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Ethnic fragmentation, conflict, displaced persons and human trafficking: An empirical analysis
Akee, Randall K. Q.; Basu, Arnab K.; Chau, Nancy H.; … - 2010
Ethnic conflicts and their links to international human trafficking have recently received a surge in international attention. It appears that ethnic conflicts exacerbate the internal displacement of individuals from networks of family and community, and their access to economic and social...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010274570
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The spread of anti-trafficking policies: Evidence from a new index
Cho, Seo-Young; Dreher, Axel; Neumayer, Eric - 2011
We analyze the spread of policies dealing with international trafficking in human beings. Arguing that countries are unlikely to make independent choices, we identify pressure, externalities and learning or emulation as plausible diffusion mechanisms for spatial dependence in anti-trafficking...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010278580
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Transnational trafficking, law enforcement and victim protection: A middleman trafficker's perspective
Akee, Randall K. Q.; Bedi, Arjun S.; Basu, Arnab K.; … - 2011
We explore three hitherto poorly understood characteristics of the human trafficking market - the cross-border ease of mobility of traffickers, the relative bargaining strength of traffickers and final buyers, and the elasticity of buyers' demand. In a model of two-way bargaining, the exact...
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The Economic Approach to Personality, Character and Virtue
Heckman, James J.; Galaty, Bridget; Tian, Haihan - 2023
economics of virtue ethics. Character traits and personality are not considered immutable in either field. They are shaped by … content to virtue ethics and suggest what virtue ethics contributes to the study of economic models. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014296877
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Living arrangements in Western Europe: does cultural origin matter?
Giuliano, Paola - 2006
conditions suggests a major role for culture in determining living arrangements. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010267568
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Culture, institutions and the wealth of nations
Gorodnichenko, Yuriy; Roland, Gerard - 2010
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 …
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Does culture affect divorce decisions? Evidence from European immigrants in the US
Furtado, Delia; Marcén, Miriam; Sevilla-Sanz, Almudena - 2011
This paper explores the role of culture in determining divorce decisions by examining country of origin differences in … evidence of the effect of culture. Our results are robust to controlling for several home country variables including average …-ethnics. Supplemental analyses indicate that divorce culture has a stronger impact on the divorce decisions of females than of males …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010280729
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Laws and norms
Benabou, Roland; Tirole, Jean - 2012
This paper analyzes how private decisions and public policies are shaped by personal and societal preferences (values), material or other explicit incentives (laws) and social sanctions or rewards (norms). It first examines how honor, stigma and social norms arise from individuals' behaviors and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010282313
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An Economic Perspective on Religious Education : Complements and Substitutes in a Human Capital Portfolio
Chiswick, Carmel Ullman - 2005
This paper models the tradeoffs between education in secular subjects, formal and informal, and the formation of religion-specific human capital. It explores some implications of negative externalities between religious and secular education. Applications include the tension between science and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010272728
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Human smuggling
Friebel, Guido; Guriev, Sergei - 2012
Despite its importance in global illegal migration, there is little, and mostly theoretical research on human smuggling. We suggest an analytical framework to understand the micro structure of the human smuggling market. Migrants interact with smuggling and financing intermediaries; these may or...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010282543