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I study the impact of racism on trust in Europe. To operationalize trust and racism, I use individual level responses … racial attitudes, I find, racism continues to predict lower levels of trust. These results provide evidence racism has a … negative, significant, and causal impact on generalized trust. Additionally, the paper supports the notion that racism could …
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Trust is an important determinant of economic development. Understanding its origins is therefore critical. We develop … a principal-agent model with heterogeneous players to determine the aggregate amount of trustworthiness and trust in a … trustworthiness and trust are formed. A direct effect suggests that more caution leads to less societal trust. An indirect effect of …
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In this study we review the literature on the origins and implications of family structure in historical perspective with a focus on Italian provinces. Furthermore we present newly-collected data on three of the main features of family structure: female mean age at marriage, the female celibacy...
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traditionally the household financial managers. This culture was strongly altered by the British in the mid-19th century through …
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This research explores the origins of the distribution of time preference across regions. It advances the hypothesis and establishes empirically, that geographical variations in natural land productivity and their impact on the return to agricultural investment have had a persistent effect on...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010409383
This research explores the origins of the distribution of time preference across regions. It advances the hypothesis, and establishes empirically, that geographical variations in natural land productivity and their impact on the return to agricultural investment have had a persistent effect on...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011526704
This research explores the origins of the distribution of time preference across regions. It advances the hypothesis, and establishes empirically, that geographical variations in natural land productivity and their impact on the return to agricultural investment have had a persistent effect on...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010401739
This research explores the origins of the distribution of time preference across regions. It advances the hypothesis and establishes empirically, that geographical variations in natural land productivity and their impact on the return to agricultural investment have had a persistent effect on...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010403576
In this study we review the literature on the origins and implications of family structure in historical perspective with a focus on Italian provinces. Furthermore we present newly-collected data on three of the main features of family structure: female mean age at marriage, the female celibacy...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011580542
traditionally the household financial managers. This culture was strongly altered by the British in the mid-19th century through …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012117667