“...The interplay between religion and the economy has long occupied social scientists. We construct a unique panel of income and Protestant church attendance...”

“...The trade-off between child quantity and quality is a crucial ingredient of unified growth models that explain the transition from Malthusian stagnation to...”

“...Do citizens' preferences about education policies differ across industrialized countries? To gain comparative evidence on public preferences for education...”

“...How does education affect economic and social outcomes, and how can it inform public policy? Volume 3 of the Handbooks in the Economics of Education uses newly...”

“..."Research increasingly stresses the role of human capital in modern economic development. Existing historical evidence - mostly from British textile industries...”

“...Education policy-makers and practitioners want to know which policies and practices can best achieve their goals. But research that can inform evidence-based...”

“...There is limited existing evidence justifying the economic case for state education policy. Using newly-developed measures of the human capital of each state...”