Tourism is an important, cross-cutting source of income and employment. As a potential tool for development, several governmental and intergovernmental initiatives have been put into place to foster tourism. We study the causal link between a mega cultural event, tourism and economic development...

Promoting talent is a key goal in education. In countries with competitive tertiary education, elite flagship institutions attract high-achieving students. Can honors program be an alternative way to nurture talent? This paper studies the causal impact of attending an honors program offered to...

Using harmonised data from the English Longitudinal Study of Ageing (for England), the Health and Retirement Study (for the US) and the Survey of Health, Ageing and Retirement in Europe (for 11 European countries), this paper estimates the impact of retirement on the self-assessed general health...