Calendrier du 09 janvier 2024
PSI-PSE (Petit Séminaire Informel de la Paris School of Economics) Seminar
Du 09/01/2024 de 17:00 à 18:00
LEPAULT Claire (PSE)
Is Urban Wastewater Treatment Effective in India? Evidence from Water Quality and Infant Mortality
Applied Economics Lunch Seminar
Du 09/01/2024 de 12:30 à 13:30
Salle R2.21
SILVE Arthur (Université Laval)
The end of slavery in Brazil: Escape and resistance on the road to freedom
A longstanding debate opposes two mechanisms by which labor coercion persists or changes to free labor: a labor demand effect, by which the elite coerces labor when supply is scarce, and an outside option effect, by which labor scarcity and better outside options for the workers undermine coercive arrangements. Using a novel data set of roll-call votes on 1884-1888 emancipation bills in the Brazilian legislature, we find that both mechanisms played a role in building the coalition that eventually abolished slavery.