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Exceptional Argentina Di Tella, Glaeser and Llach - Thomas Piketty

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Figure 4:<br />

Literacy Rates in Buenos Aires <strong>and</strong> Chicago, 1869-1939<br />

120.00%<br />

100.00%<br />

Chicago<br />

80.00%<br />

Literacy Rate<br />

60.00%<br />

40.00%<br />

Buenos<br />

Aires<br />

20.00%<br />

0.00%<br />

1869 1870 1880 1890 1895 1900 1904 1910 1914 1920 1930 1939<br />

Year<br />

Sources: Data for Chicago from the U.S. Census IPUMS (Integrated Public Use Microdata Series) at www.ipums.org. Data for<br />

Buenos Aires from Primer Censo Nacional (1869), Segundo Censo Nacional (1895), Censo General de la Ciudad de Buenos Aires<br />

(1904), Tercer Censo Nacional (1914) Tomo III, <strong>and</strong> Cuarto Censo General de la Ciudad de Buenos Aires (1939)

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