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Genetic Diversity and the Origins of Cultural Fragmentation
Ashraf, Quamrul H. - 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/10013087408
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Asabiyya : Re-Interpreting Value Change in Globalized Societies
Tausch, Arno - 2009
question is whether "modernization" without "spiritual values" in a globalized world economy and world society possible in the …This article reflects the renewed interest of economics and the social science discipline in value systems and religion …. 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/10013155538
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Geographical Origins and Economic Consequences of Language Structures
Galor, Oded - 2016
This research explores the economic causes and consequences of language structures. It advances the hypothesis and establishes empirically that variations in pre-industrial geographical characteristics that were conducive to higher return to agricultural investment, larger gender gap in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012978167
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International Migration : Driver of Political and Social Change?
Tuccio, Michele - 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/10012996549
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Asabiyya : Re-Interpreting Value Change in Globalized Societies
Heshmati, Almas; Tausch, Arno - 2009
/Welzel, 2003, 2003. A frequently asked question is whether “modernization” without “spiritual values” in a globalized world economy …This article reflects the renewed interest of economics and the social science discipline in value systems and religion …. The World Values Survey provided a data framework of global value change, whose quantitative results led members of the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014203179
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Migration and Cultural Change
Rapoport, Hillel; Sardoschau, Sulin - 2022
and cultural diffusion mechanisms. We use the World Value Survey for 1981-2014 to build time-varying measures of cultural …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014084067
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Superstar Economists : Coauthorship Networks and Research Output
Hsieh, Chih-Sheng - 2018
institutions and compare them with the economics funding program of the National Science Foundation. Our results indicate that …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012907829
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Home Bias in Top Economics Journals
Bethmann, Dirk; Bransch, Felix; Kvasnicka, Michael; … - 2023
Two of the top economics journals have institutional ties to a specific university, the Quarterly Journal of Economics … (QJE) to Harvard University and the Journal of Political Economy (JPE) to the University of Chicago. Researchers from …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014255582
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Economic History or History of Economics? A Review Essay on Sylvia Nasar's Grand Pursuit : The Story of Economic Genius
Ashenfelter, Orley - 2012
In this essay I review Sylvia Nasar's long awaited new history of economics, Grand Pursuit. I describe how the book is … foibles to show they are human! I contrast the general view of the role of economics in Grand Pursuit with Robert Heilbroner …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013113091
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Growth, Colonization, and Institutional Development : In and Out of Africa
Bertocchi, Graziella - 2011
This essay investigates the determinants of the growth performance of Africa. I start by illustrating a broader research agenda which accounts not only for basic economic and demographic factors, but also for the role of history and institutional development. After reporting results from...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013122110