We exploit information on compulsory schooling reforms in 14 European countries, implemented
mostly in the 1960s and 70s, to identify the impact of education on religious adherence …

We use micro data from the European Social Survey to investigate the impact of “culture of
leisure” and taxes on labor force participation and hours worked of second-generation …

We modify the standard trade model introducing the possibility of biased technological
changes. This model help to explain the falling labor shares as well as the mixed changes in …

The standard Hecksher-Ohlin model predicts that trade liberalization leads to a decline in
the rate of return of the scarce factor of production. However, the empirical evidence of the …

In this dissertation, I present two distinct essays in economics of culture and institutions that
can be read independently from one another. In Chapter 2, using the European Social …

Recent literature documented significant dependency between individual lifetime earnings
and life expectancy. In light of this phenomenon, we examine the effect of using salary-fitted …

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… We thank Deokrye Baek and Luiza Pogorelova for research assistance and Leyla Mocan
for helpful comments. The views expressed herein are those of the authors and do not …

We use data from Sierra Leone where a substantial education program provided increased
access to education for primary-school age children but did not benefit children who were …