-Judaism, Christianity, and Islam - and on the period up to WWII. Works on Judaism address Jewish occupational specialization … and conflict. Second, human capital often played a leading role in the interconnection between religion and economic …, human capital, emancipation, and the causes and consequences of Jewish persecution. One set of papers on Christianity …

- Judaism, Christianity, and Islam - and on the period up to WWII. Works on Judaism address Jewish occupational specialization … and conflict. Second, human capital often played a leading role in the interconnection between religion and economic …, human capital, emancipation, and the causes and consequences of Jewish persecution. One set of papers on Christianity …

speed. In the 20th century, religion played a much lesser role in daily life and income and productivity grew at high and … well as a period of secularization during which an increasing share of the population abandons religious identity for … reformation as an intermediate stage. Another extension introduces socially-dependent religious preferences, establishes the …

change and indirectly through increasing population growth. The fertility transition and the child quantity-quality trade … standard unified growth model. We measure inequality by the ratio between land rent and wages and show that, before the onset … of the fertility transition, technological progress increased inequality directly through land-biased technological …

history. Human capital is classified according to whether it is allocative or productive, transferable or location … and their influence on the Jewish community in their destination. Complementarity between general and Jewish human capital … is also discussed as a factor in the development of location-specific Jewish human capital and its corresponding Jewish …

growth. The research strategy of the present paper is within a relatively new tradition in labor market research, initiated …Ever since Goldin (1995) proposed the idea that there is a U-shaped female labor force participation rate function in …) are characterized by such low rates of female labor force participation. This gap in labor economics research is all the …

history. Human capital is classified according to whether it is allocative or productive, transferable or location … and their influence on the Jewish community in their destination. Complementarity between general and Jewish human capital … is also discussed as a factor in the development of location-specific Jewish human capital and its corresponding Jewish …

The paper examines the role of education in economic growth from both a theoretical and historic perspective, addresses … why education has been the limiting factor determining growth historically, provides estimates of the quantitative … importance of the direct and indirect effects of education on the economy, calculates the marginal national return on investment …

growth. The research strategy of the present paper is within a relatively new tradition in labor market research, initiated …Ever since Goldin (1995) proposed the idea that there is a U-shaped female labor force participation rate function in …) are characterized by such low rates of female labor force participation. This gap in labor economics research is all the …