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Minorities, Human Capital and Long-Run Development: Persistence of Armenian and Greek Influence in Turkey

Arbatli, Cemal Eren; Gokmen, Gunes - 2016

by their legacy on local human capital accumulation. In comparison, the mediating effect of minority asset transfer on …

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Devotion and Development: Religiosity, Education, and Economic Progress in 19th-Century France

Squicciarini, Mara P. - 2019

This paper uses a historical setting to study when religion can be a barrier to the diffusion of knowledge and economic development, and through which mechanism. I focus on 19th-century Catholicism and analyze a crucial phase of modern economic growth, the Second Industrial Revolution...

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Economics and religion

Chiswick, Carmel Ullman - 2010

This paper provides an overview of the relationship between economics and religion. It first considers the effects of economic incentives in the religious marketplace on consumers' demand for religion. It then shows how this demand affects religious institutions and generates a supply of...

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Religion and Growth

Becker, Sascha O.; Rubin, Jared; Woessmann, Ludger - 2024

We use the elements of a macroeconomic production function - physical capital, human capital, labor, and technology … development. It affects human capital through both religious and secular education. It affects population and labor by influencing …

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Entitled to Property: Inheritance Laws, Female Bargaining Power, and Child Health in India

Hossain, Md Shahadath; Nikolov, Plamen - 2021

Child height is a significant predictor of human capital and economic status throughout adulthood. Moreover, non …. Therefore, policies that empower women can have additional positive spillovers for children's human capital. …

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Moral barriers to birth control access: How the pill changed Dutch women's lives - When religion did not get in the way

Marie, Olivier; Zwiers, Esmée S. - 2021

examining its impact on female fertility control and human capital formation. We find that younger women who grew up in more …

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Evolution vs. creationism in the classroom: The lasting effects of science education

Arold, Benjamin W. - 2022

Anti-scientific attitudes can impose substantial costs on societies. Can schools be an important agent in mitigating the propagation of such attitudes? This paper investigates the effect of the content of science education on anti-scientific attitudes, knowledge, and choices. The analysis...

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Religious Barriers to Birth Control Access

Marie, Olivier; Zwiers, Esmée - 2023

conservative areas were more likely to delay fertility/marriage and to accumulate human capital in the long run. We then show how …

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Entitled to Property: How Breaking the Gender Barrier Improves Child Health in India

Hossain, Md Shahadath; Nikolov, Plamen - 2023

determinant of human capital and economic standing throughout adulthood. We examine the effects of a policy shift, the Hindu … larger share of family resources. Policies empowering women can yield additional positive externalities for children's human …

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Religion and Growth

Becker, Sascha O.; Rubin, Jared; Woessmann, Ludger - 2023

We use the elements of a macroeconomic production function – physical capital, human capital, labor, and technology … development. It affects human capital through both religious and secular education. It affects population and labor by influencing …

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