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Vassar Scholarship, the institutional repository formerly known as Digital Window, reflects the research and scholarly output of the Vassar College community.  It provides access to a variety of collections, including senior theses and projects across a wide range of disciplines.

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Freedom and Unfreedom in the Visigothic Kingdoms: Evidence from the Formulae Visigothicae

Publication Date
2023-April-28
Authors
Beloney, Tao
Department or Program
Medieval and Renaissance Studies Program
Document Type
Senior Capstone Project
Access Level
Open
Abstract

The late antique and early medieval period is typically thought of as a time of change. In slavery studies, Marxist historiography argues that the period marks the shift from the "slave" to the "feudal" mode of production, and its detractors...

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The United States Education System and Intergenerational Income Mobility

Publication Date
2015-January-01
Document Type
Senior Capstone Projects
Authors
Marissa Hashizume
Department or Program
Economics Department
Document Type
Senior Capstone Project
Access Level
Vassar Only
Abstract

This study intends to determine some of the avenues through which parent income affects child income and if the public education system has the potential to increase income mobility and equalize economic opportunity. I find that the income elasticity between...

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