also suggest the potential relevance of a channel linking geography to economic development that has not been investigated …

There is a well-known debate about the roles of geography versus institutions in explaining the long-term development … Robinson (2001) was to address this last point by using settler mortality as an instrument for geography-induced endogenous … mechanisms from geography via institutions to economic development outcomes. In particular, we examine the determinants of …

measures of geography within Europe, we show that i) geography explains both genetic distance and transportation costs between … European countries, and ii) genetic distance does not explain economic outcomes once we control for geography. We conclude that …

study how cohort size has affected real earnings in Europe. When we pool the data of all countries, we find that cohort size …

of research in economics. Our findings indicate that Europe is catching up with the US but, in terms of influential …

Europe deliver greater satisfaction with political institutions and lead to greater personal happiness. The analysis uses …

sides of the Atlantic - Europe and the United States. Based on the existing literature and on a statistical analysis of … religious landscape of Europe and of the United States and projections for the future; (ii) religiosity of immigrants (in Europe … religiosity and integration different in Europe and in the United States, due to historical differences in the state …