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On the Cultural Transmission of Corruption.

Hauk, E.; Saez-Marti, M. - Institutet för Näringslivsforskning (IFN) - 2001

We provide a cultural explanation to the phenomenon of corruption in the framework of an overlapping generations model with intergenerational transmission of values. We show that the economy has two steady states with different levels of corruption.

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On the Cultural Transmission of Corruption

Hauk, Esther; Sáez-Martí, María - Institutet för Näringslivsforskning (IFN) - 2001

corruption. The driving force in the equilibrium selection process is the education effort exerted by parents which depends on … interventions which via parents' efforts have long-lasting effects on corruption and show the success of intensive education …

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Comment on Education Returns of Wage Earners and Self-employed Workers

Jordahl, Henrik; Poutvaara, Panu; Tuomala, Juha - Institutet för Näringslivsforskning (IFN) - 2008

estimate education returns of wage earners and the self-employed in Portugal and in Spain. Our examination reveals several …

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Corporate Job Ladders in Europe: Wage Premia for University vs. High School Level Positions

Mellander, E.; Skedinger, P. - Institutet för Näringslivsforskning (IFN) - 1998

This paper presents an empirical investigation of earnings for private-sector engineers and business administrators in seven European countries - Belgium, Denmark, France, Germany, Italy, Sweden and the UK. The analysis is based on a large micro-data set that is ideally suited for international...

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Intergenerational Education Transmission: Neighborhood Quality and/or Parents' Involvement?

Patacchini, Eleonora; Zenou, Yves - Institutet för Näringslivsforskning (IFN) - 2004

's involvement in children's education, indicating cultural complementarity. For high-educated parents, we also find that both … parents' involvement in education and neighborhood's quality significantly affect the intergenerational transmission of … education, the former being more potent than the latter. Low-educated parents do not spend much time educating their offspring …

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Density, Social Networks and Job Search Methods: Theory and Application to Egypt

Wahba, Jackline; Zenou, Yves - Institutet för Näringslivsforskning (IFN) - 2004

The aim of this paper is to study the impact of the size and the quality of social networks on the probability to find a job. We first develop a theoretical model in which individuals are embedded within a network of social relationships. Workers can obtain information about jobs via employed...

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