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From Family Culture to Welfare State Design

Galasso, Vincenzo; Profeta, Paola - Centre for Household, Income, Labour and Demographic … - 2013

We study how family culture affected the initial welfare state design. Our theoretical framework shows that pre … is embedded in the family culture that later affected the design of pension systems. Countries with equalitarian … inheritance rules acquired a non-individualistic family culture that induced the adoption of generous Bismarckian pension systems …

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Culture, Entrepreneurship, and Growth

Doepke, Matthias; Zilibotti, Fabrizio - In: Handbook of Economic Growth

We discuss the two-way link between culture and economic growth. We present a model of endogenous technical change … British Industrial Revolution. We also discuss empirical studies documenting the importance of culture and preference …

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The economic origins of the evil eye belief

Gershman, Boris - In: Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization 110 (2015) C, pp. 119-144

The evil eye belief is a widespread superstition according to which people can cause harm by a mere envious glance at coveted objects or their owners. This paper argues that such belief originated and persisted as a useful heuristic under conditions in which envy was likely to trigger...

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When the State Mirrors the Family: The Design of Pension Systems

Galasso, Vincenzo; Profeta, Paola - USI Università della Svizzera italiana - 2012

We study how the prevailing internal organization of the family affected the initial design of pension systems. Our theoretical framework predicts that, in society with weak family ties, pensions systems were introduced to act as a safety net, while in societies with strong ties they replicate...

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