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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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Child brides in India

Publication Date
2011-January-01
Document Type
working paper
Authors
Johnson-Lans, Shirley
Patricia Jones
Department or Program
Economics Department
Document Type
Working Paper
Abstract

This paper investigates the determinants of child marriage using a new data set from rural India. Specifically, we focus on an extreme form of child marriage--that is, the marriage of girls under the age of ten. No other study to...

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Did the colonial powers pick the economic winners?

Publication Date
2007-September-01
Document Type
working paper
Authors
Patricia Jones
Department or Program
Economics Department
Document Type
Working Paper
Abstract

This paper proposes a new instrument for institutional quality—the salary of colonial governors—to investigate whether variations in the quality of British colonial rule continue to have an impact on the economic performance of former colonies. Governors' salaries provide a good...

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Fault Dating in Rosendale, New York Using Clay Polytype Quantification

Publication Date
2013-January-01
Document Type
Senior Capstone Projects
Authors
Patrick S. Donohue
Department or Program
Earth Science and Geography Department
Document Type
Senior Capstone Project
Abstract

The techniques of fault dating, though still underdeveloped on a wide scale, have been increasingly studied over the past decade. This study draws on these recent observations in relative literature and relates them to a fault in Rosendale, New York...

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