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Morts Pour la France: A database of French fatalities of the Great War Morts Pour la France:第一次世界大战中法国死亡人数的数据库
IF 2.3 1区 历史学
Explorations in Economic History Pub Date : 2023-10-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.eeh.2023.101550
Victor Gay , Pauline Grosjean
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引用次数: 0
Debt policy in Spanish America during the seventeenth century 17世纪西班牙美洲的债务政策
IF 2.3 1区 历史学
Explorations in Economic History Pub Date : 2023-10-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.eeh.2023.101548
Sergio Tonatiuh Serrano Hernández
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引用次数: 0
Quantifying racial discrimination in the 1944 G.I. bill 量化1944年《退伍军人法案》中的种族歧视
IF 2.3 1区 历史学
Explorations in Economic History Pub Date : 2023-10-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.eeh.2023.101542
Maya Eden
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引用次数: 1
The intergenerational transmission of higher education: Evidence from the 1973 coup in Chile 高等教育的代际传承:来自1973年智利政变的证据
IF 2.3 1区 历史学
Explorations in Economic History Pub Date : 2023-10-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.eeh.2023.101540
María Angélica Bautista , Felipe González , Luis R. Martínez , Pablo Muñoz , Mounu Prem
{"title":"The intergenerational transmission of higher education: Evidence from the 1973 coup in Chile","authors":"María Angélica Bautista ,&nbsp;Felipe González ,&nbsp;Luis R. Martínez ,&nbsp;Pablo Muñoz ,&nbsp;Mounu Prem","doi":"10.1016/j.eeh.2023.101540","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eeh.2023.101540","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p><span>We estimate the transmission of higher education across generations using the arrival of the Pinochet dictatorship to Chile in 1973 as natural experiment. Pinochet promoted a large contraction in the number of seats available for new students across all universities. Using census data, we find that parents who reached college age shortly after 1973 experienced a sharp decline in college enrollment. Decades after democratization, we observe that their children are also less likely to enroll in higher education. The results imply large and persistent downstream effects of </span>educational policies over more than half a century.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":47413,"journal":{"name":"Explorations in Economic History","volume":"90 ","pages":"Article 101540"},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2023-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"49874666","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"历史学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
引用次数: 3
The jobless recovery after the 1980–1981 British recession 1980-1981年英国经济衰退后的失业复苏
IF 2.3 1区 历史学
Explorations in Economic History Pub Date : 2023-10-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.eeh.2023.101545
Meredith M. Paker
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引用次数: 0
Paving the way to modern growth: The Spanish Bourbon roads 为现代发展铺平道路:西班牙波旁王朝之路
IF 2.3 1区 历史学
Explorations in Economic History Pub Date : 2023-10-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.eeh.2023.101544
Miquel-Àngel Garcia-López , Alfonso Herranz-Loncán , Filippo Tassinari , Elisabet Viladecans-Marsal
{"title":"Paving the way to modern growth: The Spanish Bourbon roads","authors":"Miquel-Àngel Garcia-López ,&nbsp;Alfonso Herranz-Loncán ,&nbsp;Filippo Tassinari ,&nbsp;Elisabet Viladecans-Marsal","doi":"10.1016/j.eeh.2023.101544","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eeh.2023.101544","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>This paper analyses the impact that Spanish road construction had on local population growth between 1787 and 1857. We find that the increase in market potential associated to road accessibility had a significant effect on local population growth. The impact was substantially higher on the municipalities that had a more diversified occupational structure. By contrast, the effect of the new network on population growth was negative in municipalities close but without direct access to the roads. We interpret these findings as evidence of a process of rural-to-rural migration due to the new roads.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":47413,"journal":{"name":"Explorations in Economic History","volume":"90 ","pages":"Article 101544"},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2023-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"49874662","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"历史学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
引用次数: 0
Historical newspaper data: A researcher’s guide 历史报纸数据:研究人员指南
IF 2.3 1区 历史学
Explorations in Economic History Pub Date : 2023-10-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.eeh.2023.101541
Brian Beach , W. Walker Hanlon
