Nepotism vs. intergenerational transmission of human capital in Academia (1088-1800) [0.03%]
nepotism与人力资本代际传承在学术界的相互作用（1088-1800）
David de la Croix,Marc Goñi
David de la Croix
We have constructed a comprehensive database that traces the publications of father-son pairs in the premodern academic realm and examined the contribution of inherited human capital versus nepotism to occupational persistence. We find that...
Men. Male-biased sex ratios and masculinity norms: evidence from Australia's colonial past [0.03%]
男性。男性偏好的性别比例与阳刚之气规范：来自澳大利亚殖民地时期的证据
Victoria Baranov,Ralph De Haas,Pauline Grosjean
Victoria Baranov
We document the historical roots and contemporary consequences of masculinity norms-beliefs about the proper conduct of men. We exploit a natural experiment in which convict transportation in the 18th and 19th centuries created a variegated...
'Getting to Denmark': the role of agricultural elites for development [0.03%]
“走向丹麦之路”——农业精英在发展中国家的作用
Nina Boberg-Fazlic,Peter Sandholt Jensen,Markus Lampe et al.
Nina Boberg-Fazlic et al.
We explore the role of elites for development and the spread of industrialized dairying in Denmark in the 1880s. We demonstrate that the location of early proto-modern dairies, introduced by landowning elites from northern Germany in the ei...
The Impact of Long-Term Orientation Traits on Pandemic Fatigue Behavior: Evidence from the Columbian Exchange [0.03%]
长期导向特征对疫情疲劳行为的影响——来自哥伦布交换的证据
Sutanuka Roy,Sudhir Gupta,Rabee Tourky
Sutanuka Roy
Leveraging exogenous variation in time preferences, we measure the causal effects of culturally embodied long-term orientation traits on voluntary social distancing behavior, COVID-19 cases, hospitalizations, and mortality outcomes in 2020 ...
Between communism and capitalism: long-term inequality in Poland, 1892-2015 [0.03%]
共产主义与资本主义之间：1892-2015年波兰的长期不平等分析
Paweł Bukowski,Filip Novokmet
Paweł Bukowski
We construct the first consistent series on the long-term distribution of income in Poland by combining tax, household survey and national accounts data. We document a U-shaped evolution of inequalities from the end of the nineteenth centur...
Multiple steady statehood: the roles of productive and extractive capacities [0.03%]
多重稳态性：生产和掠夺能力的作用
Nils-Petter Lagerlöf
Nils-Petter Lagerlöf
This paper proposes a model of statehood, defined as elite extraction of resources from a subject population. Different from most of the existing literature, the size of the subject population evolves endogenously in a Malthusian fashion, a...
Marvin Goodfriend,John McDermott
Marvin Goodfriend
The early history of industrialization in the United States-famously known as "The American System of Manufactures"-exhibited four key features: the substitution of specialized intermediate inputs for skilled work in assembling final goods,...
Sebnem Kalemli-Ozcan,David N Weil
Sebnem Kalemli-Ozcan
We examine the role of declining mortality in explaining the rise of retirement over the course of the 20th century. We construct a model in which individuals make labor/leisure choices over their lifetimes subject to uncertainty about thei...