Thursday, June 20, 2013

Were the Jews Moneylenders Out of Necessity? By Maristella Botticini and Zvi Eckstein.

Were the Jews Moneylenders Out of Necessity? By Maristella Botticini and Zvi Eckstein. Reform Judaism, Spring 2013. Also here.

Jewish Occupational Selection: Education, Restrictions, or Minorities? By Maristella Botticini and Zvi Eckstein. The Journal of Economic History, Vol. 65, No. 4 (December 2005).

From Farmers to Merchants, Conversions and Diaspora: Human Capital and Jewish History. By Maristella Botticini and Zvi Eckstein. Journal of the European Economic Association, Vol. 5, No. 5 (September 2007).

What makes Jews so smart? By Manuel Trajtenberg. Haaretz, August 2, 2013. Also here.