We employ a two-step methodology to evaluate the impact of national familial culture on economic growth across countries. The composite measures of familial culture are created from three variables – the importance of family, perceived respect and love for parents, and perception of parents’...

We investigate the effect of trade restrictions on the perception of well-being. Using combined cross-sectional micro data from the World Values Survey and the European Values Survey of individuals in 89 countries, we find that citizens of a country with a lower degree of trade restrictions are...

Studies that examine the long-run impact of remittances on economic growth in West Africa and the Caribbean show that remittances are not growth enhancing. Money has been used toward consumption rather than investment. Because migrants from these regions are mostly permanent immigrants who...