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How Durable are Social Norms? Immigrant Trust and Generosity in 132 Countries
Helliwell, John F. - 2014
World Poll (2005–2012). We find that migrants tend to make social trust assessments that mainly reflect conditions in the … one-third as important as the effect of local conditions. We also find that the altruistic behavior of migrants, as … footprint effects for immigrants' confidence in political institutions. Taken together, these findings support the notion that …
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The "Out of Africa" Hypothesis, Human Genetic Diversity, and Comparative Economic Development
Ashraf, Quamrul H. - 2011
This research argues that deep-rooted factors, determined tens of thousands of years ago, had a significant effect on the course of economic development from the dawn of human civilization to the contemporary era. It advances and empirically establishes the hypothesis that, in the course of the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013122467
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Family Ties and Political Participation
Alesina, Alberto F. - 2010
We establish an inverse relationship between family ties and political participation, such that the more individuals rely on the family as a provider of services, insurance, transfer of resources, the lower is one's civic engagment and political participation. We also show that strong family...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013150644
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What Determines Immigration's Impact? Comparing Two Global Centuries
Hatton, Timothy J. - 2006
Can history shed light on the modern debate about immigration%u2019s labor market impact in high wage economies? This paper examines the relationship between migration and capital flows in the age of mass migration before 1914, the so-called first global century. It then assesses the effects of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012779612
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Migration as a Test of the Happiness Set Point Hypothesis : Evidence from Immigration to Canada
Helliwell, John F. - 2016
Strong versions of the set point hypothesis argue that subjective well-being measures reflect each individual's own personality and that deviations from that set point will tend to be short-lived, rendering them poor measures of the quality of life. International migration provides an excellent...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012983665
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Trust and Cheating
Butler, Jeffrey V. - 2012
When we take a cab we may feel cheated if the driver takes an unnecessarily long route despite the lack of a contract or promise to take the shortest possible path. Is our decision to take the cab affected by our belief that we may end up feeling cheated? Is the behavior of the driver affected...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013098476
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Immigration and the Economy of Cities and Regions
Lewis, Ethan G. - 2014
labor markets. While immigration policies are typically national, the effects of international migrants are often more …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013048050
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Immigration, Search, and Redistribution : A Quantitative Assessment of Native Welfare
Battisti, Michele - 2014
We study the effects of immigration on native welfare in a general equilibrium model featuring two skill types, search frictions, wage bargaining, and a redistributive welfare state. Our quantitative analysis suggests that, in all 20 countries studied, immigration attenuates the effects of...
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Diversity, Immigration, and Redistribution
Alesina, Alberto F.; Stantcheva, Stefanie - 2022
This paper provides a simple conceptual framework that captures how different perceptions, attitudes, and biases about immigrants or minorities can shape preferences for redistribution. Through the lens of this framework, we review the empirical literature on the effects of racial diversity and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014102453
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Ode to the Sea : Workplace Organizations and Norms of Cooperation
Gneezy, Uri - 2014
The functioning and well-being of any society and organization critically hinges on norms of cooperation that regulate social activities. Empirical evidence on how such norms emerge and in which environments they thrive remains a clear void in the literature. To provide an initial set of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013052112