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Bowen, John Richard - 2017

This paper considers arguments about Islam and women's welfare, and, at greater length, how legal systems with Islamic elements treat women, with a focus on how women fare in Islamic family courts. Key methodological issues include how to focus on real-world views and practices rather than only...

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Inexpressive law

Carbonara, Emanuela; Parisi, Francesco; von Wangenheim, … - 2010

According to expressive law theories, expression of values is an important function played by the law. Expressive laws affect behavior, not by threatening sanctions or promising rewards, but by changing individual preferences and tastes and, in some cases, by affecting social norms and values....

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Are the Japanese unique? Evidence from household saving and bequest behavior

Horioka, Charles Yuji - 2016

In this paper, we attempt to shed light on whether Japanese households are rational or if their behavior is influenced by culture and social norms by examining their saving and bequest behavior. To summarize our main findings, we find that Japan's household saving rate showed great volatility,...

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Genes, legitimacy and hypergamy: another look at the economics of marriage

Saint-Paul, Gilles - 2009

In order to credibly sell legitimate children to their spouse, women must forego more attractive mating opportunities. This paper derives the implications of this observation for the pattern of matching in marriage markets, the dynamics of human capital accumulation, and the evolution of the...

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Girls Not Brides: Evolution of Child Marriage in Pakistan

Javed, Rashid; Mughal, Mazhar - 2020

deals with gender equality. The findings of the study highlight the close links present between child marriage, poverty and …

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Approval of Equal Rights and Gender - Differences in Well-Being

Lalive, Rafael; Stutzer, Alois - 2007

for the norm that “women and men shall have the right to equal pay for work of equal value”. We find that the gender wage … are less (not more) satisfied with life in liberal communities where the gender wage gap is smaller. These findings are … consistent with the idea that norms regarding the appropriate relative pay of women compared to men are shaping gender …

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Approval of Equal Rights and Gender Differences in Well-Being

Lalive, Rafael; Stutzer, Alois - 2004

the gender wage gap narrows by one fifth due to an increase by one standard deviation in the approval. Rejecting an … where the gender wage gap is smaller. …

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Approval of equal rights and gender differences in well-being

Lalive, Rafael; Stutzer, Alois - 2004

the gender wage gap narrows by one fifth due to an increase by one standard deviation in the approval. Rejecting an … where the gender wage gap is smaller. …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010261234

The Price of a Price: On the Crowding out of Social Norms

Janssen, Maarten C.W.; Mendys, Ewa - 2001

There is increasing empirical and experimental evidence thatproviding financial incentives to agents to performcertain socially desirable actions may permanently reduce other typesof motivations to undertake these actions.We study the impact of financial incentives on the desire for...

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Family values and the regulation of labor

Alesina, Alberto; Algan, Yann; Cahuc, Pierre; Giuliano, … - 2010

Flexible labor markets require geographically mobile workers to be efficient. Otherwise, firms can take advantage of the immobility of workers and extract monopsony rents. In cultures with strong family ties, moving away from home is costly. Thus, individuals with strong family ties rationally...

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