The Effects of Catholic and Protestant Schools: A Meta-Analysis

Differences in Educational Production Between Dutch Public and Religious Schools

A common finding in the economic literature on schooling effectiveness is the phenomenon of better performance by religious, and more precisely Catholic, schools in terms of scholastic achievement, educational attainment and measurable labor market outcomes (i.e. subsequent employment status and wages). While the majority of this research in the economic sciences stems from the US, fueling the ...

Still worlds apart: the worldviews of adolescent males attending Protestant and Catholic secondary schools in Northern Ireland Dr

بررسی تحلیلی دیدگاه شیعه نسبت به شبیه‌سازی

Religious positions on human cloning are pluralistic in modes of argument and conclusions. Some religious thinkers argue that cloning a human is immoral and propose a ban on human cloning. Some other religious thinkers contend that human cloning could be morally justified under some circumstances. The Roman Catholic Church expressed a vigorous opposition to the procedure and a Vatican editor...

Christians in Colonial Africa

Using information on the precise locations of Catholic and Protestant mission during Africa’s Colonial period, I examine the long-term impact of Protestant and Catholic missionary activity on religious conversion, education, civic participation and attitudes towards democracy. Examining variation across ethnicities and villages within 17 sub-Saharan African countries, I provide evidence that Pr...

Human Capital, Institutions, and Incentives: Micro and Macro Perspectives

This dissertation consists of four essays on human capital, institutions, and incentives. In the first essay, I investigate the effects of voucher-school competition on educational outcomes in Chile. I present a theoretical model that produces three empirical predictions: voucher-school competition 1) improves student outcomes; 2) may put stronger pressure on public schools to increase quality;...