Robin Grier

Oct 22, 2024 | onlinelibrary.wiley.com | Robin Grier

Supporting Information Filename Description coep12674-sup-0001_DisclosureForms.pdf136.1 KB Supporting Information S1 REFERENCES & (2011) Bias-corrected matching estimators for average treatment effects. Journal of Business & Economic Statistics, 29(1), 1–11. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1198/jbes.2009.07333 , , & (2014) Did trade liberalization help women? The case of Mexico in the 1990s. In: S.W. Polachek, & K. Tatsiramos (Eds.) New analyses of worker well-being.

Jul 3, 2024 | dialnet.unirioja.es | Robin Grier

Crawling Towards Weber? Mexican State Capacity in the Nineteenth CenturyAutores: Robin M. GrierLocalización: Essays in economic and business history: the journal of the economic and business historical society, ISSN 0896-226X, Vol. 42, Nº. 2, 2024, págs. 75-98Idioma: inglésEnlacesTexto completoResumenIn this article, I investigate why it was so difficult for nineteenth-century Mexico to develop the institutions necessary for a modern state.

Sep 7, 2023 | worksinprogress.co | Ed Conway |Robin Grier |Anvar Sarygulov |Phoebe Arslanagic-Wakefield

Words by25 Mins The West has been below replacement fertility once before. Then came the Baby Boom. Understanding that boom may help us deal with today’s bust. In 1800, the average British woman had 4.97 children over the course of her life, about the same amount as the average woman living in Burkina Faso today. A century later, Britain’s fertility rate had slipped to 3.9 children per woman.

Sep 7, 2023 | worksinprogress.co | Samuel Hughes |Ed Conway |Robin Grier

22 Mins Building a state is not a matter of copying first world institutions. It is a tough process of deals and compromises. 19th century Mexico is a good example. We are impatient. We want quick results. We look to others who have made it to try to copy what they do, but often find out the hard way that it isn’t as easy as it seems. We have that same impatience when it comes to the development of economies and government as well.

Sep 7, 2023 | worksinprogress.co | Robin Grier |Anya Martin |Ed Conway

19 Mins Today’s world requires vastly more copper than you could imagine, and the world of electric vehicles will require even more. That means finding new ways to find and extract copper from the earth’s crust and oceans. In 1983, the 29-year-old Steve Jobs bought a rambling old mansion in Woodside, a quiet, wealthy little Californian town midway between San Francisco and San Jose. The property was hardly the obvious choice for a young entrepreneur.