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The roots of low European employment : family culture?
Algan, Yann (contributor); Cahuc, Pierre (contributor) - 2005
. This paper argues that family labor supply interactions and cross-country heterogeneity in family culture are key for … shaped by national features. We also document that cross-country differences in family culture cause cross … fall in the employment rates of young and older people. -- employment rate ; culture ; family attitudes …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003155692
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The Roots of Low European Employment : Family Culture?
Algan, Yann; Cahuc, Pierre - 2021
. This paper argues that family labor supply interactions and cross-country heterogeneity in family culture are key for … shaped by national features. We also document that cross-country differences in family culture cause cross …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013318373
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The Implications of Cultural Background on Labour Market Choices : The Case of Religion and Entrepreneurship
Nunziata, L. - 2011
We suggest a methodology for identifying the implications of alternative cultural and social norms embodied by religious denomination on labour market outcomes, by estimating the differential impact of Protestantism versus Catholicism on the propensity to be an entrepreneur, on the basis of the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013118057
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The implications of cultural background on labour market choices : the case of religion and entrepreneurship
Nunziata, Luca; Rocco, Lorenzo - 2011
behaviour. -- entrepreneurship ; self-employment ; religion ; culture ; Protestantism ; Catholicism …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009519877
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La distinction reloaded : returns to education, family background, cultural and social capital in Germany
Krenz, Astrid - 2010
The German educational system finds itself being criticized by the OECD in its Programme for International Student Assessment. Family background would heavily influence children's academic achievements. A child stemming from a high class family has a 3.1 times higher chance to go to secondary...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008666587
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Volunteering and Life or Financial Shocks : Does Income and Wealth Matter?
Beatton, Tony - 2014
Volunteering is a dominant social force that signals a healthy state. However, although the literature on volunteering is extensive, knowledge on how life's discontinuities (life event shocks) affect volunteering is limited because most studies work with static (cross-sectional) data. To reduce...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013039955
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Keeping up with the Joneses : income comparisons and labour supply ; conference paper
Goerke, Laszlo; Pannenberg, Markus - 2013 - Preliminary version August 07, 2013
We investigate whether working time is related to the intensity of income comparisons and relative income. Our simple theoretical model demonstrates that the effects of relative income concerns depend on whether an individual can choose contractual working hours and/or overtime. In the empirical...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010337852
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Sickness absence and local benefit cultures
Lindbeck, Assar; Palme, Mårten; Persson, Mats - 2011
In many countries, sickness absence financed by generous insurance benefits has become an important concern in the policy debate. It turns out that there are strong variations in absence behavior between local geographical areas, and it has been difficult to explain these variations by...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009524372
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Sickness absence and local benefit cultures
Lindbeck, Assar; Palme, Mårten; Persson, Mats - 2014
In many countries, sickness absence financed by generous insurance benefits is an important concern in the policy debate. There are strong variations in absence behavior among local geographical areas. Such variations are difficult to explain in terms of observable socioeconomic factors. In this...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010459688
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Social Interaction and Sickness Absence
Lindbeck, Assar; Palme, Mårten; Persson, Mats - 2021
Does the average level of sickness absence in a neighborhood affect individual sickness absence through social interaction on the neighborhood level? To answer this question, we consider evidence of local benefit-dependency cultures. Well-known methodological problems in this type of analysis...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013316579