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a culture that has undone the male breadwinner norm and its consequences. Since reunification, East Germany still …
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majority culture is the main mechanism at play, as opposed to differences in opportunity cost of time, migration patterns …
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When does culture persist and when does it change? We examine a determinant that has been put forth in the anthropology … beneficial in stable environments where the culture that has evolved up to the previous generation is more likely to be relevant …
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dialogue, in particular how signals of company culture can help recruit new workers but alienate current ones. …
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Evidence suggests that the prehistoric Out of Africa Migration has impacted the degree of intra-population genetic and phenotypic diversity across the globe. This paper provides the first evidence that this migration has shaped cultural diversity. Leveraging a folklore catalogue of 958 oral...
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Using individual-level data from the National Family Research of Japan Survey (1999, 2004 and 2009) and exploiting variation in the share of individuals with non-traditional gender norms across birth-cohorts, survey year, education, and prefecture, we find that an increase in the share of...
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culture and social norms. Despite these innovations much of the economics of gender has been left behind, and still employs a …
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Why does inequality vary across societies? We advance the hypothesis that in a market economy, where earning differentials reflect variations in productive traits among individuals, a significant component of the differences in inequality across societies can be attributed to variation in...
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Using a nationally representative household survey from India, we examine individuals' domestic tourism participation …
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