Showing 1 - 10 of 40,915
determinants of identity in the Arab region, Islam and cultural tradition. Employing two waves of the World Values Survey, we find …) identity economics approach, we show in a simple gametheoretic framework that women socialised in a traditional family … significant evidence that identity affects female labour market participation. Moreover, our estimates suggest that in the Arab …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010294358
participation ; Arab region ; Islam ; Identity ; Religion … determinants of identity in the Arab region, Islam and cultural tradition. Employing two waves of the World Values Survey, we find …) "identity economics" approach, we show in a simple gametheoretic framework that women socialised in a traditional family …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009583637
determinants of identity in the Arab region, Islam and cultural tradition. Employing two waves of the World Values Survey, we find …) ‘identity economics’ approach, we show in a simple game-theoretic framework that women socialised in a traditional family … significant evidence that identity affects female labour market participation. Moreover, our estimates suggest that in the Arab …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014149101
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010226627
We suggest a methodology for identifying the implications of alternative cultural and social norms embodied by religious denomination on labour market outcomes, by estimating the differential impact of Protestantism versus Catholicism on the propensity to be an entrepreneur, on the basis of the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010286856
Does Protestantism favour the market economy more than Catholicism does? We provide a novel quasi-experimental way to answer this question by comparing Protestant and Catholic minorities using Swiss census data from 1970 to 2000. Exploiting the strong adhesion of religious minorities to their...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010249399
This study analyses whether the role of religion for employment of married women in Europe has changed over time and … differences by religion among young women, but not among those older than 40 years, which we attribute to an upbringing under …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011308458
Ever since Goldin (1995) proposed the idea that there is a U-shaped female labor force participation rate function in economic development, empirical research is stunned by the question why the countries of the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) are characterized by such low rates of female...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011450353
Does Protestantism favour the market economy more than Catholicism does? We provide a novel quasi-experimental way to answer this question by comparing Protestant and Catholic minorities using Swiss census data from 1970 to 2000. Exploiting the strong adhesion of religious minorities to their...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010333356
behaviour. -- entrepreneurship ; self-employment ; religion ; culture ; Protestantism ; Catholicism …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009519877