Nico Voigtländer

University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) - Anderson School of Management

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110 Westwood Plaza

Los Angeles, CA 90095-1481

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http://www.anderson.ucla.edu/faculty/nico.v/

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Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR)

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Persecution Perpetuated: The Medieval Origins of Anti-Semitic Violence in Nazi Germany

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Persecution Perpetuated: The Medieval Origins of Anti-Semitic Violence in Nazi Germany

Quarterly Journal of Economics 2012, 127(3): 1339-1392
Number of pages: 48 Posted: 27 Apr 2011 Last Revised: 11 Oct 2012
Nico Voigtländer and Hans-Joachim Voth
University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) - Anderson School of Management and University of Zurich - UBS International Center of Economics in Society
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Persecution Perpetuated: The Medieval Origins of Anti-Semitic Violence in Nazi Germany

CEPR Discussion Paper No. DP8365
Number of pages: 57 Posted: 04 May 2011
Nico Voigtländer and Hans-Joachim Voth
University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) - Anderson School of Management and University of Zurich - UBS International Center of Economics in Society
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Anti-Semitism, Cultural Persistence, Discrimination, Hate Crime, Intergenerational Transmission of Preferences, Nazi Party, Pogroms, Violence

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Bowling for Fascism: Social Capital and the Rise of the Nazi Party in Weimar Germany, 1919-33

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Bowling for Fascism: Social Capital and the Rise of the Nazi Party in Weimar Germany, 1919-33

Journal of Political Economy, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 58 Posted: 27 Jun 2013 Last Revised: 01 Nov 2015
Shanker Satyanath, Nico Voigtländer and Hans-Joachim Voth
New York University (NYU) - Wilf Family Department of Politics, University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) - Anderson School of Management and University of Zurich - UBS International Center of Economics in Society
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social capital, democracy, political economy, Weimar Germany, Nazi Party

Bowling for Fascism: Social Capital and the Rise of the Nazi Party

NBER Working Paper No. w19201
Number of pages: 48 Posted: 03 Jul 2013
Shanker Satyanath, Nico Voigtländer and Hans-Joachim Voth
New York University (NYU) - Wilf Family Department of Politics, University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) - Anderson School of Management and University of Zurich - UBS International Center of Economics in Society
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Bowling for Fascism: Social Capital and the Rise of the Nazi Party in Weimar Germany: 1919-33

CEPR Discussion Paper No. DP9595
Number of pages: 58 Posted: 13 Aug 2013
Shanker Satyanath, Nico Voigtländer and Hans-Joachim Voth
New York University (NYU) - Wilf Family Department of Politics, University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) - Anderson School of Management and University of Zurich - UBS International Center of Economics in Society
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democracy, extremism, social capital

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Highway to Hitler

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Highway to Hitler

University of Zurich, Department of Economics, Working Paper No. 156
Number of pages: 38 Posted: 21 May 2014 Last Revised: 05 Jun 2014
Nico Voigtländer and Hans-Joachim Voth
University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) - Anderson School of Management and University of Zurich - UBS International Center of Economics in Society
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political economy, infrastructure spending, establishment of dictatorships, pork‐barrel politics, Nazi regime

Highway to Hitler

Number of pages: 46 Posted: 01 Nov 2015
Nico Voigtländer and Hans-Joachim Voth
University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) - Anderson School of Management and University of Zurich - UBS International Center of Economics in Society
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political economy, entrenchment of dictatorships, infrastructure spending

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The Three Horsemen of Riches: Plague, War and Urbanization in Early Modern Europe

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The Three Horsemen of Riches: Plague, War and Urbanization in Early Modern Europe

Review of Economic Studies (2013), Forthcoming
Number of pages: 41 Posted: 12 Nov 2007 Last Revised: 13 May 2013
Nico Voigtländer and Hans-Joachim Voth
University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) - Anderson School of Management and University of Zurich - UBS International Center of Economics in Society
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Malthus to Solow, Long-run Growth, Great Divergence, Epidemics, Demographic Regime

The Three Horsemen of Growth: Plague, War and Urbanization in Early Modern Europe

CEPR Discussion Paper No. DP7275
Number of pages: 59 Posted: 19 May 2009
Nico Voigtländer and Hans-Joachim Voth
University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) - Anderson School of Management and University of Zurich - UBS International Center of Economics in Society
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Demographic Regime, Epidemics, Great Divergence, Long-run Growth, Malthus to Solow

