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We use micro data from the European Social Survey to investigate the impact of “culture of leisure” and taxes on labor …. We construct measures of "taste for leisure" in the country of origin of each immigrant father. We employ average and … attributes of the country of residence and country of ancestry. The results show that for women, both taxes and culture of …
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Purpose The purpose of this paper is to present and explore the deleterious socioeconomic consequence of six interrelated trends upon the sustainability of the personal portion of America’s social contract. Design/methodology/approach Neoclassical economic growth theory is used to frame the...
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Purpose – The authors use the debates instigated by Bernal's Black Athena to rethink the concepts of “race”, “culture … essentializing race, culture and diversity. The paper examines these through binaries including white/black, nature/culture, purity …. Whereas culture is considered progressive, as a user‐friendly term it has served as a “surrogate” or “homologue” for race …
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Traditionally, economics has regarded institutions, notably norms and regulations, as fixed or exogenous. Surprisingly few insights on institutional evolution from natural and social sciences have made their way into economics. This article gives an overview of evolutionary theories of...
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