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Rapoport, Hillel; Sardoschau, Sulin; Silve, Arthur - 2020

We examine both theoretically and empirically how migration affects cultural change in home and host countries. Our theoretical model integrates various compositional and cultural transmission mechanisms of migration-based cultural change for which it delivers distinctive testable predictions on...

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Weber revisited : the protestant ethic and the spirit of nationalism

Kersting, Felix; Wohnsiedler, Iris; Wolf, Nikolaus - 2020

We revisit Max Weber's hypothesis on the role of Protestantism for economic development. We show that nationalism is crucial to both, the interpretation of Weber's Protestant Ethic and empirical tests thereof. For late nineteenth-century Prussia we reject Weber's suggestion that Protestantism...

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The theory of the firm goes global

Marin, Dalia - 2013

What insights can be gained from bringing the theory of the firm to the global economy? I discuss several new features of the world economy that can be explained by incorporating the theory of the firm into the theory of international trade. Among the new features I discuss are the move to...

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Globalization, fertility and marital behavior in a lowest-low fertility setting

Giuntella, Osea; Rotunno, Lorenzo; Stella, Luca - 2022

Using longitudinal data from the German Socio-Economic Panel, we analyze the effects of exposure to globalization on … the fertility and marital behavior in Germany, until recently a lowest-low fertility setting. We find that exposure to …

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Real and monetary challenges to wage policy in Germany at the turn of the millennium : technical progress, globalization and European monetary union

Franz, Wolfgang - 1999

At the turn of the millennium three frequently cited potential causes of new challenges for wage p olicy in Germany are …

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Tear down this wall : on the persistence of borders in trade

Nitsch, Volker; Wolf, Nikolaus - 2009

Why do borders still matter for economic activity? The reunification of Germany in 1990 provides a unique natural … to trade between East Germany and West Germany were eliminated completely within a very short period of time. The … evolution of intra-German trade flows after reunification then provides new insights for both the globalization and border …

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The bazaar effect, unbundling of comparative advantage, and migration

Kohler, Wilhelm (contributor) - 2007

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Moral universalism : global evidence

Cappelen, Alexander W.; Enke, Benjamin; Tungodden, Bertil - 2022

This paper presents novel stylized facts about the global variation in universalism, leveraging nationally representative surveys across 60 countries (N=64,000). We find large variation in universalism within and across countries, which almost entirely reflects heterogeneity in people's moral...

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Pacem in terris : are papal visits good news for human rights?

Endrich, Marek; Gutmannn, Jerg - 2022

We analyze the effect of state visits by the Catholic pope on human rights in the host country to understand how a small theocracy like the Vatican can exert disproportionate political influence in international politics. Our theoretical model of the strategic interaction between the Catholic...

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Multitasking and wages

Görlich, Dennis; Snower, Dennis J. - 2013

This paper sheds light on how changes in the organization of work can help to understand increasing wage inequality. We present a theoretical model in which workers with a wider span of competence (higher level of multitasking) earn a wage premium. Since abilities and opportunities to expand the...

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