This dissertation studies three key drivers of economic inequality and mobility. Chapter I shows that scale bias, the extent to which technical change increases the productivity of large relative to small firms, is important for inequality. I develop a tractable framework where people choose to work for wages or earn profits as entrepreneurs and where entrepreneurs choose from a set of available production technologies that differ in their fixed and marginal cost. Large-scale-biased technical change lowers entrepreneurship rates and increases top income inequality, primarily by concentrating business income. Small-scale-biased technical change does the opposite. I show the empirical relevance of scale bias by identifying the causal effects of adoption of two general purpose technologies that vary in scale bias, but are otherwise similar: steam engines (large-scale-biased) and electric motors (small-scale-biased). Using newly collected data from the United States and the Netherlands and a range of identification strategies, I show that these two technologies had the effects predicted by the theory: steam engines increased firm sizes and inequality, while electric motors decreased both. In Chapter II, we study the long-run effects of slavery and restrictive Jim Crow institutions on Black Americans’ economic outcomes. We track individual-level census records of each Black family from 1850 to 1940, and extend our analysis to neighborhood- level outcomes in 2000 and surname-based outcomes in 2023. We show that Black families whose ancestors were enslaved until the Civil War have considerably lower education, income, and wealth than Black families whose ancestors were free before the CivilWar. The disparities between the two groups have persisted, not because of slavery per se, but because most families enslaved until the Civil War lived in states with strict Jim Crow regimes after slavery ended. In a regression discontinuity design based on ancestors’ enslavement locations, we show that Jim Crow institutions sharply reduced Black families’ economic progress in the long run. Chapter III studies the role of women in historical intergenerational mobility in the US. Previous research has focused on father-son income correlations. We build a new linked census panel to include daughters (1850-1940). To also incorporate the role of mothers, we propose a mobility measure that considers parental human capital alongside income (R2) and a semi-parametric latent variable method to estimate this measure from historical data. Our approach reveals increasing mobility, overturning conclusions based on income alone. Mothers’ human capital was more predictive than fathers’ and accounted for the increase in mobility. Aligning with their historical role in homeschooling, mothers were especially important when school access was limited.
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The integration of information and communication technology (ICT) has become increasingly vital across various educational fields, including physical education (PE). This study aimed to evaluate the proficiency levels of PE teachers in using various ICT applications and to examine the relationship between the perceived importance of ICT proficiency for teaching and learning, career advancement, and actual proficiency among Senior High school PE teachers in the municipality of Mexico, Pampanga. This study employed a quantitative descriptive approach. PE teachers from the municipality of Mexico, Pampanga, were selected as the respondents. This study used a two-part survey. The first section collected demographic data, such as age, gender, rank/position, and years of teaching experience, and the second section assessed ICT skill levels and the perceived importance of ICT in teaching, learning, and career progression. The results revealed that the majority of PE teachers had access to ICT resources. However, their proficiency levels with these tools varied significantly. Factors such as age, teaching experience, and professional position were found to significantly influence teachers proficiency and their perceptions of the benefits of ICT integration in PE instruction. The study provided a glimpse of the current state of ICT integration among Senior High school PE teachers in Mexico, Pampanga, Philippines. This also highlights areas of improvement. The study suggests that policymakers, administrators, and training program developers should focus on enhancing the ICT proficiency of PE teachers to improve teaching practices and student engagement. Enhancing the ICT proficiency of PE teachers is recommended to foster better teaching experiences, increase student engagement, and promote overall educational outcomes.
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