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Social capital and the family : evidence that strong family ties cultivate civic virtues

Ljunge, Martin - 2013

I establish a positive relationship between family ties and civic virtues, as captured by disapproval of tax and benefit cheating, corruption, and a range of other dimensions of exploiting others for personal gain. I find that family ties are a complement to social capital, using within country...

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Backlash: Undesirable Effects of Female Economic Empowerment

Ericsson, Sanna - 2020

This paper estimates the effect of female economic empowerment on domestic violence. I use individual level data from high-quality Swedish administrative registers on women's earnings and hospital visits relating to assault. With this third-party reported violence measure, I overcome the issue...

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Entitled to Property: Inheritance Laws, Female Bargaining Power, and Child Health in India

Hossain, Md Shahadath; Nikolov, Plamen - 2021

Child height is a significant predictor of human capital and economic status throughout adulthood. Moreover, non-unitary household models of family behavior posit that an increase in women's bargaining power can influence child health. We study the effects of an inheritance law change, the Hindu...

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Entitled to Property: How Breaking the Gender Barrier Improves Child Health in India

Hossain, Md Shahadath; Nikolov, Plamen - 2023

Non-unitary household models suggest that enhancing women's bargaining power can influence child health, a crucial determinant of human capital and economic standing throughout adulthood. We examine the effects of a policy shift, the Hindu Succession Act Amendment (HSAA), which granted...

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Entitled to property: inheritance laws, female bargaining power, and child health in India

Hossain, Md Shahadath; Nikolov, Plamen - 2021

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Entitled to property : how breaking the gender barrier improves child health in India

Hossain, Shahadat Md.; Nikolov, Plamen - 2023

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Cultural determinants of gender roles: Pragmatism is an important factor behind gender equality attitudes among children of immigrants

Ljunge, Martin - 2016

This paper presents evidence of how attitudes toward gender roles in the home and market are shaped by Hofstede's six cultural dimensions. Children of immigrants in a broad set of European countries with ancestry from across the world are studied. Individuals are examined within country of...

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From Gutenberg to Google: The internet is adopted earlier if ancestors had advanced information technology in 1500 AD

Ljunge, Martin - 2019

Individuals with ancestry from countries with advanced information technology in 1500 AD, such as movable type and paper, adopt the internet faster than those with less advanced ancestry. The analysis illustrates persistence over five centuries in information technology adoption in European and...

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Cultural determinants of gender roles : pragmatism is an important factor behind gender equality attitudes among children of immigrants

Ljunge, Martin - 2016

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Trust issues : evidence from second generation immigrants

Ljunge, Martin - 2012

This paper estimates the intergenerational transmission of trust by studying second generation immigrants in 29 … European countries with ancestry in 87 nations. There is significant transmission of trust on the mother's side. The … transmission is stronger in Northern Europe. Ancestry from more developed countries suggests a stronger transmission of trust, but …

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