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Ljunge, Martin - 2013

This paper estimates the intergeneration transmission of civicness by studying second generation immigrants in 29 European countries with ancestry in 83 nations. There is significant transmission of civicness both on the mother's and the father's side. The estimates are quantitatively...

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From Gutenberg to Google : The Internet Is Adopted Earlier If Ancestors Had Advanced Information Technology in 1500 AD

Ljunge, Martin - 2020

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

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

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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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The Contribution of Non-Physical Resources and Strategic Household Decision-making to Environmental and Policy Risks

Mariam, Yohannes; Galaty, John; Coffin, Garth - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 1993

Physical resources such as land, labour and livestock, and nonphysical resources such as indigenous knowledge and institutions of producers in the grain surplus and deficit regions of the Central Highlands of Ethiopia are examined under situation of environmental and policy risks. Frequency...

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The behavioral, economic, and political impact of the internet and social media : empirical challenges and approaches

Sabatini, Fabio - 2023

This paper presents a review of empirical methods used to assess the behavioral, economic, and political outcomes of Internet and social media usage. Instead of merely surveying the various impacts of the Internet, we examine the methods adopted to identify these impacts. We describe two main...

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The Multidimensional Nature of Social Capital: An Empirical Investigation for Older People in Europe

Gannon, Brenda; Roberts, Jennifer - Department of Economics, University of Sheffield - 2014

Social capital is a rapidly expanding research theme within economics and has become a popular concept with policy makers in both developed and developing countries. Despite this growth in popularity, social capital remains a controversial concept among economists. We argue that this is largely...

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Structural social capital and health in Italy

Fiorillo, Damiano; Sabatini, Fabio - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2011

This paper presents the first empirical assessment of the causal relationship between social capital and health in Italy. The analysis draws on the 2000 wave of the Multipurpose Survey on Household conducted by the Italian Institute of Statistics on a representative sample of the population (n =...

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Structural social capital and health in Italy

Fiorillo, Damiano; Sabatini, Fabio - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2011

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