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Polarization and the Middle Class in Uruguay
Borraz, Fernando; González, Nicolás; Rossi, Máximo - In: Latin American Journal of Economics-formerly Cuadernos … 50 (2013) 2, pp. 289-326
Some approaches to measuring the middle class are based on an arbitrary definition such as income quartiles or the … during the 1994-2004 and 2004-2010 periods. During the first period, characterized by increasing income inequality, the … middle class declines and income polarization increases. In the second period, which includes the recovery from the 2002 …
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The entrepreneurial culture: guiding principles of the self-employed
Noseleit, Florian - 2008
What makes entrepreneurs different? Using a cross-country dataset, this paper explores essential parts of the value system of entrepreneurs in Western European countries by comparing value items of the self-employed to that of the non-self-employed. The self-employed rate values higher that aim...
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Religion and Innovation
Benabou, Roland; Ticchi, Davide; Vindigni, Andrea - 2015
In earlier work (Bénabou, Ticchi and Vindigni 2013) we uncovered a robust negative association between religiosity and patents per capita, holding across countries as well as US states, with and without controls. In this paper we turn to the individual level, examining the relationship between...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010531672
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Religion and innovation
Bénabou, Roland; Ticchi, Davide; Vindigni, Andrea - 2015
In earlier work (Bénabou, Ticchi and Vindigni 2013) we uncovered a robust negative association between religiosity and patents per capita, holding across countries as well as US states, with and without controls. In this paper we turn to the individual level, examining the relationship between...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010509962
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Religion and Innovation
Bénabou, Roland; Ticchi, Davide; Vindigni, Andrea - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2015
In earlier work (Bénabou, Ticchi and Vindigni 2013) we uncovered a robust negative association between religiosity and patents per capita, holding across countries as well as US states, with and without controls. In this paper we turn to the individual level, examining the relationship between...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011213308
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Religion and Innovation
Benabou, Roland; Ticchi, Davide; Vindigni, Andrea - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2015
In earlier work (Bénabou, Ticchi and Vindigni 2013) we uncovered a robust negative association between religiosity and patents per capita, holding across countries as well as US states, with and without controls. In this paper we turn to the individual level, examining the relationship between...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011265295
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The Construction of Morals
Chen, Daniel L.; Yeh, Susan - Interdisciplinary Center for Economic Science (ICES), … - 2013
When do policies generate expressive or backlash effects? Recent economic models suggest that where a proscribed activity is prevalent, permissive laws liberalize attitudes toward partakers while increasing utility. The opposite occurs in communities where the proscribed activity is rare. To...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011266041
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Protestants and Catholics: Similar Work Ethic, Different Social Ethic
Arruñada, Benito - Barcelona Graduate School of Economics (Barcelona GSE) - 2010
This article develops two hypotheses about economically-relevant values of Christian believers, according to which Protestants should work more and more effectively, as in the work ethic argument of Max Weber, or display a stronger social ethic that would lead them to monitor each others...
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Like Mother Like Son? Experimental Evidence on the Transmission of Values from Parents to Children
Cipriani, Marco; Giuliano, Paola; Jeanne, Olivier - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2007
This paper studies whether prosocial values are transmitted from parents to their children. We do so through an economic experiment, in which a group of Hispanic and African American families play a standard public goods game. The experimental data presents us with a surprising result. We find...
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The construction of morals
Chen, Daniel L.; Yeh, Susan - In: Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization 104 (2014) C, pp. 84-105
When do policies generate expressive or backlash effects? Recent economic models suggest that where a proscribed activity is prevalent, permissive laws liberalize attitudes toward partakers while increasing utility. The opposite occurs in communities where the proscribed activity is rare. To...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010785132