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Doepke, Matthias; Zilibotti, Fabrizio - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2013

We discuss the two-way link between culture and economic growth. We present a model of endogenous technical change … where growth is driven by the innovative activity of entrepreneurs. Entrepreneurship is risky and requires investments that … affect the steepness of the lifetime consumption profile. As a consequence, the occupational choice of entrepreneurship …

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The Implications of Cultural Background on Labour Market Choices: The Case of Religion and Entrepreneurship

Nunziata, Luca; Rocco, Lorenzo - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2011

We suggest a methodology for identifying the implications of alternative cultural and social norms embodied by religious denomination on labour market outcomes, by estimating the differential impact of Protestantism versus Catholicism on the propensity to be an entrepreneur, on the basis of the...

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A Tale of Minorities: Evidence on Religious Ethics and Entrepreneurship from Swiss Census Data

Nunziata, Luca; Rocco, Lorenzo - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014

significantly higher propensity for entrepreneurship. The estimated difference ranges between 2.3 and 4.4 percentage points. Our …

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Culture and Household Decision Making: Balance of Power and Labor Supply Choices of US-born and Foreign-born Couples

Oreffice, Sonia - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014

non-labor income, controlling for both spouses' demographic and socioeconomic characteristics. Households whose culture of …

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Ethnic Goods and Immigrant Assimilation

Abdulloev, Ilhom; Epstein, Gil S.; Gang, Ira N. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014

Some immigrants try to keep their ethnicity hidden while others become ever deeply more mired in their home culture. We …

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The Role of Historical Resource Constraints in Modern Gender Inequality: A Cross-Country Analysis

Hazarika, Gautam; Jha, Chandan Kumar; Sarangi, Sudipta - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014

We posit that historical resource scarcities played a role in the emergence of gender norms inimical to women that persist to this day. This thesis is supported by our finding that nations’ historical resource endowments, as measured by the historical availability of arable land, are...

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Tax Morale

Luttmer, Erzo F.P.; Singhal, Monica - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014

, creating a culture of compliance, and changing social norms. Tax morale does indeed appear to be an important component of …

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The Agricultural Origins of Time Preference

Galor, Oded; Özak, Ömer - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014

This research explores the origins of the distribution of time preference across regions. It advances the hypothesis and establishes empirically, that geographical variations in natural land productivity and their impact on the return to agricultural investment have had a persistent effect on...

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Cultural Values and Decision to Work of Immigrant Women in Italy

Scoppa, Vincenzo; Stranges, Manuela - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014

We investigate the role of culture in explaining economic outcomes at individual level analyzing how cultural values … labor market is affected both by the culture of females' and by their husband's origin countries. We also show that the …

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Cultural Biases in Migration: Estimating Non-Monetary Migration Costs

Falck, Oliver; Lameli, Alfred; Ruhose, Jens - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2015

Ever since Sjaastad (1962), researchers have struggled to quantify the psychic costs of migration. We monetize psychic cost as the wage premium for moving to a culturally different location. We combine administrative social security panel data with a proxy for cultural difference based on...

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