cometadata/datacite-titles-descriptions-related-identifiers huggingface dataset:
DOI: 10.3886/e183001v1
title: Plantation Mortgage-Backed Securities: Evidence from Surinam in the 18th Century
title: Version 1

description: This is the replication package for the article Plantation Mortgage-Backed Securities: Evidence from Surinam in the 18th Century. In the second half of the 18th century, Dutch bankers channeled investors’ funds to sugar and coffee plantations in the Caribbean, Surinam in particular. Agency problems between plantation owners, bankers, and investors led to an arrangement called negotiaties. Bankers oversaw plantations’ cash-flows and placed mortgage-debt with investors. We demonstrate how this securitization arrangement worked using market-wide data and detailed records from banker F.W. Hudig. During the boom, debt contracts and their securitization were an effective solution for planters, bankers, and investors. However, the market crashed after an oversupply of credit. This led to inefficient restructuring due to debt overhang.
DOI: 10.3886/e182882
title: Social Mobility in Sweden before the Welfare State
title: Archival Version

description: We use historical census data to show that Sweden exhibited high levels of intergenerational occupational mobility several decades before the rise of the welfare state. Mobility rates were higher than in other 19th- and 20th-century European countries, closer to those observed in the highly mobile 19th-century United States. We leverage mobility variation across Swedish municipalities to shed light on potential determinants: economic growth and migration are positively correlated with mobility, consistent with the patterns observed across countries.
DOI: 10.3886/e182996v2
title: Was Marshall Right? Managerial Failure and Corporate Ownership in Edwardian Britain
title: Version 2

description: This is a replication package for Aldous, Fliers and Turner (2023).<br><br>Alfred Marshall argued that the
malaise of public companies in Edwardian Britain was due to the separation of
ownership from control and a lack of professional management. In this paper, we
examine the ownership and control of the c.1,700 largest British companies in
1911. We find that most public companies had a separation of ownership and
control, but that this had little effect on their performance. We also find
that manager characteristics that proxy for amateurism are uncorrelated with
performance. Ultimately, our evidence suggests that, if Marshall was correct in
identifying a corporate malaise in Britain, its source lay elsewhere.
DOI: 10.3886/e182784
title: Job tenure and unskilled workers before the Industrial Revolution:  St Paul’s Cathedral 1672-1748
title: Archival Version

description: <span>How were unskilled workers selected and hired in preindustrial labour markets? We exploit records from the rebuilding of St. Paul’s Cathedral, London (1672–1748) to analyze the hiring and employment history of over one thousand general building labourers, the benchmark category of ‘unskilled’ workers in long-run wage series. Despite volatile demand, St. Paul’s created a stable workforce by rewarding the tenure of long-standing workers. More senior workers received more days of work each month, preference when jobs were scarce, and the opportunity to earn additional income. We find the cathedral’s strategy consistent with reducing hiring frictions and turnover costs.<br></span>
DOI: 10.3886/e182882v1
title: Social Mobility in Sweden before the Welfare State
title: Version 1

description: We use historical census data to show that Sweden exhibited high levels of intergenerational occupational mobility several decades before the rise of the welfare state. Mobility rates were higher than in other 19th- and 20th-century European countries, closer to those observed in the highly mobile 19th-century United States. We leverage mobility variation across Swedish municipalities to shed light on potential determinants: economic growth and migration are positively correlated with mobility, consistent with the patterns observed across countries.
DOI: 10.3886/e180281
title: Replication files for Consumption Smoothing in the Working-Class Households of interwar Japan
title: Archival Version

description: <span>This is the replication package for <i>Consumption Smoothing in the Working-Class Households of Interwar Japan</i>, to be published in the Journal of Economic History.</span>
DOI: 10.3886/e182784v1
title: Job tenure and unskilled workers before the Industrial Revolution:  St Paul’s Cathedral 1672-1748
title: Version 1

