account for the differences in entrepreneurial spirit across countries. This paper explores the role of culture in self … differences in self-employment rates by country of origin as evidence of the effect of culture. Using this epidemiological … approach, we find that culture has quantitatively significant effects the self-employment decision. …

second generation, and imply lesser degree of persistence. Finally, we show that persistence is ”culture specific” in the …

account for the differences in entrepreneurial spirit across countries. This paper explores the role of culture in self … differences in self-employment rates by country of origin as evidence of the effect of culture. Using this epidemiological … approach, we find that culture has quantitatively significant effects the self-employment decision. …

It has long been argued that economic phenomena are affected by culture. However, the causal effect of cultural ties on … exchange, and because it is hard to separate culture from other influences. In this paper, we address these issues by using a …

evidence of the effect of culture on self-employment. Our results show that culture has quantitatively significant effects on …. Additional analysis shows that there are differences in the impact of culture on self-employment by gender, in that men are more … sensitive than women to culture; and by economic activity, in that those individuals involved in professional, scientific, and …