Does culture matter?

Raquel Fernández

doi:10.1016/B978-0-444-53187-2.00011-5

Does culture matter?

Raquel Fernández

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Abstract

This paper reviews the literature on culture and economics, focusing primarily on the epidemiological approach. The epidemiological approach studies the variation in outcomes across different immigrant groups residing in the same country. Immigrants presumably differ in their cultures but share a common institutional and economic environment. This allows one to separate the effect of culture from the original economic and institutional environment. This approach has been used to study a variety of issues, including female labor force participaiton, fertility, labor market regulation, redistribution, growth, and financial development among others.

Original language	English (US)
Title of host publication	Handbook of Social Economics
Publisher	Elsevier B.V.
Pages	481-510
Number of pages	30
Edition	1 B
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-444-53187-2.00011-5
State	Published - 2011

Publication series

Name	Handbook of Social Economics
Number	1 B
Volume	1
ISSN (Print)	1570-6435

Keywords

Beliefs
Culture
Norms
Preferences

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Sociology and Political Science
Economics, Econometrics and Finance(all)

Access to Document

10.1016/B978-0-444-53187-2.00011-5

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title = "Does culture matter?",

abstract = "This paper reviews the literature on culture and economics, focusing primarily on the epidemiological approach. The epidemiological approach studies the variation in outcomes across different immigrant groups residing in the same country. Immigrants presumably differ in their cultures but share a common institutional and economic environment. This allows one to separate the effect of culture from the original economic and institutional environment. This approach has been used to study a variety of issues, including female labor force participaiton, fertility, labor market regulation, redistribution, growth, and financial development among others.",

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author = "Raquel Fern{\'a}ndez",

note = "Funding Information: The author wishes to thank Joyce Cheng Wong for excellent research assistance and the NSF and the Russell Sage Foundation for financial support. ",

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