description: <span>How were unskilled workers selected and hired in preindustrial labour markets? We exploit records from the rebuilding of St. Paul’s Cathedral, London (1672–1748) to analyze the hiring and employment history of over one thousand general building labourers, the benchmark category of ‘unskilled’ workers in long-run wage series. Despite volatile demand, St. Paul’s created a stable workforce by rewarding the tenure of long-standing workers. More senior workers received more days of work each month, preference when jobs were scarce, and the opportunity to earn additional income. We find the cathedral’s strategy consistent with reducing hiring frictions and turnover costs.<br></span>
DOI: 10.3886/e179761
title: Replication data for: "Churches as Social Insurance: Oil Risk and Religion in the U.S. South"
title: Archival Version

description: This is the replication package for "<span>Churches as Social Insurance: Oil Risk and Religion in the U.S. South". <br><br>Abstract: </span><span>Religious communities are
important providers of social insurance. We show that risk associated with <i>oil
dependence</i> facilitated the proliferation of religious communities
throughout the U.S. South during the 20th century. Known oil abundance predicts
higher rates of church membership, which are not driven by selective migration
or local economic development. Consistent with a social insurance channel,
greater oil price volatility increases effects, while greater access to credit,
state-level social insurance, and private insurance crowds out effects.
Religious communities limit spillovers of oil price shocks across sectors,
reducing increases in unemployment following a negative shock by about 30%.</span>
DOI: 10.3886/e179761v1
title: Replication data for: "Churches as Social Insurance: Oil Risk and Religion in the U.S. South"
title: Version 1

description: This is the replication package for "<span>Churches as Social Insurance: Oil Risk and Religion in the U.S. South". <br><br>Abstract: </span><span>Religious communities are
important providers of social insurance. We show that risk associated with <i>oil
dependence</i> facilitated the proliferation of religious communities
throughout the U.S. South during the 20th century. Known oil abundance predicts
higher rates of church membership, which are not driven by selective migration
or local economic development. Consistent with a social insurance channel,
greater oil price volatility increases effects, while greater access to credit,
state-level social insurance, and private insurance crowds out effects.
Religious communities limit spillovers of oil price shocks across sectors,
reducing increases in unemployment following a negative shock by about 30%.</span>
DOI: 10.3886/e180281v1
title: Replication files for Consumption Smoothing in the Working-Class Households of interwar Japan
title: Version 1

description: <span>This is the replication package for <i>Consumption Smoothing in the Working-Class Households of Interwar Japan</i>, to be published in the Journal of Economic History.</span>
DOI: 10.3886/e179561
title: Black and White Names: Evolution and Determinants
title: Archival Version

description: This is the replication package for <i>Black and White Names: Evolution and Determinants</i>.
DOI: 10.3886/e179561v1
title: Black and White Names: Evolution and Determinants
title: Version 1

description: This is the replication package for <i>Black and White Names: Evolution and Determinants</i>.
DOI: 10.3886/e179061
title: Replication data for "Pandemics Depress the Economy, Public Health Interventions Do Not: Evidence from the 1918 Flu"
title: Archival Version

description: This is the replication package for the paper "Pandemics Depress the Economy, Public Health Interventions Do Not: Evidence from the 1918 Flu".<br><br>It contains the input data as well as all the required Stata code.<br><br>Please see the README.PDF file for replication instructions.<br><br>
DOI: 10.3886/e179061v1
title: Replication data for "Pandemics Depress the Economy, Public Health Interventions Do Not: Evidence from the 1918 Flu"
title: Version 1

description: This is the replication package for the paper "Pandemics Depress the Economy, Public Health Interventions Do Not: Evidence from the 1918 Flu".<br><br>It contains the input data as well as all the required Stata code.<br><br>Please see the README.PDF file for replication instructions.<br><br>
DOI: 10.3886/e177621
title: UK Investment Trust Valuation and Investor Behavior, 1880–1929.
title: Archival Version

description: This is the replication package for the study
of the valuation of U.K. investment trusts between 1880 and 1929. Our study invetigates the relationship between
the ordinary share prices of investment trusts and their underlying net asset values.<br>
DOI: 10.3886/e177621v1
title: UK Investment Trust Valuation and Investor Behavior, 1880–1929.
title: Version 1

