This chapter begins by noting that culture as an element in economic development in the Third World has been largely … neglected in traditional development economics, most writers either seeing culture as an obstacle to development or ignoring it … altogether. Recently a shift in thinking has occurred whereby culture is now more widely seen as being more central to the …

been studied quite separately from art, culture, and everyday life. Randy Martin's work, which addressed the resonances … existing debates on volatility in finance, art, and culture, suggesting several directions in which new work in this area might …

Does culture affect female labor supply? In this paper, we address this question using a recent approach to measuring … the effects of culture on economic outcomes, i.e. the epidemiological approach. We focus on migrants, who come from … and religiosity proxies are included shows that culture and religiosity have separately significant effects on female …