{"title":"Historical newspaper data: A researcher’s guide","authors":"Brian Beach ,&nbsp;W. Walker Hanlon","doi":"10.1016/j.eeh.2023.101541","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eeh.2023.101541","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Digitized historical newspaper databases offer a valuable research tool. A rapidly expanding set of studies use these databases to address a wide range of topics. We review this literature and provide a toolkit for researchers interested in working with historical newspaper data. We provide a brief description of the evolution of historical newspapers, focusing on aspects that are likely to have implications for the design of empirical studies. We then review the main databases in use. We also discuss some key challenges in using these data, most importantly the fact that even the most extensive datasets contain only a selected sample of the universe of historical newspaper articles. We offer tools for evaluating the comprehensiveness of available newspaper datasets, show how to assess potential identification concerns, and suggest some solutions.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":47413,"journal":{"name":"Explorations in Economic History","volume":"90 ","pages":"Article 101541"},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2023-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"49874657","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"历史学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
引用次数: 1
The forces of path dependence: Haiti's refugee camps, 1937–2009 道路依赖的力量:海地的难民营，1937-2009
IF 2.3 1区 历史学
Explorations in Economic History Pub Date : 2023-07-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.eeh.2023.101528
Craig Palsson
{"title":"The forces of path dependence: Haiti's refugee camps, 1937–2009","authors":"Craig Palsson","doi":"10.1016/j.eeh.2023.101528","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eeh.2023.101528","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Refugee camps are sudden, spontaneous population centers that can persist for years. Their persistence provides an opportunity to learn about the forces of path dependence. I argue that residents stay because the camps create local amenities. I examine this question using refugee camps established in Haiti after a 1937 massacre in the Dominican Republic. Despite the residents’ freedom to migrate, the camps evolved into persistent settlements where the refugees’ descendants resided 70 years later. I show that these camps gave residents access to public land with incomplete rights and to social networks that help with informal insurance. While residents 70 years later have slightly lower levels of literacy, they are not significantly disadvantaged on other margins. I interpret these results as evidence of path dependence driven by amenities rather than local productivity advantages.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":47413,"journal":{"name":"Explorations in Economic History","volume":"89 ","pages":"Article 101528"},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2023-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"49903292","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"历史学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
引用次数: 1
Ancient nomadic corridors and long-run development in the highlands of Asia 古代游牧走廊与亚洲高原的长期发展
IF 2.3 1区 历史学
Explorations in Economic History Pub Date : 2023-07-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.eeh.2022.101482
Christopher Paik, Keshar Shahi
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引用次数: 1
Land reform and rural conflict. Evidence from 1930s Spain 土地改革和农村冲突。来自20世纪30年代西班牙的证据
IF 2.3 1区 历史学
Explorations in Economic History Pub Date : 2023-07-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.eeh.2023.101530
Sergi Basco , Jordi Domènech , Laura Maravall
{"title":"Land reform and rural conflict. Evidence from 1930s Spain","authors":"Sergi Basco ,&nbsp;Jordi Domènech ,&nbsp;Laura Maravall","doi":"10.1016/j.eeh.2023.101530","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eeh.2023.101530","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Re-distributive policies are often used by governments to forestall conflict. This paper analyzes the evolution of rural conflict in a region of 1930s Spain in which fast transfers of land using temporal expropriations were aimed at reducing poverty and mitigate conflict. Using a subset of exogenous land transfers, we document that these transfers did not reduce conflict. If anything, they increased some types of conflicts for several months after implementation. The short run increase in conflict is consistent with two potential side effects of land reforms. First, land reforms can boost the collective action of beneficiaries. Second, poorly designed reforms can reduce the incomes of beneficiaries.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":47413,"journal":{"name":"Explorations in Economic History","volume":"89 ","pages":"Article 101530"},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2023-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"49903291","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"历史学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
引用次数: 1
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