description: This is the replication package for the study
of the valuation of U.K. investment trusts between 1880 and 1929. Our study invetigates the relationship between
the ordinary share prices of investment trusts and their underlying net asset values.<br>
DOI: 10.3886/e175583
title: Drafting the Great Army: The political economy of conscription in Napoleonic France
title: Archival Version

description: <span>Napoléon
Bonaparte revolutionized the practice of war with his
reliance on a mass national army and large-scale conscription. This system faced one
major obstacle: draft evasion. This article discusses Napoléon’s
response to widespread draft evasion.
First, we show that draft dodging
rates across France varied with geographic characteristics. Second, we provide
evidence that the
regime adopted a strategy of discriminatory conscription enforcement by
setting a lower (higher) conscription rate for those
regions where the enforcement of
conscription was more (less) costly. Finally, we show that
this strategy resulted in a rapid
fall in draft dodging rates across France.</span>
DOI: 10.3886/e177201
title: Financial Failure and Depositor Quality: Evidence from Building and Loan Associations in California
title: Archival Version

description: Data and Code for creating figures/tables in Financial Failure and Depositor Quality: Evidence from Building and Loan Associations.<br><br>
DOI: 10.3886/e177201v1
title: Financial Failure and Depositor Quality: Evidence from Building and Loan Associations in California
title: Version 1

description: Data and Code for creating figures/tables in Financial Failure and Depositor Quality: Evidence from Building and Loan Associations.<br><br>
DOI: 10.3886/e175481
title: Migrant Self-Selection and Random Shocks: Evidence from the Panic of 1907
title: Archival Version

description: Replication files for "Migrant Self-Selection and Random Shocks: Evidence from the Panic of 1907"
DOI: 10.3886/e175583v1
title: Drafting the Great Army: The political economy of conscription in Napoleonic France
title: Version 1

description: <span>Napoléon
Bonaparte revolutionized the practice of war with his
reliance on a mass national army and large-scale conscription. This system faced one
major obstacle: draft evasion. This article discusses Napoléon’s
response to widespread draft evasion.
First, we show that draft dodging
rates across France varied with geographic characteristics. Second, we provide
evidence that the
regime adopted a strategy of discriminatory conscription enforcement by
setting a lower (higher) conscription rate for those
regions where the enforcement of
conscription was more (less) costly. Finally, we show that
this strategy resulted in a rapid
fall in draft dodging rates across France.</span>
DOI: 10.3886/e174461
title: Railways, Growth, and Industrialization in a Developing German Economy, 1829-1910
title: Archival Version

description: This is the replication package for the following paper: 

Railways, Growth, and Industrialization in
a Developing German Economy, 1829-1910.  The paper studies the average and heterogeneous
effects of railway access on parish-level population, income, and
industrialization in Württemberg during the Industrial Revolution. The package contains data and code replicating the paper's tables and figures. <br><br><br><br><br>
DOI: 10.3886/e175481v1
title: Migrant Self-Selection and Random Shocks: Evidence from the Panic of 1907
title: Version 1

description: Replication files for "Migrant Self-Selection and Random Shocks: Evidence from the Panic of 1907"
DOI: 10.3886/e173561
title: Demographic Shocks and Women’s Labor Market Participation: Evidence from the 1918 Influenza Pandemic in India
title: Archival Version

description: How did the 1918 influenza pandemic affect female labor force participation in India over the short run and the medium run? We use an event-study approach at the district level and four waves of decadal census data in order to answer this question. We find that districts most adversely affected by influenza mortality saw a temporary increase in female labor force participation in 1921, an increase that was concentrated in the service sector. We find suggestive evidence that distress labor supply by widows and rising wages help account for this result.
DOI: 10.3886/e174461v1
title: Railways, Growth, and Industrialization in a Developing German Economy, 1829-1910
title: Version 1

description: This is the replication package for the following paper: 

