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Ethic, Weber suggested an alternative explanation based on culture. Here, a theoretical model confirms that a small change …
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Ethic, Weber suggested an alternative explanation based on culture. Here, a theoretical model confirms that a small change …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005729672
Despite many approaches of neoclassical and endogenous growth theory, economists still face problems in explaining the reasons for income differences between countries. Institutional economics and the deep determinants of growth literature try to depart from pure economic facts to examine...
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German survey data containing questions on worldviews, religion, parental behavior, and socioeconomic variables. Our …
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Since 1950s, most African nations have gained independence from their colonial powers. Fortunately, independence has brought many changes to these nations and these include multi-party democratic government and western education systems. Unfortunately, the Africa’s economy is the least...
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This paper shows that peer pressure may lead to dynamic convergence to a norm that is skewed with respect to preferences in society, yet is endogenously upheld by the population. Moreover, a skewed norm will often be more sustainable than a representative norm. This may explain the skewness of...
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Christians. Individual data on language, culture, societal interactions, history of migration and ethnic self-identification are …
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Christians. Individual data on language, culture, societal interactions, history of migration and ethnic self-identification are …
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We propose a new methodology for identifying the causal effect of Protestantism versus Catholicism on the decision to become an entrepreneur. Our quasi-experimental research design exploits religious minorities' strong attachment to religious ethics and the exogenous historical determination of...
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religion on fatalistic beliefs seem to be an important element determining fatalistic tendencies. However there are not large …
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