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Interregional contact and the formation of a shared identity
Bagues, Manuel F.; Roth, Christopher - 2022
We study the long-run effects of contact with individuals from other regions in early adulthood on preferences, beliefs … and national identity. We combine a natural experiment, the random assignment of male conscripts to different locations …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013330061
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Interregional contact and the formation of a shared identity
Bagues, Manuel F.; Roth, Christopher - 2022
We study the long-run effects of contact with individuals from other regions in early adulthood on preferences, beliefs … and national identity. We combine a natural experiment, the random assignment of male conscripts to different locations …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013163194
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Interregional contact and national identity
Bagues, Manuel F.; Roth, Christopher - 2020
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012419313
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Interregional contact and national identity
Bagues, Manuel F.; Roth, Christopher - 2020
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012419413
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Chapter 11. Does Culture Matter?
Fernndez, Raquel - In: Handbook of social economics : volume 1, (pp. 481-510). 2011
This paper reviews the literature on culture and economics, focusing primarily on the epidemiological approach. The epidemiological approach studies the variation in outcomes across different immigrant groups residing in the same country. Immigrants presumably differ in their cultures but share...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014025692
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Does Culture Matter?
Fernández, Raquel - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2010
This paper reviews the literature on culture and economics, focusing primarily on the epidemiological approach. The epidemiological approach studies the variation in outcomes across different immigrant groups residing in the same country. Immigrants presumably differ in their cultures but share...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008466325
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Dissecting the Act of God: An Exploration of the Effect of Religion on Economic Activity
Carpantier, Jean-Francois; Litina, Anastasia - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2014
suggest that i) church attendance has a positive impact on economic outcomes; ii) religious beliefs in the existence of god …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011109803
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Beliefs incentives and economic growth
Jellal, Mohamed - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2012
We integrate a general social norm function which associates status to accumulation of capital and consumption into a simple model of endogenous growth. We show that societies which place a greater weight on capital as opposed to consumption will experience fast growth.Our results are consistent...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011113584
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A tale of two cities: An experiment on inequality and preferences
Bigoni, Maria; Bortolotti, Stefania; Rattini, Veronica - 2019
We study how differences in socio-economic background correlate with preferences and beliefs, in a sample of college … beliefs: subjects from the most affluent part of the city have more optimistic expectations on their counterpart …-group discrimination based on neighborhood identity. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012157010
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How do parents perceive the returns to parenting styles and neighborhoods?
Kiessling, Lukas - 2020
This paper studies parental beliefs about the returns to two factors affecting the development and long-term outcomes … leveraging beliefs measured in two different domains, and show that parents' perceived returns relate to their actual parenting … styles. My results suggest that parental beliefs are an important determinant of parental decision-making, but cannot explain …
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