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Geographical origins and economic consequences of language structures
Galor, Oded; Özak, Ömer; Sarid, Assaf - 2016
This research explores the economic causes and consequences of language structures. It advances the hypothesis and establishes empirically that variations in pre-industrial geographical characteristics that were conducive to higher return to agricultural investment, larger gender gap in...
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Gender equality in Muslim-majority countries
Gouda, Moamen; Potrafke, Niklas - 2016
is more pronounced in countries where Islam is the source of legislation. Constitutions changed in only four Muslim …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011459158
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Democracy and countries with Muslim majorities : a reply and update
Potrafke, Niklas - 2012
democratic. Hanusch takes issue with my results - and by inference with all past empirical results on the relation between Islam …. He establishes his conclusion by excluding the heartland of Islam from the estimation sample. For his estimates, Hanusch … in the heartland of Islam. -- political institutions ; Islam …
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The female vote and the rise of AKP in Turkey
Fidrmuc, Jan; Tunali, Cigdem Börke - 2015
Differences between the voting behavior of men and women have become one of the most significant issues in social science research in recent years. In this study, we examine whether there is gender gap in voting behavior in Turkey. Using European Social Survey data, we find that education level...
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Structural transformation and value change : the British abolitionist movement
Figueroa, Valentin; Fouka, Vasiliki - 2023
What drives change in a society's values? From Marx to modernization theory, scholars have identified a connection between structural transformation and social change. To understand how changes in a society's dominant mode of production affect its dominant values, we examine the case of the...
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Does culture affect unemployment? : evidence from the Röstigraben
Brügger, Beatrix; Lalive, Rafael; Zweimüller, Josef - 2009
This paper studies the role of culture in shaping unemployment outcomes. The empirical analysis is based on local comparisons across a language barrier in Switzerland. This Röstigraben separates cultural groups, but neither labor markets nor political jurisdictions. Local contrasts across the...
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Tax credits, income support and partnership decisions
Anderberg, Dan (contributor) - 2007
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Structural transformation, marketization, and household production around the world
Bridgman, Benjamin; Duernecker, Georg; Herrendorf, Berthold - 2015 - This version: October 5, 2015
We provide evidence on household and market production in 36 countries since 1960. On average the household sector accounts for almost half of total hours worked. As GDP per capita increases, the employment share of household production in total hours worked initially declines and then hardly...
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Economic-social interaction in China
Lindbeck, Assar (contributor) - 2008
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Changing tides for the welfare state : an essay
Lindbeck, Assar - 2002
It has turned out to be difficult to adjust welfare-state arrangements to new circumstances. This paper emphasizes developments in the labor market and changes in the structure and preferences of the family. The former include changes in demography, productivity growth and international linkages...
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