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Symbolic values, occupational choice, and economic development
Corneo, Giacomo (contributor); Jeanne, Olivier (contributor) - 2007
Channeling human resources into the right occupations has historically been a key to economic prosperity. Occupational choices are not only driven by the material rewards associated with the various occupations, but also by the esteem that they confer. We propose a model of endogenous growth in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003590706
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The right amount of trust
Butler, Jeffrey; Giuliano, Paola; Guiso, Luigi - 2009
A vast literature has investigated the relationship between trust and aggregate economic performance. We investigate the relationship between individual trust and individual economic performance. We find that individual income is hump-shaped in a measure of intensity of trust beliefs available...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003898121
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The impact of the prehistoric Out of Africa migration on cultural diversity
Galor, Oded; Klemp, Marc P. B.; Wainstock, Daniel … - 2023
Evidence suggests that the prehistoric Out of Africa Migration has impacted the degree of intra-population genetic and …. Leveraging a folklore catalogue of 958 oral traditions across the world, we find that ethnic groups further away from East Africa …, phenotypic, and phonemic traits along the Out of Africa migration routes, setting conditions for the emergence and proliferation …
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The legacies of slavery in and out of Africa
Bertocchi, Graziella - 2015
The slave trades out of Africa represent one of the most significant forced migration experiences in history. In this …" countries in Africa, with attention to their economic, institutional, demographic, and social implications. Next I evaluate the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011283184
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The volatility of survey measures of culture and its consequences
Zanella, Giulio; Bellani, Marina M. - 2019
Common measures of cultural attitudes, such as those constructed from the World Values Survey, are characterized by substantial within-country volatility. This volatility is at odds with the notion of culture adopted in economics: a set of slow-moving traits that determine preferences and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012130251
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Emotional prosperity and the Stiglitz Commission
Oswald, Andrew J. - 2010
This paper argues - in line with the proposals of the recent Stiglitz Commission on the Measurement of Economic Performance and Social Progress - that we should now be measuring a nation's emotional prosperity rather than its economic prosperity (that is, we ought to focus on the level of mental...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009314279
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Trust of second generation immigrants : intergenerational transmission or cultural assimilation?
Moschion, Julie; Tabasso, Domenico - 2013
This paper studies the respective influence of intergenerational transmission and the environment in shaping individual trust. Focusing on second generation immigrants in Australia and the United States, we exploit the variation in the home and in the host country to separate the effect of the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009713189
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Changing fertility preferences one migrant at a time : the impact of remittances on the fertility rate
Naufal, George; Vargas-Silva, Carlos - 2009
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Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003824965
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Cultural diversity, geographical isolation, and the origin of the wealth of nations
Ashraf, Quamrul; Galor, Oded - 2012
This research argues that variations in the interplay between cultural assimilation and cultural diffusion have played a significant role in giving rise to differential patterns of economic development across the globe. Societies that were geographically less vulnerable to cultural diffusion...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009530812
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Seemingly irrelevant events affect economic perceptions and expectations : the FIFA World Cup 2006 as a natural experiment
Dohmen, Thomas; Falk, Armin; Huffman, David; Sunde, Uwe - 2006
"Prominent economic theories have emphasized the role of commonly held perceptions and expectations for determining macroeconomic outcomes. A key empirical question is how such collectively held beliefs are formed. We use the FIFA World Cup 2006 as a natural experiment. We provide direct...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003359287