Railways, Growth, and Industrialization in
a Developing German Economy, 1829-1910.  The paper studies the average and heterogeneous
effects of railway access on parish-level population, income, and
industrialization in Württemberg during the Industrial Revolution. The package contains data and code replicating the paper's tables and figures. <br><br><br><br><br>
DOI: 10.3886/e170901
title: Can Stimulating Demand Drive Costs Down? World War II as a Natural Experiment
title: Archival Version

description: This is the replication package for <i>Can Stimulating Demand Drive Costs Down? World War II as a Natural Experiment. </i>U.S. military production during World War II increased at an impressive rate and led to large declines in unit costs. However, the literature has focused on elucidating detailed mechanisms behind this relationship, using small datasets on specific products. Here we take a step back and, looking at an unprecedently large collection of data, we show that both exogenous technological progress and endogenous effects from increasing production experience were important, in roughly similar proportions. The demand for military products was largely exogenous, and the correlation between production, cumulative production, and time was weak, limiting issues of reverse causality and multicollinearity.
DOI: 10.3886/e173561v1
title: Demographic Shocks and Women’s Labor Market Participation: Evidence from the 1918 Influenza Pandemic in India
title: Version 1

description: How did the 1918 influenza pandemic affect female labor force participation in India over the short run and the medium run? We use an event-study approach at the district level and four waves of decadal census data in order to answer this question. We find that districts most adversely affected by influenza mortality saw a temporary increase in female labor force participation in 1921, an increase that was concentrated in the service sector. We find suggestive evidence that distress labor supply by widows and rising wages help account for this result.
DOI: 10.3886/e170761
title: From Scientific Revolution to Industrial Revolution: The Role of Practical Mathematics
title: Archival Version

description: These are the replication files and data for "From Scientific Revolution to Industrial Revolution: The Role of Practical Mathematics." Journal of Economic History, September 2022 by Morgan Kelly and Cormac O Grada
DOI: 10.3886/e170761v1
title: From Scientific Revolution to Industrial Revolution: The Role of Practical Mathematics
title: Version 1

description: These are the replication files and data for "From Scientific Revolution to Industrial Revolution: The Role of Practical Mathematics." Journal of Economic History, September 2022 by Morgan Kelly and Cormac O Grada
DOI: 10.3886/e170901v1
title: Can Stimulating Demand Drive Costs Down? World War II as a Natural Experiment
title: Version 1

description: This is the replication package for <i>Can Stimulating Demand Drive Costs Down? World War II as a Natural Experiment. </i>U.S. military production during World War II increased at an impressive rate and led to large declines in unit costs. However, the literature has focused on elucidating detailed mechanisms behind this relationship, using small datasets on specific products. Here we take a step back and, looking at an unprecedently large collection of data, we show that both exogenous technological progress and endogenous effects from increasing production experience were important, in roughly similar proportions. The demand for military products was largely exogenous, and the correlation between production, cumulative production, and time was weak, limiting issues of reverse causality and multicollinearity.
DOI: 10.3886/e170301
title: Taming the Global Financial Cycle. Central Banks as Shock Absorbers in the First Era of Globalization
title: Archival Version

description: <div>This is the replication kit for the paper "Taming the Global Financial Cycle. Central Banks as Shock Absorbers in the First Era of Globalization". The abstract of our paper reads as follows: "The
Classical Gold Standard period, with high capital mobility and fixed-exchange
rates, is usually seen as the extreme case of international constraints on
monetary policy. Contrary to this view, we show how central bank balance sheets
offset the effects of international shocks on domestic interest rates. In
contrast, in the USA, a gold standard country without a central bank, the
reaction of money market rates was almost four times stronger than that of
interest rates in countries with a central bank. Our study is based on monthly
balance sheets of all central banks in the world (i.e. 21) over 1891-1913."<br></div>
DOI: 10.3886/e170301v1
title: Taming the Global Financial Cycle. Central Banks as Shock Absorbers in the First Era of Globalization
title: Version 1

