We construct an endogenous growth model that includes a cultural variable along the dimension of individualism-collectivism …. Collectivism leads to efficiency gains relative to individualism, but these gains are static, unlike the dynamic effect of … individualism on growth through innovation. Using genetic data as instruments for culture we provide strong evidence of a causal …

first century and family values prevailing before World War II, which suggests that labor market regulations have deep …

using individual responses from the World Value Survey regarding the role of the family and the love and respect that …

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 …

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 …

-of-origin composition of a county matters. Moreover, the culture, institutions, and human capital that the immigrant groups brought with …, measures of culture that capture attitudes towards cooperation play the most important and robust role. Finally, our results …