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Genetic Diversity and the Origins of Cultural Fragmentation
Ashraf, Quamrul; Galor, Oded - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2013
genetic diversity, predominantly determined during the prehistoric "out of Africa" migration of humans, is an underlying cause …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010660251
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Trust of Second Generation Immigrants: Intergenerational Transmission or Cultural Assimilation?
Moschion, Julie; Tabasso, Domenico - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 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/10010785487
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Jewish Occupational Selection: Education, Restrictions, or Minorities?
Botticini, Maristella; Eckstein, Zvi - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2004
This paper documents the major features of Jewish economic history in the first millennium to explain the distinctive occupational selection of the Jewish people into urban, skilled occupations. We show that many Jews entered urban occupations in the eighth-ninth centuries in the Muslim Empire...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005566492
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Immigrant Religious Adjustment: An Economic Approach to Jewish Migrations
Chiswick, Carmel U. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2003
culture. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005566549
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Cultural Values and Decision to Work of Immigrant Women in Italy
Scoppa, Vincenzo; Stranges, Manuela - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010959647
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The Power of the Family
Alesina, Alberto; Giuliano, Paola - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2007
The structure of family relationships influences economic behavior and attitudes. We define our measure of family ties using individual responses from the World Value Survey regarding the role of the family and the love and respect that children need to have for their parents for over 70...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005822814
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Culture, Religiosity and Female Labor Supply
Guner, Duygu; Uysal, Gökce - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014
Does culture affect female labor supply? In this paper, we address this question using a recent approach to measuring … the effects of culture on economic outcomes, i.e. the epidemiological approach. We focus on migrants, who come from … and religiosity proxies are included shows that culture and religiosity have separately significant effects on female …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010764610
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Same Same But Different: Dialects and Trade
Lameli, Alfred; Nitsch, Volker; Suedekum, Jens; Wolf, … - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2013
finding as evidence for the effect of culture on trade. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011079240
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Immigrants and Demography: Marriage, Divorce, and Fertility
Adsera, Alicia; Ferrer, Ana - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014
This is a draft chapter for B. R. Chiswick and P. W. Miller (eds.) Handbook on the Economics of International Migration … depend greatly on the age at migration and on the cultural norms immigrants bring with them and their distance to those of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010744661
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Family Values, Social Needs and Preferences for Welfare
Lucifora, Claudio; Meurs, Dominique - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2012
This paper investigates the links between family values, social needs and individual preferences for welfare using data from the 2005 French “Generation and Gender Survey” (GGS). We analyse individual preferences, for financial assistance and the provision of care services, with respect to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010592169