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Culture: Persistence and Evolution
Schiantarelli, Fabio; Giavazzi, Francesco; Petkov, Ivan - Department of Economics, Boston College - 2014
second generation, and imply lesser degree of persistence. Finally, we show that persistence is ”culture specific” in the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011019858
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Optimal Immigration, Assimilation and Trade
Konya, Istvan - Department of Economics, Boston College - 2001
of culture and trade. The market equilibrium and the social planner’s solution are contrasted and policy implications are … given. The model predicts that the presence of immigrants who do not assimilate into the mainstream culture is economically …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004968843
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Attitudes, Policies and Work
Schiantarelli, Fabio; Giavazzi, Francesco; Serafinelli, … - Department of Economics, Boston College - 2009
culture exploiting the evolution over time within country as well as across countries, of cultural attitudes. We also address … find that culture matters for women employment rates and for hours worked. However, policies, in particular employment …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008494407
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Modeling cultural barriers in international trade
Konya, Istvan - Department of Economics, Boston College - 2002
The paper presents a model that analyses the role of cultural differences in international trade. The decision to study foreign cultures and languages is incorporated into a simple trade model, which captures some basic properties of cultural and language barriers. First, cultural costs differ...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005027843