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48 IZA Discussion Papers
IZA Discussion Paper No. 15016
For Want of a Cup: The Rise of Tea in England and the Impact of Water Quality on Mortality
Francisca M. Antman
IZA Discussion Paper No. 14127
Educational, Labor-Market and Intergenerational Consequences of Poor Childhood Health
Krzysztof Karbownik, Anthony Wray
IZA Discussion Paper No. 13193
Prussia Disaggregated: The Demography of its Universe of Localities in 1871
Sascha O. Becker, Francesco Cinnirella
published in: Journal of Demographic Economics, 2020, 86(3): 259-290.
IZA Discussion Paper No. 12911
Habemus Papam? Polarization and Conflict in the Papal States
Francisco J. Pino, Jordi Vidal-Robert
IZA Discussion Paper No. 12729
Proportional Representation, Political Responsiveness and Child Mortality
Christina Gathmann
IZA Discussion Paper No. 11681
Flowers of Evil? Industrialization and Long Run Development
Raphaël Franck, Oded Galor
IZA Discussion Paper No. 11628
Bismarck's Health Insurance and the Mortality Decline
Stefan Bauernschuster, Anastasia Driva, Erik Hornung
published in: Journal of the European Economic Association, 2020, 18 (5), 2561-2607
IZA Discussion Paper No. 11429
The Household Budget Survey in Western Europe, 1795-1965
Ian Gazeley, Rose Holmes, Andrew T. Newell
IZA Discussion Paper No. 11355
Inequality among European Working Households, 1890-1960
Ian Gazeley, Rose Holmes, Andrew T. Newell, Kevin Reynolds, Hector Gutierrez Rufrancos
IZA Discussion Paper No. 10969
Economic Origins of Cultural Norms: The Case of Animal Husbandry and Bastardy
Christoph Eder, Martin Halla
revised version published in: European Economic Review, available online 18 March 2020, Article 103421
IZA Discussion Paper No. 10574
On the Measurement of Long-Run Income Inequality: Empirical Evidence from Norway, 1875-2013
Rolf Aaberge, Tony Atkinson, Jorgen Heibo Modalsli
IZA Discussion Paper No. 10327
Origins and Implications of Family Structure across Italian Provinces in Historical Perspective
Graziella Bertocchi, Monica Bozzano
revised version published in: Claude Diebolt, Auke Rijpma, Sarah Carmichael, Selin Dilli, and Charlotte Störmer (eds.), Cliometrics and the Family: Global Patterns and their Impact on Diverging Development, Ch. 6, Berlin: Springer Verlag, 2019, 121-147
IZA Discussion Paper No. 9945
The Cultural Diffusion of the Fertility Transition: Evidence from Internal Migration in 19th Century France
Guillaume Daudin, Raphaël Franck, Hillel Rapoport
published as 'Can internal migration foster convergence in regional fertility rates? Evidence from 19th Century France' in: Economic Journal, 2019, 129 (620), 1618-1692
IZA Discussion Paper No. 9758
Technology-Skill Complementarity in the Early Phase of Industrialization
Raphaël Franck, Oded Galor
IZA Discussion Paper No. 9158
Is Industrialization Conducive to Long-Run Prosperity?
Raphaël Franck, Oded Galor
IZA Discussion Paper No. 8531
Stealing to Survive? Crime and Income Shocks in 19th Century France
Vincent Bignon, Eve Caroli, Roberto Galbiati
published as 'Stealing to Survive? Crime and Income Shocks in Nineteenth Century France in: Economic Journal, 2016, 127 (595), 19 - 49, doi: 10.1111/ecoj.12270
IZA Discussion Paper No. 8347
Family Structure and the Education Gender Gap: Evidence from Italian Provinces
Graziella Bertocchi, Monica Bozzano
revised version published in: CESifo Economic Studies, Special Issue on the Determinants of Gender Gaps, 2015, 61, 263-300
IZA Discussion Paper No. 8128
Health, Height and the Household at the Turn of the 20th Century
Roy E. Bailey, Timothy J. Hatton, Kris Inwood
published in: Economic History Review, 2016, 69(1), 35–53
IZA Discussion Paper No. 8054
Land Reforms, Status and Population Growth
Ulla Lehmijoki, Tapio K. Palokangas
revised version published as 'Landowning, Status and Population Growth' in: E. Moser et al. (eds.), Dynamic Optimization in Environmental Economics, Springer Verlag, Heidelberg, 2014, 315 - 328; extended and more advanced version "Land Reforms and Population Growth" published in Portuguese Economic Journal, 2016, 15, 1-15; all versions co-authored with Ulla Lehmijoki
IZA Discussion Paper No. 8016
Education Promoted Secularization
Sascha O. Becker, Markus Nagler, Ludger Woessmann
published as ''Education and Religious Participation: City-Level Evidence from Germany's Secularization Period 1890-1930' in: Journal of Economic Growth, 2017, 22 (3), 273-311
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