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individual level, examining the relationship between religiosity and a broad set of pro- or anti-innovation attitudes in all five … waves of the World Values Survey (1980 to 2005). We thus relate eleven indicators of individual openness to innovation …, broadly defined (e.g., attitudes toward science and technology, new versus old ideas, change, risk taking, personal agency …
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concentration and innovation. This paper addresses this gap with an analysis of around 1,300 UK SMEs. The results suggest that firms …
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The attitudes of ethnic majority populations towards other communities is a potentially important determinant of social … exclusion and of the welfare of ethnic minorities. The suggestion that negative attitudes towards minorities may be affected by …
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This Paper provides a snapshot of the stock of immigrants in Germany using the 1995 wave of the Mikrozensus, with a particular emphasis on distinguishing first- and second-generation migrants. On the basis of this portrait, we draw attention to the empirically most relevant groups of immigrants...
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use an epidemiological approach, studying second-generation American women. I use both female LFP and attitudes in the …
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The ultimate aim of opinion surveys is the provision of information on the distribution of preferences and perceptions at the individual level. Yet, eliciting this information from the data is typically difficult. This Paper uses a structural model to explain the answers on a set of questions...
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about the welfare system, are often believed to manifest themselves in hostile attitudes towards population groups that are … considered to be competitors for these resources. The question of how attitudes of majority populations towards immigration are … such attitudes. Our analysis is based on the British Social Attitudes Survey, which includes questions on attitudes towards …
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; the inner nature of discrimination, negative attitudes and internal barriers; as well as the ethnic minorities’ desires … attitudes towards them. Insufficient knowledge of the official language, insufficient education, discriminatory attitudes and …
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interventions designed to change attitudes. We analyze anti-Semitic attitudes drawing on individual-level survey results from … between 1890 and 1933 are powerful predictors of anti-Jewish attitudes today. There is evidence that transmission takes place …
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The aim of the Paper is to see whether individuals’ attitudes towards globalization are consistent with the predictions … of Heckscher-Ohlin theory. The theory predicts that the impact of being skilled or unskilled on attitudes towards trade …
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