disentangle the effects of culture, legal institutions, and poverty in driving violence. We address this problem by exploiting a …

previously thought. Persistence is also culture specific, in the sense that the country of origin of one's ancestors matters for …

This paper reviews the literature on gender and culture. Gender gaps in various outcomes (competitiveness, labor force … the level of development, women’s education, the expansion of the service sector, and discrimination. More recent … article reviews the literature on the relevance of culture in the determination of different forms of gender gap. I examine …

While both cultural and legal norms (institutions) help foster cooperation, culture is the more primitive of the two … makes it difficult to identify the role played by culture. Cultural changes and their effects are easier to identify in … simpler, more controlled, environments, such as corporations. Corporate culture, thus, is not only interesting per se, but …

-interest, knowledge, and ideology in public opinion formation? And how do people learn about economic issues? Using a new, specially … insurance), ideology is the most important determinant of public opinion, while measures of self-interest are the least …

-group disposition among non-minorities, and is most evident in high income, but low education areas. The religious diversity effect is … driven by a within-group disposition among Catholics, and is concentrated in high income and high education areas. Despite …