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Why England? Demographic Factors, Structural Change and Physical Capital Accumulation During the Industrial Revolution

Journal of Economical Growth, Vol. 11, No. 4, 2006
Number of pages: 43 Posted: 08 Aug 2006 Last Revised: 12 Oct 2012
Nico Voigtländer and Hans-Joachim Voth
University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) - Anderson School of Management and University of Zurich - UBS International Center of Economics in Society
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Industrial Revolution, Unified Growth Theory, Endogenous Growth, Transition, Calibration

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How the West 'Invented' Fertility Restriction

American Economic Review, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 40 Posted: 21 Dec 2008 Last Revised: 20 Jul 2013
Nico Voigtländer and Hans-Joachim Voth
University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) - Anderson School of Management and University of Zurich - UBS International Center of Economics in Society
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European fertility pattern, fertility decline, Malthus, demography

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Forced Migration and Human Capital: Evidence from Post-WWII Population Transfers

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Forced Migration and Human Capital: Evidence from Post-WWII Population Transfers

Number of pages: 81 Posted: 07 May 2018 Last Revised: 04 Oct 2018
Sascha O. Becker, Irena Grosfeld, Pauline A. Grosjean, Nico Voigtländer and Ekaterina Zhuravskaya
University of Warwick, Paris School of Economics, UNSW Business School, School of Economics, University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) - Anderson School of Management and Paris School of Economics (PSE)
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Poland, Forced Migration, Uprootedness, Human Capital

Forced Migration and Human Capital: Evidence from Post-Wwii Population Transfers

NBER Working Paper No. w24704
Number of pages: 53 Posted: 18 Jun 2018 Last Revised: 24 Jun 2018
Sascha O. Becker, Irena Grosfeld, Pauline A. Grosjean, Nico Voigtländer and Ekaterina Zhuravskaya
University of Warwick, Paris School of Economics, UNSW Business School, School of Economics, University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) - Anderson School of Management and Paris School of Economics (PSE)
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Forced Migration and Human Capital: Evidence from Post-Wwii Population Transfers

CEPR Discussion Paper No. DP12975
Number of pages: 85 Posted: 11 Jun 2018 Last Revised: 29 Oct 2018
Sascha O. Becker, Irena Grosfeld, Pauline A. Grosjean, Nico Voigtländer and Ekaterina Zhuravskaya
University of Warwick, Paris School of Economics, UNSW Business School, School of Economics, University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) - Anderson School of Management and Paris School of Economics (PSE)
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Forced Migration, Human Capital, Poland, Uprootedness

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Skill Bias Magnified: Intersectoral Linkages and White-Collar Labor Demand in U.S. Manufacturing

Review of Economics and Statistics, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 35 Posted: 12 Nov 2007 Last Revised: 13 May 2013
Nico Voigtländer
University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) - Anderson School of Management
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Skill-Biased Technical Change, Intermediate Linkages, Multiplier, Input-Output, Complementarity

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Bowling for Fascism: Social Capital and the Rise of the Nazi Party

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Bowling for Fascism: Social Capital and the Rise of the Nazi Party

University of Zurich, UBS International Center of Economics in Society, Working Paper No. 7
Number of pages: 56 Posted: 10 Jul 2014
Shanker Satyanath, Nico Voigtländer and Hans-Joachim Voth
New York University (NYU) - Wilf Family Department of Politics, University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) - Anderson School of Management and University of Zurich - UBS International Center of Economics in Society
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Social capital, democracy, institutions, associations, networks

Bowling for Fascism: Social Capital and the Rise of the Nazi Party

University of Zurich, Department of Economics, Working Paper No. 147
Number of pages: 64 Posted: 28 Mar 2014
Shanker Satyanath, Nico Voigtländer and Hans-Joachim Voth
New York University (NYU) - Wilf Family Department of Politics, University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) - Anderson School of Management and University of Zurich - UBS International Center of Economics in Society
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Social capital, democracy, institutions, associations, networks

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Married to Intolerance: Attitudes Towards Intermarriage in Germany, 1900-2006

