Huning, Thilo Rene orcid.org/0000-0002-9394-6262 and Wahl, Fabian (2025) Can Winegrowing Cause Rural Development?:Evidence from Baden-Württemberg. European Review of Economic History. heae018. ISSN 1361-4916
Abstract
Historical winegrowing shaped modern rural development, even in areas in which its cultivation was given up after the early modern period. We provide evidence for this idea from municipality level data on Southwestern German viticulture over the last 1,300 years, and find a significant link between historical winegrowing and modern economic development. We rely on cross-sectional regressions and on an instrumental variable strategy using precipitation seasonality. Our findings highlight two mechanisms through which historical viticulture affected modern development: by leaving behind a more egalitarian inheritance norm, and a more collectivist society.
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Item Type: | Article |
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © The Author(s) 2025 |
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Institution: | The University of York |
Academic Units: | The University of York > Faculty of Social Sciences (York) > Economics and Related Studies (York) |
Depositing User: | Pure (York) |
Date Deposited: | 27 Mar 2025 10:30 |
Last Modified: | 27 Mar 2025 10:30 |
Published Version: | https://doi.org/10.1093/ereh/heae018 |
Status: | Published |
Refereed: | Yes |
Identification Number: | 10.1093/ereh/heae018 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:224939 |
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