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residents of Podlasie Voivodship; identify the main barriers to participation in high culture; quantitative and qualitative …
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The paper investigates the missing link in the literature – whether informal institutions, or what is known as culture … country can have an impact on its financial set up. We consider multiple dimensions of culture, identified in the literature … by Tabellini, to test our hypothesis. As culture evolve in the form of greater trust, control and other traits …
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This paper contrasts competing theories and evidence on the nature and significance of African American racial identity. In particular, we seek to examine whether race is best understood as a set of values and behaviors or whether race is best understood as a social norm.
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which also has strong linkages to culture. Culture also relates to the mind of the people and their way of thinking, by … in the larger social existence. Quantitative indicators of culture and institutions as social capital was imputed from …
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This paper investigates two questions. First, what is the relative importance of the components of childhood family environment—parental values versus parental class status—for young adult economic outcomes? Second, are interracial differences in labor market outcomes fully explained by...
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This article examines the interrelationships among race, culture, skill, and the distribution of wages. I utilize a …
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The mass media play a crucial role in modern societies. Media allows reaching with information’s about current events to the broad masses of recipients, they interpret it and construct their meanings, they create a community of values, organize entertainment in leisure time and mediate in...
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. Economic development of country depends on the impact of social capital which includes social culture, norms and regulations …
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This paper provides an introduction to the concept of social capital, and carries out a critical review of the empirical literature on social capital and economic development. The survey points out six main weaknesses affecting the empirics of social capital. Identified weaknesses are then used...
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This paper surveys research on social capital with a specific emphasis on Africa studies. We explore deeply the definition and the main dimensions of social capital, following Bourdieu, Coleman and Putnam. We also question the formation of social capital and address the issue of measurement. We...
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