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Masters and slaves : a matching approach with heterogeneous workers

Willert, Bianca - 2018

, serfdom is still present in the twenty-first century. This paper addresses the questions of how situations of modern slavery …

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Are the Japanese unique? : evidence from household saving and bequest behavior

Horioka, Charles - 2016

by culture and social norms by examining their saving and bequest behavior. To summarize our main findings, we find that … the Japanese are not a saving-loving people and that their saving behavior is not governed by culture and social norms … their children than other peoples, suggesting that the alleged social norm of strong family ties in Japan is largely a myth …

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Evolution of individual preferences and persistence of family rules

Cigno, Alessandro; Gioffré, Alessandro; Luporini, Annalisa - 2020

preferences? Could a family rule be self-enforcing given individual preferences, and remain such for several generations despite …

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Evolution of individual preferences and persistence of family rules

Cigno, Alessandro; Gioffré, Alessandro; Luporini, Annalisa - 2019

preferences? Could a family rule be self-enforcing given individual preferences, and remain such for several generations despite …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012019313

Genetic diversity and economic development : assessing the key findings in Ashraf and Galor (2013)

Caraher, Raymond; Ash, Michael - 2018

We replicate Ashraf and Galor (2013) and find that its conclusions concerning the association between human genetic diversity and economic development depend substantially on coding errors and sample selection. We correct the coding errors and add or update data on genetic diversity and...

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The evolutionary origins of the wealth of nations

Ashraf, Quamrul H.; Galor, Oded; Klemp, Marc P. B. - 2020

This essay explores the deepest roots of comparative economic development. It underscores the significance of evolutionary processes since the Neolithic Revolution in shaping a society's endowment of fundamental traits, such as predisposition towards child quality, time preference, loss...

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Clans, guilds, and markets : apprenticeship institutions and growth in the pre-industrial economy

De la Croix, David; Doepke, Matthias; Mokyr, Joel - 2016

learn as apprentices from the old. Institutions such as the family, the clan, the guild, and the market organize who learns …

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Clans, Guilds, and Markets : Apprenticeship Institutions and Growth in the Pre-Industrial Economy

De la Croix, David - 2016

learn as apprentices from the old. Institutions such as the family, the clan, the guild, and the market organize who learns …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012995608

The origins of the institutions of marriage

Adshade, Marina E. (contributor); … - 2008

. -- Oxytocin ; Vasopressin ; Neurohormones ; Marriage ; Monogamy ; Polygamy ; Development of Institutions ; Family structure …

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Relational contracts, taxation and the household

Apps, Patricia; Rees, Ray - 2009

This paper applies the theory of relational contracts to make precise the idea that because households are engaged in a repeated non-cooperative game, Pareto efficient outcomes can be supported by self interest, given the specific pattern of specialisation and exchange which exists in the...

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