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Economic Independence

Economic Independence is a socioeconomic condition during the Reconstruction Era in which formerly enslaved individuals achieved autonomous control over their labor, land ownership, and financial decision-making, distinguishing it from mere legal freedom by emphasizing self-sustaining livelihoods and participation in a market economy.

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2017–2026

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Publications

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Human Capital Investments or Norms of Role Transition? How Women's Schooling and Career Affect the Process of Family Formation

Hans‐Peter Blossfeld, Johannes Huinink · American Journal of Sociology · 1991 · 827 citations

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On the relationship between economic freedom and economic growth

Jakob de Haan, Jan‐Egbert Sturm · European Journal of Political Economy · 2000 · 819 citations · Full text

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Economic Freedom of the World: 2022 Annual Report

JAMES D. GWARTNEY, Robert F. Lawson, Joshua C. Hall et al. · SSRN Electronic Journal · 2023 · 779 citations · Full text

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Women's Rising Employment and the Future of the Family in Industrial Societies

Valerie Kincade Oppenheimer · Population and Development Review · 1994 · 775 citations

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Women's Employment and the Gain to Marriage: The Specialization and Trading Model

Valerie Kincade Oppenheimer · Annual Review of Sociology · 1997 · 768 citations

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  1. JC
    Joshua C. Hall

    West Virginia University, United States

    7 publications · 877 citations

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  2. JS
    Jan‐Egbert Sturm

    ETH Zurich, Switzerland

    6 publications · 1.3K citations

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  3. JD
    Jakob de Haan

    University of Groningen, Netherlands

    6 publications · 1.3K citations

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  4. RA
    Robert A. Lawson

    Southern Methodist University, United States

    5 publications · 611 citations

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  5. IB
    Irā Berlin

    University of Maryland, College Park, United States

    4 publications · 118 citations

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Institutions

566

  1. University of Oxford

    Oxford, United Kingdom

    9 h-index

    10 publications

    392 citations

  2. University of Chicago

    Chicago, United States

    7 h-index

    9 publications

    209 citations

  3. London School of Economics and Political Science

    London, United Kingdom

    6 h-index

    9 publications

    1.1K citations

  4. Johns Hopkins University

    Baltimore, United States

    6 h-index

    12 publications

    741 citations

  5. Stanford University

    Stanford, United States

    5 h-index

    7 publications

    193 citations

  6. West Virginia University

    Morgantown, United States

    5 h-index

    6 publications

    1.2K citations

  7. University of Groningen

    Groningen, The Netherlands

    5 h-index

    6 publications

    2K citations

  8. University of California, Los Angeles

    Los Angeles, United States

    5 h-index

    5 publications

    320 citations

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Venues

  1. Choice Reviews Online

    CRO · 18 publications · 1.8K citations

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  2. Journal of Marriage and the Family

    11 publications · 813 citations

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  3. European Journal of Political Economy

    10 publications · 2.3K citations

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  4. The American Historical Review

    AHR · 10 publications · 441 citations

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  5. SSRN Electronic Journal

    Repository · 11 publications · 1.1K citations

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