Economics of culture and institutions.

• Position: Conferences

An NBER conference, "Economics of Culture and Institutions," took place in Cambridge on April 21-22. Research Associates Alberto Bisin of New York University and Paola Giuliano of University of California, Los Angeles, organized the meeting. These researchers' papers were presented and discussed:

* Oded Galor, Brown University and NBER; Omer Ozak, Southern Methodist University; and Assaf Sarid, University of Haifa (Israel), "Geographical Origins and Economic Consequences of Language Structures"

* Leonardo Bursztyn, University of Chicago and NBER; Thomas Fujiwara, Princeton University and NBER; and Amanda Pallais, Harvard University and NBER, " 'Acting Wife': Marriage Market Incentives and Labor Market Investments" (NBER Working Paper No. 23043)

* Sascha O. Becker, University of Warwick (U.K.), and Luigi Pascali, Pompeu Fabra University (Barcelona), "Religion, Division of Labor, and Conflict: Anti-Semitism in German Regions over...