steady states arise because rents to human capital are self perpetuating. Inequality in abilities may be good for growth … because it allows inframarginal workers to earn rents on their human capital, which then increase savings. Public education is … also good for growth because it gives the young property rights over their own human capital, which are thus equivalent to …

reconciles financial, fiscal and macroeconomic stability with growth by increasing the supply of long-term risk-bearing and …

We investigate the historical determinants of the education gender gap in Italy in the late nineteenth century … of transmission was the larger provision of education for girls in commercial centers. …

We investigate the determinants of the education gender gap in Italy in historical perspective with a focus on the …, we find that over the 1861-1901 period family structure is a driver of the education gender gap, with a higher female to …

The impact of school resources on the quality of education in developing countries may depend crucially on whether … program in Senegal, which decentralized a portion of the country’s education budget. We find large positive effects on test …

minimum altruism, in which child labor in a given family is judged relative to a specific social standard. Under this … criterion, child labor is exploitative only in families where the parent (or guardian) displays insufficient altruism towards …

distinct and economically relevant component of individual preferences alongside selfishness and altruism. This recognition is … power of trust as a determinant of those decisions, suggesting that altruism may explain much of what ‘looks like’ trust … protocols and framing. Therefore, we propose discriminatory tests for altruism and trust that can be based on within …

emerges with nontrivial voting costs and modest altruism. The model can explain higher turnout in close elections as well as …