Slavery, education, and inequality
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- Bertocchi, Graziella & Dimico, Arcangelo, 2010. "Slavery, Education, and Inequality," IZA Discussion Papers 5329, Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA).
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Slavery; Inequality; Education; Institutions;JEL classification:
- E02 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - General - - - Institutions and the Macroeconomy
- D02 - Microeconomics - - General - - - Institutions: Design, Formation, Operations, and Impact
- H52 - Public Economics - - National Government Expenditures and Related Policies - - - Government Expenditures and Education
- J15 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demographic Economics - - - Economics of Minorities, Races, Indigenous Peoples, and Immigrants; Non-labor Discrimination
- O11 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Development - - - Macroeconomic Analyses of Economic Development
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