Is Islam a religion that promotes patriarchy? In the academic debate, there are different
assessments. On the one hand, there is the thesis of an elective affinity between Islam and …

Why did France experience the demographic transition first? This question remains one of
the greatest puzzles of economics, demography, and economic history. The French pattern …

Following the protest movements and radicalism of the late sixties, many affluent countries
experienced lethal revolutionary terrorism. Groups like the Red Brigades in Italy and the Red …

Many years ago, Emmanuel Todd came up with a classification of family types and argued
that the historically prevalent family types in a society have important consequences for its …

This book explores the deep roots of modern democracy, focusing on geography and long-
term patterns of global diffusion. Its geographic argument centers on access to the sea …

In this chapter we review the literature on the origins and implications of family structure in
historical perspective with a focus on Italian provinces. Furthermore, we present newly …

This study provides new evidence on how historical patterns of household formation shape
the present-day level of trust. We test two distinct features of historical family arrangements …

This paper links economic development to age-old family characteristics through the
propensity to invest and thus increase human productivity. Inequality among siblings favors …

Reviewing the burgeoning literature on the deep historic roots of gender inequality, we
theorize and provide evidence for an overlooked trajectory that (1) originates in a climatic …

This article tests gender system as a mediator in the relationship between gender and
corruption. Using data from World Values Survey we find a robust, significant link between …