Datasets and replication codes for "Middleman Minorities and Ethnic Violence: Anti-Jewish Pogroms in the Russian Empire." Review of Economic Studies, 2020, Vol. 87(1), 289-342. DOI: 10.1093/restud/rdz001"
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Datasets and replication codes for: Grosfeld, Irena, Seyhun Orcan Sakalli, and Ekaterina Zhuravskaya. 2020. "Middleman Minorities and Ethnic Violence: Anti-Jewish Pogroms in the Russian Empire. " Review of Economic Studies, Vol. 87(1), 289-342. DOI: 10.1093/restud/rdz001(RESTUD Open Access) The included geocoded datasets that cover the Russian Empire, they include data on: - Pogroms - Ethnicity, occupational composition across ethnicities, and other population statistics - Grain yields, grain prices, and crop failures - Seasonal temperature - Political turmoil - Violence against Jews before 1800 - Antisemitic books in the 18th century