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Intergenerational Progress in Educational Attainment when Institutional Change Really Matters: a Case Study of Franco-Americans vs. French-Speaking Quebeckers
Parent, Daniel - Centre Interuniversitaire sur le Risque, les Politiques … - 2009
Quebec and the fact that Franco-Americans were fairly successful in replicating the same educational institutions as the ones … made profound changes to its educational institutions, particularly in the post-secondary system, in the mid-to-late 60's …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005015277
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Intensive math instruction and educational attainment : long-run impacts of double-dose algebra
Cortes, Kalena E.; Goodman, Joshua S.; Nomi, Takako - 2014
We study an intensive math instruction policy that assigned low-skilled 9th graders to an algebra course that doubled instructional time, altered peer composition and emphasized problem solving skills. A regression discontinuity design shows substantial positive impacts of double-dose algebra on...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010462901
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Sibling gender, inheritance customs and educational attainment : evidence from matrilineal and patrilineal societies
Collins, Matthew - 2022
Using data from 27 sub-Saharan African countries, I identify the causal effect of sibling gender on education and how it varies according to inheritance customs. Boys who inherit their father's property experience no effect of sibling gender, while boys who do not inherit experience a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013270266
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Human Capital, Culture and the Onset of the Demographic Transition
Cuberes, David; Basso, Alberto - Department of Economics, University of Sheffield - 2012
This paper uses estimates of the dates at which different countries have experienced their demographic transitions to examine the main historical determinants of these transitions. We first show that genetic distance to the United Kingdom, a measure of cultural relatedness used in Spolaore and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010583500
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INTERGENERATIONAL PROGRESS IN EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT WHEN INSTITUTIONAL CHANGE REALLY MATTERS: A CASE STUDY OF FRANCO-AMERICANS VS. FRNECH-SPEAKING QUEBECKERS
Parent, Daniel - Department of Economics, McGill University - 2009
Quebec and the fact that Franco-Americans were fairly successful in replicating the same educational institutions as the ones … made profound changes to its educational institutions, particularly in the post-secondary system, in the mid-to-late 60's …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005051734
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Male and Female Self-Selection During the Age of Mass Migration : The Case of Portugal, 1885-1930
Fernández Sánchez, Martín; Tortorici, Gaspare - 2022
This paper examines the evolution and determinants of migrant self-selection during the age of mass migration (1885-1930). Using a novel district-level panel on Portugal, we construct a self-selection index based on literacy for both men and women migrants. We document that migrants were on...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014079326
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‘Make in India’ Strategy of Manufacturing Led Growth : A Comparison with the East Asian Model of Development with Emphasis on Human Capital Formation and Labour Market Flexibility...
Kapoor, Neha - 2015
The structural transformation of the Indian economy from agriculture (primary sector) dominated to one led by the services sector (tertiary sector), bypassing the intermediate stage of manufacturing (secondary sector) led growth, offers an alternative to conventional theories of economic...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014131989
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Hobbes to Rousseau: Inequality, Institutions, and Development
Cervellati, Matteo; Fortunato, Piergiuseppe; Sunde, Uwe - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2005
We analyze the endogenous evolution of economic and political institutions and the interdependencies with the process … of economic development. Favorable economic institutions ensure the appropriability of rents in form of a state of law … necessary. Inequality in endowments and incomes prolongs the absence of good institutions and delays democratization. Conversely …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005822516
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Beyond Institutionalism: There Lies a Good Set of Trade Policies
Mamoon, Dawood; Murshed, S. Mansoob - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2011
The purpose of this paper is to empirically examine the contribution of trade liberalisation to differences in the level of prosperity across nations. We compare this with the relative contribution of institutional capacity to prosperity, as well as the role of human capital accumulation in that...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008876646
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The Colonial Origins of Comparative Development: A Solution to the Debate on Settler Mortality Rates
Auer, Raphael - Schweizerische Nationalbank (SNB) - 2007
my instruments are significant predictors of mortality and are otherwise excludable to institutions. Among other things … mortality strongly affected institutions in former colonies, yet it had no effect on institutions in the rest of the world. This … variable estimations, I show that also the relation between institutions and income is highly significant and that the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008925019