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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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Induced civic pride and integration
Süßmuth, Bernd; Heyne, Malte; Maennig, Wolfgang - 2009
methods, we use the FIFA World Cup 2006 as a natural experiment. The significant ex-post increase in valuation is shown to be … World Cup finals were the first mega-event hosted by reunified Germany. We use this landmark event in German contemporary …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003818015
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Ancestry, language and culture
Spolaore, Enrico; Wacziarg, Romain - 2015
based on differences in average answers to questions from the World Values Survey. Using a simple theoretical model we …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010533086
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European identity and redistributive preferences
Costa-Font, Joan; Cowell, Frank A. - 2015
How important is spatial identity in shifting preferences for redistribution? This paper takes advantage of within-country variability in the adoption of a single currency as an instrument to examine the impact of the rescaling of spatial identity in Europe. We draw upon data from the last three...
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Should immigrants culturally assimilate or preserve their own culture? : individual beliefs and the longevity of national identity
Grajzl, Peter; Eastwood, Jonathan; Dimitrova-Grajzl, … - 2017
We develop and empirically test a theory concerning individual beliefs about whether immigrants should culturally assimilate into the host society or preserve their own cultural norms. We argue that when national identity is a source of intrinsic utility, the longevity of national identity...
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The causal effect of cultural identity on cooperation
Butler, Jeffrey; Fehr, Dietmar - 2021
The impact of culture on non-kin cooperation has been singled out as critical for economic activity. However, causal evidence of culture's influence on cooperation remains scant. In this paper we provide such evidence, focusing on two key components of culture: preferences and beliefs. Adopting...
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A blind and militant attachment : Russian patriotism in comparative perspective
Alexeev, Mikhail; Pyle, William - 2022
Inter-national Social Survey Program’s National Identity and Role of Government modules, as well as the World Values Survey …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013390942
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Innovation contests
Pérez-Castrillo, J. David; Wettstein, David - 2014
We study innovation contests with asymmetric information and identical contestants, where contestants' efforts and … highest quality and receives the revenue generated by the innovation. We characterize the equilibrium behavior, outcomes and …
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From fossil fuels to renewables : the role of electricity storage
Lazkano, Itziar; Nøstbakken, Linda; Pelli, Martino - 2016
, we empirically analyze the determinants of innovation in electricity generation, and the role of storage in directing … innovation. Our results show that electricity storage increases innovation not only in renewables but also in conventional … technologies. This implies that efforts to increase innovation in storage can benefit conventional, fossil fuel-fired electricity …
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Does emigration drain entrepreneurs?
Anelli, Massimo; Basso, Gaetano; Ippedico, Giuseppe; … - 2020
Emigration of young, motivated individuals may deprive countries-of-origin of entrepreneurs. We isolate exogenous variation in a large emigration wave from Italy between 2008 and 2015 by interacting diaspora networks with economic pull factors in destination countries, and find that larger...
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