Individual and social behaviors, such as voting patterns, the ability to trust others, participation in the community, health-seeking behaviors, or attitudes towards contraception, can persist over many years. Relying on new historical and contemporary data sources, the works compiled in this thesis aim at explaining and quantifying rigorously instances of persistence in behaviors and preferences. This work presents three contributions to the literature. Firstly, it compiles a new micro-level geocoded historical datasource on missionary activity in sub-Saharan Africa. Secondly, it has elucidated, in original ways, channels of persistence in development, which are not attributable to formal institutions. Thirdly, it has analyzed the intens...
Courgeau (Daniel). - From the group to the individual: what can be learned from migratory behaviour ...
One of the most powerful cultural transformations in modern history has been the dramatic expansion...
The life course of economic history as an autonomous academic sub-discipline is marked by two key tr...
Individual and social behaviors, such as voting patterns, the ability to trust others, participation...
Les comportements politiques et sociaux tels que la participation politique, la confiance en autrui,...
BACKGROUND: Little is known about even the relatively recent demographic history of Africa, because ...
<b>Background</b>: Little is known about even the relatively recent demographic history of Africa, b...
Cette recherche vise à comprendre, la persistance des comportements d’absentéisme dans l’administrat...
Quel est le degré de fluidité des sociétés africaines ? Cet article mobilise des enquêtes nationalem...
In recent years the religious scene in Sub-Saharan Africa has changed enor-mously. Everywhere new (c...
Le premier chapitre documente l'évolution des mariages interethniques et interconfessionnels dans 15...
The migration of millions of people from Europe to the United States had profound consequences for b...
This paper shows that historical missionary activity has had a persistent effect on schooling outcom...
This thesis aiming at studying intergenerational solidarities is based on a survey I conducted in si...
In Belgium, the 19th century saw a decline in fertility. In this context, the socio-demographic hist...
Courgeau (Daniel). - From the group to the individual: what can be learned from migratory behaviour ...
One of the most powerful cultural transformations in modern history has been the dramatic expansion...
The life course of economic history as an autonomous academic sub-discipline is marked by two key tr...
Individual and social behaviors, such as voting patterns, the ability to trust others, participation...
Les comportements politiques et sociaux tels que la participation politique, la confiance en autrui,...
BACKGROUND: Little is known about even the relatively recent demographic history of Africa, because ...
<b>Background</b>: Little is known about even the relatively recent demographic history of Africa, b...
Cette recherche vise à comprendre, la persistance des comportements d’absentéisme dans l’administrat...
Quel est le degré de fluidité des sociétés africaines ? Cet article mobilise des enquêtes nationalem...
In recent years the religious scene in Sub-Saharan Africa has changed enor-mously. Everywhere new (c...
Le premier chapitre documente l'évolution des mariages interethniques et interconfessionnels dans 15...
The migration of millions of people from Europe to the United States had profound consequences for b...
This paper shows that historical missionary activity has had a persistent effect on schooling outcom...
This thesis aiming at studying intergenerational solidarities is based on a survey I conducted in si...
In Belgium, the 19th century saw a decline in fertility. In this context, the socio-demographic hist...
Courgeau (Daniel). - From the group to the individual: what can be learned from migratory behaviour ...
One of the most powerful cultural transformations in modern history has been the dramatic expansion...
The life course of economic history as an autonomous academic sub-discipline is marked by two key tr...