, and Inequality
Bertocchi, Graziella; Dimico, Arcangelo - Dipartimento di Economia "Marco Biagi", Università … - 2010
ABSTRACT We investigate the impact of slavery on the current performances of the US economy. Over a cross section of counties, we find that the legacy of slavery does not affect current income per capita, but does affect current income inequality. In other words, those counties that displayed a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008802462
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Corporate hierarchies and international trade: Theory and evidence
Marin, Dalia; Verdier, Thierry - In: Journal of International Economics 94 (2014) 2, pp. 295-310
Corporate organization varies within countries and between countries. We develop a theory which explains the variation in levels of decentralization across firms and links it to the trade environment that firms face. We introduce firms with internal hierarchies in a Melitz and Ottaviano (2008)...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011117674
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Globalization and the empowerment of talent
Marin, Dalia; Verdier, Thierry - In: Journal of International Economics 86 (2012) 2, pp. 209-223
Many experts have identified globalization as the new way in which firms organize their activities and the emergence of talent as the new stakeholder in the firm. This paper examines the role of trade integration in the changing nature of the corporation. International trade leads to a ‘war...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010577686
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Corporate culture and identity investment in an industry equilibrium
Hiller, Victor; Verdier, Thierry - In: Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization 103 (2014) C, pp. 93-112
We explore the two-way relationship between corporate culture and market structure. We emphasize two market dimensions … through which firms interact: the product market where goods are sold and the labor market where managers are hired. We model … with free entry and market clearing for managerial labor. We discuss how industry characteristics (market size effects …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010776759