From Farmers to Merchants, Voluntary Conversion and Diaspora: A Human Capital Interpretation of Jewish History
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- Eckstein, Zvi & Botticini, Maristella, 2006. "From Farmers to Merchants, Voluntary Conversions and Diaspora: A Human Capital Interpretation of Jewish History," CEPR Discussion Papers 6006, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers.
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Keywords
social norms; religion; human capital; Jewish economic and demographic history; occupational choice; migration.;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- J1 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demographic Economics
- J2 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demand and Supply of Labor
- N3 - Economic History - - Labor and Consumers, Demography, Education, Health, Welfare, Income, Wealth, Religion, and Philanthropy
- O1 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Development
- Z12 - Other Special Topics - - Cultural Economics - - - Religion
- Z13 - Other Special Topics - - Cultural Economics - - - Economic Sociology; Economic Anthropology; Language; Social and Economic Stratification
NEP fields
This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-CWA-2006-09-16 (Central and Western Asia)
- NEP-EDU-2006-09-16 (Education)
- NEP-HIS-2006-09-16 (Business, Economic and Financial History)
- NEP-SOC-2006-09-16 (Social Norms and Social Capital)
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