Human Capital Persistence and Development
2017 ◽
Vol 9
(4)
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pp. 105-136
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Keyword(s):
Long Run
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This paper documents the persistence of human capital over time and its association with long-term development. We exploit variation induced by a state-sponsored settlement policy that attracted immigrants with higher levels of schooling to particular regions of Brazil in the late nineteenth and early twentieth century. We show that one century after the policy, municipalities that received settlements had higher levels of schooling and higher income per capita. We provide evidence that long-run effects worked through higher supply of educational inputs and shifts in the structure of occupations toward skill-intensive sectors. (JEL I26, J22, J24, J61, N36, O15, Z13)
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Extractivist Geographies: Mining and Development in Late-Nineteenth and Early-Twentieth-Century Peru
2018 ◽
Vol 46
(2)
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pp. 27-46
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1991 ◽
Vol 54
(1)
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pp. 104-125
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2020 ◽
Vol 85
(2)
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pp. 323-350
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2017 ◽
Vol 22
(6)
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pp. 674-698
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