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Societies socialize children about many things, including sex. Socialization is costly. It uses scarce resources, such … as time and effort. Parents weigh the marginal gains from socialization against its costs. Those at the lower end of the …
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Based on the cultural formation of continuous preferences framework of Pichler [16], this paper analyzes the evolution of preferences and behavior in a two cultural groups setting. We show that the qualitative dynamic properties depend crucially on what parents perceive as the optimal...
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preferences process is endogenized as resulting out of optimal parental socialization decisions. This framework thus endogenously …
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. Additionally, they can invest into the success that their displayed culture has in the socialization process of their children. We … cultural group. Furthermore, they will always invest into their socialization success. Nevertheless, these investments are … the 'melting pot' theory of integration of cultural groups. …
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relationship between area of study (self-selection) and progress of study (socialization) on the one hand and risk perception of … study area, study progress and gender, genetic engineering has the highest perceived risk and renewable energies has the …
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transmission. In addition to the finding that experiences during religious socialization in the parental home have a stronger …
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the taste for science by a taste for publication. We suggest as alternatives careful selection and socialization of …
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We examine gender differences in trust in another party's cooperation (CC) or its ability (AC). While men and women do … not differ concerning trust in cooperation, gender has a strong influence when trust in another subject's ability is …
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Men's additional income from their guest-worker employment generates a pure income effect, which increases fertility. The timing of women's higher-wage employment relative to child bearing is crucial for its effect on fertility. If women work abroad during the same time period when they can bear...
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