Occasional reminder of differences PRE German partition. See (pdf) 👉 www.aeaweb.org/articles?id=... @lukasmergele.bsky.social @woessmann.bsky.social - ThreadSky

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essobecker.bsky.social • 17 hours ago

Occasional reminder of differences PRE German partition.

See (pdf) 👉 https://www.aeaweb.org/articles?id=10.1257/jep.34.2.143

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essobecker.bsky.social•17 hours ago

A few more differences

essobecker.bsky.social•17 hours ago

(3/N)

essobecker.bsky.social•17 hours ago

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essobecker.bsky.social•17 hours ago

(5/N) regression coefficients (1)

essobecker.bsky.social•17 hours ago

(6/N) regression coefficients (2)

caln19.bsky.social•7 hours ago

So basically Prussia was irreligious and left-leaning (?!) the lack of self-employment maybe linked to the dominance of the land-owning gentry?

amenzelecon.bsky.social•4 hours ago

Though, indeed, the post reunification differences seem sharper at the borders than the pre-WW2 differences. So there do seem to be some causal effects of the separation.

essobecker.bsky.social•4 hours ago

No doubt, Communism had effects.
But not all West-East differences we see today are due to Communism alone.
That's the super simple point of 👇
https://www.aeaweb.org/articles?id=10.1257/jep.34.2.143

enieuwenh.bsky.social•9 hours ago

The gender Paygap is remarkable. And that is because of the DDR.

chrisadamsecon.bsky.social•16 hours ago

Pretty amazing.

girasoles-lady.bsky.social•8 hours ago

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