This article reviews the literature on historical persistence in political science and the related social sciences. Historical persistence refers to causal effects that (a) operate over time scales of a decade or more and (b) explain spatial variation in political, economic, or social outcomes. Although political scientists have always drawn from history, the historical persistence literature represents a new approach to historical research in the social sciences that places a premium on credible research designs for causal inference. We discuss regional and national coverage, state-of-The-Art research designs, analytical and inferential challenges, and mechanisms and theories of persistence, drawing broadly from the contemporary literature in political science and economics.
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Cirone, A., & Pepinsky, T. B. (2022, February 1). Historical Persistence. Annual Review of Political Science. Annual Reviews Inc. https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev-polisci-051120-104325
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