This paper studies the role of culture in shaping unemployment outcomes. The empirical analysis is based on local … political jurisdictions. Local contrasts across the language border identify the role of culture for unemployment. Our findings … indicate that differences in culture explain differences in unemployment duration on the order of 20%. Moreover, we find that …

We develop a model that analyzes the impact of residential neighborhood and parents’ involvement in education on … quality of the neighborhood, the higher the parents’ involvement in children’s education, indicating cultural complementarity …

influence on the private provision of primary education was limited by a national voucher system. The comparison of preschools …

theories regarding corporate culture. …

social preferences, preferences for competition, and risk attitudes. We show that the greater the share of education an … their Eastern heritage. Increased exposure to Western education has a strong negative impact on altruism, trust, and …

The behaviour of migrant women on the labour market is influenced by a variety of factors, among which the culture of … the home and host country. Part of the literature investigates the role of home-country culture. This study extends the … literature by including a measure for the influence of host-country culture as an additional determinant of the participation of …