Diversity & empire: Baltic Germans & comparative development

Arbeitspapier

In this paper, we explore the long-run effects of cultural and imperial legacies in the Baltic region. Drawing evidence from the 1897 population census in the Russian Empire, we find that localities with a higher share of German historical population are inclined to be more developed in contemporary Latvia and Estonia. Furthermore, based on the Life-In-Transition Survey (LiTS), we use robust regression discontinuity and identify persistent differential patterns of socioeconomic and political preferences across the borders of the former imperial territories of Estland, Livonia (Swedish Livonia), Letgallia (Polish Livonia) and Courland. Hence, we argue for the persistence of legacies as drivers of divergent development paths in the regions of Latvia and Estonia.

Angaben zum Objekt

• Sprache: Englisch

Verweise und Beziehungen

• Erschienen in: Series: Discussion Paper ; No. 2018/6

Klassifikation und Themen

• Klassifikation: Wirtschaft ; Economic History: Government, War, Law, International Relations, and Regulation: Europe: Pre-1913 ; Comparative Studies of Countries ; Comparative Analysis of Economic Systems
• Thema: Baltic Germans ; diversity ; empire ; development ; culture

Beteiligte, Orts- und Zeitangaben

• Ereignis: Geistige Schöpfung
• (wer): Vitola, Alise ; Grigoriadis, Theocharis
• Ereignis: Veröffentlichung
• (wer): Freie Universität Berlin, School of Business & Economics
• (wo): Berlin
• (wann): 2018

Weitere Informationen

• Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/176830
• Letzte Aktualisierung: 10.03.2025, 11:44 MEZ