Number of pages: 12 Posted: 15 Jan 2013
Nico Voigtländer and Hans-Joachim Voth
University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) - Anderson School of Management and University of Zurich - UBS International Center of Economics in Society
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Persecution Perpetuated: The Medieval Origins of Anti-Semitic Violence in Nazi Germany

NBER Working Paper No. w17113
Number of pages: 58 Posted: 12 Jun 2011
Nico Voigtländer and Hans-Joachim Voth
University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) - Anderson School of Management and University of Zurich - UBS International Center of Economics in Society
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Imported Inputs, Quality Complementarity, and Skill Demand

Number of pages: 49 Posted: 14 May 2013
Diego Saravia and Nico Voigtländer
Central Bank of Chile and University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) - Anderson School of Management
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International Trade, Skill-Biased Technical Change, Intermediate Linkages, Input- Output, Complementarity

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Exporting and Plant-Level Efficiency Gains: It's in the Measure

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Exporting and Plant-Level Efficiency Gains: It's in the Measure

Number of pages: 34 Posted: 14 May 2013
Alvaro Garcia Marin and Nico Voigtländer
University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) - Anderson School of Management and University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) - Anderson School of Management
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International Trade, Productivity, Learning by Exporting

Exporting and Plant-Level Efficiency Gains: It's in the Measure

NBER Working Paper No. w19033
Number of pages: 55 Posted: 11 May 2013 Last Revised: 08 Oct 2014
Alvaro Garcia Marin and Nico Voigtländer
University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) - Anderson School of Management and University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) - Anderson School of Management
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How the West 'Invented' Fertility Restriction

NBER Working Paper No. w17314
Number of pages: 77 Posted: 29 Aug 2011
Nico Voigtländer and Hans-Joachim Voth
University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) - Anderson School of Management and University of Zurich - UBS International Center of Economics in Society
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Highway to Hitler

NBER Working Paper No. w20150
Number of pages: 53 Posted: 26 May 2014
Nico Voigtländer and Hans-Joachim Voth
University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) - Anderson School of Management and University of Zurich - UBS International Center of Economics in Society
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Human Capital and Industrialization: Evidence from the Age of Enlightenment

NBER Working Paper No. w20219
Number of pages: 55 Posted: 16 Jun 2014
Mara Squicciarini and Nico Voigtländer
KU Leuven - Centre for Institutions and Economic Performance (LICOS) and University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) - Anderson School of Management
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How Merchant Towns Shaped Parliaments: From the Norman Conquest of England to the Great Reform Act

NBER Working Paper No. w23606
Number of pages: 61 Posted: 25 Jul 2017
Charles Angelucci, Simone Meraglia and Nico Voigtländer
Columbia University, University of Exeter and University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) - Anderson School of Management
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Input Diffusion and the Evolution of Production Networks

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Input Diffusion and the Evolution of Production Networks

NBER Working Paper No. w20025
Number of pages: 54 Posted: 07 Apr 2014 Last Revised: 30 Sep 2014
Vasco M. Carvalho and Nico Voigtländer
Universitat Pompeu Fabra/CREI and University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) - Anderson School of Management
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Input Diffusion and the Evolution of Production Networks

CEPR Discussion Paper No. DP10498
Number of pages: 55 Posted: 24 Mar 2015
Vasco M. Carvalho and Nico Voigtländer
Universitat Pompeu Fabra/CREI and University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) - Anderson School of Management
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directed network search, dynamics of production networks, input adoption

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Married to Intolerance: Attitudes Towards Intermarriage in Germany, 1900-2006

NBER Working Paper No. w18813
Number of pages: 14 Posted: 16 Feb 2013
Nico Voigtländer and Hans-Joachim Voth
University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) - Anderson School of Management and University of Zurich - UBS International Center of Economics in Society
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Knowledge Elites and Modernization: Evidence from Revolutionary France

NBER Working Paper No. w22779
Number of pages: 32 Posted: 31 Oct 2016
Mara Squicciarini and Nico Voigtländer
Northwestern University - Department of Economics and University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) - Anderson School of Management
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(Re-) Shaping Hatred: Anti-Semitic Attitudes in Germany, 1890-2006

CEPR Discussion Paper No. DP8935
Number of pages: 59 Posted: 25 May 2012
Nico Voigtländer and Hans-Joachim Voth
University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) - Anderson School of Management and University of Zurich - UBS International Center of Economics in Society
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anti-Semitism, attitudes, cultural transmission