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dc.contributor.authorStolz, Yvonneen
dc.contributor.authorBaten, Jörgen
dc.contributor.authorBotelho, Tarcísioen
dc.date.accessioned2011-11-08-
dc.date.accessioned2011-11-24T15:05:31Z-
dc.date.available2011-11-24T15:05:31Z-
dc.date.issued2011-
dc.identifier.piurn:nbn:de:bsz:21-opus-58666en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10419/52238-
dc.description.abstractWe estimate a long-run trend of Brazilian human capital that extends back to the very beginning of the 18th century. With new data on selective immigration during the era of mass migrations at the end of the 19th century, we show that human capital endowment of international migrants can induce effects on economic development that persist until today. According to our estimations, the effect of selective immigration on real GDP per capita in the year 2000 is significant and equals around 75 US $ overall. As a reference, this value equals the amount poor Brazilians get to supplement their subsistence in the Fome Zero (Zero Hunger) program. We argue that human capital formation is a highly path-dependent and persistent process.en
dc.language.isoengen
dc.publisher|aUniversity of Tübingen, Faculty of Economics and Social Sciences |cTübingenen
dc.relation.ispartofseries|aUniversity of Tübingen Working Papers in Economics and Finance |x20en
dc.subject.jelF22en
dc.subject.jelJ40en
dc.subject.jelI21en
dc.subject.jelN30en
dc.subject.ddc330en
dc.subject.keywordmigrationen
dc.subject.keywordeconomic growthen
dc.subject.keywordBrazilen
dc.subject.keywordhuman capitalen
dc.subject.keywordpath dependencyen
dc.titleGrowth effects of 19th century mass migrations: "Fome Zero" for Brazil-
dc.typeWorking Paperen
dc.identifier.ppn671705865en
dc.rightshttp://www.econstor.eu/dspace/Nutzungsbedingungenen
dc.identifier.repecRePEc:zbw:tuewef:20en

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