Cultural vs. economic legacies of empires: Evidence from the partition of Poland
Irena Grosfeld
(1, 2)
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Ekaterina Zhuravskaya
(1, 2)
Ekaterina Zhuravskaya
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Résumé
Poland was divided among three empires—Russia, Austria–Hungary, and Prussia—for over a century until 1918. The partition brought about divergence in culture, institutions, and economic development. We use spatial regression discontinuity to examine, which empire effects are persistent. We find that differences in incomes, industrial production, education, corruption, and trust in government institutions disappeared with time as they were smoothed by economic forces and policy intervention. In contrast, differences in intensity of religious practices and in beliefs in democratic ideals, i.e., democratic capital, persist presumably via inter-generational within-family transmission. Differences in railroad infrastructure built by empires during industrialization persisted to this day. Cultural empire legacies have an effect on the political outcomes in contemporary Poland.
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Type de dépôt | Article dans une revue |
Résumé |
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Poland was divided among three empires—Russia, Austria–Hungary, and Prussia—for over a century until 1918. The partition brought about divergence in culture, institutions, and economic development. We use spatial regression discontinuity to examine, which empire effects are persistent. We find that differences in incomes, industrial production, education, corruption, and trust in government institutions disappeared with time as they were smoothed by economic forces and policy intervention. In contrast, differences in intensity of religious practices and in beliefs in democratic ideals, i.e., democratic capital, persist presumably via inter-generational within-family transmission. Differences in railroad infrastructure built by empires during industrialization persisted to this day. Cultural empire legacies have an effect on the political outcomes in contemporary Poland.
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Titre |
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Cultural vs. economic legacies of empires: Evidence from the partition of Poland
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Auteur(s) |
Irena Grosfeld
1, 2
, Ekaterina Zhuravskaya
1, 2
1
PSE -
Paris-Jourdan Sciences Economiques
( 139754 )
- 48 boulevard Jourdan 75014 Paris
- France
2
PSE -
Paris School of Economics
( 301309 )
- 48 boulevard Jourdan 75014 Paris
- France
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Nom de la revue |
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Vulgarisation |
Non
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Langue du document |
Anglais
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Public visé |
Scientifique
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Sous-type de document pour les Articles |
Research article
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Version du document |
version éditeur
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Page/Identifiant |
55-75
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Comité de lecture |
Oui
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Audience |
Internationale
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Date de publication |
2015-02
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Volume |
43
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Numéro |
1
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Domaine(s) |
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Financement |
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Voir aussi |
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Mots-clés |
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Persistence, Partitions, Poland, Empires, Religiosity
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DOI | 10.1016/j.jce.2014.11.004 |
ProdINRA | 312581 |
UT key WOS | 000350086800005 |
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