Losing height: measuring the regional loss of human capital from the Republican exile to Mexico
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Heights;JEL classification:
- D6 - Microeconomics - - Welfare Economics
- J24 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demand and Supply of Labor - - - Human Capital; Skills; Occupational Choice; Labor Productivity
- O15 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Development - - - Economic Development: Human Resources; Human Development; Income Distribution; Migration
- N33 - Economic History - - Labor and Consumers, Demography, Education, Health, Welfare, Income, Wealth, Religion, and Philanthropy - - - Europe: Pre-1913
- N0 - Economic History - - General
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This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-HIS-2023-03-06 (Business, Economic and Financial History)
- NEP-LMA-2023-03-06 (Labor Markets - Supply, Demand, and Wages)
- NEP-URE-2023-03-06 (Urban and Real Estate Economics)
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