Colonial settlers and economic development in Latin America
José G. Montalvo and Marta Reynal-Querol show a relevant effect of the skills of first colonizers on long-run levels of development in Latin America.
Topic Archive: Economic Welfare
Birth subsidies and fertility: Evidence from Spain
Libertad González and Sofia Trommlerová explore how a child benefit in Spain affected birth rates and abortions.
Satisfaction Measurements and Relative Concerns: Evidence From Tanzania
Jean-Marc Bédhat Atsebi and Ada Ferrer-i-Carbonell measure life and financial satisfaction across definitions of reference groups to understand the mechanisms through which comparisons work in a poor setting.
Income comparisons and non-cognitive skills
Santi Budría and Ada Ferrer-i-Carbonell are the first to relax the assumption that individuals respond identically to societal information regardless of their personality.