description: <div>This is the replication kit for the paper "Taming the Global Financial Cycle. Central Banks as Shock Absorbers in the First Era of Globalization". The abstract of our paper reads as follows: "The
Classical Gold Standard period, with high capital mobility and fixed-exchange
rates, is usually seen as the extreme case of international constraints on
monetary policy. Contrary to this view, we show how central bank balance sheets
offset the effects of international shocks on domestic interest rates. In
contrast, in the USA, a gold standard country without a central bank, the
reaction of money market rates was almost four times stronger than that of
interest rates in countries with a central bank. Our study is based on monthly
balance sheets of all central banks in the world (i.e. 21) over 1891-1913."<br></div>
DOI: 10.3886/e169082
title: Internal Borders and Population Geography in the Unification of Italy
title: Archival Version

description: <b>This is the replication package for the paper "Internal Borders and Population Geography in the Unification of Italy" </b><br><div><br></div><div>Please cite the paper if using these data. <br><br>The statistical analysis was conducted using Stata. To render transparencies in graphs, <u>Stata 15</u> or higher is needed. The following user-written packages are also required for the analysis: <u>semipar</u> and <u>estout</u>. <br><br></div><br>
DOI: 10.3886/e169082v1
title: Internal Borders and Population Geography in the Unification of Italy
title: Version 1

description: <b>This is the replication package for the paper "Internal Borders and Population Geography in the Unification of Italy" </b><br><div><br></div><div>Please cite the paper if using these data. <br><br>The statistical analysis was conducted using Stata. To render transparencies in graphs, <u>Stata 15</u> or higher is needed. The following user-written packages are also required for the analysis: <u>semipar</u> and <u>estout</u>. <br><br></div><br>
DOI: 10.3886/e167481
title: Political Dynasties in Defense of Democracy: The Case of France’s 1940 Enabling Act - Codes and Data
title: Archival Version

description: This is the replication package for the article "<span>Political Dynasties in Defense of Democracy: The Case of France’s 1940 Enabling Act". <br><br>The package contains the online appendix, the dataset, codes to replicate the Table of the article and codes to replicate the online appendix.</span>
DOI: 10.3886/e167481v1
title: Political Dynasties in Defense of Democracy: The Case of France’s 1940 Enabling Act - Codes and Data
title: Version 1

description: This is the replication package for the article "<span>Political Dynasties in Defense of Democracy: The Case of France’s 1940 Enabling Act". <br><br>The package contains the online appendix, the dataset, codes to replicate the Table of the article and codes to replicate the online appendix.</span>
DOI: 10.3886/e166741
title: “Mechanization Takes Command?": Powered Machinery and Production Times in Late Nineteenth Century American Manufacturing
title: Archival Version

description: During the nineteenth century, U.S. manufacturers shifted away from the “hand labor” mode of production, characteristic of artisan shops, to “machine labor,” which was increasingly concentrated in steam-powered factories. This transition fundamentally changed production tasks, jobs, and job requirements. This paper uses digitized data on these two production modes from an 1899 U.S. Commissioner of Labor report to estimate the frequency and impact of the use of inanimate power on production operation times. About half of production operations were mechanized; the use of inanimate power raised productivity, accounting for about one-quarter to one-third of the overall productivity advantage of machine labor. However, additional factors, such as the increased division of labor and adoption of high-volume production, also played quantitatively important roles in raising productivity in machine production versus by hand.
DOI: 10.3886/e166741v1
title: “Mechanization Takes Command?": Powered Machinery and Production Times in Late Nineteenth Century American Manufacturing
title: Version 1

description: During the nineteenth century, U.S. manufacturers shifted away from the “hand labor” mode of production, characteristic of artisan shops, to “machine labor,” which was increasingly concentrated in steam-powered factories. This transition fundamentally changed production tasks, jobs, and job requirements. This paper uses digitized data on these two production modes from an 1899 U.S. Commissioner of Labor report to estimate the frequency and impact of the use of inanimate power on production operation times. About half of production operations were mechanized; the use of inanimate power raised productivity, accounting for about one-quarter to one-third of the overall productivity advantage of machine labor. However, additional factors, such as the increased division of labor and adoption of high-volume production, also played quantitatively important roles in raising productivity in machine production versus by hand.