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From individual attitudes towards migrants to migration policy outcomes : theory and evidence
Facchini, Giovanni (contributor);  … - 2008
In democratic societies individual attitudes of voters represent the foundations of policy making. We start by analyzing patterns in public opinion on migration and find that, across countries of different income levels, only a small minority of voters favour more open migration policies. Next...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003719626
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Trends in time allocation : a cross-country analysis
Gimenez-Nadal, J. Ignacio; Sevilla, Almudena - 2012
Using detailed time-use data for seven industrialized countries from the 1970s until today we document general decreases in men's market work coupled with increases in men's unpaid work and child care, and increases in women's paid work and child care coupled with decreases in unpaid work. We...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009568717
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Asabiyya : re-interpreting value change in globalized societies
Tausch, Arno; Heshmati, Almas - 2009
question is whether "modernization" without "spiritual values" in a globalized world economy and world society possible in the … economic growth in the current world crisis is far more connected with these dimensions. We conclude that not a society based …. The World Values Survey provided a data framework of global value change, whose quantitative results led Barro (2004) to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003901779
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Genetic diversity and the origins of cultural fragmentation
Ashraf, Quamrul; Galor, Oded - 2013
Despite the importance attributed to the effects of diversity on the stability and prosperity of nations, the origins of the uneven distribution of ethnic and cultural fragmentation across countries have been underexplored. Building on the role of deeply-rooted biogeographical forces in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009697544
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International migration : driver of political and social change?
Tuccio, Michele; Wahba, Jackline; Hamdouch, Bachir - 2016
This paper focuses on the impact of international migration on the transfer of political and social norms. Exploiting recent and unique data on Morocco, it explores whether households with return and current migrants bear different political preferences and behaviours than non-migrant families....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011454320
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Migration and cultural change
Rapoport, Hillel; Sardoschau, Sulin; Silve, Arthur - 2021
compositional and cultural diffusion mechanisms. We use the World Value Survey for 1981-2014 to build time-varying measures of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012648747
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Geographical origins and economic consequences of language structures
Galor, Oded; Özak, Ömer; Sarid, Assaf - 2016
agricultural investment, larger gender gap in agricultural productivity, and more hierarchical society, are at the root of existing … particular the range of ancestral cultural traits in society, they independently affected human behavior and economic outcomes. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011581726
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Three revolutions of the modern era
Easterlin, Richard A. - 2019
The emergence and evolution of modern science since the 17th century has led to three major breakthroughs in the human condition. The first, the Industrial Revolution, started in the late 18th century and is based chiefly on developments associated with the rise of the natural sciences. The...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012026088
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Cultural diversity, geographical isolation, and the origin of the wealth of nations
Ashraf, Quamrul; Galor, Oded - 2012
accumulation of society-specific human capital. Thus, they operated more efficiently with respect to their production …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009530812
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Occupational choice and the spirit of capitalism
Doepke, Matthias (contributor);  … - 2007
’s preferences in response to economic incentives. If financial markets are imperfect, this results in the stratification of society …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003586551