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How does law change society? In the rational actor model, law affects behavior only by changing incentives and information-the command and coordination function of law. Under the view that humans are social animals, law is also a guidepost for social norms that regulate behavior-the expressive...
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Infant mortality among Hindus is higher than among Muslims in India, and religious differences in sanitation practices have been cited as a contributing factor. To explore whether religion itself is associated with differences in sanitation practices, this study compares sanitation practices of...
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efficiency. The limited ability to form the efficient convention can be explained by the framing effect of the culture of honor …
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culture to development. Section 3 presents the DRC sports and culture institutional environment, and the last section presents …
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This paper is an attempt to broaden economic discourse by importing insights into human behavior not just from psychology, but also from sociology and anthropology. Whereas the concept of the decision-maker in standard economics is the rational actor and, in early work in behavioral economics,...
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illuminates the tight interlinkages between preferences, culture, and institutions and points to new policy opportunities. It …
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preexisting vulnerabilities, the government's mobility restriction policy, institutions (democracy), and culture (individualistic … culture and trust). Preexisting vulnerabilities (that is, the share of the elderly, urbanization, obesity prevalence, and air … restriction, democracy, and culture indicators are not significantly associated with the pandemic outcomes. However, government …
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In discussing the inordinately low employment of Indian women in urban areas, several studies have argued that culture … and attitudes have created a labor market that is inherently discriminatory. The unsaid corollary is that culture is slow … the role of culture is slim at best. This paper fills the void in the policy literature, as it assesses the relative role …
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