,000 languages which together account for more than 99% of the world's population. We find a robust negative cross …

According to the widely known 'culture of honor' hypothesis from social psychology, traditional herding practices are …, and large-scale surveys. The data show systematic links between traditional herding practices and a culture of honor …. First, the culture of pre-industrial societies that relied on animal herding emphasizes violence, punishment, and revenge …

innovation in an individualist culture. This cultural effect may offset the negative effects of bad institutions on growth … individualism on growth through innovation. Using genetic data as instruments for culture we provide strong evidence of a causal … collectivism, in line with recent advances in biology and neuro-science. The effect of culture on long-run growth remains very …

This paper asks to what extent host language proficiency can insure immigrants against the risk of ending up in … discriminates between three forms of mismatch, overqualification, under-qualification and over-skilling. Host language proficiency … that treatment effects are heterogeneous. English language proficiency among immigrants in Australia reduces the …

This study examines the causal effects of Dutch language proficiency of immigrants from four main source countries on … their labour market and social integration outcomes. Language proficiency appears ranked according to linguistic distance to … The Netherlands, a ranking that even holds for the gender gap in proficiency. We assess the effect of language proficiency …

a new language more easily than older children, we construct an instrument for English proficiency using age at arrival … speak their same native language, but not necessarily in areas with a high concentration of people of their same ethnicity … their residential location decision is language spoken by residents, as opposed to ethnicity or country of birth. We also …