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Gender and culture
Giuliano, Paola - 2020
This paper reviews the literature on gender and culture. Gender gaps in various outcomes (competitiveness, labor force … article reviews the literature on the relevance of culture in the determination of different forms of gender gap. I examine …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012267026
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The volatility of survey measures of culture and its consequences
Zanella, Giulio; Bellani, Marina M. - 2019
substantial within-country volatility. This volatility is at odds with the notion of culture adopted in economics: a set of slow … interactions. The insufficient persistence of survey proxies for such traits may compromise empirical studies of culture as a …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012130251
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Islamism and gender relations in the muslim world as reflected in recent world values survey data
Tausch, Arno; Heshmati, Almas - 2016
Ever since Goldin (1995) proposed the idea that there is a U-shaped female labor force participation rate function in economic development, empirical research is stunned by the question why the countries of the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) are characterized by such low rates of female...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011450353
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Cultural diversity : a matter of measurement
Nijkamp, Peter; Poot, Jacques - 2015
Cultural diversity - in various forms - has in recent years turned into a prominent and relevant research and policy issue. There is an avalanche of studies across many disciplines that measure and analyse cultural diversity and its impacts. Based on different perspectives and features of the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010470405
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Asabiyya : re-interpreting value change in globalized societies
Tausch, Arno; Heshmati, Almas - 2009
This article reflects the renewed interest of economics and the social science discipline in value systems and religion … ; international political economy ; religion ; bureaucracy ; corruption …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003901779
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Education promoted secularization
Becker, Sascha O.; Nagler, Markus; Woessmann, Ludger - 2014
Why did substantial parts of Europe abandon the institutionalized churches around 1900? Empirical studies using modern data mostly contradict the traditional view that education was a leading source of the seismic social phenomenon of secularization. We construct a unique panel dataset of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010257347
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Compulsory schooling laws and formation of beliefs : education, religion and superstition
Mocan, Naci; Pogorelova, Luiza - 2014
We exploit information on compulsory schooling reforms in 11 European countries, implemented mostly in the 1960s and 70s, to identify the impact of education on religious adherence and religious practices. Using micro data from the European Social Survey, conducted in various years between 2002...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010457897
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Culture, entrepreneurship, and growth
Doepke, Matthias; Zilibotti, Fabrizio - 2013
We discuss the two-way link between culture and economic growth. We present a model of endogenous technical change … British Industrial Revolution. We also discuss empirical studies documenting the importance of culture and preference …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009757305
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Cultural values and decision to work of immigrant women in Italy
Scoppa, Vincenzo; Stranges, Manuela - 2014
We investigate the role of culture in explaining economic outcomes at individual level analyzing how cultural values … labor market is affected both by the culture of females' and by their husband's origin countries. We also show that the …, we investigate to what extent cultural influence is driven by religious beliefs: we find that religion is a key …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010413274
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Fostering, child welfare, and ethnic cultural values
El Badaoui, Eliane; Mangiavacchi, Lucia - 2018
This article examines the effects of fostering on children's labour supply and schooling in host families in Niger. The focus is on the causal role of ethnic inherited cultural values and behaviours in perpetuating fostering. In particular, at the ethnic group level, we rely on the inherited...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011891554