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perspective starting with explaining the background for Chinese philosophy, mainly Confucianism followed by central concepts such … position change occupies in the Chinese philosophy. More specific, but still important concepts like face, guanxi, the Middle … way and paradoxes way are also elaborated on. For reference comparison is now and then made to western philosophy when it …
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Two short memoirs are offered on the development of Philippine social sciences related to the contributions of two scholars. The first memoir is on Dr. Vernon W. Ruttan and the UP School of Economics during the 1960s. His contributions to the development of the UP School of Economics and of the...
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More than one hundred years ago, the U.S. Supreme Court started to refer to social science evidence in its judgments. However, this has not resonated with many constitutional courts outside the United States, in particular in continental Europe. This contribution has a twofold aim. First, it...
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contributions, neither culture nor gender has any significant impact on the equilibrium selected, the amount contributed or the … provision success rate. Nonetheless, culture and gender do affect behavior. Japanese females coordinate significantly less …
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This paper examines evidence on the role of assimilation versus source country culture in influencing immigrant women … to distinguish the effect of culture from that of social capital. These results support a growing literature that … suggests that culture matters for economic behavior. At the same time, the results suggest considerable evidence of …
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conditions suggests a major role for culture in determining living arrangements. …
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innovation in an individualist culture. This cultural effect may offset the negative effects of bad institutions on growth … individualism on growth through innovation. Using genetic data as instruments for culture we provide strong evidence of a causal … collectivism, in line with recent advances in biology and neuro-science. The effect of culture on long-run growth remains very …
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This paper aims at analyzing the local gender culture and its impact on the position of women between work and care …, such as local labor markets and administration, with employers as well as women and mothers, the local gender culture is …
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This paper examines the role of geography and culture in explaining bankruptcy. We adopt survival analyses to model the …
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