creativity and innovation. In particular, we show that variations in innovation within Prussia during the second industrial … innovation during the second industrial revolution. Religious tolerance is measured through population's religious diversity …

causal effect of human capital on income, net of the innovation channel. …

diffusion and, to some extent, shaped the geography of innovation. …

accumulated and stored in monasteries was useful for innovation. In 1866, anticlerical legislation in Italy led to the suppression … a significant increase in innovation. The effect is driven by the increase in the number of manuscripts in previously … existing libraries. We show that the innovation advantage also persisted in the long run and had no impact on human capital. …