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. 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/10010267603
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/10010286856
. 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
. 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
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
behaviour. -- entrepreneurship ; self-employment ; religion ; culture ; Protestantism ; Catholicism …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009519877
Language serves two key functions. It enables communication between agents, which allows for the establishment and operation of formal and informal institutions. It also serves a less obvious function, a reassuring quality more closely related to issues linked with trust, social capital, and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010278281
In an attempt to measure the impact of cultural heritage on growth, this paper matches the definition of culture as a … hypothesis on whether the existence of a strong cultural heritage, that is, where culture has had a large impact on people's life …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010290650
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...
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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...
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