We investigate how the intensity of Ramadan affects educational outcomes by exploiting spatio-temporal variation in … the hypothesis that a demanding Ramadan during adolescence affects educational performance by facilitating formation of …

performance in pre-university education. Employing data from central exit exams, a positive link between competition intensity and …

We investigate how the intensity of Ramadan affects educational outcomes by exploiting spatiotemporal variation in … the hypothesis that a demanding Ramadan during adolescence affects educational performance by facilitating formation of …

on education. Afterwards, I analyze how prioritarians would allocate resources in a dynamic model of skill formation and …

quantity of education. The new measure has a strong link to productivity with the potential for productivity gains being much … education policy (pre-primary education) on human capital and productivity to demonstrate the usefulness of the new measure for … measure is a cohort-weighted average of past PISA scores (representing the quality of education) of the working age population …

This paper surveys the recent social science literature on religion in economic history, covering both socioeconomic … causes and consequences of religion. Following the rapidly growing literature, it focuses on the three main monotheisms … facilitated a close historical interconnection of religion with political power and conflict. Second, human capital often played a …

—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 …

In recent years, many countries have experienced a significant expansion of higher education enrolment. There is a … and non-STEM fields. Using administrative data from a large UK higher education institution, we consider a sample of 25 …