Search Results - subject:"social norms"

Female genital cutting and the slave trade

Corno, Lucia; La Ferrara, Eliana; Voena, Alessandra - 2025

This paper investigates the historical origins of female genital cutting (FGC). We test the historical hypothesis that FGC is associated with the Red Sea route of the African slave trade, where women were typically sold as concubines in the Middle East and infibulation was used as a means to...

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The effect of West German television on smoking and health: A natural experiment from German reunification

Bernini, Andrea; Hartmann, Sven Alfred - 2025

This paper examines the long-term impact of West German television exposure on smoking behavior in East Germany, with a focus on gender-specific responses. Using data from 1989 and 2002 and leveraging quasi-random variation in West German TV signal availability across East German regions, we...

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Pattern bargaining as a means to coordinate wages in the nordic countries

Calmfors, Lars - 2025

The various form of pattern bargaining with manufacturing, as representative of the tradables sector, deciding the norm for wage increases in the Nordic countries are reviewed. This form of bargaining has been consistent with strong international competitiveness and has widespread support among...

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Social Networks, Gender Norms and Labor Supply: Experimental Evidence Using a Job Search Platform

Afridi, Farzana; Dhillon, Amrita; Roy, Sanchari; … - 2025

by a simple conceptual framework that incorporates gender-differentiated job search frictions, conservative social norms …

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Religion and Economic Development: Past, Present, and Future

Becker, Sascha O.; Panin, Amma; Pfaff, Steven; Rubin, Jared - 2025

This chapter examines the role of religion in economic development, both historically and today. Religion's influence varies globally, with high religiosity in countries like Pakistan and low rates in China. Despite declines in some Western countries, religion remains influential worldwide, with...

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The Delayed Acceptance of Female Research in Economics

Bruns, Stephan B.; Doucouliagos, Anthony; Doucouliagos, … - 2025

We investigate gender differences in the time taken to accept empirical articles. On average, female-authored economics articles take notably longer to accept. Acceptance delay is nine weeks longer when solo-authored and five weeks longer for all female teams. This gender gap cannot be...

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Combating LGBTphobia in Schools: Evidence from a Field Experiment in France

Carcillo, Stéphane; Valfort, Marie-Anne; Vergara … - 2025

This paper presents the first rigorous evaluation of school-based interventions aimed at reducing LGBTphobia. We focus on a classroom intervention that addresses the issue of LGBT harassment through perspective-taking and narrative exchange. Using a field experiment in France with more than...

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How Is Global Commerce Affecting the Gender Composition of Employment? A Firm-Level Analysis of the Effects of Exposure to Gender Norms via Trade and FDI

Heckl, Pia; Lennon, Carolina; Schneebaum, Alyssa - 2025

Global firms have a higher share of female employees than domestic non-exporters. To explain this fact, this paper tests whether international trade and FDI are channels through which norms regarding gender (in)equality are transmitted from customers and investors to firms. We employ pooled...

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The expressive function of legal norms: Experimental evidence from the Supply Chain Act in Germany

Engler, Daniel; Gleue, Marvin; Gutsche, Gunnar; … - 2025

'expressive function of law,' they can also have indirect effects on individual behavior by shaping related social norms. Since … purchasing decisions and the elicitation of related personal injunctive and perceived social norms, the respondents were randomly … perceived social norms on individual sustainable purchasing behavior. A manipulation check shows that the treatment information …

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Institutional rules and biased rule enforcement

Columbus, Simon; Feld, Lars P.; Kasper, Matthias; … - 2025

by strengthening personal and social norms, which in turn sustains contributions over time. In contrast, in the absence …

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