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Community leaders and the preservation of cultural traits

Prummer, Anja; Siedlarek, Jan-Peter - 2016

We explain persistent differences in cultural traits of immigrant groups with the presence of community leaders. Leaders influence the cultural traits of their community, which have an impact on the group's earnings. They determine whether a community will be more assimilated and wealthier or...

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A biologist's view of individual cultural identity for the study of cities

Pearce, Richard - 2003

The behaviour of urban populations is compared with the systems directing behaviour in individuals. This is both a metaphor and a mechanistic parallel. The biological model draws upon recent developments in brain research and psychological and cultural anthropology. The development and operation...

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Cultural diversity and conflict in multicultural cities

Patel, Alaknanda - 2003

India has been known as the land of many cultures. Gujarat, an Indian state, has reflected this special aspect for over a millennium. In addition to the people of different religious faith like Hindu, Muslim, Jain, Christian and Zorastrian, various caste groups within the Hindus and migrant...

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The right amount of trust

Butler, Jeffrey; Giuliano, Paola; Guiso, Luigi - 2010

We investigate the relationship between individual trust and individual economic performance. We find that individual … income is hump-shaped in a measure of intensity of trust beliefs. Heterogeneity of trust beliefs in the population, coupled … cheated, but give up profitable opportunities, therefore underperforming. The cost of either too much or too little trust is …