We examine the impact of a different cultural background on individual behavior, focusing on violence on the football … field of southern European and nothern European football players in the English Premier League. We find that southern … European football players collect on average more football penalties than their nothern European colleagues. We also find that …

We draw a distinction between the social integration and economic assimilation of migrants, and study an interaction … between the two. We define social integration as blending into the host country’s society, and economic assimilation as … income gap with the natives. In this way, social integration becomes a catalyst for economic assimilation. …

We draw a distinction between the social integration and economic assimilation of migrants, and study an interaction … between the two. We define social integration as blending into the host country's society, and economic assimilation as … income gap with the natives. In this way, social integration becomes a catalyst for economic assimilation. …

second generation, and imply lesser degree of persistence. Finally, we show that persistence is ”culture specific” in the …

account for the differences in entrepreneurial spirit across countries. This paper explores the role of culture in self … differences in self-employment rates by country of origin as evidence of the effect of culture. Using this epidemiological … approach, we find that culture has quantitatively significant effects the self-employment decision. …

It has long been argued that economic phenomena are affected by culture. However, the causal effect of cultural ties on … exchange, and because it is hard to separate culture from other influences. In this paper, we address these issues by using a …

evidence of the effect of culture on self-employment. Our results show that culture has quantitatively significant effects on …. Additional analysis shows that there are differences in the impact of culture on self-employment by gender, in that men are more … sensitive than women to culture; and by economic activity, in that those individuals involved in professional, scientific, and …