This paper reviews the literature on culture and economics, focusing primarily on the epidemiological approach. The … effect of culture from the original economic and institutional environment. This approach has been used to study a variety of …

innovation in an individualist culture. This cultural effect may offset the negative effects of bad institutions on growth … individualism on growth through innovation. Using genetic data as instruments for culture we provide strong evidence of a causal … collectivism, in line with recent advances in biology and neuro-science. The effect of culture on long-run growth remains very …

A growing body of empirical work measuring different types of cultural traits has shown that culture matters for a … variety of economic outcomes. This paper focuses on one specific aspect of the relevance of culture: its relationship to … between culture and institutions …

previously thought. Persistence is also culture specific, in the sense that the country of origin of one's ancestors matters for …

This paper attempts to disentangle the direct effects of experience from those of culture in determining fertility. We …

Common culture and common language facilitate trade between people. Minorities have incentives to become assimilated … majority of individuals from one culture, individuals from minority groups will be assimilated more quickly. Assimilation is … less likely when an immigrant's native culture and language is broadly represented in his new country. Also, when …