partly to the redistributive effect of education spending. In the model income inequality and growth depend in an inverted U …-shaped way on education. To maintain a given level of human capital it is shown that a less efficient schooling technology … requires more resources, which lowers pre-tax and post-tax income inequality as well as growth. Using consistently defined …

-run effects of capital markets integration, in equilibrium, on the optimal provision of education and growth. Third, we examine a … education with and without capital markets integration. First, we explore how regimes of education provision - public, private … competition game where countries compete in the provision of public education. …

analyse the effect of both, coal and oil on economic growth between 1900 and 2015, exploiting variation at the level of …

-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 … development. It affects human capital through both religious and secular education. It affects population and labor by influencing …

Given significant expenditures on education technologies, an important question is whether these products are adopted …

economic development during pre-industrial times, yet allow for an early onset of sustained growth. As a result, the theory …

While various empirical studies have found negative growth-effects of natural disasters, little is yet known about the … microeconomic channels through which disasters might affect short- and especially long-term growth. This paper contributes to …