institutional environment. In this paper, we address these issues by modeling the joint evolution of institutions and culture. In …

stronger ties to French culture exhibit a more effective transplant even when controlling for institutional proximity. Our …

rejected at conventional levels of statistical significance (i.e., religion matters), but no robust relationship between …

rejected at conventional levels of statistical significance (i.e., religion matters), but no robust relationship between …

This paper reviews recent economics literature on culture, with an emphasis on its relation to the field of long …-run growth and development. It examines the key issues debated in the new cultural economics: causal effects of culture on … economic outcomes, the origins and social costs of culture, as well as cultural transmission, persistence, and change. Some of …

stronger ties to French culture exhibit a more effective transplant even when controlling for institutional proximity. Our …

speed. In the 20th century, religion played a much lesser role in daily life and income and productivity grew at high and …

Although migration and religion studies have traditionally developed as separate research topics, in the current … studies of migration raise the importance and role of religion in the international migration flows, distinguish between the … reconfiguration of religions in the contemporary world. Religion often inspires migration, as religious minority groups facing …

less developed civilisations often rely on informal institutions such as religion (RES). The present paper attempts to …