—together with standard growth models to frame the role of religion in economic growth. Unifying a growing literature, we argue that … religion can enhance or impinge upon economic growth through all four elements because it shapes individual preferences …, societal norms, and institutions. Religion affects physical capital accumulation by influencing thrift and financial …

We investigate the determinants of the education gender gap in Italy in historical perspective with a focus on the …, we find that family structure is a driver of the education gender gap, with a higher female to male enrollment rate ratio …

institution embedded in the Voodoo religion and a recent secular institution in the form of fishing committees. Using household …

The question of whether there is a connection between income and psychological well-being is a long-studied issue … higher levels of income later in life. We focus on earnings approximately one decade after the person's well-being is …'s results are robust to the inclusion of controls such as education, IQ, physical health, height, self-esteem, and later …

heterogeneity. We argue that serfdom hampered peasants' demand for education whereas the successive emancipation triggered a demand …

conducive business regulations amplify the positive impact on firm creation of better education and reduced skill mismatches. To … escape a low-productivity trap, policymakers should thus create a pro-business framework and a wellfunctioning education …

uses the framework of an education production function to provide descriptive analysis of the extent to which different …

We reassess the scarring" hypothesis by Clark et al. (2001), which states that unemployment experienced in the past … from past unemployment operates via worsened expectations of becoming unemployed in the future, and that it is future … insecurity that makes people unhappy. Hence, the terminology should be altered by one letter: past unemployment scars" because it …