the social infrastructure of a potential enemy. War using conventional weapons may be preceded by or combined with a war … likelihood of a war reducing the deterrence. …

is associated with national innovation towards war logistics such as food processing, but less towards war technology … such as guns. This pattern reflects differences in the historical markets for war supplies. European patent data of 1990 …

This paper examines evidence on the role of assimilation versus source country culture in influencing immigrant women …. Considerable evidence is found that immigrant source country gender roles influence immigrant and second generation women …

against women. We find that husband's education lowers the probability of suffering physical, emotional and economic violence … behaviours such as drinking, gambling, and drug abuse. We also find that women whose mothers or whose husbands' mothers …

margin does not increase the likelihood that men form families. In contrast, women admitted to further education are more … observed in the data is driven by selection. For women, our estimates are consistent with the idea that, as increased returns … make women more attractive as potential partners. …

children. Furthermore, education increases the age of first marriage and birth, changes women's and their spouse's labour … market status, and significantly affects women's attitude towards spousal violence against women and gender discrimination in … a manner that empowers women. …