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When the state mirrors the family : the design of pension systems
Galasso, Vincenzo; Profeta, Paola - 2011
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009427786
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When the state mirrors the family : the design of pension systems
Galasso, Vincenzo; Profeta, Paola - 2011
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011336830
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When the state mirrors the family : the design of pension systems
Galasso, Vincenzo; Profeta, Paola - In: Journal of the European Economic Association 16 (2018) 6, pp. 1712-1763
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012106701
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Family ties and political participation
Alesina, Alberto; Giuliano, Paola - 2009
We establish an inverse relationship between family ties, generalized trust and political participation. The more individuals rely on the family as a provider of services, insurance, transfer of resources, the lower is civic engagement and political participation. The latter, together with...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010269028
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Are constitutional characteristics a proxy for institutional quality? : evidence from 109 countries
Evrensel, Ayşe Y. - In: Cogent economics & finance 9 (2021) 1, pp. 1-33
discussion of institutions and states that constitutions are an example of a formal institution. As any other formal institution …, constitutions are also influenced by countries' informal institutions, including customs and belief systems. The novel content …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013183889
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The churches' bans on consanguineous marriages, kin-networks and democracy
Schulz, Jonathan F. - 2016
to a causal effect of marriage patterns on the proper functioning of formal institutions and democracy. The study further …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011569222
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Roots of autocracy
Galor, Oded; Klemp, Marc P. B. - 2017
-colonial autocratic institutions within ethnic groups and the emergence of autocratic institutions across countries. Diversity has … amplified the importance of institutions in mitigating the adverse effects of non-cohesiveness on productivity, while … contributing to the scope for domination, leading to the formation of institutions of the autocratic type. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011645955
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Roots of autocracy
Galor, Oded; Klemp, Marc P. B. - 2017
-colonial autocratic institutions within ethnic groups and the emergence of autocratic institutions across countries. Diversity has … amplified the importance of institutions in mitigating the adverse effects of non-cohesiveness on productivity, while … contributing to the scope for domination, leading to the formation of institutions of the autocratic type. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011670896
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Kin-Networks and Institutional Development
Schulz, Jonathan - 2022
This study provides evidence that strong kin networks are detrimental for democratic participatory institutions and … the emergence of participatory institutions. I show that weak ancestral kin networks are positively associated with …-governed cities with participatory institutions. Moreover, within Christian Europe, stricter regional and temporal marriage …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013309057
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Public Sector Pensions : Rationale and International Experiences
Eich, Frank - 2010
This paper is about public sector pensions, an issue that has become increasingly contentious in a number of countries in recent years, including in the United Kingdom. In the UK the public debate has focussed on the perceived generosity of these pensions, which, it is often claimed, contrasts...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013144535